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Re:The Terrifying Potential of 5G on Saturday April 27, 2019 @05:11PM (#19767664)
It's good for my mood and concentration, and it supports my sleep rhythm. I shouldn't focus on seeing into the sun itself, though I have seen it look 3D now, super cool! That hurt my eyes for a day or so, they felt mildly bruised. It wasn't so bad, as I've hurt my eyes quite a lot before, playing around with a green laser with diffractor. That felt like "100+ small cuts in my retina" that lasted for over a week.

It works best to aim for an "HDR" effect (as a baseline, or when it's at all uncomfortable), so look around the sun and only for a small part of the time directly into the sun, aiming to make the sun more defined (vs. "overexposed white area").

For safe fun, use a candle instead. A real burning one, LEDs are Not Nice for staring at.

Re:The Terrifying Potential of 5G on Saturday April 27, 2019 @06:35AM (#19764864)
That's a wide-band transmission with a regular 50hz signal, instead of a narrow-band 2.4/5Ghz modulated by chaotic 10/100/1000Mhz (Mb/s) data.

Like the difference between a lightbulb and a tissue-penetrating laser strobe.

Re:The Terrifying Potential of 5G on Saturday April 27, 2019 @03:46AM (#19764388)
The 50/60hz wiring radiation is a mild annoyance compared to 2.4 and 5Ghz wifi (I prefer 5Ghz because it seems to transfer less heat to my tissues); I sporadically use 4G on my phone so I don't need a permanent wifi installation in my room. Contrarily, I've found that staring into the sun, early in the morning for seconds up to a few minutes, is quite pleasant.

If 5G is much worse than 4G I'm literally getting lead-lined underwear. It's already a bother to keep my phone sufficiently far from my brain and balls while typing this comment.

Then again, my sensitivity is way too high. I can also feel whether my microwave is turned on through the wall!