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@Dragoon said in In other news today...:
correct me if i'm wrong but.......aren't lasers by definition monowavelength? if this is a broad spectrum emission it wouldn't be a laser would it?
is still really neat, but i don't think it's a LASER.....
la·ser
/ˈlāzər/
noun
a device that generates an intense beam of coherent monochromatic light by stimulated emission of photons from excited atoms or molecules.
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@Vixen said in In other news today...:
correct me if i'm wrong but.......aren't lasers by definition monowavelength? if this is a broad spectrum emission it wouldn't be a laser would it?
In theory, yes, in practice, no. Good lasers are almost monowavelength. Cheap lasers aren't even close.
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@Vixen said in In other news today...:
@Dragoon said in In other news today...:
correct me if i'm wrong but.......aren't lasers by definition monowavelength? if this is a broad spectrum emission it wouldn't be a laser would it?
Well, it seems to be a thing from a (very) cursory search for "multi-wavelength laser":
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@Rhywden said in In other news today...:
@Vixen said in In other news today...:
@Dragoon said in In other news today...:
correct me if i'm wrong but.......aren't lasers by definition monowavelength? if this is a broad spectrum emission it wouldn't be a laser would it?
Well, it seems to be a thing from a (very) cursory search for "multi-wavelength laser":
i....... i mean i guess, but is this a case where we have an actual laser that's multiwavelength or a thing that is multiwavelength that behaves like a laser so the marketing team called it a laser?
it doesn't make that much different to a layperson (a laser printer these days are usually actually LED printers that are called laser printers because users expect it) but from a pendant point of view they are teeeeeeeechnically different......
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@Vixen I'm not certain that the actual definition for a laser makes a strict requirement of monochromaticity.
There's the Schawlow-Tonnes-limit which describes the minimum frequency spread of a laser, so there's actually no laser on Earth which is purely monochromatic in the strictest definition of the word.
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@Rhywden Yeah, you'd have to have it on for an infinite amount of time in order to have arbitrarily low frequency spread. Physics is a harsh mistress sometimes.
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@Benjamin-Hall said in In other news today...:
Physics is a harsh mistress sometime
Curse you Heisenberg Certainty Principle!
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
So MS are basically a malware company now?
Wasn't it obvious with Windows10?
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@Vixen said in In other news today...:
correct me if i'm wrong but.......aren't lasers by definition monowavelength? if this is a broad spectrum emission it wouldn't be a laser would it?
is still really neat, but i don't think it's a LASER.....i....... i mean i guess, but is this a case where we have an actual laser that's multiwavelength or a thing that is multiwavelength that behaves like a laser so the marketing team called it a laser?
Well, the article (I know, I know, ) does explain that:
Our starting point is the radiation of an infrared laser system. It was developed at our Institute and it is unique in the world," says Claudia Gollner. First, the laser light is sent through a so-called non-linear medium. In this material, the infrared radiation is modified, part of it is converted into radiation with twice the frequency.
So now we have two different types of infrared radiation. These two kinds of radiation are then superimposed. This creates a wave with an electric field with a very specific asymmetric shape," says Gollner.This electromagnetic wave is intense enough to rip electrons out of the molecules in the air. The air turns into a glowing plasma. Then, the special shape of the wave's electric field accelerates the electrons in such a way that they produce the desired terahertz radiaton.
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
@topspin said in In other news today...:
So MS are basically a malware company now?
Wasn't it obvious with Windows10?
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
So MS are basically a malware company now?
Now?
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
The 737 MAX is the gift that keeps on giving… though mostly of custom to Airbus.
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
So MS are basically a malware company now?
"now"
Welcome to the century! I'll convert your bits into bytes for you, don't forget your ID at the door and eat your cookies!
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@Vixen said in In other news today...:
i....... i mean i guess, but is this a case where we have an actual laser that's multiwavelength or a thing that is multiwavelength that behaves like a laser so the marketing team called it a laser?
As long as it does light amplification via stimulated emission of radiation, I'm happy calling it a laser. Does it?
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@Zecc The multi-wavelength fiber one, yes, that definitely does.
The terahertz one is instead a complex device that starts with a laser and uses it to generate the desired radiation in plasma using a different mechanism.
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Google's own "privacy" "protection" feature, of course, doesn't have any problems and any concerns you may have about it are completely unfounded
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FileUnder: drink beer instead
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I thought we had an Epic Games thread but I can't find it.
:womp_wah:
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@hungrier said in In other news today...:
I thought we had an Epic Games thread but I can't find it.
https://what.thedailywtf.com/topic/26003/epic-store-and-other-occupy-steam-movements/230
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FileUnder: we're an adapter company
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@TimeBandit The same Apple that already uses USB-C on the current iPad Pro, Mac Pro and Macbook Pro
I don't overly care either way as buying a new cable isn't exactly expensive.
The current situation where basically everything is USB-C, Lightning or Micro USB is already miles better than a few years ago when even having a Samsung phone meant it could be 1 of like 7 chargers.
However, part of the EUs argument is about not wasting loads of cables each time a connector becomes obsolete, yet that's exactly what it's thinking about dictating.
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Stop Nuclear power, it's bad for the environment
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@kazitor said in In other news today...:
It's superseded, guys. If you're gonna harangue somebody, at least have the decency to run it through spellcheck before you go to press.
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
I don't overly care either way as buying a new cable isn't exactly expensive.
It'd be nice to not have to need masses of extra cables. I've got some shoeboxes full of cables that I could eventually reclaim…
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@da-Doctah The most pernicious thing about c is how, like radiation, it sometimes sneaks in where it's not supposed to
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@hungrier said in In other news today...:
@da-Doctah The most pernicious thing about c is how, like radiation, it sometimes sneaks in where it's not supposed to
At some level it's near unavoidable, since the list of languages which are supposedly better than C/C++ and are also not themselves implemented in one of those two is exceedingly small.
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I'm totally shocked and didn't see this coming from a mile away.
[...]when they received a long cease-and-desist letter in January from the confectionary multinational Haribo.[...]
In the meantime, they plan to carry on selling their products in Spain – and to their customers in France and the UK – to show that their bears will not be cowed.Good idea. Maybe they should have involved a trademark lawyer at least after the cease-and-desist. But simply going against a C&D without legal action of their own is the height of stupidity.
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
Stop Nuclear power, it's bad for the environment
People keep arguing about whether nuclear power plants are as "safe" as their proponents claim or not. When we could literally have a full-blown Chernobyl accident every 5 to 10 years and it would still kill far less people than the fucking smoke from burning coal kills today. Like they're not even in the same league.
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@hungrier And here's another one, this one somehow way worse!
First off, it's ungodly huge:
So it must have a beast of a battery, right? Nope, it's 2000 mAh, literally half the capacity of my current (budget) phone. It's even less than the $150 open-source PinePhone which has 2750 mAh. The screen is 1440x720, which is alright for a budget phone, and its processor is, according to the article,a four-core Cortex A53-based chip built on a 28nm process, which is about equal to a high-end smartphone from 2013 or 2014.
So, how much does this piece of Linux Hardware cost?
$750 USD
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@TimeBandit's TFA said:
Chevy Corvette
At least thieves had some sense. The heck is that abomination and what does it have to do with Corvette name?
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Yup, Detroit. What a great place to live.
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@hungrier said in In other news today...:
@hungrier And here's another one, this one somehow way worse!
$750 USDWell... It does have a headphone jack, replaceable battery and the possibility to service other bits including nearly everything about the software. If you like that, good.
The issue seems more that the spit and finish is completely lacking, and the OS is as DIY as any average Linux install...
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@hungrier said in In other news today...:
@hungrier And here's another one, this one somehow way worse!
First off, it's ungodly huge:
So it must have a beast of a battery, right? Nope, it's 2000 mAh, literally half the capacity of my current (budget) phone. It's even less than the $150 open-source PinePhone which has 2750 mAh. The screen is 1440x720, which is alright for a budget phone, and its processor is, according to the article,a four-core Cortex A53-based chip built on a 28nm process, which is about equal to a high-end smartphone from 2013 or 2014.
So, how much does this piece of Linux Hardware cost?
$750 USDSo 2020 is not the year of Linux Mobile then?
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What a great idea - moving 10 amps worth of DC-DC converters away from actively cooled devices whose sole purpose is power conversion to boards already overpacked with all sorts of crap these days.
Is CPU power cable still necessary? Yep.
Are peripheral cables still relevant? Yep.
Will they keep 5V line, because lots of old peripherals require it? They'll have to.
Are PCI-E cables still necessary? Yep.
Will motherboards become even more expensive and unreliable because of additional circuitry? You bet.
Will power supplies keep their old designs to maintain compatibility with every system sold in the past 10 years? Of course.Does this thing provide more +12V terminals for new power hungry stuff like USB 3.x and all your RGB? Lolnope, it's just 3x 12V whereas it used to be just two.
Oh, what's that? There is a 6-pin Extra Board Connector with 3 additional 12V pins not unlike PCI-E already is? Then what is the fucking point! Some high-end and shitcoin boards have that or peripheral already!
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From the department of "you don't say":
However, please remember that Plague Inc. is a game, not a scientific model and that the current coronavirus outbreak is a very real situation which is impacting a huge number of people. We would always recommend that players get their information directly from local and global health authorities.
Although...
From the comments:
Here at Activision, we realize our player count increases with every military conflict that occurs. Please remember that although Call of Duty is the most action-packed, immersive representation of military conflict, that it is just a game. Please refer to appropriate, verified news sources for accurate geopolitical warfare coverage.
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@Applied-Mediocrity We'll know it's a genuine threat when Madagascar shuts all its ports
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@hungrier Right. I think will wait for well-established news sources to accurately report on that.
Oh...
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
Google's recent changes to its search results, which have blurred the lines between paid and organic content
“In the end, the searcher is going to engage with the results that most closely match (or appear to match) what they are looking for ... regardless of whether it is an ad or an organic listing,”
I know I'm probably highly atypical, but I try to avoid ads. If an ad matches what I'm searching for, I'll scroll down to find the equivalent "organic" search result, rather than "engaging with" the ad. Save the company the cost of the click-through, deprive Google of the click-through revenue, and (I wish) discourage the placement of such ads. It's not much effort; a company that's paying for prominent ads usually also has decent SEO, so their "organic" result is pretty near the top of the results.
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@Applied-Mediocrity said in In other news today...:
@hungrier Right. I think will wait for well-established news sources to accurately report on that.
Oh...
[Checks the date on the story…]
Sep 27, 2011
Not exactly other news today, is it?