Thanks for the RethinkDNS referral, albeit a bit of a learning curve. I had been using DDG protection for a while (out of laziness), but started to wonder if it cut the mustard.
Wouldn't an event like this potentially cause mass disruption of GPS/GLONASS satellites?
I'm surprised no one has considered this as a potential terrorist threat vector. How difficult would it be to send a balloon/large amateur rocket up to start the domino effect?
Looks sharp! I particularly like those countertops. Is that a Samsung range? We just replaced ours with a very similar model, and it's been great so far.
From what I gather, past insulator discoveries allowed electron flow in three or two dimensions, but this new discovery only allows flow in one dimension. I think of it like plumbing, where you have a tee, and the water (electrons) travel through the pipe in three directions (dimensions). Restricting the flow of electrons allows for better focus/flow, which makes for more precise electronic engineering methods.
An EE might be able to elaborate better than my crappy plumbing analogy.
I have noticed a similar behavior on one of my machines recently. Usually it's a video (or recently played Spotify song) that gets 'stuck' there. Have you tried opening a new instance of Firefox, playing a video, then lock the computer (win + L) to see if it- at the very least- changes/updates to the newly opened video?
"Echo Home" by The Kills