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by ilyt 1143 days ago
> Dead moths prefer sodium lamps too, or something.

Isn't that just because it is very hot so they die?

> Except they do break (they dim into a faint glow, and the brown out completely) and they have to replace the whole fixture.

That's the big lie of LED industry; we can make ones lasting 50-100k hours... except we won't cos that would put price up by a bit and get out-competed.