I have 2 heltec v3 nodes, I setup an encrypted channel between them… I can get good distance but I have a very good network run by others in the area that I piggy back on.

If you have line of sight you can go pretty far

I don’t really have much of a use case though, it’s just playing around with the tech for fun.

Meshtastic can do this, and leverage other nodes as relays.

Buy/collect used books off students after they finish the course… Remove the ink, resell undercutting him by a ton and make a huge profit!

This is the point… The meme works on 2 levels.

Lay people will assume because the angle isn’t 90, that it will annoy perfectionists. But this is false.

It does still annoy perfectionists, but for the reasons you describe, not the reasons lay people assume.

This makes the meme funnier.

With sidewalk, weave, and other networks similar popping up, how long until TVs send telemetry through your neighbors Ring doorbell, whether you hook them up to the Internet or not? Or does this happen already?