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  2. Valorant - Wikipedia

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    Valorant is a 2020 first-person tactical hero shooter video game developed and published by Riot Games. [3] A free-to-play game, Valorant takes inspiration from the Counter-Strike series, borrowing several mechanics such as the buy menu, spray patterns, and inaccuracy while moving.

  3. Luminous efficiency function - Wikipedia

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    There are two luminous efficiency functions in common use. For everyday light levels, the photopic luminosity function best approximates the response of the human eye. For low light levels, the response of the human eye changes, and the scotopic curve applies. The photopic curve is the CIE standard curve used in the CIE 1931 color space.

  4. Counter-Strike 2 - Wikipedia

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    Counter-Strike 2 is a 2023 free-to-play tactical first-person shooter game developed and published by Valve.It is the fifth entry in the Counter-Strike series, developed as an updated version of the previous entry, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (2012).

  5. Compact fluorescent lamp - Wikipedia

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    Circular and U-shaped lamps were devised to reduce the length of fluorescent light fixtures. The first fluorescent light bulb and fixture were displayed to the general public at the 1939 New York World's Fair. The spiral CFL was invented in 1976 by Edward E. Hammer, an engineer with General Electric, [7] in response to the 1973 oil crisis. [8]

  6. Electrical ballast - Wikipedia

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    A commonly used light in the home in the 1960s in 220–240 V countries was a circular tube ballasted by an under-run regular mains filament lamp. Self ballasted mercury-vapor lamps incorporate ordinary tungsten filaments within the overall envelope of the lamp to act as the ballast, and to partially compensate for the red-deficient light ...

  7. Photosensitivity in humans - Wikipedia

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    There is evidence that compact fluorescent light can worsen the condition. With the autoimmune disease lupus, exposure to compact fluorescent lamps will induce disease activity in photosensitive SLE patients. There is evidence that actinic prurigo is worsened by compact fluorescent light. This disease affects 3.3% of the general population.

  8. Neon lighting - Wikipedia

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    The color of the light depends on the gas in the tube. Neon lights were named for neon, a noble gas which gives off a popular orange light, but other gases and chemicals called phosphors are used to produce other colors, such as hydrogen (purple-red), helium (yellow or pink), carbon dioxide (white), and mercury (blue). Neon tubes can be ...

  9. Minh Le - Wikipedia

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    Minh Le (Vietnamese: Lê Minh; born June 27, 1977), also known by his online nickname Gooseman, is a Vietnamese Canadian video game programmer who co-created the Half-Life mod Counter-Strike with Jess Cliffe in 1999 and started the Counter-Strike series. [3]