I settled on transitions: I don't drive much at all and am super lazy jugging various pairs.

I do have a pair of prescription sunglasses in the car but cant be ass'd putting them on when i very occasionally drive

Having a dedicated pair of prescription sunglasses has always been the most reliable choice for me, but the tradeoff is you often then have to juggle two pairs of glasses while on the go.

I only have transition lens on my prescription safety glasses because construction sites are hazardous to glasses and eyes at all times. I don't always have clean hands for switching. And switching itself leaves your eyes vulnerable to shit while switching. It's also the only time I don't want polarized lens because they often make screens difficult to read.

For everyday, I carry a polarized set and a regular set and get swapped between the same case. They are basically the same frames too so they both fit because my head is to large for most frames that aren't sunglasses frames anyway. If I'm planning on being mostly outside, I may only bring the polarized lens because they don't actually block that much light inside even though they block about %50 of the light outside. Tinted lens that aren't polarized usually just cause additional eye strain for me anyway. Also only polycarbonate lens for outside also because even if they have no tinting they are blocking UV light.

Clip on lens are prone to trouble. They will either scratch your prescription lens or just get gunked up themselves since you're doubling the surface area that needs to be kept clean.

In general I spend WAY more thought and money on things for or touching my eyes, feet, hands, and private sweaty bits. Try out things and see what works for you. For example, I was surprised how great wool socks are for hot sweaty climates.

Separate glasses are a pain in the ass but the only fashionable option. Clip on are for grannies and nerds, and you don’t see handsome people wearing Transitions that often. I have a separate pair and only forget them sometimes. Like the keys-phone-wallet check before you leave a place, you add glasses.

Your clear glasses almost certainly have UV protection btw. If they don’t, your optician is shitty.

Oh ok. I Had written them off after learning they dont Work (20 years ago or so)

My Favorite approach to the Problem is extra sunglasses. Most opticians Here now offer a free 2nd pair when buying a new Set of glasses and i make IT sunglasses then.

Quick addition, you can buy glasses that transition without UV. So not working in the car is dependent on which transitions you get.

Current transitions now work when driving.

My favorite approach: transitions with magnetic clip-on.

Leave a clip-on in the car, and elsewhere. They're pretty cheap, $5-$10.

(Great explanation of the pros/cons).

Clip on:

Pro: Cheap, can be carried on when buying new glasses
Con: you have to carry it separately, depending on the "system" (clamp, magnetic) they might Not be fitting when buying new glasses

Extra glasses (with correction)

Pro: Its Just the Same as the normal glasses but with sun protection
Con: you have to carry it separately, when eyesight Changes you need new ones

Sunglasses you can wear over your normal glasses:

Pro: relatively Cheap
Con: you have to carry it separately, bulky, only fits when you have relatively small normal glasses

Transition:

Pro: you only have one pair Con: they normally dont Work when driving a car because windshield Filters Most UV (which triggers the darkening of the glasses)

First three are First Hand experience from me. Never Had Transitions because i mostly need sunglasses when driving.

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Why the downvotes? This is a reasonable question from someone just wanting reassurance.

Mine got worse every visit to the optometrist until i was about 30. Then it stabilized to about-6.25

I'm almost 70 and see just fine. Corrected with LASIK when I was about 40.

Cataracts make you feel like things have gotten worse, (usually late 50s to 70s), but once diagnosed, super easy surgery.

Merry Christmas!

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Normal sunglasses would work just as well.

This ain't gonna block facial recognition for shit, duh.

I'm pretty sure that won't foil any sort of serious facial recognition.

For emergency it's probably way simpler to just make a small hole with your hand (like the diver "OK" sign but tighter) and look through that.

I couldn't help but notice your username. I actually own an original ET game cartridge for the Atari 2600. Sadly not from the dump site though, also no box or manual, but I'd almost be willing to bet all the money in my wallet the game still works if I had a working Atari to put the cartridge in.

Oh wait, I have $0 in my wallet, so I guess I'm betting $0 that it works LOL! 😂🤣

I have actually tried the game with the Stella Atari emulator, and yeah, the game makes no fucking sense 🤦

Edit: Is there a PDF or otherwise scanned copy of the manual out there?...

IDK, Merry Christmas 🎄

Called him Betty.

Oh wait - that's AI, not Al, isn't it? 🤪

ETA: note that this joke only works if you're using a sans serif typeface/font.

Blocking facial recognition, duh.

Anti facial or eye recognition

I appreciate the much more thorough and accurate answer. Thank you.

What's this got to do with AI?

Remember remember…..

They work okay indoors too, with reasonable lighting anyways. Not any substitute for proper prescription glasses, but good as a cheap emergency backup.

A pinhole camera doesn't focus light. Only lenses can focus light. The reason why looking through a small hole makes the image sharper is exactly because that basically prevents the lens in your eye to "misdirect" light that's coming in from the side.

But there is a reason why our eyes are not pin hole cameras. The amount of light that hits your retina is pretty low when looking through a pin-hole so that actually only works on bright sunny days.