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Re: The #1 Office Perk? Natural Light

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Post by CalRobert »

EricLemieux wrote: post #173
CalRobert wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My preference is nearly a dark cave and people think I'm odd. I also use a plugin to make FF have dark backgrounds and light text. I don't enjoy squinting all the time. In at least one case, it wasn't just me. I used to work editing photos on California's central coast and after we moved to a building with loads and loads of skylights, and got a bunch of new glossy-screen iMacs, it was really hard to get color accura…

What plugin are you using in firefox? I have just been using stylus and using dark themes for sites I use often, but would love a more automated approach, especially for sites I don't use that often.

Just this - hope it works for you! https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dark-backgrou...

Re: The #1 Office Perk? Natural Light

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Post by kawfey »

This wasn't the "natural light" I was expecting. I thought this was going to be about a office with free cheap beer.

I know of a few workplaces in the US that do feature free alcohol at work, but many times out of 10 someone gets way too drunk and ruins the fun for everyone.

Re: The #1 Office Perk? Natural Light

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Post by Sileni »

l33tbro wrote: post #113

Currently working alone in my own windowless office in an almost completely windowless building. Compared to the previous 'open-plan' gig where I sat opposite opposite Jill-from-Comms and Sales-bro Bryan, it rules so hard. So yeah,"the #1 office perk" for me is not getting interrupted with inane shit every ten minutes.

I will never work in an open plan building again. It left me absolutely brain dead and begging the clock to go faster because I couldn't think at work anyway.

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Post by mlthoughts2018 »

sleepychu wrote: post #36
mlthoughts2018 wrote: post #29

Every day I am the first to show up at my company, and I get maybe ~ 1 hour of nice, quiet work time with low lighting from the windows with overhead lights off. Then the second person who comes in every day shows up and flips all the overhead lights on every god damn day. When I’m working and the lights flip, I get a sense of rage and depression. I think it will be the reason why I quit this job.

I don't want to condescend but have you tried talking to the person switching on the lights? Maybe you could come to a compromise.

Then I’m just the whiny asshole or primadonna or something. It’s not possible to have these preferences treated in an adult way in modern corporations, and anyone the issue got escalated to will just see it as whining.

You have to keep your head down and act like it’s Candide: whatever your company currently does is the best possible thing they could ever do.

Re: The #1 Office Perk? Natural Light

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Post by jessaustin »

coldtea wrote: post #159
jessaustin wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OK I guess I'll stop brushing my teeth too...

That was sarcasm! I thought the "If you don't care for your health, no." part made it obvious

I don't seriously suggest that anyone not brush her teeth. However, it's a fact that many people don't take care of their teeth for decades before suffering the consequences. If one lost one tooth every three years, one would probably improve one's oral care. However, with periodontal problems, the teeth often hang on for a really long time, before all failing at pretty much the same time.

Since lots of people don't take care of their teeth even though they know they should, some people will avoid all sunlight.

Re: The #1 Office Perk? Natural Light

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Post by toomanybeersies »

inawarminister wrote: post #90
toomanybeersies wrote: post #85

I really wish it was possible to somehow use my laptop outside when it's sunny. It's a shame to spend the prime hours of the day inside, and then spend all your spare time in the dark at night. I get really jealous of the construction workers when it's a nice sunny day outside. I've worked a few different outdoor jobs, and there's nothing quite like working on a sunny day, it really lifts the spirit.

I've bought an Amazon Kindle Paperwhite recently, and spent a few hours under the mid day sun in the riverside reading some books. It's worth it just for that! Shame there is no e-ink laptop sometimes soon, most likely...

If they could make a 11" or larger e-ink display with a 24 Hz refresh rate, I'd buy it in an instant.

Re: The #1 Office Perk? Natural Light

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Post by rootbear »

This is amusing to me, because when I was at Pixar, many of the shader writers and lighting TDs wanted an internal office, where they could control exactly the amount and type of light in their workspace. Many had nearly pitch black offices, so they could better see subtle differences in changes to their lighting and shading code.

Re: The #1 Office Perk? Natural Light

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Post by drewg123 »

gambiting wrote: post #71

Oh yes please. I work as a games programmer at a massive studio and it looks like 90% of people here prefer complete darkness during the day, to the point where they have these umbrella-like covers above their desks to cover any light from the lamps that somehow miraculously are still on. Me and few other people occupy a little corner next to a window that we stubbornly refuse to close the blinds on, despite bi-weekl…

I like natural light at a medium level (eg, blinds 1/2 closed). I despise bright artificial light.

When I went to work at Google, in a large windowless room, I was one of those people with a cover over their cube. Without the cover, one of the rows of artificial light would shine right in my eyes.

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