WillTFB

WillTFB t1_j7m8r6y wrote on February 7, 2023 at 8:38 PM

Reply to comment by planoavid in TIL the first Blue LED wasn't commercially available until 1989 and bright blue LEDs weren't available until 1993. by j-merc23

Ah thank you, that make sense.

WillTFB t1_j7m36pp wrote on February 7, 2023 at 8:02 PM

Reply to comment by TrumpterOFyvie in TIL the first Blue LED wasn't commercially available until 1989 and bright blue LEDs weren't available until 1993. by j-merc23

Wonder what the science behind this is

WillTFB t1_j5rhtx8 wrote on January 25, 2023 at 1:22 AM

Reply to comment by DaveOJ12 in TIL that the European Union developed a satellite navigation system called Galileo, which can provide an accuracy of up to 20 cm (0.7ft) on smartphones, while GPS only reaches around 3 meters (10ft) by apeowl

Yeah shocked me too

WillTFB t1_j5qyysm wrote on January 24, 2023 at 11:12 PM

Reply to comment by Electricpants in TIL that the European Union developed a satellite navigation system called Galileo, which can provide an accuracy of up to 20 cm (0.7ft) on smartphones, while GPS only reaches around 3 meters (10ft) by apeowl

Mate it's been 50 years.

WillTFB t1_ix4u631 wrote on November 20, 2022 at 7:35 PM

Reply to comment by LaunchTransient in This little known - image of a meandering squiggle of high-altitude clouds on Saturn was captured by Cassini spacecraft on July 18, 2010. Credit: NASA, JPL,CCaltech, SSI, JP Major by MistWeaver80

Rather pedantic don't you think?