some high frequency traders have petitioned the FCC to license them to use almost the entire HF radio band for low-latency data transmission, so they can make more money. just the title of section IIIa here is turning me into a Bolshevik
for context: HF radio is humanity's one, single long-distance communications method that doesn't rely on infrastructure
holy shit. this is disgusting to learn about. you were right about the title of IIIa comrade
anytime ur sending in a Petition for Something it should include a mandatory statement at the top to the effect that "the public interest" does not actually mean "it would make me and my buddies a bunch of money"
im in credibly mad about IIIa here with the rest of veryone commenting but i took a melatonin 15 minutes ago so its not in any kind of way i can articulate
Alternatively: did they just read "high frequency radio" and "high frequency trading" and decide that, obviously,
i have bad news for them about how much power i am personally broadcasting into 17.45MHz and they haven't grabbed for it yet but they're on thin ice for 29.85MHz
wow! that's fucking awful and shitty! every passing day and hour i grow to hate capitalism more and more. it grows and infests specifically to make the world a worse place. or rather, not specifically to make the world a worse place, but as an uncaring thoughtless need to expand into every crevasse of potential inflow, where the lack of growth is viewed as a loss in and of itself. absolutely horrid way to exist, two stars.
If they do this, it is everyone's civic duty to flood that band with as much noise as possible
high frequency traders are enemies of humanity and need to be hunted down
