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Time to teach all local birds the AACS key :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number

• alterom 1y ago
  The video shows that there are many ways to do that :) Now, if we figure out how to convince the birds it's a predator distress call (which, if you think about it, it kind of is), we can probably get it to persist across generations.
  • woodrowbarlow 1y ago
    this is what i've been wondering. is it feasible for a single diligent person to embed a message in an entire population of birds, in a manner that will persist generations? that's what i'd call a pretty good prank.
    • alterom 1y ago
      Talk about Easter eggs!
• alterom 1y ago
  > Time to teach all local birds the AACS key :) BTW, forgot to add: the video literally suggests that when they estimate how much data can be stored in birds. The visualization of the byte sequence coming out of the Bluetooth speaker [1] (at 18:36 -18:38) starts with the oh-so-familiar 09 F9 11 02 9D ... Ben is one step ahead of you :) [1] https://youtu.be/hCQCP-5g5bo?t=1116 https://youtu.be/hCQCP-5g5bo?t=1116
  • progbits 1y ago
    Oooh now I wonder if I got the idea through subliminal message.
    • alterom 1y ago
      Maybe you got it from a bird :) In all seriousness, like minds think alike, and Ben Jordan has a rebellious streak — he uploaded his own music to pirate websites when he broke up with his label [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benn_Jordan#Alphabasic_and_music_piracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benn_Jordan#Alphabasic_and_mus...