> Computer vision syndrome or CVS (not to be confused with Concurrent Versions System)
It remains an open question which CVS is more harmful to software developers.
Computer Vision Syndrome
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Re: Computer Vision Syndrome
#122I made a tiny website that implements the 20-20-20 rule via Notifications API.
Another thing that has helped a lot: get a better monitor.
Re: Computer Vision Syndrome
#123The irony of light grey body text on this article.
Here is the "You Hate Your Readers' Eyes" quiz. Is your body typeface...
* Sans-serif?
* Thin?
* Gray, the lighter the better?
Good work! You hate your readers' eyes!
Re: Computer Vision Syndrome
#124I use to get headaches every day (the kind that seem to originate behind the bridge of the nose). One day in effort to reduce the ache (a desperation move I didn't know would work out not) I reduced the brightness level in my monitor to the lowest possible setting. It slightly helped me cope with the rest of the day at work, but I forgot to reset the monitor. The next day I didn't get a headache. Turning down the bri…
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Re: Computer Vision Syndrome
#125I use to get headaches every day (the kind that seem to originate behind the bridge of the nose). One day in effort to reduce the ache (a desperation move I didn't know would work out not) I reduced the brightness level in my monitor to the lowest possible setting. It slightly helped me cope with the rest of the day at work, but I forgot to reset the monitor. The next day I didn't get a headache. Turning down the bri…
This is very true. Flux helps with color, but it can still be a bright rectangle in a dark room and cause a lot of eye strain.
The best thing I can recommend is reducing your monitor's brightness to the same level as your periphery, including turning on a lamp to illuminate your surroundings (called bias lighting). Try something as simple as this: https://cdn.instructables.com/FUD/A1WU/GX3M1GEN/FUDA1WUGX3M1...
Also, if you aren't already, move your monitor further from your eyes. OSHA recommends almost 2 feet of distance; I personally prefer close to 3 feet. https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/computerworkstations/compon...
Re: Computer Vision Syndrome
#126one of the most essential pieces of software in my opinion: flux: https://justgetflux.com/ and now that I've been running linux, redshift: http://jonls.dk/redshift/ I find it hard to use a computer without these now
f.lux was pretty life changing for me when I first tried it, but I'm uncomfortable with the fact that it is free-with-no-ads-yet-closed-source. That's just ... odd. Eventually, I uninstalled it and instead just started going into System Preferences by hand when it gets late in the day and switching color profiles (which is all f.lux seems to do anyway) to something that is based on a lower white point. In my admittedly unscientific testing, it seems to have the same effect as f.lux, which is what I would expect.
I hope Apple releases Night Shift for macOS soon and then I can stop manually switching color profiles around, but for now it's not a big deal.
Re: Computer Vision Syndrome
#127One of the best things that's happened for my eyes in regards to looking at compute screens all day was getting upgraded from a 1366x768 laptop to a 13" Retina Macbook Pro. Even though the text is way smaller on my MBP, everything is so easy to read.
Re: Computer Vision Syndrome
#128I use to get headaches every day (the kind that seem to originate behind the bridge of the nose). One day in effort to reduce the ache (a desperation move I didn't know would work out not) I reduced the brightness level in my monitor to the lowest possible setting. It slightly helped me cope with the rest of the day at work, but I forgot to reset the monitor. The next day I didn't get a headache. Turning down the bri…
Have you tried flux? It reduces the color temperature making it more mild during afternoon/night hours. It's a life saver. https://justgetflux.com/
I use flux already and love it. However, it itself is/was not enough to solve headaches--but I use it for more comfortable evening/morning viewing of the screen.
Re: Computer Vision Syndrome
#129I use to get headaches every day (the kind that seem to originate behind the bridge of the nose). One day in effort to reduce the ache (a desperation move I didn't know would work out not) I reduced the brightness level in my monitor to the lowest possible setting. It slightly helped me cope with the rest of the day at work, but I forgot to reset the monitor. The next day I didn't get a headache. Turning down the bri…
Interesting, do you then prefer white-on-black or black-on-white code/text?
I actually alternate light-on-dark and dark-on-light color schemes for my editors because I like having visual context. Because I've reduced the brightness of the monitors light backgrounds aren't discomforting so I don't mind using either scheme.
Re: Computer Vision Syndrome
#130I thought this would be about how computer vision is distracting AI researchers from other areas of AI. I guess computer vision has multiple definitions now.