this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2020
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Do-It-Yourself, Repairs and Fixes

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Share tips and tricks to keep people from throwing out that broken item. Repair before replace!

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I see it being useful for people like me with bad eyesight that see better with more light, however, it having a loud ugly fan noise and being entirely DIY is more work than just pointing the desk lamp to the papers. I think I remember reading that higher exposure to sunlight is correlated to better vision outcomes but the mechanism isn’t entirely clear to me.

Also, “dear god oh fuck I can’t see anything in this specific spot because I accidentally looked right at the lamp” seems like a thought that will come up often.