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What a clever idea! My very first thought was "bullshit!" when I saw the title on HN but after my actual brain had a real chance to think about it I immediatel
by msandford 11y ago
What a clever idea! My very first thought was "bullshit!" when I saw the title on HN but after my actual brain had a real chance to think about it I immediately reversed course.
It's cool to think that an interpreted language running in a browser can actually fix hardware, for a certain definition of fix.
- vacri 11y agoSometimes you can clear a stuck pixel with a gentle massage - just don't use too much force. Doesn't work if there's a sheet of glass in front of the screen, of course. Usually when I get a new screen, the first thing I'll do is check it out with a pure screen of each of red, blue, and green, which tends to show up stuck subpixels.
- agumonkey 11y agoIt did manage to modify the pixel states, but not in a stable way. A few of them went back to fully-lit.