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Tried converting a story from TIFU to greentext because I'm bored at work.

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[–] hakase@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Me plugging my monitor into my mobo instead of my graphics card for three years. I thought I had just gotten reeeeally unlucky in the silicon lottery.

[–] Alchalide@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Or getting a high refresh rate monitor and not changing the refresh rate in your os.

[–] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure the fan was not the only thing set to "dim".

[–] No_Money_Just_Change@feddit.org 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

My grandmother gifted me their old TV back in the 2000s because it was only showing black and white.

They had a mechanic look at it, who said it was broken

There was a button to change the saturation and get the TV back to show colours

Edit: There and their

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

I know someone who bought a new laptop and complained that the display broke after only a couple weeks

It only showed a super dim display and the viewing angle sucked

I pressed the fancy new "privacy screen" button and it "worked flawlessly" again

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

You know, you only need to be around 5% smarter than the tool you are using to be successful with it. Humanity is right fuckered isn't it?

[–] Juliee@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

His life was set to ‚dim’ for six years
Cause in the dark no one could see his tears

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Once you get used to proper bias lighting, suddenly overhead lamps become insufferable. I don't know how people do it.

[–] festnt@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

what's bias lighting? i've never heard of it and if it works as a complete replacement to overhead lamps, i don't think looking it up showed me the right thing

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Lights that you place behind things, like your bookshelf, TV/monitor, bedframe, etc. It's so much more cozy and inviting compared to direct lighting. Like the other person said, a simple cheap lamp works wonders.

[–] goldfndr@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Sounds like "light pollution" but indoor.

[–] toddestan@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

That's mostly just indirect lighting.

Bias lighting is specifically lights that are placed behind screens to help reduce eyestrain from viewing a bright screen in a dark room.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

But do they humm akin to angels like my long tubes of clinical white?

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Why not just get a floor lamp?

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

Okay, I'm sorry, but this is totally true and heterosexual. I have seen two people do this in real life.