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Charles :trans: , fuck all GenAI
@Charles :trans: , fuck all GenAI
Do you have a very bright, blinking bicycle light?

I know we all want to be seen by cars, but blinky lights can trigger seizures in people with epilepsy. If your light is making all the reflective street signs around you look like they're turning on and off, its too much.

Friends, consider a solid beam instead and then aim it to illuminate the road in front of you instead of the eyeballs of everyone in the region. I know it's hard to find non-blinding lights, so it may be that you need to put packing tape or some other semi transparent material over it or just point it down.

Our safety equipment has to actually be safe!
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Pete Ashton · 12w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqp26ul7elmrpch7pktz6mct560m8fyzv0k4n200fxamxrvwaaqs3qzvsxwp Also bright blinking lights are really hard to locate spatially so while you might be seen other road users have no idea where you actually are in relation to them. (I think the proble...