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Re:f.lux by rg111 on Thursday March 10, 2022 @12:36PM (#30629757)
This was recently covered in the Huberman Podcast as well.

One should not only maintain screen color and brightness, but also room and overall environment color and brightness.

I bought a "smart" light after listening to that episode.

No clearly visible signs of improvement yet. But it certainly feels good.

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Re:f.lux by mackmgg on Thursday March 10, 2022 @04:24PM (#30632667)
The biggest advantage of smart lights I've noticed (I have the Hue Color Ambiance) is the simulated sunrise. No matter what time you want to wake up, it'll gradually get light just before your alarm goes off. This makes a noticeable difference in how I feel if I have to wake up early for something.
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Re:f.lux by n00bface on Thursday March 10, 2022 @02:12PM (#30631118)
10 years ago flux inspired me to start down this path as well.

All the lights in our house automatically lower their color temperature and brightness at sunset every 15 minutes from 5000k to 2700k and 100% to 10%. SmartThings and the community created Circadian Daylight Coordinator have made this pretty straight forward to accomplish.

I don't have data, but anecdotally I can say it makes an appreciable difference in overall comfort.

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Re:f.lux by DougMellon on Thursday March 10, 2022 @05:34PM (#30633505)
Wow, this sounds amazing. I'm going to dig into it some more.
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Re:f.lux by jyscao on Thursday March 10, 2022 @04:32PM (#30632766)
Which episode of Huberman did he discuss this on?
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Re:f.lux by rg111 on Friday March 11, 2022 @12:33PM (#30643094)
The one where he talks about managing your workspaces. It's a fairly recent one.
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