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		Dylan16807 1 day ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I wanted a clock that never needed setting. Things... > if there's enough sky visibility Which is a thing we shouldn't be requiring here. Picking up a single satellite without any position data is enough to drive a clock.
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seba_dos1 1 day ago | [–]

You need enough sky visibility to discern signal from a single satellite from the background noise without having accurate time and recent enough almanac already.

conorcleary 1 day ago | [–]

That 'three words' grid-hex system seems a lot cheaper and doesn't rely on time-space constraints in this light

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