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Feel old yet?

Fun fact! The Laser in the burner didn't actually burn from thermal effects, and instead caused a chemical reaction using specific wavelengths of light to activate a substrate called pthalocyanine.

This is part of why you could burn "faster", although typically you had a higher quality burn at slower speeds as the change from one color to another via the chemical effects was more complete. This allowed weaker reading lenses to better perceive the new colors easier, and greatly increased compatibility.

I am very, very old.

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Why is it that when the graphics driver freaks out in your browser when watching a video, the page always turns this specific shade of green?

The Video itself is rendered off screen in a special area of memory, then the browser simply uses a predefined color to tell the driver where to display the video. The driver then takes care of things like stretching to fit etc.

It's not actually that shade typically, and you are just seeing a side effect of the glitch.

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1st Feb is #GlobalSwitchDay

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it's Python. It's foss.

I've removed code I didn't want in mine. (A feature I later re enabled).

If I want to add code, I do so. Or I remove code.

Microsoft is closed, and they are leveraging tons of cash to manipulate. Try turning off updates on a windows 11 machine... Is it just a toggle? What if Microsoft removes the option or requires.. oh wait closed source and they already did.

All piefed has been doing is giving options.

Blame admins if you like but be honest about your intentions instead of this campism.

Masto and other fedi services give options of blanket blocks or filters, so arguing entire concept of fedi is nonsense.