• Pencilnoob@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Hey now there’s nothing weird about being completely unable to focus under fluorescent lights.

    • qaz@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      For me it can be the opposite, I often focus better with artificial light than with sunlight.

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        5 months ago

        me and a friend were talking recently about how we function better at night and summer takes that away. so, a few days ago I covered my window with a blanket which blacked out the window, and use only my lava lamp for light. it has been the most productive, multitasking filled era for me so far.

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      5 months ago

      I learned recently that not everyone can see the fluorescent flicker. It’s unnerving and feels a bit like being buzzed on caffeine. It’s not so bad in the offices with indirect lighting. Also, cheap LED lights can flicker. I clung to my incandescent lights until they all burnt out.

      • yokonzo@lemmy.worldOP
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        5 months ago

        Wait they can’t? Although now that I think about it, there’s certain cheap LED lights that I can see the flicker and my girlfriend cant

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          5 months ago

          It’s supposed to be common that people can catch the flicker in the corner of their eye

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            5 months ago

            I mean I’ve had her stare at it with me for a couple of minutes and she was adamant she couldn’t see what I saw, i had to take out my phone camera and show her the frame rate flickering