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Re:Pom-pom crabs fight over tiny anemones, which they hold l... by evincarofautumn on Friday February 10, 2017 @05:17PM (#13619397)
Humans can, too, though not very well. Stare at a bright white LCD—you should see orthogonal double-fan shapes, one bluish, one yellowish.
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Re:Pom-pom crabs fight over tiny anemones, which they hold l... by moron4hire on Friday February 10, 2017 @06:20PM (#13619791)
I personally see it more readily from red LED digits on my alarm clock at night. IDK if it's generally better conditions or biological difference.
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Re:Pom-pom crabs fight over tiny anemones, which they hold l... by TD-Linux on Friday February 10, 2017 @10:14PM (#13620737)
LEDs don't produce polarized light. You might be seeing the matrix scanning.
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Re:Pom-pom crabs fight over tiny anemones, which they hold l... by moron4hire on Saturday February 11, 2017 @07:22AM (#13622302)
Don't know why I said LED. Alarm clocks are almost never LED. It's a backlit LCD.
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Re:Pom-pom crabs fight over tiny anemones, which they hold l... by lsaferite on Sunday February 12, 2017 @02:54PM (#13630284)
They can see 6 different types of polarization though.
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