Synthesis: night vision goggles.
Bonus: Feds can't get the drop on you by cutting the power.
this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2025
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There was a time in my youth that I lived by the big light. I can't go back. It's so harsh, like a little yellow sun aging all it touches with a tinge of sepia. No, corner lamps are my way now.
My Mom keeps eight lamps in the living room and I hate walking around to toggle them all. My strategy is dimmable LED strips in strategic locations, all controlled by a single knob—it avoids the harsh single point source while maintaining its simplicity of operation.
I like the way some old houses do it where you have a single switch that controls multiple outlets which each have a lamp. Leave the lamps on and toggle the switch to turn them all on, or you can switch them one by one if needed. For my bedroom we have led strips all along the ceiling which are kept on the dimmest possible red setting at night, and can be switched to any colour or brightness by remote, plus a warm bulb lamp on either side of the bed within arms reach.
I thought she was talking about the sun and my friend thought she was reading talking about Big Light like a predatory industry.
I guess I'm something of a Lamp guy myself
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
Team Big Light all the way. Oh, I'm supposed to go out and buy 50 lamps? Sounds like somebody fell for propaganda from the Lamp Industry!