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Sharlin ◴[13 Jul 25 17:56 UTC] No.44552169[source]▶

CRT displays are one of those analog technologies that are arguably much cooler than their digital successors. Think – a literan raygun, a particle accelerator, inside your monitor, creating the image you're looking at.

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1. mrheosuper ◴[15 Jul 25 03:00 UTC] No.44567481[source]▶

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Another thing is HDD, think about it, a reading head that flies only few nanometers above the disk. And somehow small vibration does not affect it.

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