• shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip
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    Test it to see how it does with cell phone signals because if it kills them then there’s a good chance that it won’t catch on because a lot of people use their cell phones indoors and things like Wi-Fi

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    7 hours ago

    Colour me skeptic. No mention of its properties, or composition. Sounds like some dude put iron powder in cement and cried eureka!

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    8 hours ago

    A magnetic cement (mixed with iron) will indeed make it easy to hang a picture on the wall without a drill at the small small price of blocking mobile and wifi signal

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      Also when you have to drill into a wall (say, to get a cable through it), those devices that detect wires won’t be able to help you anymore. Sooo… Good luck?

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      If that’s not enough of a sell for you, how about rusting walls from any of that iron that finds itself on the surface

      And let’s not forget concrete and steel are the most environmentally impactful building materials. Is “magnet” a good enough reason to fill your walls with them?

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      Wanted to ask exactly that - I don’t care too much about blocking wifi because repeaters are a thing, but mobile reception is gonna suck big time. If this is going to be widely adopted, we will be back in the times of searching the spot with the least worst reception.

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    8 hours ago

    every picture on that page is ai generated, not very motivating to read the article