alt Hacker News> I’ve never met a person saying he hates books and wishes they were white on black.
Books don't emit light. They reflect it. That's the difference.
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adrianmonk • today at 12:02 AM
I think that reinforces their point if anything. With reflected light, you have a natural, inherent form of auto-brightness because the amount of light coming off the page depends on the amount of light in the room.
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Retr0id • yesterday at 11:11 PM
The retina can't tell the difference between reflected light and emitted light
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It doesn’t matter what the source is (unless you have crt days flicker, bad tn panel polarization or what have you).
Irritation comes from the difference in brightness.