Convergence exercises. Had nasty headaches last year and difficulty focusing on text after a couple of hours on the computer, turns out my eyesight had less than perfect convergence. Did the exercises for some months, worked wonders. Still do them every now and then.
Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?
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#182Since 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.
Most (all?) of the cheap online retailers allow to (some require to!) enter a PD value and also provide instructions on how to measure it. I personally use https://www.goggles4u.com/, they are cheap but not quick since they probably order from China.
Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?
#183Earlier quoted context omitted.
Have you noticed any difference with your 55" 4k TV setup compared to what you used before? I've often wondered about this, and considered the possibilities of high quality VR that could allow us to set up a virtual screen at any size and distance.
That works and I like to watch some stuff that way but it is highly capped by the resolution of your VR. It will always be a subset of the available pixels of your headsets max resolution. I don't particularly felt that VR is easy on the eyes since while the illusion says otherwise, you have 2 very small monitors directly in front of your eyes, directly the opposite of what was suggested before. This is probably more…
> I don't particularly felt that VR is easy on the eyes since while the illusion says otherwise, you have 2 very small monitors directly in front of your eyes
Think of it as having glasses. Your focal point isn't in front of your eyes where the glasses are, you're looking "through" them. It's the focal point that matters.
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#184Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've been doing this for YEARS and can confirm it's an amazing setup. I'm on my second 43" display. The first was a 4K TV and the new one is an Aorus 4K Gaming Monitor. It's high refresh rate and has a built in KVM switch. Not being a TV it turns on and off as you would expect a monitor to. I love it. I plan to use this until OLED or equivalent new tech is burn-in proof.
I just peeked into those monitors and the built in KVM really sells it. I'm still rocking a 32" Samsung 1080p HDTV from about 2010 at home.
I'd take the leap to 4K. It's time. :)
I have my work Macbook Pro connected over USB-C and my gaming PC over Displayport. I just turn on whichever system and the monitor turns on and my keyboard, mouse, wireless headset etc come to life. For a work-from-home setup it's really ideal.
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#185I've been eating pineapple in the last few weeks to see if it gets rid of my eye floaters: https://www.benjamineye.com/blog/eye-floaters/ > Three months later, out of 120 subjects in the first group (1 slice), only 35 still experienced eye floaters, an improvement of 70.8%. In the second group, only 19 participants still saw floaters, an improvement of 72.8% > How does it work? Scientists believe that enzymes in the…
Has it been working for you?
I've read the paper and am very curious.
Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?
#186Dark mode.
Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?
#187Have a listen to this episode:
https://hubermanlab.com/the-science-of-vision-eye-health-and...
I shared it with one of our developers who was having eyesight issues and he found it helpful.
Things which help: - Exercise - Morning walks facing direction of light - Keeping screen eye level and posture - Other “protocols” mentioned in this episode
“Dr. Andrew Huberman is a tenured professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford University School of Medicine.”
Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?
#188Earlier quoted context omitted.
I get them from AliExpress, because it's super cheap there. Some sellers only offer very standard prescriptions (same diopters on both eyes, standard pupillary distance, no astigmatism correction). Others also offer to create glasses with custom prescriptions, just like you'd get the glasses from the optician. Zenni Optical also offers custom prescriptions, but is more expensive (likely still a lot cheaper than your…
I buy all my glasses online so I usually end up only paying like $250 but that's still a lot to just test this stuff out. I'll give aliexpress a go since it's so cheap.
Yea, that's definitely quite a bit of money. You could also try it out by wearing one of your older glasses for near work. If you still have a pair of older glasses that are around 1.5 diopters weaker that is.
Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?
#189Women say they love mens eyes. So you have to work those out at the gym as well. I do eyelid lifts and eye rolls. 3 sets of 20 6 days a week with a rest day on Sunday. You can do these while on the treadmill and doing other excercise to increase efficiency. You can also mix in some beta carotene into your protein shake to really maximize the eye pump.
Supplements may have an effect, so for example taking beta carotene while being a smoker may be counterproductive: > Among current smokers, beta-carotene supplementation was found to be significantly associated with an increased risk of lung cancer (odds ratio [OR], 1.24; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 1.10-1.39). [Beta-carotene in multivitamins and the possible risk of lung cancer among smokers versus former smok…
It's not a proper lifting supplement if it isn't dodgy as hell and probably going to kill you.
Like people are for real supplementing with arthropod moulting hormones. Seems legit. "Ecdysteroid" has "steroid" in the name. If that doesn't make you swol, I don't know what does.
Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?
#190Earlier quoted context omitted.
I just peeked into those monitors and the built in KVM really sells it. I'm still rocking a 32" Samsung 1080p HDTV from about 2010 at home.
I'd take the leap to 4K. It's time. :) I have my work Macbook Pro connected over USB-C and my gaming PC over Displayport. I just turn on whichever system and the monitor turns on and my keyboard, mouse, wireless headset etc come to life. For a work-from-home setup it's really ideal.
Yeah, it's on my radar now. Maybe after my December bills have all cleared.