Lorde Fans Are Complaining That Her New Translucent CD Won’t Play on Their CD Players

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• MurrayL@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Loving this little nugget from the article:

  the translucent CD, which was pitched as an environmentally friendly option

  Ah yes, the environmentally friendly option of producing thousands of plastic disks that don’t work.

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• cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  How is that even supposed to work? The laser beam has to be reflected back down to the sensor in order to read the CD.

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  • aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Translucent != transparent, but you might be on to something.

    Maybe it works better on slim drives with a lower ceiling. Larger drives with space above the disc might allow the laser to refract and generate garbage.

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    • bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I mean the CD does work. But not with all players… Not sure what makes some work and some not. Laser wavelength?

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  • SheeEttin@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    CD players use 780 nm light, which is infrared. What is transparent in visible light may be reflective in infrared.

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    • TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Plastics are typically transparent to IR

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• NABDad@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  People still buy CDs?

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• aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Maybe stick to making vanity records for the superfans / vinyl collectors.

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• ConstantPain@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Hahahahahaha

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• glimse@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Really wasn’t into the singles but overall, pretty good album.

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  • 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The album really is a transparent reflection on humanity.

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• bieren@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Just buy a new CD player or car you plebs.

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