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[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 211 points 1 week ago

obligatory technology connections comment

[-] tibi@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

The most annoying thing for me is that i can't find any powder detergent where I live which worked best in his videos, and the compartment is so poorly designed that i frequently find half the detergent pod still in the compartment after the dishes are done.

[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 137 points 1 week ago

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

[-] cron@feddit.org 67 points 1 week ago

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

[-] dalekcaan@lemm.ee 29 points 6 days ago

At least that particular quest is finally at an end

[-] AtariDump@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago
[-] shadshack@sh.itjust.works 30 points 6 days ago

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

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

But they were a tad pricey…

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

[-] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days 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.

[-] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 4 days 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 .

[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 13 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] psud@aussie.zone 8 points 6 days ago

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

[-] Damage@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 days ago

being in the southern hemisphere where Christmas lights must compete with summer evenings.

That must suck. I don't even turn on my Christmas lights until the sun's gone.

[-] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 days ago

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.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago

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.

😉

[-] psud@aussie.zone 7 points 6 days 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

[-] BossDj@lemm.ee 11 points 1 week ago
[-] psud@aussie.zone 20 points 6 days ago

The subjects are interesting, the script is tight and packed with insight, and he uses the magic of buying two of them

[-] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 9 points 6 days ago

I now say that damn phrase whenever I buy two of anything. No one gets it :(

[-] horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago
[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Well now I've gotta see if he's on Nebula.

[-] madjo@feddit.nl 2 points 6 days ago

Sadly no. I wish he was.

[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There's a third video now (A condensed version I think)

https://youtu.be/jHP942Livy0

Nice! Thanks for that

[-] TimMadisun@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

We all came here to say this ^

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