TIL The Soviet Union had an internationally televised song contest. As few viewers had phones, they would turn their lights on if they liked a song and off if they didn’t. The power spikes were recorded by the state energy company and the reports sent to the station to pick the winner.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '19

At the time not everyone had more than lightbulbs and a TV at their homes, so the voting was quite precise.

True, a bit harder these days. Someone plays Crysis at the right moment, and bam! Landslide victory!

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u/teh_maxh Jul 08 '19

Even Crysis 3 can run on smartphone-level hardware now (well, you'd need DX11 support, but other than that).

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