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Progressive lenses didn't work for me going back over 10 years ago. I went to two sets of glasses, one for distance, and another for closer work. Eventually I simply adjusted things so I can do coding without glasses. Keep in mind I don't use a built-in notebook display, but a 23" flat panel hooked up to two notebooks with a KVM switch.
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I still use my glasses just for reading and computer work.
The only issue I have with my glasses is that when I read, I tend to keep my books closer than a computer screen.
As a result, for my computer work, I am still using an old pair of glasses that I got back in the 1990s. They basically still work for me. And I am 70...
For distances, I have never really used any prescriptions provided because they seem to make things worse than better. I have an astigmatism in my right eye that keeps changing making any prescription for distance lenses rather useless...
Steve Naidamast
Sr. Software Engineer
Black Falcon Software, Inc.
blackfalconsoftware@outlook.com
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This did not go where I thought it was going to go.
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I only wear progressive eye glasses in the evening at bedtime.
During the day, I wear progressive contact lenses. They are unreliable from one set to the other. Sometimes, I need to use reading glasses with them to code.
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I never got used to progressive lenses. Bifocals worked better for me.
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I am going through this same issue now, except that I do have to have a reading prescription. I've had progressive lenses for about 2 years, this whole time having to have odd setups involving monitors that sit much lower than I prefer just to deal with the fact that I can't see the text on them clearly. I finally got sick of it, so my solution is, after getting an updated prescription a month ago, that I have an appointment tomorrow for a second set of glasses specifically for using with the computer. 
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Hm, I've the opposite eye problem. Was near sighted in my youth so had to wear glasses to drive. At 68, I can now pass the DMV vision test so I don't have to wear glasses to drive anymore. Now I have to wear cheaters to see close stuff. So I now have 2 pair of cheaters in my computer room, 1 pair in my bath room, 1 pair at the breakfast counter and a pair in each of the vehicles I drive. They're only 1.25x so quite cheap to purchase.
I have a friend who got bifocal soft contacts that enable close and far vision. They're built with concentric rings. He says it took a few weeks for the brain to make the adjustment but he really likes them.
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I have to live with progressives and I find them dangerously annoying. Thanks to progressives you can clearly see feces and needles on the sidewalk. Like all progressives, you are forced to tolerate them even though you want to beat them with a hammer. I say run progressives over with your car — then backup to do the job right.
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I tried getting progressive lenses (called varifocals here) for computer work. I use a dual screen setup and found that the focus was not consistent across the width. I found myself having to turn my head to look at each screen instead of just glancing across with my eyes. In the end I took them back and got a pair of bifocals. I got the join between the two distances set to a custom height for me so that the join lined up with the base of the monitors.
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My solution is to go with cheap readers for the computer work, liberally scattered about the house along with backup pairs.
Since I use a slightly different prescription for reading magazines, etc. I have several pairs of Photogray readers in case I want to read outside or on the beach of course).
Lastly, I have my glasses for driving (for distance) also Photograys.
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I'm nearsighted. Long-distance glasses for normal life plus a much weaker pair of computer glasses for coding. The computer glasses never leave my desk, and I just switch glasses when I sit down to work. Works great for me!
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Arrange cart horse first, then Lawrence initially (11)
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Orchestrate
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Well, I knew it was easy, but didn't realise it was that easy! 
You're it tomorrow...
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 T.E.Lawrence!
I was trying "of Arabia", ...
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I did say "initially"... 
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It's already evening (somewhere).
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You must have Kuala Lumpur in mind! 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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It's 22:07 here!
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Aim higher! You could be Man of the Hour!
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Done. You have two wishes left.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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"Surely, it's not going to rain today?"
And she replied, "Yes it is, and don't call me Shirley."
That was when I realized: I'd left my phone in Airplane mode.
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Do you think you'll get over it?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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