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killea

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Inside the tiny chip that powers Montreal subway tickets (www.righto.com)

To use the Montreal subway (the Métro), you tap a paper ticket against the turnstile and it opens. The ticket works through a system called NFC, but what's happening internally? How does the ticket work without a battery? How does it communicate with the turnstile? And how can it be so cheap that you can throw the ticket away...

killea ,

Here is a link to the Mastadon post where I saw this first, since this link is showing as non-secure.

https://mastodon.world/@kenshirriff@oldbytes.space/112666771797972297

killea ,

Didn't know they were having an Eve Online event.

killea ,

Hah sorry, former redditor here, posting on title alone. That is truly wild but also makes perfect sense.

killea ,

Hah! I understood both of those references.

killea ,

What's it called when you sell something you don't own?

killea ,

It's region blocked EVERYWHERE near as I can tell. France, Egypt, Hong Kong, Ghana. I know youtube is just one video platform. But the power and reach that NBC universal has is goddamned disturbing.

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