[1] https://www.pcgamer.com/introducing-gameref-the-anti-cheat-h...
That's all there is to it. Take a look at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CJqAJ2LXw8&t=852.
Years ago, there was an HN article "You Need More Lumens"[1], which in turn led me down a rabbit hole.
I ended up purchasing:
4 standard table lamps from Target,
28 2000-lumen Cree LEDs bulbs[2] and,
4 7-way splitters[3].
[1] >>10957614
It's possible, they exist, many such LEDs are probably manufactured in China ... but the legit ones are probably more expensive, and you may need a more recognizable brand to do some QA, and keep pressure on the factory to not slip quality or inputs.
Consider the cheap screwdriver included with the lamp in this story: unexpectedly, many were more faulty than the cheapest $4 screwdriver you'd find in any hardware store. The more stories you read about manufacturing stuff in China, the more you'll see very strange things. It's not about nationality or anything, it's an extreme kind of optimization. If you didn't catch it already, maybe you didn't really need what you thought you asked for ... they're just checking/optimizing
"Trump vows massive new tariffs if elected, risking global economic war"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/08/22/trump-tra...
(https://archive.is/20231125045858/https://www.washingtonpost...)
EDIT - Found this after my post, a MUCH better "he said it":
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47/agenda47-president-tru...
“Living under a rock” is the technical term, I believe.
https://polymarket.com/event/trump-imposes-40-blanket-tariff...
I think it was one of the many threads off "Bunnie Huang's Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen" because the specific incident I can't find.
That simply isn't true. Here's a PDF from December 2024 (before Trump was elected) by the US Senate Joint Economic Committee:
https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/5c392e02-9eb0...
Throughout 2024, Donald Trump has proposed a series of tariffs on all goods coming from outside the U.S. or on goods from specific countries. His recent proposals include:
• An across-the-board 10 percent tariff on all products imported from other countries.
• An across-the-board 20 percent tariff on all products imported from other countries.
• A 60 percent tariff—“or higher”—on all goods imported from China.
• An additional 10% above any additional tariffs on imports from China.
• A 25% tariff on products imported to the United States from Mexico and Canada.
Yes, everbody who was paying any attention at all saw this coming.
https://www.morningbrew.com/stories/2025/04/30/amazon-wont-b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs_in_the_first_Trump_adm...
Newer LED phosphors are typically 90+ CRI, and I commonly find 93 CRI bulbs available off the shelf.
bigclivedotcom video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISTB0ThzhOY
Pixels dice have also been going on a “fun” journey with the weight of a huge crowdfunding raise. I’ve been following their updates with sympathy: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixels-dice/pixels-the-...
https://www.harborfreight.com/10000-lumen-4-ft-linkable-diam...
Also, if you've ever been in a Walmart or Forever 21 at night, you'll know that constant LED white light is probably not the best thing for your eyes.
https://myopiainstitute.org/imi-whitepaper/imi-the-role-of-l...
lack of light is generally the leading hypothesis for why there is a myopia epidemic actually. from people being indoors most of the time for school or work.
though unfortunately scientists are still researching if it is a specific frequency of light etc... people are missing
https://optimizeyourbiology.com/best-natural-full-spectrum-l...
No idea if there's any evidence or not of the blue spike actually mattering for human biology.
[1] https://www.crowdsupply.com/machinery-enchantress/the-new-es...
Basically a hanging version of the "Brighter" lamp.
It turned out that USA / "the west" lost the engineering knowledge to manufacture "stuff" (in this case injection molding and other procedures): Nowadays, we simply create the plans and schematics (e.g. CAD files) and let the Chinese do the building.
For this specific application, the manufacturing method determines the porosity of the material, and therefore the heat transfer.
CNC prototype parts will have better heat transfer than pressure die cast, and the pressure die cast will perform better than pressureless cast parts.
https://www.costco.com/p/-/enbrighten-ultrabrite-hex-lights/...
I had a similar experience. I quit my job as a SWE at Google and built a hardware product on top of the Raspberry Pi.[0]
I don't really have anything helpful to add, but I relate a lot to all of the gotchas you encountered. Shipping a hardware product made me appreciate software so much more, especially SaaS products where you can ship a fix immediately.
With hardware, it's painfully easy to make a mistake and not realize it for 3-6 months. And by that point, you have this whole manufacturing pipeline you have to halt and unwind. And with overseas manufacturing, tariffs, and shipping costs, you can't even unwind some of this stuff, and you just end up with useless material that you paid 5-6 figures for.
We're definitely spoiled in the software world with the relative ease of fixing bugs.
[0] >>23927380
Notably:
> When we got back, we watched as the laser engraving technician printed out a copy of our alignment template, deleted all of the guide lines from the file, imported the legends into the laser engraving software, and proceeded to try to eyeball the correct label placement.
> Going in, we were annoyed at how far off the legends were. In retrospect, it’s astonishing how good his manual placement was.
Getting just lumens is cheap. Getting a full spectrum of light is where costs increase.
This is the reason I chose to go with the specific Cree bulbs (linked in original post) that get a 90+ CRI rating
https://enbrightenme.com/cdn/shop/files/85837_QSG_v4.pdf?v=3...
I do think it's actually quite hard to beat the Brighter lamp on all of: Lumens, $, QoL (ie: Google Home integration + temp control), Form Factor (ie: not looking ugly), CRI.
I personally noticed issues w/ CRI & Form Factor quite a lot with my previous options.
For brief contact (e.g., 1-3 seconds on adult-accessible parts), temperatures should stay below ~48-55°C depending on material; longer reflexive contact requires even lower limits (e.g., 43°C for extended exposure). A surface hot enough that hands can only tolerate it for "a couple of seconds" implies it's above this (likely 60°C+), risking second-degree burns.
I practice this means this product would not be allowed to be sold in EU. This would have been thoroughly tested to get the CE mark.
> All LED lights sold in Europe must carry the CE mark
https://wwbridge-cert.com/blog/posts/is-ce-marking-for-led-l...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_for_manufacturability
Some are good at designing to factory capabilities, yet others try something slick and get schooled the hard way. =3
https://jlcpcb.com/3d-printing/?gad=1
But if you must:
Metal printing has been available for awhile. =3