Bored Ape NFT party is a real eyesore, say irritated attendees We've heard of getting burned by non-fungible tokens (NFTs), but this is a new one: attendees at a Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) event over the weekend in Hong Kong are reporting eye pain and difficulty seeing after an evening party went wrong. ApeFest, which took place over the weekend in multiple venues around Hong Kong, …
"perma tanned Florida resident"
THAT is not a tan!
Exactly what it is is a harder question to answer. It is also definately not applied by a professional.
..Ah.. I think I amay be onto something:
https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Expressions-CSMGCHOC-Metallic-Chocolate/dp/B01E70BV7Y
I just think he read paperback romantic novels (you know the kind) and misunderstood the therm "bronzed skin"..
Although at the same time, I can hardly imagine him reading a book in the first place, so I may have to re-evaluate.
Pornographic videos on a badly adjusted monitor maybe?
Novels - may be hehas the complete works of Jilly Cooper!
It's really too bad those twats didn't have their eyes burned out or hair set on fire.
But to make this comment productive, this used to be a real problem on all movie sets! Back around the 1920s-1950s, movie film couldn't expose fast enough to do 24 fps without having giant arc lights making everything insanely bright. And it was even worse for colour film, which needed twice the illumination. For example, the recommended brightness for normal work is 50 foot-candles (FC). If you're doing really detailed work, like inspecting small parts, you might want it as high as 100 FC. Well, black and white movie film needed 250-400 FC, and colour film needed 800-1000! Wizard of Oz (1939) had so much lighting that the temperatures on-set reached over 38C (100F), and many actors in costumes had heatstrokes and needed vast quantities of water. Pity the poor Tin Man or Lion. To get back to the original point, this was one reason actors wore such thick makeup - to prevent 'sun'burn. But there was nothing they could do about their eyes, without having everyone wear sunglasses, so most of the actors and actresses had photokeratitis. Several of the Wizard of Oz cast say it permanently damaged their eyes.
Starting in the mid 50s (Eastmancolor), films started getting fast enough that they could start easing off on the crazy lighting, though it would take decades.
Coo. I did not know any of that.
(I'd love to know what the rationale of your downvoter was.
An NFT investor perhaps, upset that he can't clearly see his ugly Jpegs of monkeys any more and that we're all mocking THE NEXT BIG THING IN GETTING SUPER RICH FAST™?)
[bright lights] used to be a real problem on all movie sets
It still is. High power lamps shining onto an aeroplane to simulate sunrise during filming caused some of the plane's windows to fall out
People envision magic when they hear about a digital product that is unique and impossible to copy. All the NFT startups are hyping that you can buy, collect, and sell NFT media with no risk. Some even use the ledger for pyramid hierarchical payments.
Of course anything can be copied. All you're buying is a space on a tamper-resistant ledger claiming ownership, and that claim may never have been valid.
I also had "Arc Eye" from messing with near UV lasers AND UV LEDs. You'd think I'd learn but didn't know that back reflections even with UV blocking goggles were enough.
Did some tests, and typical green gas welding goggles DO NOT BLOCK narrow band UV from an LED, especially not the sort used for light reactive nail varnish or glue.
Exceedingly painful, and symptoms can be delayed by hours or in some cases days depending on wavelength and exposure time.
Incidentally you can get a mild dose from being outside on a sunny day.
Some fluorescent tubes with specific glass (ie BLB) are less harmful but still not something you'd want to stare at for days on end.
Now, had the Shenzenite manufacturers who sent me the diodes with NO WARNINGS WHATSOEVER or even a datasheet actually done the right thing, I'd have
known that these were in fact hazardous to the eyes.
Was told that they were near UV ie 410nm not as it turned out closer to 370 according to my Note 4 and testing LED vs known UV-B diode.
After speaking to an optician who berated me about not using £xp£n$iv£ eyewear they confirmed no permanent damage had been done.
I did actually consider writing to the manufacturer but its a game of Whack-A-Mole with these folks.
Interestingly UV-C (230-320nm, 2-130mW) can be had if you know where to look, these really will ruin your day.
The cause of the Bored Ape UVC eye burn incident?
As mentioned in the article, It's not the first time that there has been UV eye damage at a function in Hong Kong. He thinks that this time there was a "lavatory" theme room with exposed UVC germicidal tubes around the top of the walls.
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