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GPS

Global Positioning System: the signal a jammer in Iran was degrading, and that NASA science satellites turned out to be able to locate from orbit. Even the jammer leaves a residual. "In statistics, the residuals are not garbage — they are where you discover the model is wrong. The same is true of a person."

— defined in 162th Edition, May 24, 2026
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Aug 2024first appeared
May 2026most recent
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The arc

Appears across 13 pieces (4 defined it · 9 discussed it in essays): when this term was part of the conversation. First surfaces Aug 2024.

How the definition evolved (2 versions)

Across the corpus (13 — 4 defined · 9 discussed)

Discussed The Architecture of Invisibility: Privacy in the Age of Ultra-Wideband SurveillanceW31 · Aug 1, 2024
Discussed Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Technology: Revolutionizing the Internet of ThingsW37 · Sep 12, 2024
Discussed The Internet of Things: Why Our Obsession with Connected Devices May Be Our UndoingW40 · Oct 3, 2024
Discussed I Call Dibs: An Intellectual Property ParadoxW51 · Dec 19, 2024
Defined 95th EditionW08 · Feb 17, 2025
Discussed The Day We Made Ourselves ObsoleteW21 · May 23, 2025
Discussed The Last Human Standing and How We Learned to Stop ThinkingW23 · Jun 5, 2025
Defined 119th EditionW31 · Aug 3, 2025
Discussed Power in the BackgroundW45 · Nov 6, 2025
Discussed AI Won't Take Your Job. It'll Take Your Purpose. That's Worse.W47 · Nov 20, 2025
Defined 135th EditionW47 · Nov 24, 2025
Discussed The Persistence of Inferior StandardsW08 · Feb 19, 2026
Defined 162th EditionW22 · May 24, 2026