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> Right now I get around this by having an ambient light sensors adjusting my monitors but it's buggy and error prone. Can you expand a bit more on this soluti

• konjin 6y ago
  An old ColorMunki projector calibrator connected by usb and attached to the screen with a zip tie. I have a python script that polls it when the screen goes to sleep or when I request a re-calibration using redshift. It used to be automatic but it's not stable because there's only one point of measure. If I stood up and cast a shadow on the screen it decided that the whole room has gone dark and dimmed the screen to be invisible. The only reason why I prefer that over doing it manually is the white point balance. It beats sitting around with a piece of white paper eyeballing it to match white on the screen.
  • DoingIsLearning 6y ago
    Very cool! Thanks for sharing!
    • lhl 6y ago
      This approach sounds similar to clight, which uses a webcam to adjust backlight levels (so may be a little less fidgety than using a color calibration sensor if you just care about brightness): https://github.com/FedeDP/Clight https://github.com/FedeDP/Clight
      • konjin 6y ago
        Mismatching color balance gives me a headache. Anecdotally it affects everyone most people just don't notice what it is that's bugging them.