(what is with those streetlights tho)
- atocci ( @atocci@kbin.social ) 64•11 months ago
Defective LEDs with massively reduced service lives made it out of the factory and into streetlights around the world. If you ever see a purple street light, a failing LED module is the cause.
- ares35 ( @ares35@kbin.social ) 29•11 months ago
none like that around here. they’re all blindingly bright af along the main streets and downtown–probably 4-5x as many lamps in each fixture as actually needed, and going up and down hills they shine right in your eyes because they don’t have adequate shades keeping the light ‘down’.
residential areas still have the much easier-on-the-eyes sodium vapor lights, though–for now.
- Zoidberg ( @Zoidberg@lemm.ee ) 4•11 months ago
Where I live all street lights used to be low pressure sodium (very monochromatic yellow!) Due to a nearby observatory. Now to hell with everything! It’s LED lights everywhere. They’re strong and not diffused so all the light comes from a small area meaning instant after image… (Sigh)
Even worse, people now put LED lights on their outdoor house fixtures and all kinds of office buildings pointing UP. Goodbye night sky…
- Infynis ( @Infynis@midwest.social ) English10•11 months ago
We’ve still got a few of those around here. Most have been reported and replaced. But for a time, we had a whole stretch of freeway that was lit up purple. It as sweet
- Toribor ( @Toribor@corndog.social ) English5•11 months ago
Same thing in my area, at one point a whole half mile of streetlights near my house was purple. It was cyberpunk as hell and I loved it.
- HobbitFoot ( @HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ) English58•11 months ago
You just had regular and weird. Now there are flavors of weird.
- gloriousspearfish ( @gloriousspearfish@feddit.dk ) 25•11 months ago
I love flavours of weird.
- HobbitFoot ( @HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ) English28•11 months ago
Taste the spectrum.
- Bipta ( @Bipta@kbin.social ) 44•11 months ago
White LED bulbs are the devil’s work.
- Obi ( @Obi@sopuli.xyz ) 15•11 months ago
Can’t stand them for street lighting, just makes everything look cold and uninteresting, I’ll take the warm ones over them any day.
- Solinus 🌿 ( @solinus@lemmy.cafe ) English3•11 months ago
Where I live they did put up slightly warm tinted LED ones
- SkyeStarfall ( @SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 10•11 months ago
Obligatory technology connections https://youtu.be/wIC-iGDTU40?si=AsUcJdORCk743Lfz (at least I think it’s the right video)
- AVincentInSpace ( @AVincentInSpace@pawb.social ) English4•11 months ago
At least the modern ones don’t flicker.
- Semi-Hemi-Demigod ( @Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social ) 30•11 months ago
So he wrote some kind of Streetlight Manifesto?
- cobra89 ( @cobra89@beehaw.org ) 10•11 months ago
Man it’s been a while since I’ve seen them at Starland.
- FreeAZ ( @FreeAZ@sopuli.xyz ) 6•11 months ago
I saw them at Starland the night they played all of “Everything Went Numb” and “Somewhere in the Between”. Incredible show, almost broke my leg when a crowd toppled over.
Really sad I missed the Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution show a few years ago.
- Semi-Hemi-Demigod ( @Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social ) 5•11 months ago
I’ve seen them probably fifteen times over the years. Best live show I’ve ever been to. Hopefully they get the new album out soon and go on tour again
- HobbitFoot ( @HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ) English3•11 months ago
Is it because Keasby nights aren’t that dark?
- ElleChaise ( @ElleChaise@kbin.social ) 11•11 months ago
Seriously, what is up with these streetlights?