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by Tijdreiziger 1038 days ago
Wow, crazy that people are still using incandescent bulbs in other parts of the world.

Their sale was outlawed in the Netherlands years ago, everyone has switched to LED by now.

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It's even an EU directive gone in effect more than a decade ago. Kinda weird to read about the LED revolution, when here it's already so commonplace.

LED is pretty cool btw. So many cool designs and they do last much longer, contrary to many naysayers in this discussion. Only thing I don't like is that dimmers cost an arm and a leg, although recently I discovered that some bulbs have build-in dimmers, which switch to a different brightness when you quickly flick the bulb off and on.