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cheezoid2@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

But say just for examples sake we didn’t read the article - what would a quick summary of why exactly palm pilots are relevant to iMax entail?

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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
It takes two paragraphs to explain it in the article because IMAX is really complicated. The important thing is that it’s mainly a monitoring device and projectionists usually just have to leave it alone and let it do its thing.

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- cheezoid2@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Cool, actually very interesting. Thanks for the summary!
  
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  - WarmSoda@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Instead of waiting ten minutes for someone else to retype the information for you, you could read the two small groups of words and found out immediately! It’s magic
    
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    cheezoid2@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
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Overzeetop@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The article doesn't actually say what is does, just that it's function is to ensure the loading of film occurs at a constant speed which, it is implied, keeps the audio in sync. It doesn't say how it does it, how it's connected, or whether it has a true control function or is just a monitoring device which is used by the projectionist to make alterations (using another part of the system) should the operation de-sync. The only operator they talked to claims to neve have interacted with the device.

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- cheezoid2@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Thank you, that is a very concise ELI5-style explanation of the original “if it ain’t broke” summation.
  
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