The answer is yes! It depends on the type of material and the goals. For instance, the iPhone 4 was supposed to have a white version on release but it was delayed. Apple eventually blamed the different in heat and UV radiation being different, if I remember correctly. Vague rumors that it messed with the proximity sensor also floated around. This was during the antenna-gate “you’re holding it wrong” era. Could be all BS and there was no formal explanation given.

Most times it probably doesn’t affect very much but manufacturing engineers spend a lot of R&D to make sure it doesn’t by the time things to get to consumers!

This is quietly a major issue in America. Fear of discourse and self-censorship. Leads to more and more echo chambers and anti-democratic behavior. :(

I see what you mean but it doesn’t take much to download a VPN app and hit the big green button

You can’t picture anything in your mind’s eye? It’s not seeing for real but imagining you are looking at something. Like a memory. When you say abstract of the thing you just think of the words associated with it or along those lines?

If you are into violin folk rock, Andrew Bird’s album Hark!

Pew pew pew sprsshh explosion the beginning seemed like a callback to DS9 and then it lost all composure. Chaos can be fun as long as it has some sort of philosophical debate at its core? I guess paramount is looking for new audiences?

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