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[–] Entropius 477 points 1 year ago (13 children)

LiDAR is essentially radar that uses light instead of sound

Radar doesn’t use sound. It sounds like the author doesn’t know the difference between sonar and radar.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why are you misquoting the article that is not what it says

The real quote

LiDAR is essentially radar that uses light instead of radio waves...

[–] Entropius 6 points 8 months ago

Why are you misquoting the article that is not what it says

Why are you accusing me of something I didn’t do?

From the bottom of the article:

Updated to correct an error in describing how radar works.

I quoted it correctly at the time. They just edited it after I commented.

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