In-reply-to » If I have the choice between a Linux and an Apple, I really don't know which one I would choose.

@prologic@twtxt.net I’m not even sure how to rate my vision. I’m fortunate enough to retain a decent amount of peripheral vision. But my central vision is bad (macular dystrophy), with numerous blindspots scattered throughout. I can only really see things if I look askance at them–when I look directly at an object, it’s as if it’s not there. Right now my vision is stable but it degraded steadily for many years and could start degrading again at any time. Pre-COVID I’d get checked yearly and was looking into clinical trials for potential treatments, but that all fell by the wayside. Someday I’ll pick it up again.

Anyway, I can still use computers pretty effectively, which I’m thankful for, but keep the zoom at 2x-4x basically all the time. I definitely can’t drive a car or anything like that. I frequently take pictures of things with my phone and then view the picture zoomed in to see whatever it was that I wanted to see.

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