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Re: A Silly Usecase for WebSockets (strobe warning)

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Post by dspillett » Thu, Feb 24, 2022, 2:02 PM UTC

jaywalk wrote: post #49

noduerme wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also, we live in a messed up world that one person can do something so stupid and get a thousand people to look at it.

There's nothing stupid about this. It's fun.

The two are not mutually exclusive.

Re: A Silly Usecase for WebSockets (strobe warning)

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Post by jaywalk » Thu, Feb 24, 2022, 2:05 PM UTC

dspillett wrote: post #51

jaywalk wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's nothing stupid about this. It's fun.

The two are not mutually exclusive.

True, but I still don't think it's stupid. You could argue that it's pointless, but I'd still tend to disagree.

Re: A Silly Usecase for WebSockets (strobe warning)

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Post by wglb » Thu, Feb 24, 2022, 2:17 PM UTC

Perhaps we shouldn't post something that will cause harm to some people?

Re: A Silly Usecase for WebSockets (strobe warning)

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Post by YoungWeb » Thu, Feb 24, 2022, 2:17 PM UTC

setInterval(function(){ document.getElementsByClassName("bdy")[0].click();}, 10 )

Re: A Silly Usecase for WebSockets (strobe warning)

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Post by marcellus23 » Thu, Feb 24, 2022, 2:19 PM UTC

noduerme wrote: post #46

0xedb wrote: post #26

SAVE YOUR EYES, a bit: body.style.transition = `background-color 0.9s ease 0.1s`

Also, we live in a messed up world that one person can do something so stupid and get a thousand people to look at it.

That's a great thing. That's one of the least messed up things about the world.

Re: A Silly Usecase for WebSockets (strobe warning)

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Post by noduerme » Thu, Feb 24, 2022, 2:25 PM UTC

marcofiset wrote: post #47

noduerme wrote: post #44

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How was "strobe warning" not enough warning for you? Just chill.

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Re: A Silly Usecase for WebSockets (strobe warning)

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Post by JKCalhoun » Thu, Feb 24, 2022, 3:08 PM UTC

quintussss wrote: post #6

reustle wrote: post #3

Cool project. You may want to include an epilepsy warning to this. I don't suffer from it, but it definitely messed with my vision a bit.

Yes absolutely, this was not an issue when it was just me and some friends using it.

Threw together a couple PNG files. They look good against a 50% gray background. Perhaps a lighter gray for light_on, a darker gray light_off. Not as hard on the eyes.

https://imgur.com/m2uznrc

https://imgur.com/wSphM0b

Re: A Silly Usecase for WebSockets (strobe warning)

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Post by diimdeep » Thu, Feb 24, 2022, 3:56 PM UTC

Keeping peace on planet Earth is like keeping this lamp ON all the time — bumpy road, one click at the time.

Re: A Silly Usecase for WebSockets (strobe warning)

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Feb 24, 2022, 4:01 PM UTC

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Re: A Silly Usecase for WebSockets (strobe warning)

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Post by Retr0id » Thu, Feb 24, 2022, 4:06 PM UTC

danuker wrote: post #42

lysium wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you sure it's your backlight and not your eyes? (Something like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_aftereffect )

One way to be sure is to film it and analyze the pixels before and after a strobe test.

I did this (well, I don't have any "before" footage, but I can assure you there was no flicker).

Video here: https://twitter.com/David3141593/status/1456399950976278532