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by Tsiklon 2914 days ago
I have a hatred of blue LEDs on household equipment, they always seem to be significantly brighter than their red/green/orange counterparts.

For example: If I need to leave my computer running overnight running a job, I have to tape over or block the power button in order to get a decent night's sleep as it has a nasty habit of utterly illuminating the room - the hard disk activity light is much more tolerable.
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Sharlin 2914 days ago
The terrible thing about blue leds is that, even though our daytime vision is by far the least sensitive to blue light, our low-light vision is the complete opposite!
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Tsiklon 2914 days ago
It even manages to be brighter than White light.
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jonhendry18 2914 days ago
Confession.

One time I stopped in at a strip club in Connecticut. I only stayed for about a minute because all the lighting was blue. It was really unpleasant in general, and, worse, I couldn't really see anything I would want to see. And if I could see anything, I'm not really into the White Walker look.

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freehunter 2914 days ago
Blue lights are often installed in places where people do intravenous drugs and the owner of the place wants to discourage them from doing that. Blue light makes it hard to see a vein, so hard drug users have to go somewhere else to shoot up.
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slazaro 2914 days ago
I've always thought, wouldn't the light from your cellphone override this measure? Not even the flashlight, just turning the screen on would probably help...
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matwood 2914 days ago
> I've always thought, wouldn't the light from your cellphone override this measure?

Sure, but in a place like a strip club excessive cell phone is already watched out for since they can take pictures which are not allowed.

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lozenge 2914 days ago
Yes, but the idea is that if it isn't the most comfortable place to shoot up in the vicinity, then people will just go somewhere else.
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jonhendry18 2914 days ago
In this case I think it's more an attempt at thematic decor. The name of the place is (and has long been) "Electric Blue".
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greggarious 2914 days ago
Yeah but that's usually in the bathroom. Security usually stops people from mainlining heroin at the bar :)
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