HackerNews Summary (2023-05-19 07PM)

Source: HDMI Alt Mode USB Type-C

Summary
HDMI Alt Mode allows HDMI source devices to connect to HDMI-enabled displays using a USB-C cable. Over 355 million HDMI-enabled displays are expected to ship in 2019. HDMI Alt Mode supports various features such as 4K resolutions and surround sound.

Fact

💻 HDMI Alt Mode allows HDMI-enabled source devices to connect to HDMI displays via USB Type-C without the need for adapters.

🔊 Supports surround sound and audio return channel (ARC).

🎬 Supports 3D, HDMI Ethernet Channel (HEC), Consumer Electronic Control (CEC), deep color, x.v.Color, and various content types.

🎞️ Supports resolutions up to 4K and high bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP 1.4 and HDCP 2.2).

🌟 Manufacturers can choose which HDMI features they want to support on their USB Type-C products.

Source: In a Sheep to Shawl competition, you have 5 people, 1 sheep, and 3 hours — good luck!

Summary
Competitive “Sheep to Shawl” event challenges teams of five – one sheep, a shearer, three spinners, and a weaver – to shear a sheep, card wool, spin it into yarn, and weave it into a shawl in three hours. Preparation for processing the unprocessed wool is key to success.

Fact

🐑 The teams shear a sheep, card the wool, spin wool into yarn and weave yarn into a shawl all under 3 hours during the competition.

🐑 Finding a sheep that is not too greasy is crucial as the wool has lanolin, making it harder to spin.

🐑 The competition takes place at the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival.

🐑 The competition also judges teams on their shawl quality, teamwork, and team theme and costumes.

🐑 A team of four high schoolers from a local Quaker school, The Quaker Bakers, participated in the event as part of their fiber art class and came in third.

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