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Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?

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Post by Flankk »

Broken_Hippo wrote: post #32
Flankk wrote: post #2

I don't. I just upgrade my prescription as my eyes worsen. You're supposed to take eyesight breaks to rest and refocus your eyes. You're also supposed to sleep 8 hours a day, eat three balanced meals, and pee standing up. I don't give a shit what the man says. I make my own rules.

I'm pretty sure peeing standing up isn't one of those things you are supposed to do. In fact, I'm happy about it since I am pretty sure I'd simply have pee down my leg. (I'm female). And I*m not sure who cares if a penis-having human stands or sits so long as they aren't peeing on my leg.

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Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?

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Post by JohnWhigham »

jordanmorgan10 wrote: post #44

Does anyone have any first hand experience with the blue light filtering glasses? Is it snake oil or does it actually work? My eyes aren’t great anyways, and I fear for the beating they are taking due to my proclivity to stare at a monitor hours on end.

Just use something like f.lux instead (also get the equivalent on your phone). Absolutely indispensable when browsing at night. Also, use something like Dark Reader (FF plugin that turns webpages into a dark theme). Been using all these for years, I've never had problems going from a monitor straight to sleep.

Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?

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Post by Aulig »

comeonseriously wrote: post #50
Aulig wrote: post #43

Since march of this year I stopped following my eye doctor's advice ("wear your glasses as much as possible otherwise your brain gets lazy", which is proven BS) and looked into endmyopia (i think i even read about it on HN), as I was getting into the risk zone for retinal detachment (6 diopters), which can lead to blindness. To sum it up: reduce the amount of near-work you do (looking at your monitor, smartphone, boo…

> Pro tip: you can get very cheap (as little as $3) myopia glasses from aliexpress or a bit more expensive zenni optical. So there's really no big barrier to entry. Pro tip: with 6 diopters, make damn sure you get your PD correct. Otherwise the headaches you get from the induced prism just won't make it worth it.

I had no issues with that luckily, but if you order a custom prescription, many aliexpress sellers also ask for your pupillary distance. With zenni you always give your PD I think (I haven't tried it, but zenni is very popular in the endmyopia community).

Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?

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Post by dathinab »

One of the main points would be to reduce eye strain during the time you use the monitor:

- most important make sure the light conditions in your room are good, no light source directly shining on the monitor, no light source directly shining from behind the monitor. That can be hard or even outright impossible to setup in some rooms, most smaller companies I had been in get this wrong. Worst the perfect desk positioning might change depending on the time of the year you are in, due to changing angles of the sun (at least in more northern countries). For me as a slightly more then usual light sensitive person this is probably the biggest point).

- then proper monitor setup

- choose readable font sizes

- make sure your font/UI is rendered clear (which in case of wayland + non scarlar scaling is often not given, it's an health issue and completely ridiculous)

- blink, from time to time move your eys focus thinks far away and then think close away

- drink enough and eat healthy, it can affect tear production, which can affect the health of your eyes

- make sure the air is not too dry (in winter) if you have issues with tear production

Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?

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Post by michaelbuckbee »

When I told my optometrist that I was a software developer he took me into this office and showed me his computer setup. Basically, he was a huge proponent of using massive TV screens in place of smaller computer monitors as it was so much easier on the eye.

I'm typing this on my machine connected to a 55" 4k TV that's about 33" away from my face. Given how inexpensive 4k TVs are compared to monitors and how well they work now it's an easy investment.

Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?

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Post by nhumrich »

jordanmorgan10 wrote: post #44

Does anyone have any first hand experience with the blue light filtering glasses? Is it snake oil or does it actually work? My eyes aren’t great anyways, and I fear for the beating they are taking due to my proclivity to stare at a monitor hours on end.

This is just anecdotal, so it could be placebo, but they work great for me. Reduces eye strain, and also helps me focus. I would say the biggest advantage is anti glare. If you can control external light (you return from home, have a dimmer, etc) then they probably aren't as useful.

Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?

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Post by Aulig »

jordanmorgan10 wrote: post #44

Does anyone have any first hand experience with the blue light filtering glasses? Is it snake oil or does it actually work? My eyes aren’t great anyways, and I fear for the beating they are taking due to my proclivity to stare at a monitor hours on end.

I have some and haven't noticed much of a difference. I think f.lux is preferrable, as you should be getting blue light during the day, just not at night.

Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?

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Post by Aulig »

heavenlyblue wrote: post #18
RealityVoid wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am skeptical that staying in front of the PC will cause you to be myopic. I am also skeptical that there is anything that needs doing so as to not break your eyesight besides not staring into the sun or laser beams. I mean, i may be right but it seems wrong to me that just using your eyes would somehow break them.

I really like when people say this about screens and never mention books at all. Can someone with some strong contextual knowledge provide ANY references actually linking myopia/astigmatism to reading? I would argue actually being on the street in quickly changing weather (very dry air, very humid air, extreme cold/heat) probably has a larger effect on what happens to your eyes, but even that is arguably very weak.

All near-work affects eyes, so books too. You can look up "near induced transient myopia" on google scholar. I'm on a slow connection, so I can't right now, sorry.

Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?

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Post by Aulig »

spodek wrote: post #15

Has anybody used the method to undo myopia at Getting Stronger: https://gettingstronger.org/2010/07/improve-eyesight-and-thr... ? It suggests to read at an inch or two past comfortable for a few hours a day. At first it seemed too good to be true, but not completely implausible. I'm curious if anyone has tried or had luck with it.

I'm not familiar with it and can't look into it as I'm on a slow connection right now. It sounds similar to the endmyopia method, which has been working very well for me.
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