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Sometime in the early 80's, 82 or 3 I think, there was a solar eclipse. We were TOLD, no idea who, but the rumor was that it was safe to look at it through exposed x-ray film.

So, we lined up outside Lexington hospital ER with our exposed x-ray films in hand and stared at the solar eclipse that afternoon.

It was an amazing thing to see. And when it was fully covered it got dark and very cold from the noon heat that we're used to. I remember a very very bright searing light and a flash sort of then it went away. The lights came back on and the afternoon heated back up and everything returned to normal.

Life happens and you move on. I started using readers many years ago, but no big deal. That's just part of aging.

About 10 years ago while driving I had a big brown perfectly round spot appear in my right eye. Wouldn't blink out, or go away. The left eye was ok. Pretty much freaked me out.

The next day, the optometrist examined it and the first thing he asked was am I right handed, I said I was.

The next question was 'have I ever looked at a solar eclipse?' I said yes, but that was in the early 80's. And "they" said it was safe if we used x-ray film.

He said they were wrong. Then he said you have a burn on your right retina that's perfectly round and consistent with a burn from looking at a solar eclipse. Sometimes the damage takes years to show up, in which it did in my case. Stress and aging can cause it to swell and become visible.

I was working in the cath lab and had a particularly long day and was hurrying and rushing to Lexington for a ceremony to honor Leeburn Ray Harris at the band room when it occurred.

There is nothing that can be done for it, it's irreparable. It's sort of like macular degeneration.

Over the years, the brown spot has gone away unless I get really tired, which I try to avoid because, well..I love sleep.

But my vision in my right eye is severely impacted from a rumor of what was safe. I was young and would try most anything at least once. I can still see out of it, but I only see really big letters. My left eye has accommodated to help it out.

I didn't write this from the victim standpoint because the world needs less whiny victims.

I wrote this to let everyone know to take this upcoming solar eclipse seriously; it's not play.

I have no intention of looking at it again. Don't have but one good eye so I can't lose it.

Be sure to check with an eye doctor about the safest way, if there is one, to look at this phenomenon coming up.

Just a tip.

Don't risk it.

Be safe.

Not me, but 3 friends of mine lost a bet a while back. They each had to stare at the sun for a couple of seconds. One came out okay, but the other two got some form of color blindness. It was a shame because one of the two was a successful graphic designer, but it worked out. He now asks his SO whenever he creating something if the colors are okay, and he goes on as normal

Michelle55:
Oh she did her best to teach me mathematics but my heart and body isn't just there, I can't count how many times I've been made to crawl the entire school compound just because I was disturbing during maths period.

Mrs Ogunsanya tried though with that her accent, I will just be smiling sheepishly whenever she starts teaching. Her accents makes me laugh in a good way though

Janet go just dey do pass herself for maths class, always asking questions and answering them like say na maths na her name thereby making the rest of us look bad I won't forgive her for that.

Riliwan comes to school by 10am with lots of excuses, in fact the school got tired of punishing him but only us(his crew) knew he was avoiding maths period if only I can do that as well but the fear of my uncle is the beginning of wisdom in my house

But in all, I simply don't like maths na after all na art class I dey, wetin consign me consign maths edakun The only time I come alive is during government, English and Literature period.

Op, I get the fact that you're a maths genius, no dey make the rest of us feel bad na

tommy589:
Boniface offokaja at 16 shows so much brilliance.Where is he now?

Starlink, the satellite internet constellation being developed by SpaceX, targets Africa’s coverage in late 2021 and 2022.

Only Nigeria may expect the late 2021 launch, while other African countries should have access to Starlink satellite internet service in 2022. To be part of the early users, you have to join the “Better Than Nothing” beta programme because it takes about six months to fulfil a pre-order. You can pre-order on the Starlink website for a refundable $99. The Starlink kit, which includes a mounting tripod, WiFi router, and terminal to connect to the satellites, costs $499.

It is important to note that coverage across countries would vary (see satellites map). With only about 1,300 satellites launched as of February, “users can expect to see data speeds vary from 50 Megabit per second to 150Mbps and latency from 20 milliseconds to 40ms… There will also be brief periods of no connectivity at all”, Starlink says on its website.

Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX—the parent company of Starlink, has said speed will double to ~300Mbps, and latency will drop to 20ms later this year. He added that Starlink targets most of the populated Earth by the end of 2021 and total coverage by 2022. Thereafter, it would be “about densifying coverage”, Musk said.

Starlink’s goal is to have about 42,000 satellites constellation in orbit by 2027. But the Federal Communications Commission and the International Telecommunication Union have approved only 12,000 of its satellites.

What are the limitations of Starlink satellite internet?
Satellite internet is best for low to medium population density areas. It can also provide internet access to areas where broadband is unreliable or unavailable. However, with a monthly subscription of $99 (that’s about ₦37,000, which is more than the ₦30,000 minimum wage) and $499 (~₦190,000) for the Starlink kit, most people in developing countries may not be able to afford it.

Hence, some analysts had criticised the satellite internet project. They argue that Starlink and its ilks won’t deliver internet access at prices people in developing countries can afford. “It’s a bit like trying to make up for lack of roads by building cars that don’t need them “, Mark Summer, CEO of EveryLayer, told Wired.

Facebook and some of the world’s largest telecom carriers, including China Mobile Ltd, heeded satellite internet critics’ advice to deploy the internet the old-fashioned way, especially in developing countries. In May 2020, Facebook announced that it has partnered with leading African and global operators to build 2Africa, the most comprehensive subsea cable to serve the African continent and the Middle East region.

The regulatory framework SpaceX would have to comply with to operate Starlink in African countries is also unclear. For instance, it is required to obtain a licence before it can operate in South Africa.

Last month, the Independent Communication Authority of South Africa (ICASA) said it is having discussions with SpaceX regarding Starlink. Because to operate Starlink in South Africa, SpaceX would need to obtain an Individual Electronic Communications Network Service (I-ECNS) and Individual Electronics Communications Service licence.

LordReed:
When did you start spreading fake news?

CalliDora1:
Trust no one. Anything is possible with humans these days.

Damn.. mere looking at him in the second pics you can tell he's catching feelings from body contact with the little boy. Iike seriously, he's on. His eyes says it all.

Abomination!

Stubborn82:
Be calming down pls

I was the guy in that picture and what happened is that, the lady in the picture is my cousin sister, she needed some financial help, I was in a restaurant when she called me, I told her to come over, where she's is staying is not that far away from my house.

I told her to take something but she feel if she take something, I will not take her case seriously.

That's is the whole thing

That's her picture

SilverNorGold:
Nawa o.. Be like na 2go Trump go finally settle for o, as e dey be.. ..

But on a serious note, we need decentralized social media platforms built on the blockchain technology. Platforms that are transparent and focus on users' freedom: like users having total control of their data without fear of it being sold to third-party organizations; like users having rights to their privacy; like users having freedom over their Contents - right to add, delete, edit their contents without restrictions and without being subjected to the strict rules of the owners of these platforms, etc.. These advantages far outweigh the disadvantages..


"Decentralized" platforms like Steemit, Relevant and Vid are capable of disrupting their centralized rivals like Facebook, Twitter Reddit, etc.. But we need them to be completely decentralized for this decentralized revolution to be successful... Hopefully, Nairaland will be decentralized in the future..

Back to Donald Trump... I suggest he use Telegram or Signal.. Especially Signal.. A platform recently recommended by Elon Musk himself..

But left for me, I suggest he should use one of the decentralized platforms... It'll make the decentralized platform and the blockchain technology even more popular..

Cos...

The FUTURE is in DECENTRALIZATION.. The future is BLOCKCHAIN..

God bless the blockchain technology...
God bless science and technology.
God bless decentralization.
God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.


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Nawa o.. See how Nigerians dey behave? Because of him hatred for Buhari, this my beloved brother refuse to support humanity. E go better.



Thanks, my beloved brother. But I am not very intelligent o. Just someone wey like tech small..

God bless us all..

SamuelLoch:
infinix note 8i
It has dual SIM, and it's equipped with some of the latest technologies. Also, its USB type-c

2plurse:
A guy used my Sim without my notice to bypass google account on a stolen Samsung A70..pls what should I do

CPU

The CPU configuration is the first major difference between the Snapdragon 888 and the Kirin 9000. Both processors are octa-core chipsets with the same 1+3+4 CPU core arrangement, however, save for the four Cortex-A55 efficiency cores, the rest are different.

The Kirin 9000 may be Huawei’s most powerful chipset but its prime core and three other performance cores are last-gen Cortex-A77 cores. When compared to the prime core of the Snapdragon 888 which is the Cortex-X1, and its performance cores which are Cortex-A78 cores, the Kirin 9000 has some catching up to do even though all of its cores are clocked higher.

According to Arm, the Cortex-A78 offers a 20% improvement in performance over Cortex-A77 while the Cortex-X1 offers a 30% improvement in performance over the Cortex-A77.

When it comes to performance tasks, the Snapdragon 888 should take the lead. However, for tasks relegated to the efficiency cores (Cortex-A55), the Kirin 9000 should be faster due to the cores’ higher clock speed.

Overall performance should show the Snapdragon 888 taking the lead.

GPU

Qualcomm may have won the CPU category but the Kirin 9000 is the winner when it comes to the GPU. The Adreno 660 is said to bring a 35% increase in performance over the previous generation but Huawei claims its Mali-G78 GPU boasts a 52% increase in performance over Qualcomm’s last-generation GPU which is present inside the Snapdragon 865 Plus.

Benchmark results indeed show that the GPU inside the Kirin 9000 is no joke. It scores 6261 points on the GPU benchmark app, 3D Mark, leaving the Adreno 650 GPU of the Snapdragon 865 Plus with a score of 4286 points in the dust. We expect the Adreno 660 to do significantly better but we doubt it will be able to outscore the Mali-G78.

AI

The Snapdragon 888 comes with the new Hexagon 780 AI Engine that boasts up to 26 TOPS in performance. The Kirin 9000 also features a powerful tri-core NPU (Dual Big Core + Tiny Core) and currently sits at the top of the AI benchmark table. Qualcomm’s processor is yet to get benchmarked but the semiconductor company promises big gains. It remains to be seen if it can challenge the Kirin 9000.

Conclusion
The Kirin 9000 and Snapdragon 888 definitely bring huge improvements to the mobile chipset space, especially in the Android ecosystem. However, they have their individual strengths, the sum of which determines which of them is the more powerful one.

The Snapdragon 888 wins in terms of CPU performance while the Kirin 9000 seems to be the one with the better GPU and AI capabilities. However, there are other factors to consider such as power efficiency where the Kirin 9000 already does excellently well. So until there is an in-depth device-to-device comparison, we can’t say which chipset is the clear winner.

Snapdragon 888

Node: 5nm

CPU: 1 x 2.84GHz (Cortex-X1)
3 x 2.4GHz (Cortex-A78)
4 x 1.8GHz (Cortex-A55)

GPU: Adreno 660

ISP: Spectra™ 580

AI Engine: Hexagon 780

Modem: Snapdragon X60 5G

Connectivity: Wi-Fi 6E, Wi-Fi 6

Kirin 9000

Node: 5nn

CPU: 1 x 3.13GHz (Cortex-A77)
3 x 2.54GHz (Cortex-A77)
4 x 2.04GHz (Cortex-A55)

GPU: Mali-G78 (24-core)

ISP: ISP 6.0

AI Engine: Dual Big Core + Tiny Core NPUs

Modem: Balong 5000 5G

Connectivity: Wi-Fi 6+

Proffdada:
It's funny how time flies and look back on this to find that spectranet is the best now. Except you can't download torrents at regular speeds during free unlimited data time

SmartPolician:
The number of medical doctors that leaves Nigeria at the end of every academic year is alarming. My friend who finished from Uniben is already writing the necessary exams that will enable her to leave the country for good.

If you know your onions in tech and medicine, you have no business living in Nigeria because this country is a failed state. Grab the opportunity and leave the country for Buhari and his goons.

Anyways, congratulations to Dr. Kunle for doing us proud.

When we talk about the biggest processor makers in the smartphone world, usually brands like Qualcomm and Samsung come to our mind. However, both of these were apparently not the biggest smartphone chipset vendors in third quarter of 2020. According to a new report by Counterpoint, MediaTek was the one that outstripped Qualcomm to get the lead position.

As per the report, the Taiwanese chipset maker performed well in $100 to 250 ( ₹7000 – ₹18,000) price bracket. India and China were two of the most important markets for MediaTek in Q3. One of the reasons for MediaTek’s growth is also said to be the sluggish growth of Huawei due to these US sanctions

Counterpoint adds that MediaTek chipsets were in some 100 million smartphones that were sold globally in the third quarter. All this helped the company to expand its market share from 26% in second quarter to 31%.

The growth of MediaTek also means that it somewhere hampered Qualcomm's market that dropped from 31% share in Q2 to 29% in Q3.

However, Qualcomm right now is still leading when it comes to market for 5G chipsets. It had a share of 39% in the third quarter. As per CounterPoint, the demand for 5G phones increased in Q3 with 17% of all handsets supporting 5G network. And this helped Qualcomm expand its market share.

The research firm says that this 5G trend is likely to continue with 1/3rd of all smartphones that will be shipped in the fourth quarter of 2020. While Qualcomm has brought some new 5G supporting chipsets including the Snapdragon 690, Snapdragon 750G and Snapdragon 865 Plus, MediaTek on the other hand, has also expanded its lineup across different pricing, using its Dimensity range of 5G chipsets.

thowbie7ven:
I need the 64GB asap pls