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Apple TV Becomes 4K HDR
By John Fieger With the recent announcement of the new Apple TV being 4K HDR ready, it has left some people wondering what exactly is 4K HDR, anyways? Breaking it down into three parts, there is first off 4K, then there’s the HDR standard and lastly, there’s the content. Starting with 4K, this is the… Read more
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From the Desk of the Managing Editor
By Ben Riggleman Student employees at SMCC had to go through workplace safety training in October, and I’m no exception. All it meant was watching a handful of slideshows and filling out some multiple-choice quizzes; you could do it while watching TV. I was tempted to blow it off by doing just that, until I… Read more
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Gambling on an Empty Promise
By Troy Hudson On November 7, the day this newspaper is published, Mainers will once again head to the polls to vote on two ballot initiatives and a handful of other matters, provided lingering 2016 election fatigue hasn’t caused us to throw up our hands at the very idea of the democratic process. While there’s… Read more
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What If…
By Lloyd Metcalf Much of what drives our social interactions with one another is sex- and gender-related. There are numerous publications regarding gender, sexuality and how it affects us — but is anyone asking “what if”? What if we had no gender? Assume for a moment that we are asexual beings that reproduce like amoebas.… Read more
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