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Flax_vert ,

One monitor connected to a thinkpad, mechanical computer from early 2000s, it’s software engineering time.

UnfortunateShort ,

Idk man, I just like electromagnetic waves

BlackRoseAmongThorns ,

I had my PC built for me while all i had to do was specify parts, tried to get fans with no light just to avoid this, got the almost exact model but with lights.

Now if i use my PC at night my room glows pink (not for any particular reason besides it being the most dominant in my rainbow led fans)

Username ,

It’s not even controllable RGB? Just shitty rainbow all the time?

BlackRoseAmongThorns ,

There’s an extra device which is required to control them, yes i already tried the bios.

Basically yes, rainbow, at least it’s not rotating and is just a static rainbow circle.

mr_satan ,
@mr_satan@monyet.cc avatar

Monitors – hell yes! RGB – can’t stand it. My keyborad has a plain white backlight and that’s it. It’s purely functional.

Mesa ,
@Mesa@programming.dev avatar

Could one argue that your conscious choice to not pick an RGB backlit keyboard is in part because of your aversion to it, therefore making it somewhat of an aesthe-

RGB == FPS bro

johannesvanderwhales ,

The watermark over the watermark on this…for that extra shitposty goodness.

ArmokGoB ,

I have a Dell laptop. That probably explains why I’m such a shitty programmer.

uid0gid0 ,

We are just carrying on the tradition of das blinkenlights

ohlaph ,

I thought that would lead me to a das keyboard.

brlemworld ,

Wtf is a rainbow computer?

Dagwood222 ,

I gave you an upvote because I came to ask the same thing.

We’ve wandered into a bad neighborhood…

capital ,

RGB bro

Simmy ,

Can they just call it what it is? RGB

MonkeMischief ,

But it’s addressable to ROYGBIV bruh! D:

xor ,

check out pcmasterrace, people throw a bunch of colored lights on their custom computers…

BluesF ,

When I moved from the office to home I changed to a single monitor… And I have never missed the other one. I mean, I’m not a software engineer, so YMMV.

robocall OP ,
@robocall@lemmy.world avatar

But do you have a rainbow keyboard?

BluesF ,

Solid red cause I’m a cheepskate, but my mouse is flies the 🌈

Also thanks team, downvotes for saying I like having one monitor lmao

kamen ,

Stereotypes exists so that I can be the 5% that doesn’t fall into them.

Two monitors but a solid case side panel (in fact it’s a case that’s so old that at the time TG side panels were not common). If I could be at liberty to choose parts purely based on looks, I’d go with something black, minimalistic and with no RGB.

boonhet ,

Huge fan of the non-TG Fractal Design R series cases for your use case. Pretty, but minimalistic. Airflow might be a bit of an issue given that they’re noise focused cases.

kamen ,

I have the Define R5 right now and it’s mostly good, but it’s choking a bit. I was thinking of getting a Torrent because of the airflow. Even with the TG I think it looks good, could be useful for shoving an info display or a clock inside, moreover a solid side panel doesn’t make as much sense when it’s not dampened (and this is an airflow-focused case).

LANIK2000 ,

Flashing RGB light are legit the most annoying shit ever. I just have a black box for a case and my peripherals glow a dim solid color (so I can see them in the dark) if at all.

Honytawk ,

Nobody puts their RGB into flashing rainbow except for displays in shops.

Who only do it to show what kinds of colours you can choose.

It is so you can match the colour of every part to whatever you like. Without the manufacturer having to determine colours beforehand.

Scrath ,

People absolutely “do”. Mostly because they cannot be bothered to change the default setting or because they are teenagers and actually like it

hackris ,

Oh you sweet summer child.

gestures at my entire uni classroom, in which nearly all the people I know have RGB peripherals and computers at home

LANIK2000 ,

I largely mean flashing in general, it’s all just distracting to me. Also most people I know personally actually like the rainbow madness. Even if they try to match their keyboard and mouse, they’ll still often have a unicorn box. They also love putting their rainbow tower on top of the table, I really don’t get it. A friend’s uncle even has a case the height of a table, like bro… Is there no end to this?

learningduck ,

I used to have a cheap mechanical keyboard that has side rainbow RGB panels that can’t be turned off. I thought that would be turned off when I turn off the backlight. Nope.

onlinepersona ,

What’s the point of RGB lights on computers? Does it somehow increase performance or something?

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Darkblue ,

Okay, I’ll bite:

Why are you putting a by-nc-sa 4.0 copyright disclaimer in your posts? Does that actually limit/grant anything?

Serious question, I don’t understand.

onlinepersona ,

It’s just for AI training. Opensource AI = good and allowed, commercial, closed source AI = bad.

I could look into poisoning their training set, but am too lazy atm. Maybe another time. Spoilers might come in handy for that. Maybe a spoiler like below would come in handy for now?

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Darkblue ,

Ah, I see. Thanks for taking the time to explain!

The spoiler could be handy if people keep asking you questions like I did.

Axolotl ,

If you have a small child you can distract it with the pretty lights while you are gaming. Or at least thats what I am told.

onlinepersona ,

Don’t want them sticking their finger in the fans though 😄

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Justas ,
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My case has RGB fans. Not because I wanted them, but because I wanted a PC between Covid lockdowns, had to pick from a small selection and RGB fans cost less than regular ones.

onlinepersona ,

Interesting 🤔 More material has to be used for the LEDs, so I don’t understand why it’s cheaper.

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Justas ,
@Justas@sh.itjust.works avatar

My LED ones were Corsair too, and non LED alternatives were lesser known brands.

metaldream ,

If it’s Corsair then they probably want to incentivize you installing their malware.

computerscientistI ,

I do have 2 monitors. But I have an opaque side panel. Case closed. Pun intended.

MrScottyTay ,

Yeah I hate that it seems now you have to pay a premium to NOT have RGB

I stray away from it as much as possible

Scrath ,

Can’t you just turn it off?

guiguinofake ,

My RAM goes back to unicorn puke each time I turn my computer on.

MonkderDritte ,

With some proprietary crashware that runs only on Windows drivers and with 7 background services, yes.

metaldream ,

OpenRGB is worth checking out if you haven’t already

MonkderDritte ,

Most GPU’s don’t even come without blinking lights anymore.

Hamartia ,

Potty mouth.

hemko ,

This checks out.

I’m not a SWE ( though kinda code monkey anyways) and it’s 2 monitors no rbg (just all black thinkpad, keyboard backlight disabled)

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