When reading about circadian light it helps to remember that the actual biological research is still a bit thin. There are a couple of studies out there that show that light of other wavelengths reduces the effect of the blue light on melatonin. Since the problem is normally caused by the bright white areas on the screen it is possible that all that is required is to turn down the overall brightness at night. Inciden…
Phones need 'bed mode' to protect sleep
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This is the obvious change immediately made by anyone whose health is affected. If the lowest level of brightness were sufficient, users would not need to seek out apps like f.lux.
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Are you claiming that airplane mode will let people receive emergency calls? I am pretty sure that is not the case.
Sorry I had two thoughts in that last post. If you need emergency calls, you can just turn off wifi and mobile data which leaves voice (and I think sms) intact.
Did you read my comment? That's exactly what I said, right? You can turn off wifi and cellular data to just get calls (and sms).
Your comment acted like turning off the phone was the obvious solution everybody was missing, and my point was that it's more complicated.
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I haven't done any mobile development, so forgive my ignorance. But the concept of a program not being "allowed" on my device is bizarre to me.
It's not that the program isn't allowed. It's that the program uses unpublished API's which Apple doesn't allow.
I see the difference here now. Thanks!