Dunno about stagnation vs techno-utopianism, but I sure am excited for better lighting in the future. Fluorescent lights, sodium lights… 

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@avibryant Hm I think I missed out on those -
@patrickc they're an interesting example of uneven progress. Surely I can get a light as good as I (maybe unsafely) had decades ago? But no. -
@patrickc “Sorry to interrupt you, but my entire house burned down because of one of those" http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2006/07/wither-the-halogen-torchiere …
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@avibryant@patrickc I remember them also functioning as extra-smelly bug-zappers. -
@Eigenvariable@patrickc and apparently they'd occasionally burn your house down. But the light was so good!
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@patrickc er, 400W. I mean 4000W would no doubt be cool but were never common :) -
@avibryant@patrickc Kind of thinking “cool” is not the adjective you were looking for to describe a 4000W lamp. - 1 more reply
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