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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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These days, kids identify them by the aspect ratio.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You kinda can tell though. CRTs didn’t really use pixels, so it’s not like watching on today’s video equipment though

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ummm..what? How do you think did CRTs show the picture?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What they're referring to is that analogue CRTs don't really have a fixed horizontal resolution. The screen has a finite number of horizontal lines (i.e. rows) which it moves down through on a regular-timed basis, but as the beam scans across horizontally it can basically be continuous (limited by the signal and the radius of the beam). This is why screen resolutions are referred to by their vertical resolutions alone (e.g. 360p = 360 lines, progressive scan [as opposed to interlaced]).

I'm probably wrong on the specifics, but that gives the gist and enough keywords to find a better explanation.

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