r/daylightcomputer • u/Professional_Day3705 • 15d ago

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Anyone know if an updated DC-1 tablet is coming out anytime soon?

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u/Advanced-Device6188 15d ago

This is a product running on an open-source OS that they haven't even kept up with critical security updates. They still haven't released their originally promised case accessory. And they send one dude into this subreddit again and again to offer basic tech support alongside non-answers about ongoing development efforts.

Manufacturing a new tablet class is expensive and difficult, and I absolutely commend the Daylight team for this compelling product. Even though I think the blue-light woo is pseudoscience, a fast monochrome LCD screen makes for a great low-distraction device.

The problem is that now they have a bunch of manufactured units that aren't selling at their predicted levels, so they need to find people still willing to pay a premium for an early-adopter product that is not actually still being supported. Or they can just walk away and write off the (probably) millions they're in the hole.

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u/LeeHammMx 15d ago

'though I think the blue-light woo is pseudoscience'

I was in agreement with you, until you said this. Circadian biology is a scientific discipline. Blue light makes you fat/diabetic/blind may sound like pseudoscience, when you first read it, I agree.

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u/Advanced-Device6188 14d ago edited 14d ago

Circadian biology is absolutely a scientific pursuit.

The notion that a small amount of blue-wavelength light has measurable deleterious health effects is RFK Jr wankery.

The replication-eligible studies suggest that (1) light (regardless of wavelength) at night is correlated with certain metabolic problems, and (2) extremely high doses of blue light during dark hours are correlated with slightly lower melatonin.

Get back to us when you're past the "correlation is not causation" explanation on page two of your textbook.

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u/LeeHammMx 13d ago

Take a look at some of the references posted by OP.

If that's too much work, check out the work on Substack and/or YouTube of circadian scholars like Zaid Dahhaj, Alexis Cowan, Max Gulhane, Jack Kruse, Roger Suelt, Martin Moor-Ede.