I bought these lights, they’re sitting on the kitchen table waiting to be opened and put on a tree! I’m so excited!
It's the Christmas light video again - 2025 edition
Submitted 2 weeks ago by TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 2 weeks ago
I literally wait every year for this video.
Nima@leminal.space 2 weeks ago
while I disagree with his hatred of blue and green LED christmas lights being too much (I actually love them), I do love hearing about his process to find the christmas lights of his dreams.
I look forward to these videos every year 😁
Tim_Bisley@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I feel like this video touched some larger philosophical points about technological progress. It’s to work and create with restraints. If there are no limitations you end up with an unfocused mess.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I’ve seen that cropping up in a lot of videos lately from tech adjacent creators. Cathode Ray Dude veered off in his video about an HP laptop that had a feature that overwrote the Windows boot splash screen with a calendar view using the “Ring -2” management system into this kind of beautiful screed about basically why society is unraveling.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
only if you’re a shitty designer.
rollerbang@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Taste is subjective.
Beacon@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
Did he ignore flicker problems again like last year? Because flicker ruins lights for a lot of us
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
His obsession over color quality while ignoring the flicker is very annoying.
LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
He mentions flicker several times in the video.
Steve@startrek.website 2 weeks ago
I actually ran my outside lights on rectified DC power last year because the flicker kills me
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Say more about this. I also don’t like flicker
credo@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I dunno. I just bought the Sylvannia led traditional white lights. Flicker free. Finally.
Beacon@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
That's what's so stupid about the whole problem - the solution is known and easy but it costs a tiny bit more to make so lots of manufacturers don't do it. It just needs to run off DC instead of AC. Simple.
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
As always, he created a delightful video!
curiousfurbytes@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I love Technical Connections!!
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Same! I saw that characteristic lighting in the preview and got so excited.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Anyone care to sum up in a few sentences what this 20+ minute video is all about?
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Alec has been on a multi-year quest to get an incandescent color profile from LED Christmas lights. I haven’t watched this episode, but he usually does a pretty good job of recapping at the start of every episode.
It’s always super entertaining, in my opinion.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Thank you. That would be lovely. I find LED’s flicker sometimes and are too “hard”, they lack the softer, more yellow profile of incandescents.
Probably what his rant is all about.
cepelinas@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
You haven’t heard of adblock or youtube frontends haven’t you or you have the attention span of a goldfish
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Assume whatever makes you feel better.
schwim@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
Never watch a video that ends a statement with a question mark In the thumbnail.
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
It’s technology connections, chill.
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Bad take in this case.
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
So… You just have a random hate boner for retortical questions…
chunes@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I would be happy if I ever care about anything 1/10th as much as this guy cares about Christmas lights.
lemmy_st3v3@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
He should do one on car headlights… :)
hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
lemmy_st3v3@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Oh thanks! Gonna watch these.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I’m curious about the options coming down the pike for people that don’t like flicker. I heard some of you say that you run your LEDs off of DC power somehow. How do you plug in the string of LED lights to DC power?
yggstyle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Short generalized answer: it depends on the strip / strand… But if the strand has a brick at the end that is converting ac - > dc with 2 wires you can typically replace that with a better driver easily. It gets far more specific when a data line is introduced. It won’t fix cheap LEDs outright but it can change how they behave.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
i’m sure they’re not perfect but i’ve had good luck with C7 ceramic LEDs from amazon.
TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Alec out there fighting the good fight for us.