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BilSabab lemmy.world BilSabab@lemmy.world
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can sh.itjust.works can@sh.itjust.works
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totally masculine, utterly feminine, or beautifully interchangeable

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over_clox lemmy.world over_clox@lemmy.world
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I happen to have polarized sunglasses, and they're a bit different than regular sunglasses.

Polarized sunglasses offer even better benefits than regular sunglasses. The polarized factor helps eliminate the glare off the distant road or the glare off the water while fishing.

https://www.polaroideyewear.com/

No I am not trying to be a shill, just saying that polarized sunglasses (whether name brand or not), just work...

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Godnroc lemmy.world Godnroc@lemmy.world
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I happen to have polarized sunglasses, and they're a bit different than regular sunglasses. Polarized sunglasses offer even better benefits than regular sunglasses. The polarized factor helps eliminate the glare off the distant road or the glare off the water while fishing. https://www.polaroideyewear.com/ No I am not trying to be a shill, just saying that polarized sunglasses (whether name bra...

I was going to argue that the company Polaroid and polarization were unrelated, but Wikipedia slapped me down.

Polarized sunglasses first became available in 1936 when Edwin H. Land began experimenting with making lenses with his patented Polaroid filter.

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Brokkr lemmy.world Brokkr@lemmy.world
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I happen to have polarized sunglasses, and they're a bit different than regular sunglasses. Polarized sunglasses offer even better benefits than regular sunglasses. The polarized factor helps eliminate the glare off the distant road or the glare off the water while fishing. https://www.polaroideyewear.com/ No I am not trying to be a shill, just saying that polarized sunglasses (whether name bra...

Polarized sunglasses are readily available from many brands, even the cheap $10 ones can be polarized sometimes. An easy way to check: hold them in front of your phone's screen, looking through the glasses rotate the phone from portrait to landscape (using your hand, not the settings, might have to rotate through 180 degrees, not just 90). If the brightness changes, then the glasses are polarized. This works because the light from a phone screen is also polarized. The lenses in the glasses may have different polarization orientations, so they might not go dark at the same time. That's OK, they will still work as polarized glasses.

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Victor lemmy.world victorz@lemmy.world
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totally masculine, utterly feminine, or beautifully interchangeable

I like the touch of a female hand in front of his mouth in that vibe

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over_clox lemmy.world over_clox@lemmy.world
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Polarized sunglasses are readily available from many brands, even the cheap $10 ones can be polarized sometimes. An easy way to check: hold them in front of your phone's screen, looking through the glasses rotate the phone from portrait to landscape (using your hand, not the settings, might have to rotate through 180 degrees, not just 90). If the brightness changes, then the glasses are polariz...

You are both right and wrong at the same time. 180⁰ polarized lenses are the same as 0⁰ polarized lenses. 90⁰ or 270⁰ is where it blacks out when looking at an LCD screen. All these things are standardized. It's not just willy nilly.

The engineers behind polarization have already optimised the angles to favor blocking sun glare, be useful while watching television, and also even so much as looking at the time on your wristwatch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtJuvi3yD6E

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TrackinDaKraken lemmy.world DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world
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I was going to argue that the company Polaroid and polarization were unrelated, but Wikipedia slapped me down. Polarized sunglasses first became available in 1936 when Edwin H. Land began experimenting with making lenses with his patented Polaroid filter.

Been there. Making like assumptions, that is. It's a good idea to check, like you did.

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Bonesince1997 lemmy.world Bonesince1997@lemmy.world
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I happen to have polarized sunglasses, and they're a bit different than regular sunglasses. Polarized sunglasses offer even better benefits than regular sunglasses. The polarized factor helps eliminate the glare off the distant road or the glare off the water while fishing. https://www.polaroideyewear.com/ No I am not trying to be a shill, just saying that polarized sunglasses (whether name bra...

I also like the effects of polarized sunglasses. One thing I noticed, is that my phone's current screen protector film creates a rainbow effect, looking through the glasses. My previous phone must have used a different material because it didn't do that. I've seen the same with certain street sign also, I believe it was. Just a little annoying, and I could probably use a different screen protector.

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NotASharkInAManSuit lemmy.world NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world
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I just got a new pair of sunglasses. They were labeled as polarizing on the tag, but so far it seems like everyone likes them.

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Brokkr lemmy.world Brokkr@lemmy.world
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You are both right and wrong at the same time. 180⁰ polarized lenses are the same as 0⁰ polarized lenses. 90⁰ or 270⁰ is where it blacks out when looking at an LCD screen. All these things are standardized. It's not just willy nilly. The engineers behind polarization have already optimised the angles to favor blocking sun glare, be useful while watching television, and also even so much as look...

I wasn't talking about the angle of the polarization. I was referring to the angle, between the display and lens angle of polarization. Yes, they need to be perpendicular.

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ohulancutash feddit.uk ohulancutash@feddit.uk
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I was going to argue that the company Polaroid and polarization were unrelated, but Wikipedia slapped me down. Polarized sunglasses first became available in 1936 when Edwin H. Land began experimenting with making lenses with his patented Polaroid filter.

Polaroid was a driving factor in the first Hollywood 3D boom, in the 1930s. That’s how they started.

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Ephera lemmy.ml Ephera@lemmy.ml
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totally masculine, utterly feminine, or beautifully interchangeable

The three genders...

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Ephera lemmy.ml Ephera@lemmy.ml
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Those certainly are some words...

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Fluffy_Ruffs lemmy.world Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world
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Those certainly are some words...

Those certainly (that's right, certainly) are some words.

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can sh.itjust.works can@sh.itjust.works
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I like the touch of a female hand in front of his mouth in that vibe

but it do

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can sh.itjust.works can@sh.itjust.works
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The three genders...

2,3,1

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Hueristic_Autistic lemmy.world Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world
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Kodak makes eyeglasses lenses and they're not too bad. Bullshit expensive but I got a 60% deal one time and their water resistant is sweat resistant.

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