minus-squareapemint@lemmy.worldtoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•People born after 2000 have never seen the cosmic microwave background on their TV set.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up139·8 days agoWell, not really. The cosmic microwave background radiation was a tiny fraction of that noise. What everyone saw was mostly thermal noise generated by the amplifier circuit inside the TV. linkfedilink
minus-squareapemint@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.world•And guess what, that works.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoNo, most people just give up after seeing the price. linkfedilink
Well, not really. The cosmic microwave background radiation was a tiny fraction of that noise. What everyone saw was mostly thermal noise generated by the amplifier circuit inside the TV.