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    Quote from Minos

    This, a million times. I've lost count how many times I've argued with programmers about turning off the lights.

    I must be an aberration then cause Im always the first people to complain about the place being too dark

    I follow you, I can't work without a bit of lighting on my keyboard.

    Someone took a dump on the floor of the toilets a few years back at work. Maybe it's a serial shitter going round offices for interviews?

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    - Dev staff who don't play the game they are working on are the most vocal on how to fix the game.

    - Leaving anytime before 4.59pm is considered a half day's work, expect grief from colleagues!

    Quote from Furyo

    - All artists who love to work in darkness will probably develop severe eye problems within the next 20 years.

    Rly? Why?

    Because you're spending all day blinking less than regularly (happens to everyone when watching a screen) but compounded by the huge contrast that surrounds you. You're simply making your eyes work a lot harder than they should. Ultimately, the screen you work on should only be as bright as the room you work in (ambient light). Which is also why I will always setup my screen to "economic" so it uses less electricity and is not so bright it lights up my desk.

    If you need extra light on your screen to better see something, that light should come from around the screen, including a lamp rather than emitting from the screen itself, so your eyes don't get hit by all the extra light face on.

    I started the industry with pretty decent vision. One day I finally went on vacation (leaving my monitor behind) and got the surprise of my life... I can't see shit at a certain distance anymore.

    Yeah, my vision is much worse than it was when I started doing full-time computer work five years ago. Like, way worse — sometimes when I'm outside I literally just can't focus on things a little far away. Weirdly it's not like this all the time, and seems to be much worse after a day of working. I'm sure general ageing is related but I'm convinced focusing on tiny details on huge, bright screens in relatively darkened rooms is a big factor.

    "getting older" affects eyesight over decades, unless your eyes actually get "sick" and degenerate rapidly. Computers accelerate the process.

    Eye sight getting worse due to bad light conditions has been debunked for a while. It's an urban legend parents tell their kids to stop them reading under the blanket when they were supposed to sleep.

    edit: Furyo what you talk about is probably CVS (Computer Vision Syndrome) which is only temporarely and doesn't damage the eye.

    Quote from Steppenwolf

    Eye sight getting worse due to bad light conditions has been debunked for a while. It's an urban legend parents tell their kids to stop them reading under the blanket when they were supposed to sleep.edit: Furyo what you talk about is probably CVS (Computer Vision Syndrome) which is only temporarely and doesn't damage the eye.

    This.

    Also; using your eyes more makes them better since they are just regular muscles that should be kept in shape.

    Quote from KoKo5oVaR

    Still when i took the 24" screen i had at work back home, after 10 minutes of utilisation in the dark I had tears rolling down my cheeks

    From the joy of stealing it?

    Quote from Steppenwolf

    Eye sight getting worse due to bad light conditions has been debunked for a while. It's an urban legend parents tell their kids to stop them reading under the blanket when they were supposed to sleep.edit: Furyo what you talk about is probably CVS (Computer Vision Syndrome) which is only temporarely and doesn't damage the eye.

    It's funny that the CVS article on wikipedia says on the first paragraph that "These symptoms can be further aggravated by improper lighting conditions (i.e. glare [1] or bright overhead lighting) or air moving past the eyes (e.g. overhead vents, direct air from a fan)."

    Don't the companies you guys work at have work safety and hygiene inspections/audits? Because the very first thing they do is an illuminance measurement. Besides having a bad chair bad light conditions are the worst thing for some one that works with a computer all day. It's not normal to get to the end of the day with red eyes, headaches and blurry vision. If that happens to you make sure that the office lights brightness matches the brightness of your screen. You would be dumb not to do it.

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