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With the lofty claims of "health risks", I was disappointed to find no sources linked at the bottom of this article (correct me if I'm wrong). Based on my pers
by Liftyee 1y ago
With the lofty claims of "health risks", I was disappointed to find no sources linked at the bottom of this article (correct me if I'm wrong).
Based on my personal experience, I think "health risk" is an overstatement: bad PWM can be uncomfortable (Geneva Airport had particularly egregious lights that started flickering in your peripheral vision), but I doubt there are any long-term effects of it.
Reading further down, a few other comments [1][2] have stated this better than me.
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44313661 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44313661
[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44312224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44312224
- leakycap 1y agoI'm interested in this topic and stay on top of most threads/discussions about PWM. > I doubt there are any long-term effects of it. I would have thought the same, but it seems to be a common experience that once someone becomes PWM sensitive it actually sticks with them. I've been a techy my whole life; the iPhone 12 mini seemed to be the device that triggered my PWM sensitivity and since then I have been extremely sensitive to any device with PWM. Although I have tried to keep PWM devices out of my life, I can still quickly tell when the TV in a lobby or the airplane entertainment display has PWM and there's not much you can do about it.