A new community where people can just vent about or actually do coordinate action against the pest of ultra bright LEDs.

  • PieMePlenty@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Or LED’s in modern electronics. I have a wine fridge that insists on telling me its temperature in the brightest possible blue segmented display. And apparently, I must be informed of the temperature at all times because I cant turn it off. Blue LED on the subwoofer brighter than the sun. I had to put a yoshi plushy infront of it to block the light. Wireless phone charger next to my bed… you bet that puppy needs a bright ass light to light up my sleeping area… FUCK! Electrical tape is my best friend today, I use it to cover up any of these stupid LEDs now.

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      I know this website seems sketchy/scammy AF, but I found that these actually do a good job dimming the LEDs to reasonable levels, but keeping them visible.

      https://www.lightdims.com/store.htm

      I imagine (mostly because of all the “patent pending” bs) that this is a film you just just buy from somewhere else way cheaper, I just don’t know what it is.

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      2 days ago

      This is why I have a lot of black electrical tape covering a lot of petty lights throughout my house.

      Also noises. A lot of household machines like a microwave are unnecessarily obnoxious with noises, with little to no options or choices for it.

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        2 days ago

        My samsung microwave has the need to beep 10 fucking times. Shut the fuck up already. God damn it. Instead of giving us the options to turn off these noises and lights, we are given other functions we never use.

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      2 days ago

      And we drive all LED elements at 100% of their rated value, no matter what. there used to be a Youtuber that rewired electronic things and dimmed all the lights as he was going through them, it’s been ages since I’ve see him tho.