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Robᵇᵉᵗᵒ Graham
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So @Tesla's latest innovation is a "reluctance motor" designed to make their cars go further. This new tech sounds exciting. I wonder how this "reluctance" effect works.
tesla.com/blog/longest-r…
I'm joking because it's an obvious typo, but at the same time, I'm confused because my understanding of tech is that it's either "permanent magnet" or "inductance" motor, so spelling it right still leads to gibberish.
Oh, damn, it may not be a typo.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reluctanc…
Apparently, this is what being old gives you. I learned simple motors as a kid, when this sort of thing wasn't practical. Now with computers, it becomes a thing.
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Robᵇᵉᵗᵒ Graham
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So there's three answers:
1. bandwidth
2. compression algorithm
3. color range
The first problem is color range. We use only 8-bits or 256 levels for each of red, green, and blue colors. This is enough when colors are far from each other, like bright white on top of black, but not enough when they are close, black on slightly darker black.
In the future, HDR TVs with 10 bit color will improve upon this, but in the meanwhile, we are at a level of poor color resolution where problems will show themselves.
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Robᵇᵉᵗᵒ Graham
@ErrataRob
In case you were curious what’s inside a smart IoT lightbulb
The PCB is essentially a power supply, with the WiFi module plugged into it (FCC ID TE7LBM100). The antenna portion sticking out will stick up through that rectangular whole in the LED portion, along with the power wires.
This smart bulb is one that allows shades of white (different color temperatures), so it mixes two types of LEDs, and has two power wires (plus ground) controlled by the WiFi module.
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Robᵇᵉᵗᵒ Graham
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Greatest movies in the MCU 22 film, 11 year story arc:
1. Ironman
2. Avengers #1
3. Ragnarok
4. Avengers Endgame
(I know you disagree, but you are wrong)
I said "greatest" not "best", as I'm using a different yardstick. Ironman is the greatest not only because it was very good, but how it sets everything in motion. It starts an ambitious plan that somehow worked over the next 11 years.
Likewise, the first Avengers movie is very good, but what makes it great is that it actually was very good. Hollywood can stick 6 of your favorite superheroes in a movie and fanboys will flock to it no matter how bad it is, so it doesn't have to be good. But it was.
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