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minus-squareYoFrodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoYep, virtual lights work the same as real lights
minus-squareflames5123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoIf they’re not looked at, they don’t consume as much electricity. So there’s that difference.
minus-squareIonAddis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoIf you have your back to them, they don’t emit light either! Edit: Well, reflections, for you with the FANCY GPUs…
minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoNah, fuck that. Buys e-ink monitor
minus-squareChrobin@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThey would still emit real photons, just reflected ones.
minus-squarecholesterol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoStrictly speaking, reflected light isn’t ‘emitted’. A mirror isn’t an emitter of light either.
minus-squareChrobin@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 months agoPhotons get absorbed and then re-emitted. I’d argue that counts as emission as it’s one part of the reflection process.
minus-squarethe_tab_key@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agohttps://imgur.com/gallery/gRk1uZm
They also emit real photons. 🤯
Yep, virtual lights work the same as real lights
If they’re not looked at, they don’t consume as much electricity. So there’s that difference.
If you have your back to them, they don’t emit light either!
Edit: Well, reflections, for you with the FANCY GPUs…
Nah, fuck that. Buys e-ink monitor
They would still emit real photons, just reflected ones.
Strictly speaking, reflected light isn’t ‘emitted’. A mirror isn’t an emitter of light either.
Photons get absorbed and then re-emitted. I’d argue that counts as emission as it’s one part of the reflection process.
https://imgur.com/gallery/gRk1uZm