MattW03@lemmy.ca to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoHe's not wrong.lemmy.caexternal-linkmessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoNah, fuck that. Buys e-ink monitor
minus-squareChrobin@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoThey would still emit real photons, just reflected ones.
minus-squarecholesterol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoStrictly speaking, reflected light isn’t ‘emitted’. A mirror isn’t an emitter of light either.
minus-squareChrobin@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-27 days agoPhotons get absorbed and then re-emitted. I’d argue that counts as emission as it’s one part of the reflection process.
Nah, fuck that. Buys e-ink monitor
They would still emit real photons, just reflected ones.
Strictly speaking, reflected light isn’t ‘emitted’. A mirror isn’t an emitter of light either.
Photons get absorbed and then re-emitted. I’d argue that counts as emission as it’s one part of the reflection process.
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