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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jun-2026 07:44:44 JST Aral Balkan

   Anyone designing a device should be forced to sleep in the same room with it. I’d also support a blanket ban on LEDs and long prison sentences for anyone who makes one blink.

   This message brought to you by me, the guy who just spent half an hour duck taping every LED in this room.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jun-2026 07:58:17 JST Aral Balkan

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     Does your device need an LED?
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     No.

     Does your device need a blinking LED?
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     Fuck no.

     (Please feel free to print this out and post it in product design departments everywhere.)

     #design #lightPollution

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jun-2026 15:00:50 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Ironbeagle 🇨🇦

     @ironbeagle I think you might have found the one valid use case :)

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     Ironbeagle 🇨🇦 (ironbeagle@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jun-2026 15:00:51 JST Ironbeagle 🇨🇦

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     @aral I agree, unless you are making smart glasses. In that case I want them to light up like a fucking Christmas tree.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jun-2026 18:26:51 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Jay

     @jaystephens Hey I’m a theatre kid, there’s nothing you can’t do if you have enough duct tape :P

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     Jay (jaystephens@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jun-2026 18:26:52 JST Jay

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     @aral
     The special light proof tape is worth the extra $.