• Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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    6 hours ago

    Why does your computer screen have that weird bend at the bottom? And why do you use it in grayscale mode?

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      4 hours ago

      You might be too young to remember this, but computer screens used to be made from cathode ray tubes (CRT) instead of LCD or OLED. The line is probably just “burn-in,” a phenomenon in which the light-emiting phosphor behind the screen degrades more quickly in certain areas from being used more often. This was common with early gaming.

      People, do not make me put an “/s” on this.

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        2 hours ago

        I googled monitors and the AI summary said something else.

        Apparently the curved screens were a temporary fashion statement. But they fell out of fashion during world war 2 due to excess materials used in the design

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          33 minutes ago

          Well that’s pretty damning evidence. I hereby retract my statement and throw myself at the mercy of the digital court. All hail AI!

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      4 hours ago

      I know some people that still print emails, so I guess it’s not too outlandish. Still, what kind of printer and paper are they using? It looks like they used a commercial wide-format printer with paradoxically terrible print quality and the worst paper they could find. I wouldn’t use that paper to wash windows much less print documents on. Also, how is the website format compatible with their bizarre printing setup? Did they copy and paste it into an editor just so they can print it onto the giant paper and then fold it? Seems like a lot of work for something they’ll use once and throw away on the same day. I guess it takes all kinds to make a world.