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Many offices, mostly in places like Amsterdam, Paris etc. in art-deco building, take pride in the amount of natural light they're pumping in the office. With mi
by keyle 7y ago
Many offices, mostly in places like Amsterdam, Paris etc. in art-deco building, take pride in the amount of natural light they're pumping in the office. With mirrors and sunroofs (with sails as shade) and a few plants, you can really give a beautiful, open air feeling to your office.
This, feels like crutches.
edit: there is something to be said about starting an hour earlier and finishing an hour earlier if the sunset is early. It may be a good idea to live with the natural rhythm of the earth rather than some clock on the wall.
- Deimorz 7y agoThe second sentence of the article explains that he's trying to figure this out because the sun sets in Boston at 4:15 PM now.
- taurath 7y agoWhen it gets dark by 3:30pm and there’s so much cloud cover it never gets past dusk, you’ll appreciate the crutches. Biggest downside to living in seattle atm.
- Symbiote 7y agoYou exaggerate. Seattle looks bright compared to half of Europe. Compare the sunset times with London, Copenhagen, Oslo. You had 1½ hours more daylight today than Copenhagen.
- taurath 7y agoCompared to Copenhagen sure. I’m from California - the lack of daylight is not something I’m used to at all.
- egypturnash 7y agoUgh yeah I wanted to kill myself more and more every year I spent in Seattle. Moved somewhere sunnier and that urge just vanished.
- taurath 7y agoYup. Half my life is now managing that problem. I’ve gotten better at it but I really do need to move somewhere sunnier, especially for the winter.
- egypturnash 7y agoA 2’ square sun lamp from the Indoor Sun Shop helped but only so much.
- MiroF 7y agoYou don't live in Boston, so you don't understand. It's dark by 4-4:15 here
- ncmncm 7y agoYou think you've got problems. In western China, where the Uyghurs live, sunrise is 2 PM, in winter. The Uyghurs are not complaining about that just now.
- flypaca 7y agoIt gets dark in Amsterdam around the same time as well. And Amsterdam overall gets less sunlight as it is much more north than Boston.
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- jrockway 7y agoYou're going to be awake for 16 hours on the average day. We get 9 hours of daylight a day in New York in the winter, so some portion of that is going to be spent in darkness no matter how wonderful your windows are. In the summer, things are much better; 16 hours of daylight. So you really can put yourself on a schedule where the appearance of light wakes you up and its disappearance puts you to sleep.