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The Origin

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  You’ve found the origin. It begins with a puzzle, it ends with a legend. This is Self Evidence — part book, part game, part... something else. So welcome, wanderer... You've stumbled onto the starting line of something a little wild. Self Evidence isn't just a countdown — it's an open dare to the universe. Ready or not, the clock is already ticking. Let's see where it leads... ⏳ Calculating time until reveal... Access the Transmission ⚡ Join the Rebellion Think differently? Meme dangerously? Build audiences like fire? The Self Evidence project is open — but only to the bold. Choose Your Path Block 0002: [The Origin]
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A Brief History of the GPS System — From Reagan’s Military Tool to a Global Civilian Essential

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  Goodbye GPS? Iran’s 2025 Beidou Switch—and the 40-Year Road That Led Here 🎥 Video courtesy of Defence Now / YouTube.   28 June 2025. Phones across Iran still show the familiar blue dot—but the signal now comes from China’s Beidou satellites, not America’s GPS. Tehran has disabled civilian GPS receivers nationwide, becoming the first large state to choose a fully Chinese positioning-navigation-timing (PNT) backbone. Why now? The answer begins four decades ago in the Cold War skies. 1. 1983 — Reagan’s “GPS for Peace” Moment 1 Sep 1983: Soviet fighters shoot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007 after it strays into prohibited airspace. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1} 16 Sep 1983: President Ronald Reagan pledges that, once completed, the U.S. Global Positioning System will be “made available for civilian use worldwide.” The catch: accuracy for non-military users will be capped by a deliberate blur called Selective Availability . 2. 2000 — Clinton ...
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