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John Carmack reviews your home's user interface. (media.piefed.world)

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[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 52 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Pretty sure its the integrated drivers that cause the delay with LEDs lighting up. Better than the case 5-10 years ago though, where we still needed external drivers to make them work - now you just run your line voltage straight to the sockets. Much easier on the electricians.

That is a crappy switch placement, though. A little more planning would've fixed that. Nothing stopping you from getting a label maker though.

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

And it's often on purpose because the driver is smoothing out the mains input and/or supports dimmers. A tiny delay is worth it to have an LED that doesn't flicker

You really don't want a bargain bin LED where the driver is just a half bridge rectifier and a resistor in series with the LED

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And it's better than the old crappy energy-saving bulbs that emitted pure darkness for a minute when you turned them on.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Yeah i dont miss CFLs