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Was my first thought as well - does f.lux not scratch an itch that a physical pair of lenses does?
f.lux isn't as portable, as it doesn't cover TVs, smartphones, LED bulbs, etc.
Edit: the name notwithstanding, it does more than adjust brightness, including filtering color temperature, much like f.lux
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f.lux isn't as portable, as it doesn't cover TVs, smartphones, LED bulbs, etc.
You can get, for example, Lux Auto Brightness for Android though. Helps me since I read in bed on my phone before going to sleep. Edit: the name notwithstanding, it does more than adjust brightness, including filtering color temperature, much like f.lux
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f.lux isn't as portable, as it doesn't cover TVs, smartphones, LED bulbs, etc.
You can get, for example, Lux Auto Brightness for Android though. Helps me since I read in bed on my phone before going to sleep. Edit: the name notwithstanding, it does more than adjust brightness, including filtering color temperature, much like f.lux
Why install N pieces of software when 1 piece of hardware will do?
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They don't. They might reduce eyestrain (I have it installed on all my computers, fwiw), but they aren't effective enough on their own to help with sleep. In psychology grad school, I learned that a single blue photon hitting the back of the is sufficient to cause a measurable shift in melatonin output. Note: measurable is not the same as deleterious, but flux doesn't even eliminate all the blue light your computer i…
What is the result of the typical over-the-counter dose, often 3-5 mg?
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They don't. They might reduce eyestrain (I have it installed on all my computers, fwiw), but they aren't effective enough on their own to help with sleep. In psychology grad school, I learned that a single blue photon hitting the back of the is sufficient to cause a measurable shift in melatonin output. Note: measurable is not the same as deleterious, but flux doesn't even eliminate all the blue light your computer i…
What is the result of the typical over-the-counter dose, often 3-5 mg?
I've been using 1mg lately (the lowest I can find) and they work much better. Still help make me drowsy, but without waking up in the middle of the night.
I started wearing orange tinted glasses about a week or two ago, and I have noticed that they help me feel more tired when I'm trying to fall asleep. However it could just be a placebo. The downside is that I can't do any design work while wearing them, and programming is more difficult because code coloring is really off in Sublime. If I continue to wear them, I'll probably have to change my Sublime theme to something that's easier to distinguish.
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They don't. They might reduce eyestrain (I have it installed on all my computers, fwiw), but they aren't effective enough on their own to help with sleep. In psychology grad school, I learned that a single blue photon hitting the back of the is sufficient to cause a measurable shift in melatonin output. Note: measurable is not the same as deleterious, but flux doesn't even eliminate all the blue light your computer i…
What is the result of the typical over-the-counter dose, often 3-5 mg?
You also have to take it an hour or so >before< bed.