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[–] Hexagon@feddit.it 94 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Also known as "incandescent lightbulb"

[–] sploosh@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Also, heating elements. Which I guess are just durable incandescent lightbulbs.

[–] mvirts@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The viewing angles on these new LER displays are going to be insane

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Don't even need to be facing them!

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 62 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Every diode is an LED if used wrong enough.

[–] CJOtheReal@ani.social 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Everything is a Firestarter if you use it with high enough voltage...

[–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Everything is a light emitting resistor if you send enough power through it.

[–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

The sun: Damn it, I knew it 😠. I thought I was special πŸ₯Ί.

[–] madmaurice@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

In university in the first lecture I visited they demonstrated that fact using a pickle. They sent current through and it glowed.

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My stovetop is a light emitting resistor. And compared to LEDs, it is multifrequency! Checkmate atheists.

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Same resistance, variable voltage.

[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Smoke producing transistor

[–] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If you stop to think about , all resistors are emitting light, but under certain conditions it becomes visible (to our eyes)

[–] MxM111@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

It’s the other way around. LEDs are usually monochrome.

[–] brokenlcd@feddit.it 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Quartz heating elements are also resistors that emit light, but i've never seen anyone complain about them, people tend complain when they dont actually

[–] BaroqueInMind@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Emitting is spelled wrong. In the age of fucking spell check software being literally fucking everywhere, there is no excuse other than to chalk it to simple stupidity now.

Edit: I am stupid.

[–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

Meeh, we all make mistakes buddy ☺️.