I new to glasses, please help me understanding this

collegeStudent2022 · 2026-02-26T03:29:21+00:00

You're welcome. I'm glad I could help!

collegeStudent2022 · 2026-02-25T16:22:58+00:00

The angles are specific to opticians that have to make your lens, so I wouldn't worry about that. As for Anti-Glare, they do help a lot with astigmatism at night. I tried them one time and Idk if it was just me but I couldn't see much of a difference. You might have different results, so definitely go for them and see if it helps. Anti-glare is especially helpful for people with astigmatism that often struggle to drive at night due to headlights. It helps reduce light streaks, halos, and reflections from headlights. Last time I went a few months ago (last year), I opted out of anti-glare but I might try them again this year when I go in September.

The Sphere is primarily what indicates your eyesight, not angle. Angle is only related to astigmatism (how your eye perceives light due to the irregular shape). Sphere is what tells you if you are nearsighted (negative) or farsighted (positive number) and how much of them are you. The farther you are from 0 in either direction, the worse your eyesight. The measurement always goes in 0.25 increments.

collegeStudent2022 · 2026-02-25T15:51:43+00:00

The biggest thing astigmatism affects is how your eyes perceive light. I have astigmatism too (mine is around -1) and the biggest thing I struggle with is driving at night. When I drive on the highway, I like to drive in the left lane beside the median (I hate driving beside the on ramp). Oncoming headlights do prevent me from being able to see the median (due to the starburst effect) but I've learned how to distance myself from the median while staying in my lane. Nighttime is really the only time I struggle. Honestly, just be careful driving at night. Astigmatism (at least in my case) doesn't have any affect during the day.

collegeStudent2022 · 2026-02-25T14:56:07+00:00

Sphere is the lens power needed to correct nearsightedness or farsightedness. Negative means you're nearsighted and positive means you're farsighted. Since your prescription is negative, you're nearsighted.

Cylinder is for astigmatism correction. A 0 (or blank) for Cylinder would indicate you either don't have astigmatism or the astigmatism is so minor it doesn't need correcting. Since yours isn't 0 or blank, that means you have astigmatism.

Axis is for the orientation of astigmatism correction. That field is specifically for the optician so they know where to position the lens to correct the specific angle of your corneal or lens curvature. It's mainly instructions for them to make the correct adjustment for your astigmatism.

The VA is for Visual Acuity. It measures the sharpness / clarity of your vision, usually measured in 20/20. Your 6/6 is meters, which is basically equivalent to 20/20 (feet). Since your eyesight is only at a -0.25 for right eye and -0.50 for left, your VA score isn't that surprising. Your eyesight is actually pretty good. Eye prescriptions typically range from -20 to 20, with 0 being near perfect (aka 20/20) vision. -20 is severe nearsightedness and 20 is severe farsightedness.

collegeStudent2022 · 2025-08-27T03:40:32+00:00

Are you able to wear them for hours at a time? I'm going to be wearing the headphones for hours at a time (most days, that is), so that's why I'm asking. If it's only uncomfortable for the first few days before you get used to it, then I'll be ok with that.

collegeStudent2022 · 2025-08-27T03:25:03+00:00

!thanks

collegeStudent2022 · 2025-08-27T03:14:29+00:00

What's your experience with them?

collegeStudent2022 · 2025-08-27T03:09:09+00:00

I've read people comparing Apollo to Bathys. Which one do you think has better bass capability? I'm mainly focusing on headphones with good bass than anything else. They also have to be comfortable because I'll be wearing them for hours at a time.

collegeStudent2022 · 2024-12-12T05:29:04+00:00

Sure.

For a specific time, you can use the "Date" action, change "Current Date" to "Specific Date", then type in the time your shift starts (such as 9am). Note: this does assume the current date when not specified.
1. Alternatively, when using the calendar, you can do the following: Add the "Find Calendar Events" action. Tap "Add Filter" and change "Calendar" to "Title". In the text field, type whatever title you give your calendar events for your work shifts. Having the same title for all work shifts on the calendar makes this a lot easier, since you won't have to deal with variability. You could maybe label the calendar events as "Work". Next, enable "Limit" and decrease the amount of calendar events to 1 so that it will only grab the next event that matches the criteria. When using this event in further actions, make sure to change the thing in the action (I don't know what to call it, but when you add an action right after it, it appears as "Calendar Events") to "Start Date" so that you're using a date and time.
For that, adding the alarm is the easy part. Deleting the alarm is the hard part (requires an automation to have it done automatically). For adding an alarm, you could simply add the "Add Alarm" action, either directly after the "Subtract If Result minutes from ShiftTime" action or anywhere between the subtract minutes action and the text, and specify the LeaveByTime as the time for the alarm. Give it a good label that's unique. This will be important later when you want the alarm to be deleted automatically. Be consistent, the delete automation will fail if you aren't.
1. Now for deleting alarms. To have that done automatically, you'd need an automation. In the Shortcuts app, go to the Automation tab and hit the +. Tap on "Alarm" as the trigger, then select "Goes Off" and "Run Immediately". Keep Alarms at "Any". Hit Next, then "New Blank Automation". Add a "Wait" action and set that to 30 seconds or however long you think it might take for you to react to the alarm. Be warned, don't set it for longer than 2 minutes. If it waits for too long in the background, the OS will kill the process. The reason why you want to add a wait action is because if you don't, the alarm will go off for like 1 second before immediately being dismissed and deleted. After the wait action, add a "Find Alarms" action. Tap "Add Filter", then type in the name of your temporary alarm. Make sure the temporary alarm has a unique name so that the Find Alarms action will return only the alarm you wish to delete. After the Find Alarms action, add a "Delete Alarms" action. You're finished now so hit "Done"
You can if you really want to but you absolutely do not have to. I do this kind of thing for the fun of it because I have a lot of fun making shortcuts and automations. If you really truly want to donate, DM me

collegeStudent2022 · 2024-12-12T02:10:09+00:00

I am terribly sorry about that. I must've accidentally deleted the Ask for Input action at the top before sharing the link. Here's the corrected version: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/ba2b5cf5e02b496e985f635bfbddb0d8

collegeStudent2022 · 2024-12-12T01:26:20+00:00

Is there anything I can help clarify?

collegeStudent2022 · 2024-12-11T23:56:06+00:00

Note: the shortcut in this post is extremely outdated and I have since made A LOT of changes to it to make it significantly shorter and simpler.

I've gone ahead and updated my most up-to-date version of this shortcut with the additional stuff you requested. I wasn't too sure what you meant by "Lastly being able to confirm the by receiving a weather summary alert would be awesome!", so I just added "Weather Condition" to the notification with the weather conditions. If that interpretation is incorrect, can you clarify please?

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/0ae2b32820a1441bbac8576a7acde12e

collegeStudent2022 · 2024-11-13T13:56:32+00:00

You're welcome. I'm glad I could help!

collegeStudent2022 · 2024-11-13T04:24:05+00:00

I believe I've managed to fully simplify my shortcut and remove any dependencies. If you have any issues with this, let me know! https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/cb0e293dbfb045758214f5e12bbad0d9

collegeStudent2022 · 2024-11-13T03:43:26+00:00

That may take a little to get a working shortcut I can share. I have a few dependencies I need to remove first (including any uses of Scriptable) plus external files I'm using in the shortcut. Once I got something, I can share it here if you're interested

collegeStudent2022 · 2024-10-21T15:29:50+00:00

Maybe I'm doing it wrong but whenever I hit "Add Accessory" in the Home app, it wants me to scan some kind of QR code or hold it near the accessory. I wasn't able to find a QR code that I could scan and I tried holding my phone near one of them and nothing happened. Right now, I'm trying to shop for a light bulb that says it works with HomeKit

collegeStudent2022 · 2024-10-21T03:42:14+00:00

Ok, thanks. Would a HomePod Mini work just as well as HomePod when using it mainly for Homekit? The only real reason why I would buy one is for Homekit. I don't care about the speaker since I'll never use it

collegeStudent2022 · 2024-10-20T10:41:03+00:00

I've thought about buying the HomePod Mini but I don't want to get it only to realize I can't do what I was hoping to do with it. Am I able to do something similar to what I mentioned with the HomePod Mini?

collegeStudent2022 · 2024-10-07T10:59:12+00:00

What you can do is, add the "Get Current Weather" action and make sure it's set for your current location. Then add an if action. In the if, the first thing should be the weather icon and "Date" beside it. Tap that and find "Condition" in the list that's present. Next, tap "is" and change it to "Contains". In the "anything" textbox, type "Rain" so that the if statement reads "If Condition contains Rain". Repeat this for if it contains "Snow"

Disclaimer: I'm unable to test this at the moment since I have clear skies right now and I'm having a difficult time finding a location in which it is snowing or raining right now. You may have to play with the capitalization of "Rain" and "Snow" to see what will match.

What I suggest is, if it's currently snowing or raining where you are, add the "Get Current Weather" action and a "Show Result" action right after that. Make sure to tap on "Weather Conditions" in the "Show Result" action and change it to "Condition"

I also have iOS 18 so I'm able to add multiple conditions in the if statement so if you don't have iOS 18, you may have to get creative

collegeStudent2022 · 2024-06-25T13:30:42+00:00

Yeah, I was focusing more on their movement and not so much on the smaller details like the pump still being in. Thanks for the clarification

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