From: anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com   
      
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro:   
      
   > I don't know why everybody is embracing "Dark Mode"   
   > display settings these days   
      
   /embrace/ is a terrible manipulative term here, straight   
   form the ugly corporate slang.   
      
   > The "easier on the eyes" excuse is nonsense.   
      
   It is not an excuse, but a genuine reason (at least with   
   me).  You accuse of lying all the many peole using dark mode   
   to relief eye strain simply because you cannot sympathise   
   with them.  You should not mind-read, or make claims about   
   the opponent's reasons without good evidence.   
      
   > I say this as someone whose computing career began with   
   > CRT terminals that displayed light text (or, if you were   
   > lucky, graphics) against a dark background.  As soon as   
   > the display technology allowed for dark text on a light   
   > background, a lot of us made the switch,   
      
   I should not expect Unicode punctuation on Usenet from   
   someone with your backgroind.  As far as I remember, those   
   old terminals had ugly, eye-burning colors that kill one's   
   eyes.   
      
   > for the same reason that printed paper usually has dark   
   > text on a light background, and not the other way round:   
   > because it's easier on the eyes.   
      
   The primary reason with paper is the economy of ink.   
      
   > Because, you see, to make light text on a dark background   
   > easier to read, people tend to turn up the brightness.   
      
   I have no such experience, either first- or second-hand,   
   Instead, I choose a dark scheme with a moderate contrast,   
   that is a soft dark background (not stark black) and a   
   somewhat subdued foreground (not stark white).   
      
   > And this greater brightness tends to tire out the eyes   
   > sooner. With a large, light background, things remain   
   > comfortably readable at lower display intensities.   
      
   You overlook the key difference between paper and display.   
   Whereas the former is not a light source itself, but   
   reflects external illumination in a pleasant, diffuse manner   
   consistent with the illimunation of the environment, the   
   latter is emits harsh, unwholesome light with a high blue   
   component direct into one's eye.  This is why monitors are   
   much more contrasty than paper with print.   
      
   The human eye is designed (or has evolved, if you will) to   
   perceive diffuse and relatively low-contrast light, with no   
   harsh blue component, so it is only natural that dark mode,   
   when done right, is more comfortable and wholesom, for it   
   drastically decreases the amount of light emitted by the   
   display, while keeping the necessary contrast.   
      
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