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[–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

As soon as I read about the shoe cell modem, I thought Eudaemons. It’s rad Ars called that out too!

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Largely a myth though, since it was never used beyond practice. People tell stories about it being used in casinos and the tale has become larger than life

[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago

I think people conflate it with the MIT blackjack team

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

It was used for about $10K US (a little over $48K today) worth of takings before they stopped because one of their wearable computers was burning the wearer.