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hello yospos, i thought this would be a good place to ask about computer and eye strain. my job involves a lot of reading from a computer screen. at the end of the day, my eyes feel like they're on fire. I have glasses for distance vision but my close-up is still sharp. i don't really get headaches - my eyes just ache, get red, and generally feel like poo poo. what do you do to help the ol' eyeballs? tag related because i stare at a windows at work.
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I got 'em
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Nov 26, 2017 06:30
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have you tried Gunnar gaming(r) glasses, op?
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Nov 26, 2017 06:31
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lmao those are apparently real 
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Nov 26, 2017 06:46
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Best Bi Geek Squid posted:lmao those are apparently real actually wearing his recent court sentancing
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Nov 26, 2017 06:53
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bonzibudd dwyer over there ready to offend viewers with that dusty mustache
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Nov 26, 2017 07:06
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poor trigger discipline and no clip, the kind of hot tempered impotence brought to you by gunnar
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Nov 26, 2017 07:09
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get a real job interacting with other humans
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Nov 26, 2017 07:15
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Agile Vector posted:bonzibudd dwyer over there ready to offend viewers with that dusty mustache his name is barnacles nerdgasm
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Nov 26, 2017 07:17
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Agile Vector posted:bonzibudd dwyer
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Nov 26, 2017 07:33
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Agile Vector posted:poor trigger discipline and no clip, the kind of hot tempered impotence brought to you by gunnar magazine
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Nov 26, 2017 07:35
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anyway op i haven't seen you before but i like your name. good work
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Nov 26, 2017 07:36
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stop looking at black text on a white background, op. also bump up your font sizes
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Nov 26, 2017 08:22
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Best Bi Geek Squid posted:hello yospos, do you have a high DPI screen you should use a high DPI screen, with an operating system and software that supports high DPI
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Nov 26, 2017 08:55
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The Management posted:stop looking at black text on a white background, op. also bump up your font sizes actually, stop looking at white text on a black background, black on white is easier to read even if your ultra dark UI looks “cool” and also bump up your font sizes and use a 200dpi or higher density display
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Nov 26, 2017 08:58
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eschaton posted:actually, stop looking at white text on a black background, black on white is easier to read even if your ultra dark UI looks “cool” dont see how this could possibly be true, but your supposed to do green on black anyway
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Nov 26, 2017 10:36
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George posted:dont see how this could possibly be true, but your supposed to do green on black anyway quote:However, most studies have shown that dark characters on a light background are superior to light characters on a dark background (when the refresh rate is fairly high). For example, Bauer and Cavonius (1980) found that participants were 26% more accurate in reading text when they read it with dark characters on a light background. greenpos may be the one true pos but that’s not for legibility reasons
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Nov 26, 2017 11:44
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Best Bi Geek Squid posted:hello yospos, here's what my eye doctor told me about this when i asked a while ago: - take the glasses off when you're reading on the computer - every hour or so relax your eyes and let them look into the distance, at least 20 feet away, for 30 seconds to a minute here's my personal Hot Tips(tm) that i think work but I have no evidence for: - make your monitor's color temperature a bit warmer - use a font that's specifically designed for clear and easy character discernment, if you're a programmer I recommend Source Code Pro, idk about non-monospaced ones - use darker themes for your programs so you don't have bright white backgrounds burning your retinas hope this helps
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Nov 26, 2017 12:33
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eschaton posted:actually, stop looking at white text on a black background, black on white is easier to read even if your ultra dark UI looks “cool” got any data on eyestrain specifically, because i've known the 'easier to read' thing but i still feel a difference between staring at bright white backgrounds vs. dark backgrounds all day. i admit this could be placebo but it seems to me like at least some eye discomfort might not be directly related to "readability" incidentally the dark background readability thing can be compensated for somewhat by making the character spacing wider, though not completely negated. dark backgrounds tend to automatically make everything feel more cramped so you have to work around that
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Nov 26, 2017 12:35
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Sagebrush posted:anyway op i haven't seen you before but i like your name. good work the best-ever bi geek squid out of yospos
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Nov 26, 2017 12:58
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Best Bi Geek Squid posted:lmao those are apparently real He's not even looking through them!
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Nov 26, 2017 13:08
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Doom Mathematic posted:He's not even looking through them! his eyes are pieces of poo poo
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Nov 26, 2017 13:13
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Sagebrush posted:magazine hes obviously too fat to have made it into the room without noclip
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Nov 26, 2017 15:24
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been thinking about getting glasses again
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Nov 26, 2017 15:28
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Agile Vector posted:hes obviously too fat to have made it into the room without noclip NICE!
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Nov 26, 2017 15:37
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Silver Alicorn posted:been thinking about getting glasses again "my vision got worse. But then it got better." - a thing that has never happened
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Nov 26, 2017 15:48
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xeyes is a dumb program
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Nov 26, 2017 16:03
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If the room humidity is too low, you can get painful eyes. Also dry skin and chapped lips.
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Nov 26, 2017 16:31
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Sagebrush posted:anyway op i haven't seen you before but i like your name. good work  thanks all these are all really good suggestions. currently browsing with yuge scaled text. feel old but good
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Nov 26, 2017 16:49
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eschaton posted:actually, stop looking at white text on a black background, black on white is easier to read even if your ultra dark UI looks “cool” a white screen is having the full strength of the backlight projecting into your eyeballs. it is literally staring into an LED for 8 hours a day. a cool theme uses dark backgrounds and a light, but not white, text. for example solarized dark is light blue on dark blue. also try to mix up the background colors of your windows. I like the Mac Terminal red sands profile as a contrast to the blue solarized.
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Nov 26, 2017 16:51
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i set my monitors to only use greyscale a while back. I don't think it actually did anything
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Nov 26, 2017 16:58
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The Management posted:a white screen is having the full strength of the backlight projecting into your eyeballs. it is literally staring into an LED for 8 hours a day. don't have the brightness so high it is painful
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Nov 26, 2017 17:07
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give up computers
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Nov 26, 2017 17:29
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replace them with robot cameras
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Nov 26, 2017 18:24
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im sure that the room lighting is a big factor too and so is general legibility but reading negative space in a bright light wears me down
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Nov 26, 2017 19:09
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El Mero Mero posted:"my vision got worse. But then it got better." - a thing that has never happened Counterpoint: my vision was fine as a kid. Then around middle school it got bad and I had to get glasses. Recently, though, my prescription got weaker bc the eye doctor says my eyes are aging and not overcompensating so hard Qed bicth
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Nov 26, 2017 19:22
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when is my e-ink ipad coming out tim
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Nov 26, 2017 20:01
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The most pro tip I ever got for this: put a lamp in your field of view. Your monitors can change between dark and bright really quickly and your eyes have to adjust, which causes fatigue. A backlight will prevent this, and in my experience solved all my issues.
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Nov 26, 2017 21:13
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i've been using an eink monitor for a couple months and alright. i try to use it whenever i don't actually need to be using a big monitor like, i just pack it from work to home in my laptop bag and i use it to answer emails or if i just need to read some me text or like watch a video where color doesn't matter, and it's good to use in a dimly lit room so maybe get one if those to try out
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Nov 26, 2017 21:42
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i get up and go for a short walk periodically, op
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