This guy owns stock with Luxottica and Grandvision
Back to the topic,F.lux sucks, it makes the screen look like dark yellow piss, SunsetScreen is better because it's more natural and subtle and you can configure the colors as well, it's not free anymore though, I think you need to pay 5 bucks for it now
I've gotten glasses with a light tint on them instead
I've found that usually the tricks to make it easier on your eyes like black themes everywhere or blue light filters on screen usually ends up hurting my eyes even more
i wear yellow tinted glasses. i feel immediate eye relief when wearing those in an office, surrounded by LED lights
if you're worried about eye strain turn down your computer screen brightness to the lowest level that you can comfortably use. Most monitors are set to be unnecessarily bright by default.
> if you're worried about eye strain turn down your computer screen brightness to the lowest level that you can comfortably use.
I want my screen to be as bright as possible at day as it keeps me more productive and because my montior doesn't support software brightness adjustment, automatic night light mode helps a lot
this. the sun only emits blue light when it's already bright outside. now, if the sun were to be out at night when it's dark, it'd be much worse for your eyes than using your phone before bed is
>preserving one's eyesight
what does that even mean? i have zero eye strain problem after years of using a LED smart bulb on the dimmest setting. >f.lux
why? use LightBulb, it's oss and has better options. just edit out the Ukraine homosexualry
genetics is the only thing that matter for eyesight
i've been staring at screens for decades and still have better than 20/20 vision. probably the only thing about my body that actually does its fricking job properly
Just use the built-in Windows night light thing. You can have it auto turn on at 9pm or something. Filtering blue light unironically makes you sleep better.
>Does this help preserving one's eyesight?
No, it makes your eyesight worse, since you will get to sleep faster and get better rest, so you can wake up earlier and gain more screentime.
I will never be happy again until LED streetlights are replaces with HPS again and everyone who doesnt use incandescents in their cars headlights is stoned in the street.
As far as flux, yeah it definitely does. I turned it off on accident while fricking around with random programs while drunk and the couple days after before i realized it wasnt on, i ended up staying up way way later than i normally would instead of getting sleepy. Circadian rhythm is important. Dunno about eyesight in general though.
colors aside, the biggest issue I have with LED streetlights, is the dont do their job and...light the street. The light could be arguably be "brighter" but only in a narrow cone. Most of the ones around where I live light up 1/3 or less of the total area of and HPS lamp in the same spot. Conversely, as a driver I prefer LED headlights. There biggest issue there is that since the are much brighter the automakers need to work on focusing them. I think some of the German cars are starting to incorporate systems to dim or block some of the light when the car detects oncoming traffic. Im not sure more complication is the answer, but at least they seem to be trying to address the issue.
>I think some of the German cars are starting to incorporate systems to dim or block some of the light when the car detects oncoming traffic.
This pretty much doesnt exist in the US. I dont remember the reason but its a long way off from even starting. One of the reasons LED headlights are a fricking nightmare is that they dont have the second filament that makes a brighter beam. They are always on full blast. The difference between high and low beams is just a little flap that goes up and down. So when theyre being tested to make sure they pass regulations, its always done on flat ground. As soon as you hit a 1 degree grade, the person on the other side of you is getting hit with the power of the sun. I hate them and they have taken my cozy night drives away from me. Whats inexcuseable to me is seeing cars with flickering headlights in my peripheral. Not really that much of an issue for me personally but it is distracting a bit. And sad that auto makers arent putting in the minimum work to fix something thats been solved for years at this point.
and yeah, the checkerboarding is miserable with led street lamps. Incandescent lightis omnidirectional and needs focused/blocked if you want to reel it in and direct it. LEDs by design/function really are very tightly patterned with how they shine their light. Which, ends up being the same problem with cars. Just because youre shining 20k lumens in one direction doesnt actually mean that you get to see more. The diffusion needs to be better.
Meant to add too. A shared problem between them is that they really mess up your night vision. HPS doesnt do it nearly as much. LEDs in the auto industry are just all around unsafe, putting my personal autism aside about the cozy warm lighting. I drive an impreza and if a newer jeep is coming at me on a tighter street, i am literally blinded by them and just pull over to let them pass. Not in a hyperbolic way, i cant see where im going at all.
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I undersatnd, I used to drive a corolla and trucks used to do that to me. It was worse if they were behind me. I have an Outback now and my lights are bright as the sun, but think Subaru has done an okay job aiming them. I almost never get flashed. I think the aiming is a big part of the issue and once again the car makers are being lazy. Jeep would be a good example of a maker who wouldnt bother aiming their units. I think the newer designs of the tiny slit headlights are part of the problem too, they have to increase the brightness to overcome the size reduction, and due to LEDs inherently having less spread you get a really bright points. Subaru so far has kept a more traditional headlight design and I think that helps at least a little.
As a side note, I have always been very sensitive to brightness, and used to run my car dash lights as dim as possible etc. I have found that these days its better to leave the dash lights brighter it helps balance things since there is less contrast when you encounter bright headlights or LED billboards. Frick those things too.
>There biggest issue there is that since the are much brighter the automakers need to work on focusing them.
I believe that is more of a aftermarket issue. I remember that it was instructed that if someone buys LED lights themselves that they need a professional to install them because most laypeople don't know how to do it. Cars that come with them installed from the factory shouldn't have that problem.
I think some of the German cars are starting to incorporate systems to dim or block some of the light when the car detects oncoming traffic. Im not sure more complication is the answer, but at least they seem to be trying to address the issue.
No. There was a lengthy car study done a while back that I've linked to before. It showed that having lights in the faces of oncoming traffic reduced car accidents significantly. So much so that they even observed a decrease when cars used their lights in broad daylight.
I can use my computer without any pain, hop off and go to bed immediately. But now everything looks fricked up without it, so preserve might not be the right word.
no, not really. been using for a while and the "eye-friendly" colors are the ones that I actually have to strain on. my recommendation to anons who have bad eyesight is to take 15-minute breaks after 2 hours(unless it's work) and to not use the PC in total darkness. keep a lamp or light on. my vision went from 4 to 4.5(idk if that's how you guys measure it) after using flux for 3 years str8.
I've been using f.lux since 2018 and a mobile equivalent from around the same time, if not earlier. It's become noticeably harder to look at screens without this filter, as my eyes begin to hurt after a short period.
Does not. It's pretty useless. This whole "blue hate" it's pretty fricking stupid to begin with.
blue light is objectively bad for you, you are stupid
moron, the main reason for f.lux is to not frick your circadian rhythm. The sun is the REASON the circadian rhythm exists.
Yeah?
>t.
Just adjust your monitor settings to display less blue light if you can, doing this in software is bloat.
these bliggas bop fr
This guy owns stock with Luxottica and Grandvision
Back to the topic,F.lux sucks, it makes the screen look like dark yellow piss, SunsetScreen is better because it's more natural and subtle and you can configure the colors as well, it's not free anymore though, I think you need to pay 5 bucks for it now
>SunsetScreen is better
their UI looks like piss
buy an ad
fpwp
I've gotten glasses with a light tint on them instead
I've found that usually the tricks to make it easier on your eyes like black themes everywhere or blue light filters on screen usually ends up hurting my eyes even more
No. It does help with your sleep schedule if you use the computer at night though
this
if you're worried about eye strain turn down your computer screen brightness to the lowest level that you can comfortably use. Most monitors are set to be unnecessarily bright by default.
> if you're worried about eye strain turn down your computer screen brightness to the lowest level that you can comfortably use.
I want my screen to be as bright as possible at day as it keeps me more productive and because my montior doesn't support software brightness adjustment, automatic night light mode helps a lot
i wear yellow tinted glasses. i feel immediate eye relief when wearing those in an office, surrounded by LED lights
the sun puts off more blue light than LED lights and screens.
sun puts out pure white light, LED have a massive spike in the blue
Yeah but it's still less blue light. It's the absolute quantity that matters not the ratio between the colors, just like for other subjects
Nope, because your pupils will be more dilated than with a white light for the same amount of energy.
Per capita
Good thing the sun is off during the night. You fricking moron
this. the sun only emits blue light when it's already bright outside. now, if the sun were to be out at night when it's dark, it'd be much worse for your eyes than using your phone before bed is
is this still relevant? every desktop environment has night light nowadays.
Test
It's "useless" until you turn it off in the middle of the night.
is for your sleep anon
and it does work
this this is how you really feel is working
but the best is to not use computers or phones at night
Just dim your monitors at night
>really feel is working
moron
It's not the eyesight it preserves, it's your circadian rhythm
no, but it is great othervise, if you are not image editor
It works but Windows and Mac has this built in now
The scheduler on Windows' built-in implementation of this is broken though. Has been busted forever.
No but it looks nice.
I don't know about actual eyesight preservation, but it makes my eyes not hurt at night and I also sleep better.
this has been a feature in windows since like 2016, 8 years ago.
It helps with everything that benefits from better sleep, which is everything.
placebo for morons, just stop using your computer and close your eyes if you want to sleep.
>preserving one's eyesight
what does that even mean? i have zero eye strain problem after years of using a LED smart bulb on the dimmest setting.
>f.lux
why? use LightBulb, it's oss and has better options. just edit out the Ukraine homosexualry
no but it will convert everything to piss
genetics is the only thing that matter for eyesight
i've been staring at screens for decades and still have better than 20/20 vision. probably the only thing about my body that actually does its fricking job properly
yes. I use it every night
Not me because I sit in the dark and do not allow electricity into my life
I post this via human proxy who I pay to tell me about web content
Hi I'm Donald nice to meet you guys
Just use the built-in Windows night light thing. You can have it auto turn on at 9pm or something. Filtering blue light unironically makes you sleep better.
>Does this help preserving one's eyesight?
No, it makes your eyesight worse, since you will get to sleep faster and get better rest, so you can wake up earlier and gain more screentime.
helps me with my sleep schedule
I will never be happy again until LED streetlights are replaces with HPS again and everyone who doesnt use incandescents in their cars headlights is stoned in the street.
As far as flux, yeah it definitely does. I turned it off on accident while fricking around with random programs while drunk and the couple days after before i realized it wasnt on, i ended up staying up way way later than i normally would instead of getting sleepy. Circadian rhythm is important. Dunno about eyesight in general though.
colors aside, the biggest issue I have with LED streetlights, is the dont do their job and...light the street. The light could be arguably be "brighter" but only in a narrow cone. Most of the ones around where I live light up 1/3 or less of the total area of and HPS lamp in the same spot. Conversely, as a driver I prefer LED headlights. There biggest issue there is that since the are much brighter the automakers need to work on focusing them. I think some of the German cars are starting to incorporate systems to dim or block some of the light when the car detects oncoming traffic. Im not sure more complication is the answer, but at least they seem to be trying to address the issue.
>I think some of the German cars are starting to incorporate systems to dim or block some of the light when the car detects oncoming traffic.
This pretty much doesnt exist in the US. I dont remember the reason but its a long way off from even starting. One of the reasons LED headlights are a fricking nightmare is that they dont have the second filament that makes a brighter beam. They are always on full blast. The difference between high and low beams is just a little flap that goes up and down. So when theyre being tested to make sure they pass regulations, its always done on flat ground. As soon as you hit a 1 degree grade, the person on the other side of you is getting hit with the power of the sun. I hate them and they have taken my cozy night drives away from me. Whats inexcuseable to me is seeing cars with flickering headlights in my peripheral. Not really that much of an issue for me personally but it is distracting a bit. And sad that auto makers arent putting in the minimum work to fix something thats been solved for years at this point.
and yeah, the checkerboarding is miserable with led street lamps. Incandescent lightis omnidirectional and needs focused/blocked if you want to reel it in and direct it. LEDs by design/function really are very tightly patterned with how they shine their light. Which, ends up being the same problem with cars. Just because youre shining 20k lumens in one direction doesnt actually mean that you get to see more. The diffusion needs to be better.
Meant to add too. A shared problem between them is that they really mess up your night vision. HPS doesnt do it nearly as much. LEDs in the auto industry are just all around unsafe, putting my personal autism aside about the cozy warm lighting. I drive an impreza and if a newer jeep is coming at me on a tighter street, i am literally blinded by them and just pull over to let them pass. Not in a hyperbolic way, i cant see where im going at all.
I undersatnd, I used to drive a corolla and trucks used to do that to me. It was worse if they were behind me. I have an Outback now and my lights are bright as the sun, but think Subaru has done an okay job aiming them. I almost never get flashed. I think the aiming is a big part of the issue and once again the car makers are being lazy. Jeep would be a good example of a maker who wouldnt bother aiming their units. I think the newer designs of the tiny slit headlights are part of the problem too, they have to increase the brightness to overcome the size reduction, and due to LEDs inherently having less spread you get a really bright points. Subaru so far has kept a more traditional headlight design and I think that helps at least a little.
As a side note, I have always been very sensitive to brightness, and used to run my car dash lights as dim as possible etc. I have found that these days its better to leave the dash lights brighter it helps balance things since there is less contrast when you encounter bright headlights or LED billboards. Frick those things too.
>There biggest issue there is that since the are much brighter the automakers need to work on focusing them.
I believe that is more of a aftermarket issue. I remember that it was instructed that if someone buys LED lights themselves that they need a professional to install them because most laypeople don't know how to do it. Cars that come with them installed from the factory shouldn't have that problem.
I think some of the German cars are starting to incorporate systems to dim or block some of the light when the car detects oncoming traffic. Im not sure more complication is the answer, but at least they seem to be trying to address the issue.
No. There was a lengthy car study done a while back that I've linked to before. It showed that having lights in the faces of oncoming traffic reduced car accidents significantly. So much so that they even observed a decrease when cars used their lights in broad daylight.
well the yellow light makes the colors lighter on my eyes. too much bright light will kill u
I can use my computer without any pain, hop off and go to bed immediately. But now everything looks fricked up without it, so preserve might not be the right word.
>pain
Turn down the brightness
To preserve eyesight, get glasses made tailored for the distance your need.
Using full prescription for up close is what fricks up your eyesight.
It might make the screen more pleasant to look at. But dunno if it does anything for eyesight.
Just get blue light filtering eyeglasses, bro.
no, not really. been using for a while and the "eye-friendly" colors are the ones that I actually have to strain on. my recommendation to anons who have bad eyesight is to take 15-minute breaks after 2 hours(unless it's work) and to not use the PC in total darkness. keep a lamp or light on. my vision went from 4 to 4.5(idk if that's how you guys measure it) after using flux for 3 years str8.
From 4 to 4.5 on what ? What is this measuring exactly ? The increase is good or bad ? Do you have eyesight problem ? I am curious and lost here.
it just makes it easier on your eyes late at night
I don't give a frick about blue light
I don't give a frick if it makes me sleep better or not
it just makes it more comfortable to look at the screen. there's nothing more to it. ok?
It does do those things thoughbeit
For Windows this is probably the best free solution I could find.
just use dark mode, this piss filter is pure placebo
I've been using f.lux since 2018 and a mobile equivalent from around the same time, if not earlier. It's become noticeably harder to look at screens without this filter, as my eyes begin to hurt after a short period.