seasonal affective disorder is basically just really simple astrology

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

seasonal affective disorder is basically just really simple astrology

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

the sun is in retrograde until next march

[lritter@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva it's real for me though, yes, completely unclear how. traditionally i have a winter trough that starts around now and ends somewhere in february, but we do walks, vitamin D, and *mumbles* recreational stuff, so i like to think i have a better handle on it.

but also, i consider it an evolutionary trait that used to be of benefit: when days get shorter, retreat, spend less energy, avoid other people, get sick less, etc. there's tons of benefits at the small cost of... deep misery

[lritter@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva that's astronomy. astrology is when your computations are about a virtual sky that is completely out of phase with the real one.

[atridas@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva underrated toot

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@lritter it's a thing i also experience. i recommend setting up some full spectrum grow lights

[lritter@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva got a particular brand or make i could copy the specs from?

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@lritter these are the ones I have and they work great https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BKP9B2QM

[lritter@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva mine has it too, even - if only so - slightly cheaper. question is where to put it... around my desk? then i should probably also put some plants there.

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@lritter irrc, I got two sets. I have one set on top of a book shelf in my home office (smallish repurposed spare bedroom) such that they bounce the light off the ceiling. It makes the room very bright. I keep the other set handy to setup in other rooms when I spend a long time elsewhere such as time off from work. The important thing is to have most of the light hit you. I try to bounce them off something though because they've very bright and hurt my eyes to look at directly.

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@lritter (that or global illumination is just critical for the mental health of graphics programmers)

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@lritter this is how I set up the auxiliary set last december when my wife got covid and we were hiding on opposite sides of the house. it did a lot to make the isolation bearable for me

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@lritter to be fair modern astronomy also seems to be primarily concerned with virtual skies, but they're updated regularly to try to keep them in sync with the real cosmos

[lritter@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva they don't want to end up like astrology... again.

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@lritter *rubs hands together gleefully* see, this is my get rich quick plan in case the whole "video games industry" thing doesn't work out

[dngrs@chaos.social]

@aeva what a pisces thing to say

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@dngrs you're off by just under two weeks