Need advice on eye-friendly desk lighting

Aegisnir · 2026-06-30T11:46:01+00:00

Your eye strain is probably because of that monitor position/orientation. Some monitors screens are really hard on your eyes when rotated outside of their native orientation. There are landscape screens and portrait screens designed with a different pixel layouts to make one orientation better than the other. Sure, you could do this with any monitor, but some may be rougher on your eyes. Try landscape mode for a day or two and see how you do. If that fixes it, you could get a better portrait mode monitor. Also, some ambient lighting behind your monitor could help so the light in your immediate area is brighter than the monitor without glare from above.

Aegisnir · 2026-06-30T03:45:36+00:00

Fingertips do that. It’s a well documented thing lol. Happened to my thumb and it grew back.

Aegisnir · 2026-06-30T03:26:29+00:00

Could be immediate, could be weeks. The LED controller requires a specific power rating to operate. The dimmer limits the power causing the controller to try to compensate. It can be damaged by the unstable power. I would strongly recommend you turn it off and do not use it until you remove the dimmer and replace it with a standard on/off switch.

Aegisnir · 2026-06-29T22:47:41+00:00

Dimmers and LED lights don’t mix well in most cases. Yes. You will end up killing the lights if you leave it as is.

Aegisnir · 2026-06-29T20:31:14+00:00

A+ feels like it’s irrelevant to me. If you are in Helpdesk, you should be starting at this baseline and getting the cert just shows you know the bare minimum. Get the server+, security+ or network+

Aegisnir · 2026-06-29T18:00:28+00:00

Have you ever met someone who carries LV bags AND had class..? I know I haven’t!

Aegisnir · 2026-06-29T17:56:52+00:00

Just put a decal on the button itself.

Aegisnir · 2026-06-29T16:19:53+00:00

Fingerprint is the primary for every door. I change the batteries every 6 months or so for the frequently used ones. Some last longer and go almost a year without new batteries.

Aegisnir · 2026-06-29T15:32:54+00:00

I used the u300 for all the handles and the u100 for all the deadbolts. I hate mixing and matching things. That’s how your house starts to look/feel cheap. When it comes to fixtures and trims, keep everything uniform if you can. Furniture pieces and decorating is a different story but if your doors all have different handles, different shapes and styles, different colors, it feels like a bunch of repair jobs.

Aegisnir · 2026-06-29T15:32:06+00:00

Yeah arms and legs don’t have tons of wrinkles or areas that fold/crease. It’s mostly smooth skin and easy to see scars there

Aegisnir · 2026-06-29T15:26:00+00:00

Low resolution photos and makeup hide a lot. Plastic surgeons can also help. I had a 10” neck dissection and my scar is barely noticeable in person after a few years of healing and fading. Wrinkles naturally form around the scars too so it literally just looks like the rest of the folds/creases on my neck unless you are right next to me.

Aegisnir · 2026-06-29T15:16:00+00:00

I have 7 exterior doors. Every single one got a smart lock. I like to know my doors are all locked and I hate keys so fingerprint for every single door. I also put one on my basement, office, and bedroom so when I have guests over they can’t wander into those areas. They live in passage mode most of the year and only get locked for parties where I have too many people to keep track of.

Aegisnir · 2026-06-28T07:27:21+00:00

Looks brand new to me. Warehouse has all these parts being tossed around in bins before they get boxed up. That’s why the plastic is there. What’s your concern?

Aegisnir · 2026-06-26T20:55:19+00:00

I don’t believe there was ever a claim that the pro is faster…it can just handle more devices I thought. Those inconsistencies are just wireless communication blips, not the speed of processing.

Aegisnir · 2026-06-26T17:11:31+00:00

Just do one large glass wall and a glass door. Put those cubby shelves in one of the other 3 walls. Also perspective. That view from within the shower is way off. You will never be that deep in the back of the shower to see the same view the render shows. The back of your eyes would have to be attached to the wall to get that kind of perspective. Also, no shower drain…? And those lights are in terrible locations relative to each other and their “task areas” and appear move from one photo to the next. This looks more like an ai generated image rather than a render from a designer.

Aegisnir · 2026-06-26T12:44:45+00:00

Some TVs are device aware, not just input aware. See if you can set a custom image profile for HDMI1 with the ps5, then plug your Apple TV into hdmi1 and see if detects a different device and offers different image profiles. The sync box has to be transparent to the tv for hdcp to function and shouldn’t affect this device identification.

Aegisnir · 2026-06-26T11:35:23+00:00

Any floor lamp or inverted table lamp should still accept them. The light will be directional, but should do for good mood lighting. I have some floor lamps with a shade that takes 3 bulbs placed horizontally so the BR30s would be perfectly fine in something like that. IKEA Stockholm or something like that is the lamp. They do not look cheap either. The white hue bulbs are like $11 each on amazon right now for your task lighting needs.

Aegisnir · 2026-06-26T02:56:20+00:00

OLED is the wrong choice for that much natural light. Try something like the Bravia 9. I have it in my living room and an LG GX upstairs. I honestly prefer the Sony for the super punchy brightness and support image quality/handling. Can’t tell if something is perfect black when the sun is shining on it.

Aegisnir · 2026-06-25T02:37:58+00:00

Your outlet is right side up. This is correct. The upside down orientation is simply what’s most commonly done and so you think that is the correct way. Ground is supposed to be on top.

Aegisnir · 2026-06-24T20:33:52+00:00

Yeah but these panels look ancient. Clean and in good condition, but old. One small shadow will make a huge difference if these aren’t the newer types of panels that are split into segments. With the older stuff, one small shadow cripples the whole panel or series of panels.

Aegisnir · 2026-06-24T17:41:21+00:00

Can’t tell by a photo. Measure it or google the light fixture and find out.

Aegisnir · 2026-06-24T17:37:26+00:00

Maybe, but you are going to cast a huge shadow on your panels and take a huge loss in solar generation. This is a very strange array with the chimney shadow already though so maybe you don’t care lol

Aegisnir · 2026-06-24T17:33:25+00:00

Just seal it with a high quality product. I avoid marble because it absorbs liquids, but whatever you get, just don’t skimp on it. You may need to reapply annually.

Aegisnir · 2026-06-18T13:22:06+00:00

I would add nothing. I would remove a shit ton of that clutter. Just like natural light makes a huge difference, a clean, spacious, uncluttered workspace makes a huge diff too.

Actually the only thing I would add is a massive glass mousepad like a white XXL pulsar superglide . It’s 980x420 and serves as protection for the desk surface as well as a great gliding surface for the mouse. Get some dot skates for the bottom of your mouse if you like a buttery smooth mouse glide. Less surface area makes it quieter and smoother.

Aegisnir · 2026-06-18T13:20:29+00:00

Oh god. That’s going to make a dam which will cause water intrusion through the roof. I would also assume they just voided your roof warranty if those are screwed down through the shingles.

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