That’s a gamer, not a software engineer
I mean, I do have RGB lights but it’s not because I’m a software engineer. I’m just a dork.
No, I don’t have useless LEDs in my computer. My gaming rig is actually in a flat black case that blends in with the furniture.
Except my employer shipped me a dev box with a big polycarbonate window and an unnecessarily beefy GPU with RGB LEDs that dance by default. 🤦
I wonder if anyone has studied the rate of cosmic ray-induced bit flips in a PC with a side window case vs. an all metal one.
It’s an interesting question, but realistically inconsequential.
Do you mean that you think bit flips are inconsequential, or that the rate of bit flips is inconsequential?
The rate for your home PC is inconsequential, and the difference between a thin sheet of metal and lexan would have an inconsequential impact.
But flips are not inherently inconsequential. Coincidentally, a lot of my current work involves making sure we are not adversely affected by cosmic bit flips in safety-critical hardware.
The rate for your home PC is inconsequential,
Please don’t make assumptions about my data integrity needs.
But thanks for clarifying what you meant.
If it’s actually controllable, and not just hardwired on, openrgb is your friend.
If I already don’t give a shit, why would I bother?
Because it seems like you disliked them and “off” is one of the controllable options?
But I guess you are at a so advanced level of not giving a shit that you don’t even care that they dance around.Not only is the box under my desk with the window facing the wall, you are correct, I wouldn’t give a shit if it weren’t. I was simply noting the irony of my “professional” equipment being the most frivolous.
Only 2 monitors? Them be rookie numbers, need to get them up
It’s a shame some of the better components have baby-sensory RGB lights tacked on. I’d have bought my parts plain if that was a convenient choice.
Oh also
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They don’t get it, RGB equals performance!
The watermark over the watermark on this…for that extra shitposty goodness.
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
Can’t you just turn it off?
What’s the point of RGB lights on computers? Does it somehow increase performance or something?
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.
I only have one monitor… It’s an ultra wide.
🤮
how does it feel to be wrong!!!
Did you iron out all your question marks?
Yes i like to keep tidy ty for noticing :>
We are just carrying on the tradition of das blinkenlights
Wtf is a rainbow computer?
RGB bro
Guys, I think age is making us boring. I also personally prefer black rectangles and soft neutral lights, but I think we’re the bories.
Bring back beige boxes!
I’m also oldish. But man, I freaking love lights. Of all kinds. I just love making shit out of lights or doing weird things. LEDs and neopixels are amazing. I have permanently installed lights on the house, and entire (small) room in the house dedicated for a honelab with RGB everywhere. It’s cool as shit (to me).
But not on my work systems. That would be really annoying. Soft lights and elegant design for me.
