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It's not only the Kelvins, but the intensity also.

Natural light is around 100K lux. That is crazily expensive to generate.



As a counterpoint, I wouldn't want to work in daylight / outside; still need to be able to view a monitor.

(I sit next to a window atm. It's a bit annoying when the sun shows up after lunch)



10,000 != 100,000


Yeah, I wasn't really talking about the lux level, but rather about "cheating natural daylight". Unless your office window is getting direct mid-day sun (so it's.. a skylight?) you aren't getting close to 100k lux.




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