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Re:Lessons Learned Shipping 500 Units of My First Hardware P... by hollerith on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @09:03PM (#46880471)
Sunlight diverges significantly from a black-body spectrum because the atmosphere absorbs so many wavelengths.
Re:Lessons Learned Shipping 500 Units of My First Hardware P... by syncsynchalt on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @09:53PM (#46895064)
I didn't want to mention that CRI is matched against the spectrum of _daylight_ because of the confusion that happens with color temperature when you mention the "daylight" word. You're right though, the CRI reference spectrum is matched against sunlight rather than a true blackbody.