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MacRumors: Apple News and Rumors 15h ago

Apple Discontinued More Than Just the Mac Pro This Month

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/30/apple-discontinued-more-than-mac-pro/

While these aren't my favorite displays, I have to admit that they are interesting: each character is made up of many segments of various shapes, and each cell in the 5×3 matrix has unique shapes, visible on the second image.

These examples are used on lines 2 and 3a of the #Paris #tram network.

Do these displays have a name, by the way? I'd love to know.
(UPDATE: Got my answer; see replies.)

#RATP #displays #display

MacRumors: Apple News and Rumors 6d ago

Studio Display and Studio Display XDR Get Firmware Update

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/24/studio-display-firmware-update-26-4/

Site Title Mar 20

Gas Discharge and Neon Lamps Basics

Gas discharge and neon lamps light up by making a low‑pressure gas inside a sealed tube conduct electricity. When a high enough voltage is applied between electrodes, free electrons slam into the gas atoms, knocking them into excited energy states and producing light as those atoms return to lower energy levels. This glow doesn’t come from a hot filament, but from the gas itself giving off photons during ionization and recombination. What Gas Discharge Really Means A gas discharge lamp […]

https://janosiimre.wordpress.com/2026/03/20/gas-discharge-and-neon-lamps-basics/