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340 points jbornhorst | 1 comments | | HN request time: 0.217s | source

I’m digging into an idea around eyeglasses, screen-time, and vision discomfort. If you wear prescription glasses but still get headaches, eye strain, or blurry vision after long screen days, I’d love to chat briefly (20–30 min).

Pure research, zero selling.

Interested? Drop a comment below or email me directly at jbornhorst [at] gmail.com. I’ll coordinate a convenient time to talk.

1. NalNezumi ◴[] No.43300241[source]
When I went to check my sight after repeatedly getting blurry vision/eye strain after working (mostly reading on laptop) they said they couldn't find any issue with my sight. One of the eye were a bit worse than the other, with trouble with distant object, but not to the level of needing glasses.

But I insisted and made (very weak) glasses with blue-light filter included, and these days I use it when I need to read stuff on the screen (I get zero strain or blurry vision when I play games, in same setup, oddly enough). It helps a lot but they're not perfect, sometimes I still get blurry vision after a while.

Later on I experimented with lightning condition, and realized that my eyestrain often correlated with bad lightning (cafe, when remote work) and stress/bad sleep. Better lightning also help, but not perfectly. It's also odd because since childhood I've been sensitive to light. Walking outdoors in the summer, I can't keep my eyes fully open.