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What's a technology that was cooler in its older iterations? (pawb.social)

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I don't mean BETTER. That's a different conversation. I mean cooler.

An old CRT display was literally a small scale particle accelerator, firing angry electron beams at light speed towards the viewers, bent by an electromagnet that alternates at an ultra high frequency, stopped by a rounded rectangle of glowing phosphors.

If a CRT goes bad it can actually make people sick.

That's just. Conceptually a lot COOLER than a modern LED panel, which really is just a bajillion very tiny lightbulbs.

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[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 13 points 4 weeks ago

And we can't get small trucks due to a loophole in EPA regulations. I just want something like an old-school Ranger, light, easy on gas, two jump seats in the back for the kids.

[-] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago

The old Ford Rangers were definitely not easy on gas, and those back seats were extremely unsafe. But we could absolutely have trucks that size now that are fuel efficient and safer, and I would buy one in a heart beat. Hell, I tried to buy a Maverick but it's been impossible every year and now they don't even come with the hybrid drivetrain standard so I've lost interest.

[-] Jarix@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Compared to any of the bigger trucks of the dame vintage? They were cheaper on gas

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Bring back the Brat!

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Alternately, I'd take an El Camino.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Fuck yeah, I'd love an El Camino

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