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While it's not my preference from a visual stand-point, I now have it activated on both my phone and this laptop for the same reason - battery life.
LCDs use the least power on white pixels, since you aren't powering the shutter which obscures the backlight.
OLEDs use the least power on a black pixel, since you aren't powering the LED which makes the light.
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We've gone full circle. The early (text only) VDU terminals were black background with green text (or, from one manufacturer, orange text); then someone decided to emulate paper - black text on white background; now you can choose.
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As jsc42 points out above, we've gone full circle. However, there's a good reason we abandoned green text on black backgrounds - unless you crank the brightness all the way up, there just isn't enough contrast.
OTOH, those who claim a bright background gives them a headache or makes their eyes burn are simply running their monitors with the brightness set way, WAY too high (showroom setting). The first thing I do when I get a new monitor is reduce the brightness; between the 3 monitors I have on my desk, the one with the highest brightness level (an actual TV) is set at 50% (contrast is at 75%). The other two (monitors) are set at 0 (contrast at 75% on one, and 40% for the other).
My code windows in VS are using a light gray background, not pure white. But everything else is still at its default setting.
Dark mode is just unreadable to me (especially on a bright and sunny day, with a lot of ambient light), but then, I suspect I'd have to crank the brightness all the way back up, and I never felt like d*cking around back-and-forth between settings. Plus, on a bright day, with a dark background, the dust on my monitor tends to be more visible than the text. 
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Dooble Web Browser[^] (Never heard of it before, but it's there)
edit: Oh, and dead since 2017 apparently.
TTFN - Kent
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Yeah, I also found the Dillo browser[^], but it looks like it is unsupported now too.
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raddevus wrote: Dillo browser
Not gonna say what that name reminded me of in the lounge. 
Jeremy Falcon
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's why that one never took off. 
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A browser that specializes in viewing 'pron'?
There are no solutions, only trade-offs. - Thomas Sowell
A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
- Calvin (Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes)
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An electric ear-cleaner?
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Oh wait!! How could I have forgotten? Seriously.
DuckDuckGo has released their own web browser: Download the DuckDuckGo browser app[^]
Now, let's get crackin' on that G browser -- and no, Google Chrome doesn't count.
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raddevus wrote: Google Chrome doesn't count.
Crap, I was about to say GNU IceCat, but I suppose that would be in the same vein.
However, behold! I found one: Guardian Browser.
Turns out there's a list of 217 on GitHub.
Jeremy Falcon
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Dissenter.
I can't vouch for it however. There used to be a dissenter.com, but it seems to have been..."repurposed"?
And the fact that it's now on Softpedia makes it look rather suspicious.
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My SO and I have been together for some time and she's been giving subtle hints lately about tying the knot.
So I'm pretty dumb you gotta hit me over the head and straight out tell me what you want, and she hasn't.
So the other day I said to her: "You remember that jewelry store where you had your earrings reset?"
She got all excited and responded: "Yes"
I said: "There's a hardware store next door would you pick up a box of nails on your way home?"
Now she's madder than hell and that's how the the started.
A home without books is a body without soul. Marcus Tullius Cicero
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I assume that you're sleeping with a helmet and flak jacket tonight...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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...and on the couch.
There are no solutions, only trade-offs. - Thomas Sowell
A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
- Calvin (Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes)
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...that's been put in the backyard.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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... and has been set on fire.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Long ago I asked a friend of mine, who had been married for many years what his secret was.
"Choose your fights"
Works for me, at least with the lady I have now. She's a gem!
A home without books is a body without soul. Marcus Tullius Cicero
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 messing with you.
Yep, coming up on - hold on, need to pull up the calculator - 46 yeah, that's right. Not sure how she's put up with me.
That said, about 20 years ago I learned, "shut up moron...
love her to death
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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I found there's only 2 words in the Women's manual: Yes Dear
A home without books is a body without soul. Marcus Tullius Cicero
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but you have to be very, very careful how you say it.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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A new guy in prison gets a list of jokes by number, listens at night to the other prisoners.
Charlie: 37
Everyone roars with laughter
Jim: 22
Again everyone roars with laughter
This goes for many nights and one night the new guys decides to give it a try.
New guy: 16
Not as peep.
Next day he asks his buddy: "What did I do wrong"
Answer: Timing
A home without books is a body without soul. Marcus Tullius Cicero
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