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Does anyone else use something like flux or redshift permanently? These programs change the color temperature of your monitor based on the time of day, but I use them all day.

Otherwise my eyes start watering after awhile and get itchy and irritated. I think I must be sensitive to blue light. I used to set it around 4500 color temperature but now I lowered it to 4000.

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I use f.lux on a rather high setting 24/7 at work, most of the day at home (where I have better lighting), and at night on my phone. Using it all day at work with the 20/20/20* rule has greatly reduced my eye stress.

* I made a simple website using the Notifications API which reminds you every 20 minutes to take an eye break.

https://johnbartos.github.io/eyebreak/

Workrave[1] is good for this too. Just set short breaks to 20sec every 20min.

[1] http://www.workrave.org/

Hi, I have a quick but unrelated question about an old post of yours one can no longer reply to, mind if I email you? Thanks

I have dropped the blue to near zero in my work monitor's settings. I'm less distractible with the reduced blue light. Not sure why though.

FWIW I found a great vim colorscheme[1] for such purposes.

[1] https://github.com/AlessandroYorba/Despacio

Thanks!

I use it for the majority of the day (especially now, in the winter, where the day is just a few hours long).

> I think I must be sensitive to blue light.

My eyes hurt after a few minutes of looking at my girlfriend's iPad/computer screen. She's the opposite and thinks my screen is constantly stained yellow.

I use flux maxed out all day with orange-tinted glasses.

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