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WKRP in Cincinnati Now Exists in Real Life

WKRP in Cincinnati Now Exists in Real Life

Published by Daniella Wilson

Baby, if you’ve ever wondered … whether there’s a real radio station called WKRP in Cincinnati, there is now. A station formerly known as “The Oasis” bears the call letters made famous by the 1978-82 sitcom as of Monday. The station, 97.7 FM in the Cincinnati area, aired the WKRP theme song for six hours straight early Monday morning before the changeover became official. The station will play classic rock and pop — music that viewers might have heard snippets of in episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati. Gary Sandy, who played program director Andy Travis on the series, recorded a series of promos for the station. “We play essentially the same music that they played on WKRP,” station owner Jeff Ziesmann told public radio station WVXU. “It made more sense for us to do this than any other station in town.” WKRP in Cincinnati also starred Howard Hesseman, Tim Reid, Loni Anderson, Gordon Jump, Jan Smithers, Frank Bonner and Richard Sanders. It ran for four seasons on CBS; a spinoff/sequel, The New WKRP in Cincinnati, ran in syndication in …

OLED banding is worse than burn-in, and most TV shoppers have no idea it exists

OLED banding is worse than burn-in, and most TV shoppers have no idea it exists

Published by skeptic

I worry way too much about display defects on modern TVs. Up until recently, I was terrified of OLED burn-in until I found these 3 settings. Y’know what has troubled me even more since I picked up my first “Organic Light Emitting Diode” screen back in 2015? OLED banding. Unless you’re a massive AV-obsessed nerd like myself, you may not know what banding actually is. In short, it typically manifests as a series of thin vertical lines across a screen (though they can also appear horizontally). It’s a subtle issue that, once you notice it, though, can prove incredibly tough to unsee. Let me explain exactly what display banding is, and provide tips on how to alleviate this issue. Related Don’t buy a cheap OLED TV before checking these 5 specific specs It might not be worth it without them. What is OLED banding? Breaking down this annoying screen issue Credit: Dave Meikleham \ MakeUseOf OLED banding is a type of display defect that is caused during the manufacturing process. Because not all TVs are created …

Why do astronauts still act like gravity exists in space?

Why do astronauts still act like gravity exists in space?

Published by Jenni Sidey

An astronaut can hold a tool in space, loosen their fingers, and watch it stay put. Nothing drops. Nothing tugs downward. Yet the brain does not simply forget gravity because the body has left Earth. That mismatch sits at the center of a new study on how people grip and move objects in orbit. The research found that even after months in weightlessness, astronauts still handled objects as if gravity might interfere. Their hands applied too much force, especially during movement, suggesting the brain kept predicting a pull that was no longer there. The work, led by Philippe Lefèvre and colleagues at Université catholique de Louvain and Ikerbasque, looked at one of the most ordinary actions people perform, picking up and moving an object, and placed it in one of the least ordinary environments possible. A habit the nervous system does not easily erase On Earth, the brain constantly coordinates two related forces when a person handles an object. One is grip force, the pressure from the fingers. The other is load force, the force …

This Android shortcut saves me hours every week, and almost nobody knows it exists

This Android shortcut saves me hours every week, and almost nobody knows it exists

Published by skeptic

I’ve spent 15 years writing about mobile operating systems. Yet I still get that “eureka” moment when I find a toggle I’ve ignored for three hardware cycles. It’s usually tucked away in a sub-menu with a boring name like “Gestures.” I scroll past it a dozen times before finally tapping it and wondering how I ever lived without it. Quick Tap was exactly like that for me. I enabled it on a whim, fully expecting to forget about it within a week. Instead, it became one of the first things I set up on my Pixel 9 Pro XL. I’ve done the same on every Pixel I’ve tested since then, including older ones. Most Android users I know have never heard of it. Some have carried a Pixel for years and still haven’t stumbled across it. That’s the thing about Android: it hides its best stuff just far enough off the beaten path that most people never find it. Here’s what I reach for every day, and a few others worth turning on while you’re …

I found a Windows 11 log that shows exactly what’s making my PC slow — and most people don’t know it exists

I found a Windows 11 log that shows exactly what’s making my PC slow — and most people don’t know it exists

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When my computer is slow, the Task Manager is one of the first places I look. It gives me an idea of what’s happening with the CPU and memory. The Event Viewer also provides some vital information for troubleshooting the lag. However, there have been times when none of these tools have helped me identify concrete, actionable steps, and I’m forced to install new tools for proper system investigation. I recently discovered a built-in tool that opens with a single command. It ties problems down to specific days, showing crash timelines, failed updates, and system issues, and has given me the clearest view of all the built-in Windows tools I’ve used. Opening Reliability Monitor and what the stability graph actually shows Afam Onyimadu / MUO The tool is called Reliability Monitor, and it opens with the command perfmon /rel. Optionally, on the Start menu, you can search for Reliability Monitor and open the View reliability history Control Panel applet. The tool may take a few seconds to generate the report, but it’s neat and feels …

If life exists on Mars, it’s likely hiding — or maybe sleeping

If life exists on Mars, it’s likely hiding — or maybe sleeping

Published by Jenni Sidey

With the latest detection of organic compounds by the Curiosity rover, the case for past life on Mars becomes stronger than ever, as suggested in a recent paper by Alexander Pavlov in the journal Astrobiology. And that lends additional credence to an even more exciting idea — that living organisms may still exist on Mars today. If that’s true, what form should we expect them to take? And where should we search for them? The planet’s surface is a brutal environment for any known type of organism, with huge temperature swings (from approximately -150 °C to 25 °C), virtually no water, and high doses of radiation. Yet we know from our own planet how resilient and adaptive life can be. Besides, this hostile environment didn’t always exist on Mars. So if life once thrived on the Red Planet, where did it go? Option 1: Retreat! We know from half a century of robotic Mars exploration that the planet once had watery environments similar to those on Earth’s surface, probably including shallow lakes, streams, and deeper-water …

OnlyFans owner was such a recluse that only one photo of him exists and he died days before the public found out

OnlyFans owner was such a recluse that only one photo of him exists and he died days before the public found out

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Billionaire OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky, a notorious recluse with just one publicly known photo, had been dead for days before the news became public. The 43-year-old businessman, who had been privately battling cancer, passed away earlier than the Monday announcement, according to Andy Bachman, CEO of Creators Inc., a company that works closely with OnlyFans adult content creators. “Insiders knew [Radvinsky] had been dealing with health issues for some time, and while his passing is tragic, he left behind a company that was fully prepared and resilient,” Bachman told theNew York Post. “His passing wasn’t sudden, so there was a lot of preparation. He passed a few days before the media found out, so there was no interruption to the business.” Before his death, Radvinsky shunned the public spotlight and purchased a $19 million, 6,000-square-foot oceanfront condo at Miami’s Turnberry Ocean …

I can’t recommend cheap Samsung and Google phones when this Android rival exists

I can’t recommend cheap Samsung and Google phones when this Android rival exists

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ZDNET’s key takeaways Pros: Bold design in a rather stale market, NothingOS is smooth and responsive, larger battery with fast charging Cons: Glyth Interface is less intuitive now, no US carrier availability, no wireless charging Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I won’t bury the lede: Nothing Phone 4a Pro is the company’s most premium-looking phone to date. The device has a strong character and distinct personality that you won’t find on any other sub-$500 phone. If Nothing’s old Glyph lights, a customizable LED strip interface on the back of the device, were too much for you, the Phone 4a Pro consolidates them in a Matrix inside the camera module without losing the fun vibe. Also: Forget iPhone 17e: Nothing’s Phone 4a Pro costs less and looks a whole lot better At $499, Nothing’s new Phone 4a Pro competes directly with more well-established players, such as the Google Pixel 10a and Samsung Galaxy A56 5G. The phone offers a solid package, but can it take on the industry heavyweights to grab a spot in …

The block universe: a theory where every moment already exists

The block universe: a theory where every moment already exists

Published by Jenni Sidey

JIM AL-KHALILI: My name is Jim Al-Khalili and I’m Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Surrey. My book is called ‘On Time’, the physics that makes the universe tick. If you look up the problem of time online, there will be various definitions of what is regarded as the problem of time. I like to lay out four different distinct problems. One is whether time flows. The second, how can we reconcile quantum field theory with Einstein’s general theory of relativity? Third, what is special about now? The fourth and final problem of time. Where does this direction of time come from? At the end of this interview, hopefully we’ll lay out the problems and the questions and the paradoxes, some of which we’ve figured out, others remain. For me as a physicist, I try to understand the external world, try and make sense of it. And to do that objectively, we have to sort of extract ourselves from the thing that we’re studying. When it comes to time, there’s a problem because we …