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Otherwise, I use a couple of lamps to up the ambient light if the light in the room is otherwise too dim. Eye drops can also be helpful if you're using a screen for exceptionally long periods per day.
If you're asking this because you've noticed something weird with your eyes, things are blurry, or they hurt, go to the opticians. They're best placed to tell you what to do. Otherwise, I use a couple of lamps to up the ambient light if the light in the room is otherwise too dim. Eye drops can also be helpful if you're using a screen for exceptionally long periods per day.
You'd be much better off going to an ophthalmologist, an actual MD who specializes in vision and the eye.
Opticians just do prescriptions and eyeglass stuff (at least in the US).
* flicker-free matte IPS screen
* keeping optimal room light and screen dim
* flux or redshift on linux
* doing frequent breaks and finishing work earlier when I feel eyes may suffer, also intentionally blinking more often to rehydrate them naturally.
* try to not rub eyes with hands, if you need then wash them first.
* habit of changing position and looking at the distance while in thought process
* keeping healthy humidity in the room, especially while room heating or air-con is on.
On TODO list:
* some intelligent audio notification once some long running terminal command finishes or screen updates, possibly paired with webcam to detect my absence.
* switching between dark IDE/terminal theme and usually bright browser pages hurts my eyes, therefore I usually stick to bright themes. Maybe color inversion limited to browser would solve that.
Below you can find his morning routine which includes some eye yoga; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea0ReKfszEM&t=2s
Simply
Exercising for Healthier Eyes | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7480946
Save your eyes, start using f.lux | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5036590
#eyehealth
I’ll put basic stuff in here, which should be obvious but from talking with ophthalmologists, often doesn’t happen: - visit an eye doctor on whatever schedule they recommend (usually every other year) and immediately if your vision changes. “Immediately” is not “I’ll call/go if it’s still a happening in 2-3 days” like it might be for, say, going to the doctor with fever. Don’t wait. - When I’m wearing contacts, I usu…
Don't reuse contact solution? Uh-oh, I do this. It stays in the case for 2-3 days typically. Apparently I should stop...
Move monitor further away, set brightness to match ambient light, adjust contrast, http://www.clickonf5.org/hardware/adjust-brightness-contrast... If you wear glasses, ask optometrist for computer prescription. Force yourself to blink when using the computer, https://iristech.co/blink-detection/ Take regular breaks: set 20 min timer, look for 20 seconds at an object at least 20 feet away, https://lifehacker.com/59763…
Awesome tips. Just adding to it:- Hydrate yourself. Have your sipper around you all the time.