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The light distraction thing has been taken into account on all ships I've been on, including warships. Everything that can be dimmed is dimmed, normally to the point where it's not really usable without a hood or turning up the brightness when you need it.

Everything that can't be dimmed gets a curtain made up for it.

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Interesting. What wouldn't be usually dimmable?

Normally equipment that's still in development or is bought off the shelf[1]. Power LEDs on a laptop charger for example.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_off-the-shelf

> Power LEDs on a laptop charger for example.

...Oh, right. The things under the electrical tape patch on my laptop :D

Yeah, probably a bad example. A screen on a laptop that nobody has admin rights on to properly dim might be a better case.

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