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  1. There are none so blind as those who won't wear #bifocals.

  2. There are none so blind as those who won't wear #bifocals.

  3. There are none so blind as those who won't wear #bifocals.

  4. There are none so blind as those who won't wear #bifocals.

  5. Autofocusing Smart Glasses With Eye Tracking Tech Could Make Bifocals Obsolete

    Exciting news for those enough who are 40+ and spend too much time in front of a computer screen: a Finnish startup called IXI is promising to end the era of clunky bifocals and the ‘head-tilt’ struggle of progressive lenses, replacing them with a pair of glasses that focus as naturally as the human eye using a combination of infrared eye tracking and liquid crystal-transparent indium tin oxide glasses

  6. Autofocusing Smart Glasses With Eye Tracking Tech Could Make Bifocals Obsolete

    Exciting news for those enough who are 40+ and spend too much time in front of a computer screen: a Finnish startup called IXI is promising to end the era of clunky bifocals and the ‘head-tilt’ struggle of progressive lenses, replacing them with a pair of glasses that focus as naturally as the human eye using a combination of infrared eye tracking and liquid crystal-transparent indium tin oxide glasses

  7. Another #MechanicalKeyboard milestone: I have taken my failing #Microsoft4000 #ErgonomicKeyboard off my desk, leaving just my little DIY 36-key keyboard (and a vertical mouse).

    This was actually prompted by my optician suggesting that as my close vision has deteriorated slightly, I should try glasses with a reading wedge (baby #bifocals) and the monitor lower down so I look at it through the lower part of the lenses. I need to sit straight now!

    (Plan B is dedicated intermediate / #ReadingGlasses)

  8. Another #MechanicalKeyboard milestone: I have taken my failing #Microsoft4000 #ErgonomicKeyboard off my desk, leaving just my little DIY 36-key keyboard (and a vertical mouse).

    This was actually prompted by my optician suggesting that as my close vision has deteriorated slightly, I should try glasses with a reading wedge (baby #bifocals) and the monitor lower down so I look at it through the lower part of the lenses. I need to sit straight now!

    (Plan B is dedicated intermediate / #ReadingGlasses)

  9. Another #MechanicalKeyboard milestone: I have taken my failing #Microsoft4000 #ErgonomicKeyboard off my desk, leaving just my little DIY 36-key keyboard (and a vertical mouse).

    This was actually prompted by my optician suggesting that as my close vision has deteriorated slightly, I should try glasses with a reading wedge (baby #bifocals) and the monitor lower down so I look at it through the lower part of the lenses. I need to sit straight now!

    (Plan B is dedicated intermediate / #ReadingGlasses)

  10. Another #MechanicalKeyboard milestone: I have taken my failing #Microsoft4000 #ErgonomicKeyboard off my desk, leaving just my little DIY 36-key keyboard (and a vertical mouse).

    This was actually prompted by my optician suggesting that as my close vision has deteriorated slightly, I should try glasses with a reading wedge (baby #bifocals) and the monitor lower down so I look at it through the lower part of the lenses. I need to sit straight now!

    (Plan B is dedicated intermediate / #ReadingGlasses)

  11. Another #MechanicalKeyboard milestone: I have taken my failing #Microsoft4000 #ErgonomicKeyboard off my desk, leaving just my little DIY 36-key keyboard (and a vertical mouse).

    This was actually prompted by my optician suggesting that as my close vision has deteriorated slightly, I should try glasses with a reading wedge (baby #bifocals) and the monitor lower down so I look at it through the lower part of the lenses. I need to sit straight now!

    (Plan B is dedicated intermediate / #ReadingGlasses)

  12. I had an eye exam a couple weeks ago. The optometrist recommended progressive bifocals this time. I'd known it was time for a while, so okay.

    My employer's VSP plan only covers the basic lenses, ~$75. The lower distortion, anti-reflective coated Nikon lenses are ~$275. If I pick the Nikons, I pay the $200 difference out of pocket.

    One thing the optician said is the longer I delay getting my first bifocals, the harder it will be to adjust to how they work. Is this true?

    #Bifocals

  13. I had an eye exam a couple weeks ago. The optometrist recommended progressive bifocals this time. I'd known it was time for a while, so okay.

    My employer's VSP plan only covers the basic lenses, ~$75. The lower distortion, anti-reflective coated Nikon lenses are ~$275. If I pick the Nikons, I pay the $200 difference out of pocket.

    One thing the optician said is the longer I delay getting my first bifocals, the harder it will be to adjust to how they work. Is this true?

    #Bifocals

  14. I had an eye exam a couple weeks ago. The optometrist recommended progressive bifocals this time. I'd known it was time for a while, so okay.

    My employer's VSP plan only covers the basic lenses, ~$75. The lower distortion, anti-reflective coated Nikon lenses are ~$275. If I pick the Nikons, I pay the $200 difference out of pocket.

    One thing the optician said is the longer I delay getting my first bifocals, the harder it will be to adjust to how they work. Is this true?

  15. I had an eye exam a couple weeks ago. The optometrist recommended progressive bifocals this time. I'd known it was time for a while, so okay.

    My employer's VSP plan only covers the basic lenses, ~$75. The lower distortion, anti-reflective coated Nikon lenses are ~$275. If I pick the Nikons, I pay the $200 difference out of pocket.

    One thing the optician said is the longer I delay getting my first bifocals, the harder it will be to adjust to how they work. Is this true?

    #Bifocals

  16. I had an eye exam a couple weeks ago. The optometrist recommended progressive bifocals this time. I'd known it was time for a while, so okay.

    My employer's VSP plan only covers the basic lenses, ~$75. The lower distortion, anti-reflective coated Nikon lenses are ~$275. If I pick the Nikons, I pay the $200 difference out of pocket.

    One thing the optician said is the longer I delay getting my first bifocals, the harder it will be to adjust to how they work. Is this true?

    #Bifocals

  17. There are none so blind as those who won't wear #bifocals.

  18. There are none so blind as those who won't wear #bifocals.

  19. There are none so blind as those who won't wear #bifocals.

  20. So, last week I had my eye exam, and as expected, it was recommended that I should get either reading glasses or bifocals.

    I opted for bifocals, and specifically for the "transitions" style, and they came in yesterday and I have to say... boy howdy I do not like them. I'm trying to get used to them... but it's a struggle, to be sure. I did not realize how much I used my peripheral vision until I got these new lenses.

    #Glasses #Lenses #Eyesight #Bifocals

  21. So, last week I had my eye exam, and as expected, it was recommended that I should get either reading glasses or bifocals.

    I opted for bifocals, and specifically for the "transitions" style, and they came in yesterday and I have to say... boy howdy I do not like them. I'm trying to get used to them... but it's a struggle, to be sure. I did not realize how much I used my peripheral vision until I got these new lenses.

    #Glasses #Lenses #Eyesight #Bifocals

  22. So, last week I had my eye exam, and as expected, it was recommended that I should get either reading glasses or bifocals.

    I opted for bifocals, and specifically for the "transitions" style, and they came in yesterday and I have to say... boy howdy I do not like them. I'm trying to get used to them... but it's a struggle, to be sure. I did not realize how much I used my peripheral vision until I got these new lenses.

    #Glasses #Lenses #Eyesight #Bifocals

  23. So, last week I had my eye exam, and as expected, it was recommended that I should get either reading glasses or bifocals.

    I opted for bifocals, and specifically for the "transitions" style, and they came in yesterday and I have to say... boy howdy I do not like them. I'm trying to get used to them... but it's a struggle, to be sure. I did not realize how much I used my peripheral vision until I got these new lenses.

    #Glasses #Lenses #Eyesight #Bifocals

  24. Welp, bifocals ordered. Guess my age is catching up to me. Going to be a while, shops which still work in #CrownGlass are becoming more rare. In the meantime, on the 'backups': mixed lenses and manytimes broken arms (which is why the logo is inverted and the far side one doesn't match).

    [ #Glasses #Bifocals #ProgressiveLens #TortoiseShell ]

  25. Welp, bifocals ordered. Guess my age is catching up to me. Going to be a while, shops which still work in #CrownGlass are becoming more rare. In the meantime, on the 'backups': mixed lenses and manytimes broken arms (which is why the logo is inverted and the far side one doesn't match).

    [ #Glasses #Bifocals #ProgressiveLens #TortoiseShell ]

  26. Welp, bifocals ordered. Guess my age is catching up to me. Going to be a while, shops which still work in #CrownGlass are becoming more rare. In the meantime, on the 'backups': mixed lenses and manytimes broken arms (which is why the logo is inverted and the far side one doesn't match).

    [ #Glasses #Bifocals #ProgressiveLens #TortoiseShell ]

  27. Welp, bifocals ordered. Guess my age is catching up to me. Going to be a while, shops which still work in #CrownGlass are becoming more rare. In the meantime, on the 'backups': mixed lenses and manytimes broken arms (which is why the logo is inverted and the far side one doesn't match).

    [ #Glasses #Bifocals #ProgressiveLens #TortoiseShell ]

  28. Holy crap.

    So, yes I'm old enough to need #progressive (read #bifocals) lenses in my #glasses. Spurred by this weekends *breaking* of my non-tinted pair, I finally went for an eye-exam for the first time in nearly 5 years.

    The frame alone is $350 (thanks #Luxottica Group S.p.A monopoly asshats)** **and the lenses are $275 each.

    And guess how much the benefits cover: $250 every 24 months. Do unspent amounts rollover? nope.

    *Tragically, few #optometrists have layaway or installment plans.*

  29. Holy crap.

    So, yes I'm old enough to need #progressive (read #bifocals) lenses in my #glasses. Spurred by this weekends *breaking* of my non-tinted pair, I finally went for an eye-exam for the first time in nearly 5 years.

    The frame alone is $350 (thanks #Luxottica Group S.p.A monopoly asshats)** **and the lenses are $275 each.

    And guess how much the benefits cover: $250 every 24 months. Do unspent amounts rollover? nope.

    *Tragically, few #optometrists have layaway or installment plans.*

  30. Holy crap.

    So, yes I'm old enough to need #progressive (read #bifocals) lenses in my #glasses. Spurred by this weekends *breaking* of my non-tinted pair, I finally went for an eye-exam for the first time in nearly 5 years.

    The frame alone is $350 (thanks #Luxottica Group S.p.A monopoly asshats)** **and the lenses are $275 each.

    And guess how much the benefits cover: $250 every 24 months. Do unspent amounts rollover? nope.

    *Tragically, few #optometrists have layaway or installment plans.*

  31. Holy crap.

    So, yes I'm old enough to need #progressive (read #bifocals) lenses in my #glasses. Spurred by this weekends *breaking* of my non-tinted pair, I finally went for an eye-exam for the first time in nearly 5 years.

    The frame alone is $350 (thanks #Luxottica Group S.p.A monopoly asshats)** **and the lenses are $275 each.

    And guess how much the benefits cover: $250 every 24 months. Do unspent amounts rollover? nope.

    *Tragically, few #optometrists have layaway or installment plans.*

  32. Holy crap.

    So, yes I'm old enough to need (read ) lenses in my . Spurred by this weekends *breaking* of my non-tinted pair, I finally went for an eye-exam for the first time in nearly 5 years.

    The frame alone is $350 (thanks Group S.p.A monopoly asshats)** **and the lenses are $275 each.

    And guess how much the benefits cover: $250 every 24 months. Do unspent amounts rollover? nope.

    *Tragically, few have layaway or installment plans.*