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1. Ryan Finnie (foo@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 10:00:37 JST Ryan Finnie

   The last time I bought standard A19 2700K 800lm 60W equivalent LED bulbs was circa 2016. Everything I've needed since then has been "specialty" in some way or another.

   Put it this way, I just discovered Cree was acquired and exited the consumer market years ago.

   • Ryan Finnie (foo@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 10:02:56 JST Ryan Finnie

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     Remember when "honey, we're out of light bulbs, could you pick up a few at the grocery store?" was a thing that just happened all the time?

   • Ryan Finnie (foo@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 10:06:58 JST Ryan Finnie

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     From a few months ago: I remember an old EPA PSA commercial during the initial commercial availability of CFLs. It was of a guy balancing on a series of chairs, changing a high up light bulb and complaining about needing to do it again. Another person walks into frame, holds a CFL up to him and says "This one will last seven years, guaranteed."

     The commercial's slogan was "looks funny, saves money". I see a few references to the slogan on google, but the commercial seems to be lost to time.

   • Ryan Finnie (foo@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 10:08:42 JST Ryan Finnie

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     • Stephen Brooks 🦆

     @sjb 2700K is fine for me, as long as it's 90+ CRI it's fine. 5000K is a little too blue for me; for my garage I like 4000K which is even harder to find in e.g. shop light form.

   • Stephen Brooks 🦆 (sjb@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 10:08:43 JST Stephen Brooks 🦆

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     @foo Coupled with my habit of buying packs of 4 or 8 identical ones so I have a store, it doesn't happen often.

     More tricky was I bought a bunch of 5000K ones. I like the colour, between 6500K daylight and 2700K that's too yellow for my liking, but they're not so easy to find.