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by tushark 4908 days ago
I love f.lux. It does take a bit of getting used to, but if you wait it out, you'll enjoy it. And, the research they've done on light is quite impressive too: http://stereopsis.com/flux/research.html

That being said, this has been around for a while, so I wonder why it's trending now. They haven't put out any recent updates afaik

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I just wish it would go based on ambient light if you have a webcam rather than what the sun is doing. Where I work, I'm not always exposed to natural sunlight, and I don't always work during the day going into the night where I'm going to want my screen to adjust to me trying to fall asleep halfway through a second-shift schedule.
It's hard to measure ambient light correctly for something like this, because in a dark room, most of the ambient light is actually coming from the screen itself.
> It does take a bit of getting used to

Just install it during the day. You'll be inseparable by the evening.

I feel like it trends in waves and they do not do any advertising so it's always by word of mouth...