asciilifeform: essentially one is making 'notch filter at terahertz' metamaterial.
asciilifeform: for extra points, have two or more layers of this, ~where the holes don't line up~. how does the light pass? sheet of glass between! partial internal reflection.
asciilifeform: (solid copper - heavy-gauge pcb; many vias; mount surface mount led opposite side; attach pcb-mounted shield to led side)
asciilifeform: also one can make a 'poorfag' version using pcb vias
asciilifeform: for me, auto is just another expense. and a tool for doing a tedious and unpleasant chore. like broom.
asciilifeform: it suggests that erdos was right, most people 'have no theorems to prove', the idiot social stotting game ~is~ the point of living, to them.☟︎
asciilifeform: or, perhaps overworked subject in my writings, the computer market: there is $wintelcrud laptop, there is crapple, but there is no (longer) tadpole computer corp.
asciilifeform: e.g., i can go and buy 'mercedes' but what if i want to ~only~ pay for quality and ~not at all~ for stotting ?
asciilifeform: i see same phenomenon in the auto market
asciilifeform: specifically how there is no place in usa where one can 'i will pay double for non-monsanto but i don't give a fuck about 'gmo' and i sure as fuck don't want to see homeopathic crud in the shop'☟︎☟︎
asciilifeform: pete_dushenski: do you remember the thread re: 'organic food' ?
asciilifeform: pete_dushenski: explain for us mortals ?
asciilifeform: mats: this is not appearent from the logz?
asciilifeform: and yes, when mircea_popescu wakes up he will remind me that it is the only real money. and he will be right, just like, to hruschev, Pu was the only real money
