like some smart man said "if it exists, it can be tracked" (that was from micrometeors iirc but anyway~)

i wonder how easy its in general track planes (lets say by listening GSM-band pings) on non-wartime area where GSM etc towers are everywhere and their location is well known

any false station rego/moving target would be easyish to spot ~ ?

tho not that long reaching

and for sure not working altitude reaching (tho then there is million other radars in the eu area what give you their pings :P)

would not be suprised if VERA system would be able to track it too

``“When the F-35 is not flying operational missions that require stealth — for example, at air shows, ferry flights or training — they ensure air traffic controllers and others are able to track their flight to manage air space safety,” Lockheed spokesman Michael Friedman wrote in a statement to Defense News. ``

Probably had MS squitters enabled (or at least MS enabled) so you could track it on Flightradar24

> the company says it started tracking them and collecting data, using signals from the planes’ ADS-B transponders to correlate the passive sensor readings.

what would happen if you put a charger into a non charging usb c on a laptop

nothing

at least nothing happened on my laptop when i did

if the charger is properly designed as is laptop nothing should happen yeah

but if someone cut corners it could (dont quote me on this one)burn laptops usb-controller

usualy the controllers are protected too these days with internal diodes etc

but seen them burn anyway~

in theory there'd probably be a tiny difference in the 5V coming from the charger and the 5V on the laptop, so you'd get a tiny current flow

but most usb devices should be protected against that

actually usb-c might be different

depending on what mode and what plug on the other side

on my machine they dont agree upon anything and nothing happens

does usb-c send current down the pipe if it does not handshake properly even ?

type-c -> type-c won't have vbus yeah

i just looked at the spec again

since the charger doesnt agree on input

it doesn't provide vbus until after negotiation

^

i thought it would provide 5V vbus and then do USB-PD negotation

though usbc negotiation is funny as fuck

nexus 5x doesnt work properly

on the switch charger they agree upon 3a despite the switch charger only doing 2a

and then pulling protection and shutting off when going near 3a

wasn't the switch (charger) fucky to begin with

yeah

i remember lots of people complaining about it

nintendo cant into hardware

still

I don't think my laptop will support usb-c charging and I probably won't try it

Probably not

But you may find one of those adapters that allows you to use USBC with your current charging barrel jack

Those exist for ThinkPads and other devices from what I've seen

and then you can pipe the laptops usb-c to its own barrel jack for unlimited energyyyyy