The Huawei X3 Pro does not look like a router at first glance. While many modern routers are ugly or large boxes with antennas sticking out of them, Huawei has taken a different approach with the X3 Pro, which also supports Wi-Fi 7 connectivity and mesh network capabilities via stylish-looking satellites.
We’re moving the wrong way. It needs to be clunky and made of hard tan-grey plastic and have buttons that make clicking noises when you push them in.
Where is the cassette futurism that all the sci-fi books and movies promised?
Where are the routers with visible, slowly-spinning fans and little screens that marquee diagnostic messages in dull green pixelated letters?
What happened to the sounds our computers used to speak? What happened to the sounds of motions and machinations of metal?
What happened to the soul of the machine?
Something like this heavily modded WRT54GL?
Source: https://andrey.mikhalchuk.com/the-most-hacked-router-in-the-world-ever
Beautiful
The soul was eaten raw by the oligarchs and the leftovers were fed to their senior sycophants/lieutenants.
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