• weaponG@lemmy.world
    1 day

    Too much potential for bad luck in multiples of 7 years. Also, some buildings skip the 13th floor. Just saying…

  • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
    4 days

    We do! Sky lights, fiber optic sky light extenders, etc. humans are always trying to light up their artificial caves with sunlight.

    Building architecture used to have amazing creative designs to capture this free lighting.

    However, cheap efficient indoor lighting removed this as a driving force, so newer buildings don’t have the same design constraints

      • sunbeam60@feddit.uk
        4 days

        Light extenders are fairly common in the UK - not fibre optic, but basically they look like if silvery tubes connected to a glass dome on the roof. Fairly common when a house extension leave a hall without a window.

  • FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.websiteEnglish
    4 days

    Did you hear about that curved building in London that reflected light so well you could cook an egg in the street a block away? I think you could make an argument for white surfaces to reflect light into buildings but full blown mirrors are probably a fire hazard.

  • Skyrmir@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4 days

    Clouds make it annoying and inconsistent. Also people need light at night regardless, so lights are always needed.

    • Nindelofocho@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4 days

      I like the idea of the lighting inside simulating the lighting outside you can have supplemental electrical lights to provide enough light to do stuff but if its bright outside it can be brighter and energizing inside when its overcast or evening it can be cozy and relaxing inside.

      Id imagine this helps the circadian rhythm a bit but also prevents getting flashbanged when stepping outside during the day and having to wait for the eyes to adjust as much when stepping outside during at night

    • melsaskca@lemmy.ca
      4 days

      If we invented mirror batteries, the mirrors could hold onto the sunlight long after the sun has set. /s

  • agentTeiko@piefed.socialEnglish
    4 days

    We tried but it causes alien’s to come down and pick up their stones and lady friend.

  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
    4 days

    Guys, i think they mean interior decoration.

    I did this with a strategic mirror in the dark corridor. But the house entrance was also there, and in a long stretch between sleeping and living room with a window on either end.

    • Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      3 days

      Access Denied

      You don’t have permission to access “http://www.homedepot.com/b/Doors-Windows-Windows-Skylights-Solar-Tubes/N-5yc1vZc5f2” on this server.

      Reference #18.60ec1702.1783606539.203f040

      https://errors.edgesuite.net/18.60ec1702.1783606539.203f040

      • Switorik@sh.itjust.works
        3 days

        Its a link to solar tubes on the home depot website. I’m not familiar with this error.

        • Aganim@lemmy.world
          3 days

          Same error here. I can’t access their home page either, so it’s probably a geoblock.

          • black0ut@pawb.social
            3 days

            Yeah +1 on the geoblock theory. Usian websites have a lot of trackers and spyware, which are illegal in a lot of other places (like the EU). Instead of fixing the sites, it’s cheaper to geoblock those areas. At least they’re not lying about their compliance and spying without permission…