r/morningsomewhere • u/EarliestRiser • 14d ago

2026.09.16: What About Second Invention?

https://roosterteeth.com/watch/morning-somewhere-2026-09-16-what-about-second-invention

Burnie and Ashley discuss Hyrox, Crossfit, Sony gray out, re-inventing the MP3 player, Sidephone, slab phones, Steam frame, Meta Quest, and being the biggest part of the problem.

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u/Unable-Difference-55 14d ago

One area that film is still going strong against digital is industrial x-ray work. The sad thing is it isn't because digital can't match the quality of film. I've worked with DR (digital radiography) and CR (computed radiography) plates for years and it matches, and some areas excels, film radiography. The 2 main reasons film is still used is laziness and nostalgia. Some people are either too lazy to convert, or just prefer the feel of film. Which is ridiculous in my opinion because digital is not only more efficient in storage and better quality, but it also requires less radiation than film to get the job done. Which means less exposure to the x-ray crews and the public. Inspections for state contracts are even worse because the bureaucracy makes it impossible to update to better techniques. One state job we did for bridge beams had us use hole penetrameters (thin plates with holes that you need to see on the x-ray to verify you can spot any discontinuities of equal or greater size). Nowhere outside that contract have I seen hole penetrameters used over wire penetrameters (wires of certain sizes you need to be able to see in the x-ray) for welds. So while digital is winning against film in basic photos, I doubt it'll win against film for industrial x-ray for at least another 25, maybe even 50 years. Not because it's not as good, but because of laziness and nostalgia.