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thing we find kinda neat: tech equipment manufacturers with really iconic color schemes

like fluke meters are always yellow and grey, tektronix oscilloscopes are beige and blue, you even get it in computing stuff--noctua cooling fans are brown and tan (which apparently a lot of gamers hate because it doesn't go with their case)
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fluke's colors are so iconic and their meters so highly regarded that a lot of cheap multimeters use similar color schemes actually
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i dunno if FLIR's solid black counts as an iconic color scheme

LeCroy does solid black for their scopes too
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@Felthry the noctua thing I find particularly funny because they have the reputation as being the most primo product in their class.

@starkatt do they? we're not hugely into maximizing computer performance or anything so we just go for fans that are somewhat quiet and move air
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@Felthry @starkatt Noctuas are considered the best fans with the least noise. They actually make black fans but iirc they're more expensive since they're their "pro" range

@noiob @Felthry "fuck you gamers the injection molded plastic all costs the same and we like branding so if you care that much then give us extra dollars."
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@Felthry also I appreciate that hobbyist board fab Oshpark uses purple PCBs as Their Thing.

@starkatt pcbway has purple as an option for pcbs too, but for some reason it costs like $25 more to get purple boards than any other color
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