Is f.lux a meme?
I have been looking for an alternative to f.lux
>>54181359
Half and half.
Does it really help you sleep better? Probably not.
Does it make viewing your screen in a dark area at night much more comfortable? Absolutely.
What to do when it won't stop flickering on and off?
I was just wondering does it really make a difference on the eyes, because I fucking hate the animation it has for turning on
>>54181359
when i turn it off in the evening the blue light literally burns my eyes so i guess it just werks
Better to shine a light on the wall behind your monitor.
>not using redshift on Gentoo with USE=-geoclue to disable botnet
yeah it's shit
>>54181359
Dunno about how it affects your sleep quality, but it makes the screen easier to look at when it's dark, so it's good enough for me.
>>54181359
i wish it had three tiers
6500k day
4200k evening
3400k late night
>>54181359
no its not.
At 10pm ,if i look at my display without f.lux then my eye burn to death.
Its really pleasant for my eye.
It solved a problem I didn't know I had. I can't live without it now.
>>54181427
this
>>54181359
f.lux is a botnet.
(Look through 4chan archives of f.lux threads someone showed info on how it is).
>>54181523
Try pic related instead.
Personally I can't go without it now.
>>54181359
Not really, but I think it's not needeed. You can make those adjustments directly in WIndows or Nvidia CPanel (or Catalyst). Also many monitors have a mode named "reading mode" which does the same.
>installed this
>laptop wont wake up from standby
>>54181601
>tints your screenshots
>GARBAGE
>>54181489
>>54181555
That's because flux actually dims your monitor a little by changing the white point. You could get the same comfort level with better colors by turning down your monitor's backlight.
Which begs the question, is there a program like flux that adjusts the backlight instead of messing with color management settings?
>>54181602
yeah but why would you want to adjust it everytime, manually
>>54181359
Yes, it's bullshit. There's a simple and easy trick to get all the supposed benefits with none of the downsides. TURN YOU FUCkING BRIGHTNESS DOWN!
I keep mine at the literal lowest level I can get it. I'm talking low enough that I don't lose my nigh-vision staring at a pure white background. I use it there during the day too.
If you're not sitting outside in the sun there's no reason to be on anything above minimum brightness.
>>54181427
this, wife and i have used it for years now just because it's easier on the eyes at night
>>54181756
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>>54181511
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>>54181508
>>54181481
>>54181392
>>54181430
kys
>>54181756
Not everyone lives in a basement. When the sun shines into my room sometimes dark stuff becomes difficult to see, even with normal monitor brightness.
Also I turn the lights on when it's night and configured f.lux so that my screen temperature matches that of the light bulbs (2800 K).
>>54182019
You obviously have defective eyes, because I can see everything on my screen at the lowest brightness setting unless the sun is shining directly onto my screen.
>>54182357
It can't possibly be that we have different monitors, no. I should really see an oculist.
>>54182401
*occultist
>>54181646
Yes, the settings on your monitor.
Use this as reference when calibrating: http://planetpixelemporium.com/tutorialpages/light.html
>>54181698
It's a matter of a couple of button presses if we talk about monitor's built in profiles. And maybe you don't need it all the time.
>>54182553
You need it twice a day (assuming you're a typical neet like all of /g/). Why bother with that (and eventually stop doing it because it's tedious) if you can use software to automate it?
>>54181601
>f.lux is a botnet.
Can anyone post proof?
>>54182639
Go search the archives yourself.
>>54182687
So, no proof?
As expected.
>>54182620
Well, that is if you are fine with background processes. I prefer to do stuff manually to ease the workload of my CPU. Less bg processes = better, imo, especially if the manual task to accomplish the same result is not tedious and I don't have to do it too often. I have set Firefox to clear cookies after close, so I always have to chose Tomprrow theme and infinite scroll on 4chan, at least once per day, and do my personal settings on Yandex, so ..
>>54182702
i'm not him. i just want to let you know that you are retarded. k.bye
>>54182687
It's full of a retard saying "hurr it's a botnet search the archives".
Is this a recursive meme?
>>54182687
I'd rather not waste my time. He made the claim, he should waste his time proving it.
>>54182639
It looks up your position using Google Maps to obtain your longitude and latitude coordinates. That's it. Set it manually, and no botnet.
Regardless, it's not like it's a botnet, it's simply sending your coordinates to Google Maps API, and even then, I doubt you give them more than the biggest city in the region, which they'd have no trouble acquiring through other legal means unless you're going through a VPN.
Or you could just actually lower the intensity of your screen instead of changing a slight tint to emulate the effect
>>54182781
You're just lowering the bluelight, still no good, b.otnet and sunsetscreen actually remove the bluelight.
>>54182781
Why not both?
>>54182781
Adjusting it manually every day, in the morning and evening, is something no one would ever do. Flux automates it, that's the whole fucking point.
>>54182706
I would suggest to you the self-destructing cookies addon, but it sounds like you'd rather make your life more complicated.
>>54182817
It's fine this way. I don't close the browser unless I close the PC as well. And for things that I need to be logged in (VK, for example) I use a different browser.
I know that when I updated my iPad to iOS 9 and lost f.lux, my sleep got drastically worse.
On the other hand, my TN panel monitor is still very sleep disruptive with f.lux as it bleeds a lot of blue light.
f.lux is not a meme, as long as you have a good monitor that doesn't bleed blue light.
I used to get headaches from sitting at the computer for too long, flux fixed that for me. Does it have positive effects on you? If so, use it. If not, label it meme.
>Have had SunsetScreen enabled for a whole year.
>Turned off SunsetScreen.
>MY FUCKING EYES.jpg
It's a must have for me, not optional.
>>54181391
Redshift. If on Ubuntu, try redshift-gtk
>>54182706
Dude it sounds like you're just making life difficult for yourself. Sure the average person has too many background processes running and slowing down their computer but there's a balance, and computers are literally made to automate menial tasks like that. C'mon bro stop being an ocd faggot
>>54182687
>make a claim
>go look for the proof yourself
What is burden of proof?
>>54183607
If you care that much you'll find out the truth yourself rather than being a lazy sack of shit and wanting to be spoon-fed.
>>54183607
There is nothing such as that. If you want to be convincing, supply proof. If you're lazy, well, don't.
On the other hand, if there is a claim without proof that interests you, try to find the proof yourself instead of just insisting on getting proof shown.
>>54183624
You're the reason /pol/ has a sticky on logical fallacies which should really be on all boards.
>>54183632
There's a lot of interesting claims on this board and 90% of them are absolute horseshit. If you want to contribute to a thread supply relevant info or you're just shitposting. If you just start screaming something and have no interest in backing it up you're screaming just to scream (again, a recurring theme on this board).
>>54183745
In this time you wasted whining you could have found the proof yourself by now, who's the bigger idiot? I think it's you.
>>54183624
You're either lying or a lazy pile of crap. Either way, fuck off.
>>54181359
I tried it and hated it. I didn't notice any benefits at all. Sometimes I would forget it's turned on, work on some graphics and then notice that I fucked up with the colors completely the next day.
>>54183782
So you're lying then. Ok.
>>54181359
f.lux is, redshift isn't
>>54181508
geoclue is not enabled by default
>>54183796
Use f.lux if you got nothing to hide. Ok.
I use it like a toggle, no gradual shift. I set it before bed so in the middle of the night i dont get blinded
>>54183758
I just checked, there's no proof.
>>54183832
>I can't search for shit and gave up after 15 seconds therefor no proof exists!!!1
>>54181359
pleb tier = f.lus = nonfree pig disgusting
normie tier = redshift = bloat
gof tier = sct = http://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/sct-set-color-temperature
>>54183832
Install f.lux in a Virtual Machine along with Windows Firewall Control and leave it running overnight or 24 hours.
Check the connection log afterwards, or if you're an advanced user (doubt it) use Wireshark/Fiddler.
>>54181359
Pretty much.
>>54183880
>I keep making wild claims and can't back them up, but I'm still totally not making shit up guys!
>>54184027
>Although it is obvious that I will not get shown any proof, I insist on arguing rather than looking for the proof myself.
>>54183916
Nice proof there buddy.
>>54184082
>I literally can't comprehend how arguing works
>>54184114
>My only way of arguing is greentexting purposely wrong-conceived positions of the other person
>>54184135
I've moved from trying to argue with you to mocking you, and you're too stupid to even comprehend that. Kill yourself retard.
>>54184160
Again. You absolute moron.
>>54183758
>>54184175
You're too retarded to provide a simple link, dude. Just kill yourself already.
>>54184202
You're too retarded to do a simple search in the archive, dude. Just kill yourself already.
>>54184202
It's almost been 3 hours. I am sure, if you were interested in the link as much as you are in insulting some random strangers on the internet, you would have the proof by now.
>>54184223
It's been 3 hours, if proof existed he'd have provided it already. But he doesn't have any because he's wrong.
>>54184235
You're staring at the f.lux icon in your taskbar, sweating not knowing if it is or not a botnet, you're tempted to uninstall but you don't, instead you keep posting in this thread asking for proof but no one is willing to waste time for a retard like you.
>>54184255
I don't even use windows, retard. Are the voices in your head not telling you that it's a botnet as well?
>>54184275
f.lux IS a botnet, just read the PP (no not the websites PP retard the softwares one).
It needs network access to access the notification area
>>54184235
I bet his dog ate the proof. Too bad, now we will never know for sure.
>>54184306
Nice link as proof there buddy
no
it protects my eyes definitely at night. without it my eyes are bleeding.
it's one of the things that once you get used to you can't live without, like smartphones or human penis
>>54181359
There's nothing that flux can do that a little self control can't.
Just go to bed for chirsts sake.
>>54181646
The whole purpose of Flux is to change the color settings. Flux's purpose isn't to reduce the strength of the light.
>>54181804
>>54184857
I laughed because that's exactly how it is for me too.
I fucking love f.lux. To people calling it a meme: YOU ARE WRONG.
>>54182706
Are you using a shitty P4 box?
I use pangobright
true tone display >>> f.lux
>>54181359
yes. didn't see any difference at night nor at sleep. it just fucks up my color range.
>>54184759
>Winter in Canada
>sun sets at like 4:30
>lol just go to bed
>>54181359
No, it lowers colour temperatures and reduces blue light. Not only can it help reduce eye strain but less blue light means your body secretes more melatonin which may help you fall asleep easier
I recommend setting it so it changes temperatures slowly over the course of an hour
>>54186611
I feel yah
T. Finnanon
>>54181756
>TURN YOU FUCkING BRIGHTNESS DOWN!
Set to equal brightness - white light hurts my eyes more than dull orange light. I really don't think it's a nocebo thing either.
Yes it's a meme and I'm surprised /g/ fell for it this hard
Yep, it's a scam
http://www.macworld.com/article/3047121/iphone-ipad/ios-93-the-new-night-shift-feature-probably-wont-help-you-sleep-better.html
>Doesn't help you at all
Or for the /sci/entists out there here's the actual study:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4471664/
>>54188817
I haven't read the macworld article, but that study seems pretty supportive of what f.lux is doing.
>Thus, combating the unhealthy effect of blue light from smartphone displays at night does not simply mean turning off the smartphone, but rather using well designed SPDs and the proper intensity of smartphone displays to see better where and when required while protecting people’s health and circadian rhythm.
(SPD is spectral power distribution.)
it works for me on the laptop.
I used twilight(flux clone) at low brightness on my phone but that would still strain my eye at night.
>>54189463
Twilight seems more to do an overlay than to actually change the color temperature. Also I didn't like that it controlled the brightness,.
