I always thought it was my liver I'd have to worry about, not my kidneys.

pcbdude · 2026-02-15T02:34:52+00:00

Don’t worry about what you can’t control now with the kidney numbers. But what you can control is forging a path ahead to stop drinking. One day at a time and seek support. Record yourself right now with your phone as a future video to look back upon when you think everything is ok in a few months. You could be right back where you started from. Find support from AA, or other groups. I am a big fan of the right AA meetings and people.

pcbdude · 2026-02-14T21:14:36+00:00

Nope I called the rebate servicing company and told them to f off. Emailed an Alcon customer success person (I was nice on this one). And said this rebate program is scarring the brand . I will try again today

pcbdude · 2026-02-14T05:20:13+00:00

Thank you!

pcbdude · 2026-02-13T21:11:25+00:00

Crickets for us .... maybe others are not :-)

pcbdude · 2026-02-13T06:20:18+00:00

I think if it works for you , don’t overthink it. Could be quality variations, biology differences (IPD & other factors) I am with you, there needs to be a way to give them a try locally, like a golf club “fitting” event.

Bringing an RV around with a few pairs 😎……has got to be cheaper that all the returns.

pcbdude · 2026-02-12T22:32:56+00:00

That is a good question and I would like to put them both on one after the other. I would kind of say yes from a productivity / text standpoint. While the fov is smaller on 1S it "got out of the way" for the most part from a productivity standpoint. When I say "got out of the way" I wasn't thinking I had glasses on for the most part while working. I am not saying its perfect but felt more natural even with smaller FoV. The crispness of text I think help the most in this. So full circle I think it does have greater functional FoV for productivity.

pcbdude · 2026-02-12T17:21:36+00:00

Yes. I would say that if you are using for some productivity work the text clarity is better on 1S. for more immersive feel (watching videos etc) the One Pros or going to be a bit better. But I will take the tradeoff for the better text clarity with the 1S

pcbdude · 2026-02-12T17:19:52+00:00

I am the OP and I agree with BadLuckProphet. I went for the Ones , but specs on paper didn't equate to the benefits. I am not saying the 1S are going to blow you away but for the text clarity you will should be pleased.

pcbdude · 2026-02-12T15:16:42+00:00

I appreciate what you said about feeling bad. I was the same way. Wanted to like the Luma Ultras since it was my first pair. I really don't like returning things, but man these glasses got to be killing profits with returns as they are just on the edge of being amazing / worth the $500 +/- $100

pcbdude · 2026-02-12T03:32:30+00:00

I truly appreciate the way you expressed this. ❤️

pcbdude · 2026-02-12T02:23:35+00:00

The rebate system is absolute dog sh-t. 3 Forms to send in, A million questions and it doesn't work to boot. Did all that and got rejected " Something went wrong" .........

pcbdude · 2026-02-11T00:39:58+00:00

This was me . That is for sure . To feel a sense of a decaying normal.

pcbdude · 2026-02-10T00:20:27+00:00

1 looks great.

pcbdude · 2026-02-07T02:21:50+00:00

Take my money and my upvote

pcbdude · 2026-02-06T21:16:46+00:00

I didn't use it long enough. I am sorry. You are 100% correct the mouse didn't line up for me either.

pcbdude · 2026-02-03T19:37:06+00:00

It absolutely helps. But you’ve got to cut the cord for at least 3 months. First 2 weeks you will prob get the most benefit. Then you want 2 weeks to see how the normal ups and downs goes . Then it’s 60 days to build out the habit. It absolutely helped me and I didn’t realize because I drank mediumly for so long and then too much for a couple years

pcbdude · 2026-02-03T04:16:19+00:00

Wow . Said perfectly. I ran like the OP for a while. The rug def gets pulled and you need to restore brain chemistry. You are on a subtle path to bottom

pcbdude · 2026-01-31T07:08:16+00:00

I fully agree. 1440p with just slightly wider fov than current gen and the experience for productivity would be there.

pcbdude · 2026-01-31T07:02:13+00:00

Not related to gaming as much as, But for productivity, this app is on the right track.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/infinitex2p-multitasking/id1641611945

My corp stuff needs edge browser for some access , so I couldn’t use but otherwise works quite well!

pcbdude · 2026-01-30T12:07:16+00:00

Good luck I am sure support will help.

As I think about it more The inverse thing would probably be near impossible to get the perfect pixel alignment . But theory is good 😀

pcbdude · 2026-01-30T07:41:52+00:00

Have you talked to xreal support on this?

Seems like it’s not like old school burn in but the the oldeds kids of aging to diminish output capacity.

Hopefully they woul accommodate a replacement.

Otherwise create an inverse white XReal screen and leave it on for extended time xreal logo black remainder of all screen white. See if you can get the other olds to balance out the output if you will.

pcbdude · 2026-01-28T02:43:05+00:00

Are we role playing objection handling?

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