The Biden Administration’s rules seek to make lighting cheaper and less polluting

  • elscallr@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    My Hue bulbs cost like $15 but god damn I love them. Every ceiling fan in my house is now dimmable from my phone. My game room has lights that I can change the colors of to make my DnD games more immersive. And since they’re LED they’ll probably last for ages.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah they really are a big quality of life upgrade. Being able to shift your lights to a nice warm color and dim them all instantly is amazing. Makes the house so much cozier at night. Every time we do it, it’s and instant mood shift.

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        1 year ago

        It made it a lot easier for me to sleep, too. Being able to go from “lightly lit and more cool” to “very little but quite warm” light about an hour before bed helps my brain figure out that sleeping should be done at night.

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      1 year ago

      I got a couple of smart bulbs a while ago, but I’m apparently the only one in the house willing to use them through a phone or smart speaker Everyone else just turns the lamps of at the switch, which completely defeats the purpose. I gave up on the idea until such time as I can buy some with a manual toggle included.

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        1 year ago

        Hue makes programmable wall switches, but if you have a smart speaker hooked up to them you can just ask it to dim the lights or make them red or whatever. I find that’s handy for color modes and settings that one might not use very often.

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        1 year ago

        I stuck a tablet on the wall using Command Strips and it just stays plugged in, in case I want to change the lighting but my phone is across the room.