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Time to teach all local birds the AACS key :)

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> 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


Oooh now I wonder if I got the idea through subliminal message.


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_mus...


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.


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.


Talk about Easter eggs!




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