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…now it's a cautionary tale about how little we understand the impact of technologies we adopt. [1] https://github.com/wpietri/sunrise [2] E.g., the "'Til Morning is Nigh" segement here: https://backstoryradio.org/shows/on-the-clock-4/

comment by wpietri · 2023-08-04 · in Melatonin as a treatment for food waste

…lighting. I put multiple Hue bulbs in my main rooms and then wrote some software to control them: https://github.com/wpietri/sunrise I don't recommend using this software, but it's easy enough to write something similar. Basically make…

comment by wpietri · 2021-06-29 · in Ask HN: What habits have you managed to change?

…changed in the industrial era. [3] I expect we'll be undoing a lot of that over coming decades. [1] https://github.com/wpietri/sunrise [2] an older version of this: https://www.amazon.com/Philips-Simulation-Headspace-Subscrip... [3]…

comment by wpietri · 2020-12-17 · in Biomarker of Alzheimer's found to be regulated by sleep cycles

…liked, but it wasn't enough. So I built a whole-house system out of Hue bulbs and custom software: https://github.com/wpietri/sunrise To my surprise, the most valuable part for me was not sunrise but sunset. If the lights auto-dim in the…

comment by wpietri · 2020-06-17 · in Procrastination is driven by our desire to avoid difficult emotions, says expert

…makes it very clear which specific thing I need to learn next; otherwise it's easy to drown. [1] https://github.com/wpietri/sunrise [2] https://twitter.com/sfships [3] https://pypi.org/project/simpleais/ [4] https://github.com/wpietri/sucks

comment by wpietri · 2020-05-03 · in Ask HN: How do you manage self-study?

…the dim-in-the-evening thing more as a lark, but it ended up making a big difference for me. [1] https://github.com/wpietri/sunrise

comment by wpietri · 2020-02-25 · in Early riser or night owl? New study may help to explain the difference

The one I recommend is automated light. A while back I built something to mimic a day-night cycle: https://github.com/wpietri/sunrise My original goal was to counteract the darkness of winter, which impacts my mood and productivity. But…

comment by wpietri · 2019-05-16 · in Sleepless in Silicon Valley

…issues from the machine issues. As an example, I have a daemon that runs my ambient home lighting: https://github.com/wpietri/sunrise It has been running in a Docker container for a little over 4 years. Moving that from one machine to…

comment by wpietri · 2018-11-20 · in You might not need Kubernetes

…regularly runs races. And possibly related, of course, was that I got older during this period. [1] https://github.com/wpietri/sunrise

comment by wpietri · 2018-08-27 · in Maybe Your Sleep Problem Isn’t a Problem

…off-the-shelf light alarms not bright enough, so I used a bunch of Hue lights to get it brighter: https://github.com/wpietri/sunrise I was surprised to discover that the more valuable part was auto-dimming the lights in the evening. I'm…

comment by wpietri · 2018-07-18 · in The Effect of Sleep on Happiness

…A few years back I build an automated lighting system that is sort of like Night Mode for my house: https://github.com/wpietri/sunrise I thought the valuable part would be waking up early without the stress of an alarm. But actually the…

comment by wpietri · 2018-05-09 · in Android P

…star is bigger and brighter with good sleep, and ends up a brown dwarf if you don't get enough? [1] https://github.com/wpietri/sunrise

comment by wpietri · 2017-11-23 · in Show HN: Nebula – Alarm clock where you grow stars while you sleep

…couple of years. I put a bunch of Philips HUE bulbs in and wrote some software to control them: https://github.com/wpietri/sunrise For anybody who uses use Flux, this is basically like that but for my home. Since I'm prone to SAD-like…

comment by wpietri · 2017-01-23 · in How I got my attention back

…gets you brightness control, not color temperature control. If anybody's curious, my code is here: https://github.com/wpietri/sunrise

comment by wpietri · 2016-02-25 · in I bought some awful light bulbs so you don't have to

…go away fairly quickly. I had a similar hypothesis, so I built something like what you describe: https://github.com/wpietri/sunrise Currently I'm at only 4000 lumens or so in my main space, and I'd like it brighter. But my sleep is…

comment by wpietri · 2016-01-24 · in You Need More Lumens

…to that. [2]) But every alternative I could think of was not so appealing. I'll check this out. [1] https://github.com/wpietri/sunrise [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10163446

comment by wpietri · 2015-11-02 · in The Kotlin Language: 1.0 Beta Is Here

…color representation. Indeed, my automated lighting system is basically f.lux for one's house: https://github.com/wpietri/sunrise

comment by wpietri · 2015-09-20 · in Completely Painless Programmer's Guide to XYZ, RGB, ICC, XyY, and TRCs

…day-night cycle in brightness and color. Afternoon sleepiness is not a problem for me anymore. [1] https://github.com/wpietri/sunrise

comment by wpietri · 2015-09-18 · in Caffeine at night does more than keep you up late

…about a solution if it actually solves something for them. [1] Basically, redshift for my house: https://github.com/wpietri/sunrise

comment by wpietri · 2015-09-08 · in The Internet of Way Too Many Things

I didn't coordinate it, but they are roughly in sync because they're doing similar things. Code here: https://github.com/wpietri/sunrise It's minimally sufficient for my needs, but I'd be glad to work with others to expand it.

comment by wpietri · 2015-06-03 · in All United Flights Grounded Due to Mysterious Problem

…to do it themselves will be enough to keep companies like Philips producing and experimenting. [1] https://github.com/wpietri/sunrise

comment by wpietri · 2015-03-26 · in Sam Altman: Why Hardware Could Yield the Next $10B Startups