There was a comment years/decades ago on slashdot about someone walking under a malfunctioning ceiling-hung security CRT TV, and feeling like they were hit on the head when they walked under it. The assumption was that the TV had an abnormally large magnetic field (or the person was particularly sensitive).
I’ve tried to replicate it, but my chances have become slim-to-none with CRTs going out of fashion.
Interesting to note is how much typing accuracy decreases if you enable dual-language single-keyboard typing (e.g. Eng + Fr) on an iPhone, since targets end up having to account for two separate dictionaries.
The supported version of DisplayPort in that TV is on par (-ish) with HDMI 2.0; and not enough for HDR 4k120; which is one of the selling points of HDMI2.1.
In California, there certainly was. The US economy had already started its decline, but from such a high that well-to-do Americans hadn't noticed. By contrast, because Europe had had to be rebuilt after WWII, the general populace had benefitted far less from the postwar boom.
In 1982, my family had a relatively comfortable middle class existence, but buying a home computer that cost (at the time) about half as much as a one-bedroom apartment would have been absolutely unimaginable to my parents. The ZX81 they bought for me cost £99.
Well, some people needed it for work, or for university. Some people got it from work to be able to work at home. Others may have had experience with 8 bit machines and had money when the PC hit the stores.
My parents saved up for years and then kept the same computer for years more. It was normal to have a
machine for 10 years, and just one per household.
Upgrading with a hard disk, a second floppy drive, or upgrading the graphics card was common.
It could make it worse. IP from companies that got chopped up and sold for parts can be a nightmare. You may have to do deals with multiple parties, and it can be unclear who owns what (even to the potential owners themselves).
There is debate as to whether the FreeZFS license (CDDL) is compatible with the GPL, which is why FreeZFS is not part of the Linux Kernel. Some distros are baking it in, but there has long been concern about if merging it violates the license or not.
Even if Oracle evaporated and their contemporary ZFS source became unencumbered, I doubt OpenZFS would want to try and merge significantly parts. They already have their own encryption implementation for example.
I am surprised that I didn’t see discussion about Audi’s lidar that’s been in use in production vehicles now. Yes, it’s on a different level, only used for ADAS, but it’s still lidar that’s actively used.
If I remember correctly, the Valeo Scala that's in the Audi cars uses a discrete 16 element 1D array (940 nm diodes + APDs) plus a rotating mirror to scan.
I am curious about the influence on height by self-limited diets in children who are picky eaters. Is there some self-regulation process that decreases pickiness when nutritional status is at risk?
Is anybody actually picky enough to create a calorie or nutrient deficiency? I would think evolution would have harshly selected against such a behavior.
I’ve tried to replicate it, but my chances have become slim-to-none with CRTs going out of fashion.
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