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Voyager 1 is still transmitting from beyond the heliosphere on 22 watts — less power than the bulb in your hallway — and the engineers who built it in the 1970s never expected we'd still be listening (spacedaily.com)
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[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

Uh, what. Bulbs last years now.

[-] Gumus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 hours ago

That's because the cartel ceased to operate almost a hundred years ago...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_cartel

[-] SteevyT@beehaw.org 3 points 1 day ago

Y'all are replacing light bulbs?

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 15 hours ago

only bulb i've replaced is the stupid powerful 2000lm smart bulb i have in the ceiling to replace the sun, but that's under warranty so who cares

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