He's not wrong.

[blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world]

Virtual lights are real lights...

[blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world]

Orbital Mechanics and Launching into the Sun

Astronomy.com's Here's why we can't just rocket nuclear waste into the sun is an excellent explanation of the delta-V required to launch from Earth orbit into the Sun (30 km/s) vs. to escape from the

Space Exploration Stack Exchange (space.stackexchange.com)

[yukily@jlai.lu]

Mind blow

[hereiam@lemmy.world]

The lamp is rendered by small electric lights, be it LEDs or LCD. CRTs are in a bit of an grey area. But you can absolutely use a monitor as a light source by itself .

[a_porcupine@lemmy.world]

Monitors no, TVs very much so.

[languageiscool@lemmy.world]

Babe wake up I want pancakes

[periodicallypedantic@lemmy.ca]

If you're using an older LCD screen, turning off the lamp uses more electricity than leaving it on

[periodicallypedantic@lemmy.ca]

That's like saying "lamps don't create light, it's the flame/filament in the lamp that creates the light"

[the_tab_key@lemmy.world]

https://imgur.com/gallery/gRk1uZm

[000@reddthat.com]

I like the fact that people in the comments are debating this meme.

[midaba@lemmy.ml]

Wait, video games use electricity?

[bitjunkie@lemmy.world]

You made a blanket statement. There are exceptions.

[bitjunkie@lemmy.world]

I upvoted both of these because chaos

[lovablesidekick@lemmy.world]

Schmidt?

[insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafe]

TVs very much so

Very much so... what? A quick glance, they're expensive AF (riddled with "smart" features and now AI, gigantic on top of 4K etc) too.

Sure I guess there's actually a chance a few impulsively bought one at a big-box store (or "on sale" for the full price of a non-OLED TV), but it's more likely they bought "LED" which is marketing speak for local dimming (not even close to OLED turning pixels off).

[joel1974@lemmy.world]

Did you know that characters in video games have an electrical current to keep them alive just like real people?

[jdeath@lemm.ee]

somebody said this at work yesterday, and now it's here

[a_porcupine@lemmy.world]

I'm not sure sub-£550 ($700) with reasonable sizes (42"), really counts at expensive AF anymore. But each to their own.

[wrenfeathers@lemmy.world]

Pancakes aren’t…..

No…. pancakes are real. And they’re perfect.

[peteypete420@sh.itjust.works]

Do they use more than dark places in video games? Like if you are in dark room in the game, and you turn on a lamp in the game, are you using more electricity?

My guess is no but I am not a programmer or electrician nor a physicist.