When “Foundation” Gets the Blockbuster Treatment, Asimov’s Vision Gets Lost

Re:When “Foundation” Gets the Blockbuster Treatment, Asimov’... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @09:26AM (#29080839)

> a flashlight that lasts for more than a few minutes (...) despite the fact ~98%+ of the people reading this literally have a flashlight in their pocket or equally available right now

A tangent: it dawned on me only a few years ago just how little power LED lights use compared to most other things we do with energy. I never had a good intuition for this, so I was surprised when I noticed that keeping my smartphone's flashlight active at full power doesn't noticeably drain its battery - in stark contrast to even keeping the screen on (and thus the phone's CPU awake).

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Re:When “Foundation” Gets the Blockbuster Treatment, Asimov’... by garmaine on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @01:12PM (#29084187)

This is not my experience on iPhones. This light drains the battery pretty quickly.

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Re:When “Foundation” Gets the Blockbuster Treatment, Asimov’... by TeMPOraL on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @03:37AM (#29092005)

I see. To contextualize my observation, it is my experience with Galaxy S7 and S9.

I suspect your iPhones must be staying awake for the duration of using the flashlight, for some reason.

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