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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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[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Fuel economy is ruining the sedans and wagons that still exist. Volvos are getting really long and really wide, because CAFE standards take to the area underneath the wheelbase into account, and the bigger that is the less economical they have to be.

I've got a 2015 v60 and while I like the new ones they're just too damn wide and long.

[-] tal@lemmy.today 3 points 3 weeks ago

The length I figure mostly isn't an issue aside from maybe street parking. But the width thing seems like a hassle.

I drive a (by American standards) narrow sedan, but I have to say that I keep seeing people have trouble getting out of their cars in older parking lots because there isn't enough clearance between two wide vehicles. Lot of people just lapping over two slots or avoiding parking next to another car.

I suppose that some of that is self-solving -- I mean, if there's enough inertia, parking lot operators will reallocate space in their lots. Or maybe vehicle manufacturers will step in and minivan-style sliding doors will just become the norm (like a two "sliding door coupe", maybe?)

I'd rather just have either (a) the protectionism go away, or (b) if that's not possible for political reasons, at least slash the misincentives associated with it. Just outright say "if it's an American-made vehicle, it gets a subsidy" if that's what industrial policy actually is. All of the associated regulatory stuff is creating inefficiencies of its own.

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

I've got a house built in the 70s and a new Volvo wagon won't fit lengthwise in it without gutting the garage.

Meanwhile my GTI can fit in front of my workbench with almost six feet to spare.

[-] tal@lemmy.today 1 points 3 weeks ago

Oh, good point, hadn't thought about the changes to garages over time. Hmm.

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