Why “Brighter” is being discussed
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I've had an LG B9 OLED since late 2020, and I use it relatively infrequently (maybe like 2h per week on average, mostly movie or TV show content, rarely anything with fixed UI o…
by Retr0id · Oct 8, 2026
The tandem OLED screens they use on the iPad Pro stack multiple OLED layers on top of each other and reduces the brightness of the layers. The brighter you run OLED, the more bu…
by GeekyBear · Oct 8, 2026
In hindsight, the critical technologies for powered flight were aerodynamics and internal combustion engines, and flying became easy - at least compared to the prior 0.000% succ…
by bell-cot · Oct 8, 2026
If web browsers were able to take care of that, as it is their job, it would be a glorious throw back to a brighter past.
by noisem4ker · Oct 8, 2026
The Slavery Abolition Act was passed in 1833; the government got deep into debt to reimburse the owners for their former slaves. That is not the whole story, of course, but the…
by zweifuss · Oct 8, 2026
It's complicated. It's trivial to make an image that you can see the 8-bit quantization in. Just make 256 vertical gray bars, equally spaced. In much of the image (usually the d…
by aidenn0 · Oct 8, 2026
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Brighter is a Santa Monica-based internet and healthcare company that connects dentists, patients, and dental insurers. The company licenses a consumer-driven dental benefits experience to insurance carriers to help them administer dental plans more efficiently and offer patient-friendly services such as online and mobile provider directories, patient reviews, and a proprietary online appointment scheduling feature, Brighter Schedule. The company's founder and CEO is internet entrepreneur Jake Winebaum. Read more on Wikipedia