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Re:LEDs from Dubai: The Royal Lights You Can’t Buy by DaiPlusPlus on Friday March 03, 2023 @02:25PM (#35013892)
> must be replaced with a new system that is custom engineered [for] San Francisco Bay.

Other major port-cities around the world, with comparable climate conditions, have presumably transitioned to LED lighting over the past decade - why can't they save taxpayer's money by simply buying-up whatever Valencia or Singapore is using instead of having their own NIH Syndrome and insisting an entirely bespoke system just-for-them be used?

Re:LEDs from Dubai: The Royal Lights You Can’t Buy by davidgay on Friday March 03, 2023 @02:46PM (#35014122)
This is a decorative/art installation, not the bridge's engineered lighting. So whatever Singapore is doing is not relevant (except if it's also for similar purposes).
Re:LEDs from Dubai: The Royal Lights You Can’t Buy by ars on Friday March 03, 2023 @02:46PM (#35014125)
These are LEDs to write messages and do colors, they are not for lighting.
Re:LEDs from Dubai: The Royal Lights You Can’t Buy by nradov on Friday March 03, 2023 @02:49PM (#35014172)
Did you even read the article? This is a public art installation funded by a non-profit. Not taxpayers. The installation was intended to be temporary and has already gone way past it's design lifetime.
Re:LEDs from Dubai: The Royal Lights You Can’t Buy by DaiPlusPlus on Friday March 03, 2023 @04:45PM (#35015466)
I did not read it, and it shows - I eat my words :)