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[-] Hope@lemmy.world 105 points 8 months ago

It has a 60Hz electric waveform in, and it produces visible light, which is in part a ~500THz wave.

[-] sik0fewl@piefed.ca 3 points 8 months ago

Do you think we will ever change our power grid to have a higher frequency so that our bulbs don’t flicker when we record things?

[-] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 8 months ago

Good LED bulbs have a smoothing capacitor after the full bridge rectifier. This allows the LED to maintain most of its output during the low points in the cycle, resulting in minimal to no flicker when recording.

[-] MOCVD@mander.xyz 13 points 8 months ago

Alright, show me your eyebrows

[-] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 8 months ago

Peh chu chu peh chu chu peh monobrow wiggle

[-] Cort@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Implying there's more than one

[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

He electrocuted himself

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