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The writing style frustrated me immensely. tl;dr: Cheap cool-white LEDs cut energy but worsened light pollution; warmer, dynamically dimmable LED fixtures/infr
by lysace 3mo ago
The writing style frustrated me immensely.
tl;dr: Cheap cool-white LEDs cut energy but worsened light pollution; warmer, dynamically dimmable LED fixtures/infra fix it but lower costs tend to win.
- trollbridge 3mo agoIsn't it standard journalism? Instead of just giving us the conclusion we're supposed to think, they interview various people in the field and quote what those people think, and then let us draw our own conclusions.
- lysace 3mo agoNo, this is engagement-maxxing style journalism. Complete with the clickbait headline. It also spends almost no time on why the cheaper-but-dumber options win. (Everything is relative. I expect more from IEEE than the NYP or the Daily Mail, as extreme examples.)
- micromacrofoot 3mo agodepending on who you ask the cold lighting also magically stops crime