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A Silly Usecase for WebSockets (strobe warning)

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Re: A Silly Usecase for WebSockets (strobe warning)

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Post by Dylan16807 »

Etheryte wrote: post #19
cududa wrote: post #15

I appreciate the strobe warning! Not gonna open it so I have no idea what it is but congrats on whatever it is. Anyway have an up vote for the strobe warning

It's a webpage with a simple picture of a lamp and the text "40 people in the room, click anywhere to turn the light on/off". The page background alters between dark gray and white depending on whether the light is off and on. It's essentially a collective online light flickering exercise and it's about as strobe as you imagine that would be.

Though if you have a browser in dark mode it might only flicker between dark gray and slightly less dark gray.

Re: A Silly Usecase for WebSockets (strobe warning)

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Post by BostonFern »

hatch_q wrote: post #9
drenvuk wrote: post #4

Strobe warning in case someone might be susceptible to it. You got a chuckle out of me.

Hypothetically if someone suffers a seizure... who is responsible? The platform provider or users who switched the light on and off?

How about the individual who assumed the risk of visiting a strobing web page?

Re: A Silly Usecase for WebSockets (strobe warning)

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Post by Gigachad »

bhawks wrote: post #14
hatch_q wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hypothetically if someone suffers a seizure... who is responsible? The platform provider or users who switched the light on and off?

The webbrowser that render it.

The manufacturer of the LCD that displayed it.

Re: A Silly Usecase for WebSockets (strobe warning)

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Post by sodimel »

cududa wrote: post #15

I appreciate the strobe warning! Not gonna open it so I have no idea what it is but congrats on whatever it is. Anyway have an up vote for the strobe warning

Here's a (static, that don't flash) screenshot: https://up.l3m.in/file/1645698692.png

edit: and here's a (very slow, 2s transition) gif of what it renders to: https://up.l3m.in/file/1645698812-slow-strobe.gif

Re: A Silly Usecase for WebSockets (strobe warning)

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Post by Retr0id »

PSA: Viewing strobing images has caused temporary (lasting hours) backlight issues on my 2021 Macbook Pro, in the past. Somehow, it causes the backlight to continue flickering for some time afterwards, even when looking at static images. It is barely perceptible, but quite noticeable at the edges of the screen - enough to be annoying.

I have no idea if this is a hardware issue with my specific unit, or a more widespread thing.

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