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On top of my head is also where my lost glasses are usually to be found! 
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I had three pairs - "walking around", "reading", and "computer" with different distances and I forever had the wrong ones on ...
Varifocals took a while to get used to, but once you are they are "fire and forget" glasses - you can read, compute, and drive in the same glasses and everything is "in focus" because it becomes a habit to move your head so the "sweet spot" is in the right place. Just don't get small glasses - the sweet spot becomes tiny and it's a PITA to get used to it.
Took me about three weeks.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Reminds me of the Professor Branestawm books I read as a child. I think he had five pairs - one for reading, one for writing, one for out of doors, one for looking at you over the top of and a fifth pair for looking for the others when they get lost.
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Anyone got any advice on this as I know nothing about glasses/contact lenses.
My close up vision is getting worse and can't read a thing without specs. However my distance vision is good and every eye test they tell me I don't need specs to drive. In fact, if I tried to wear them, the results would not be good as I'd be able to focus well on a fly on the dashboard but maybe not on the oncoming truck.
My problem was, when driving, trying to see the instruments! Luckily this has improved with a car change and I can now choose the speed as the parameter displayed in large digits on the driver's display. Presents problems with the Satnav display though ...
Would bi-focal/varifocals be an option given there'd be quite a difference needed from quite strong to nothing?
Also, how do you find out what lenses are actually in your specs? At my last test, the prescription didn't change so, using it, I got a cheap spare pair online. But I'd forgotten they tweaked my current (perfect) specs after I received them so I guess the lenses don't exactly correspond to the prescription. So the spare's are useable, but not great and certainly couldn't wear them for hours at a time. My alternative would be to make a frame to hold them about three inches in front of my nose, at which point they are great!
Thanks for any advice,
Rich
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1. Any optician should be able to tell the prescription of your lenses and compare them.
2. There is no reason the upper prescription of bifocals can't be clear.
When they removed my cataracts, the lenses they inserted made my left eye "close" and my right eye "far". They can do the same with contacts. BUT, to be safe, I do have driving glasses that correct my left eye for "normal". I can easily read the instruments with them. Tell your eyeball doctor what you need.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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I once spent 10 minutes totally fazed by how I managed to unlock the car without the keys. I suddenly realised I was gripping them between my teeth.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Her "walking around" glasses ... the ones she was wearing ...
I wear my readers on my shirt so they are always available.
The other day I sat down at my desk and instinctively grabbed at my shirt and my readers weren't there. Hmmm?? I started looking around my desk. Then, it hit me. They are on my face! 
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This is a common occurrence in my house. Both herself and me end up in this and laugh at each other and then the Amazon thing laughs.
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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( While 30ish ) I several times went looking for the pencil that I was holding -- in my teeth.
Yeah, and talking around.
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I solved that problem by getting 4 pairs of 2.5 glasses from the newsagents/chemist. I then leave them anywhere I need them.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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... and am using two computers to do it: desktop and surface (because in one case the email I need to reply to is on the Desktop, and the reply details I need I sent from the other one).
So ... I highlight the data on the Surface, copy it to the clip board ...
... and tried to paste it on the desktop ...
I need a holiday.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Perhaps some of this[^] would help ? Certainly it's no worse than your previous attempt.
Can your "surface" be considered "medium" ?
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Well, I'm guilty of trying to drag text from the computer monitor to a whiteboard next to the monitor. 
Kelly Herald
Software Developer
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I used for a long time some software that allowed me to use one mouse and keyboard across multiple machines and monitors. It actually allowed exactly what you wanted to do. Now I use two machines at once, one work machine and one private and I can't use it anymore - I really miss it.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I have been using my tablet as a second screen. It actually works pretty well just for this.
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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Message Closed
modified 15-May-23 19:07pm.
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Member 14968771 wrote: Here is HERS new advise
" turn the power off, UNPLUG the modem coax, wait 30 seconds etc etc "
I have long suffered the Internet Service Provider's helpdesk saying,
"Unplug the coax and plug it back in..."
A recent call (when the final fault was the ISP themselves) the 2nd level tech told me to unplug and plug coax back in.
Me: Hey, man, they tell me to do this all the time. What would that really do?
2nd level tech: Umm...well...ermmm...I'm not actually sure. I think they are just checking to see if you have it attached properly at all.
Me: Yeah, that's what I thought....Ok, I did that then. (as far as you know).
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I would say, "OK, I've done that at my end, now you do your end!"
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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My last contact with my phone / ISP provider went like this:
Cable was out; I dialed their service number to see what was what. Their recording went: "If you're calling about a problem, we've sent a reset to your cable box" ... and that was that. Didn't even have to identify myself. Was impressed. (It's also why I think stealing cable services with non-service provider boxes isn't that easy as some providers may claim).
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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Is Hepatitis C a dangerous place to swim?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Tough to say whether you'll liver die. Now if one gets stung by a Hepatitis B, you're definitely doomed.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
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"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
modified 19-May-21 10:59am.
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You are sharp as a needle, Griff!
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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That's hollow praise.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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That, infect, is still an open question. I don't know virus is the case but it's not a sneezy a question to answer as you'd imagine.
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In this thread[^] from yesterday, Linux development on Windows was discussed. I want to do this eventually and would appreciate any pointers so I don't bang my head against the wall, let alone get it nailed to the floor.
I currently build C++ console applications on Windows, and that's all I need on Linux for now. So...
- Which Linux do you run? Debian? Ubuntu? RedHat?
- How do you run it on your Windows machine? In a VM? If so, which one? Or using WSL?
- How do you edit? VS2017? VS2019? VS Code? vi?
- How do you build? Within Linux? From within VS?[^]
- Which compiler do you use? g++? clang?
- How do you debug? Within Linux? If so, which debugger? Or remotely, from within VS?
- How do you interface to GitHub? Within Linux? Using the VS plug-in?
- What should be avoided?
Thanks.
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