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This engine has some strict limitations, specifically the count of polygons it can process: There’s an extra 248 KB of RAM available used to store processed geometry, this amount accounts for up to 2048 triangles or 1706 quadrilaterals, although this limit is reduced by using polygon strips (as opposed to individual polys)
Because many goods are priced in dollars, dollar assets have relatively predictable purchasing power; this reinforces demand for these assets, which in turn makes it somewhat cheaper to borrow in dollars than in other currencies. And cheap dollar borrowing in turn gives businesses an incentive to limit their risks by pricing in dollars, again reinforcing the dollar’s advantage.
Opinion | Wonking Out: Why the Dollar Dominates - The New York Times
Paul Krugman
Sound effects emerged in the late nineteenth century, as the motion-picture industry experimented with accompaniment to silent films. Theatres brought in live bands, orchestras, lecturers, and hidden actors who stomped and clattered in conjunction with movies; they tested strategically placed phonographs and the Kinetophone, a contraption introduced by Thomas Edison, which attempted to synch sound to movement. Enterprising inventors created effects “traps,” small machines meant to imitate everyday sounds such as a baby crying or a nose being blown.
The Weird, Analog Delights of Foley Sound Effects
Anna Wiener
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