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A lesson in housekeeping (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/facepalm@lemmy.world
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[–] 140 points 2 years ago (17 children)

Seconded, however:

WARNING:

if you go to Technology Connections YT channel, we are not responsible if when you find yourself watching a 6 hour play list on light bulbs

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  • [–] 68 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Or even worse, six hours of video making LED christmas lights look like the incandescent light from 30 years ago.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    At least that particular quest is finally at an end

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    It finally ended‽

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yes, hopefully. For his own sanity. Someone finally made commercially available LED bulbs the way he was trying to DIY it.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    But they were a tad pricey…

    Should a cheaper alternative come along, won’t we all be curious whether it might suffice? 😇

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    That was already addressed in his latest video: his local home center (Menards, I think?) came out with a cheaper version (it tried to have old-timey colors, but still used colored LEDs underneath instead of white), and no, it didn't suffice.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    The series about the RCA video disc player thing is WILD. That they made that fucking thing work at all is a testament to what can be accomplished if you throw a huge sum of money and enough smart people at a problem .

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    I also have strong opinions about Christmas lights.

    Unfortunately, they do not perfectly align with Technology Connections. We agree is almost all respects: flickering is bad, purple is not a valid Christmas color, white lights should be warm and not bluish. I just can't agree about this one thing though, I LOVE the super saturated colors of LEDs for the red, blue, and green lights. I care much less about the saturation of the yellow and/or orange lights.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I agree with you, but my excuse is being in the southern hemisphere where Christmas lights must compete with summer evenings. The bold colours do better at early twilight

    Indoors though I like the less saturated colours, and lack of options has had my tree lit with warm white only for the last decade - I get colour only where the white light plays off transparent and reflective baubles (decorations, I think they're called in America) and tinsel

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It's all decorations, baubles specifically are 'ornaments,' though in the deep south you'll sometimes hear baubles, but generally only when referencing something as frivolous and stupidly expensive, not in reference to Christmas ornaments.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    When I say bauble I’m always referring to one of two things:

    1. A mock scepter carried by a court jester. 

    2. A trifling piece of finery; a gewgaw; that which is gay and showy without real value; a cheap, showy plaything.

    😉

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    In Australia all the ball style things you hang from the tree are definitely baubles, other hanging things are mostly still baubles, candy canes are candy canes and tree toppers are tree toppers varying between stars, angels, and anything else for the non-religious

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    WHY is it so hypnotic??

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