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Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by Andrew_nenakhov »

codetrotter wrote: post #48
codingdave wrote: post #14

I used to code with that type of setup, with multiple large monitors. But a few months back, I switched to a single 43" UHD TV instead. I get more screen real estate that I did before, have fewer cables to deal with, and have less of a mental paradigm shift when I do travel and shrink down to just one laptop screen. As soon as someone invents a way to fold or roll up a 40+ inch screen, I'll buy it.

Back in January of 2019 I bought a 55" UHD TV that I used as my main monitor for a few months. Ultimately, I found that 55" was too big for me relative to the distance that I was sitting from the screen. Currently I am back to using a 27" PC monitor with 2560x1440 resolution. I use this same monitor both when I use my desktop computer and when I use my laptop. In the latter case I have the additional monitor of the l…

For me, even 27" is too much. My favourite size is 24" display with 16:10 aspect ratio.

Also, I long for the day when humanity will retire the imperial measurements system.

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by faizshah »

rsync wrote: post #28

In mid-2001, notably before 9/11, I had to quickly move a 4U Sun Netra server from San Jose to Washington DC. I just carried it on. It was enormous - 4U and full length - and weighed a ton. No packaging, no box - just carrying a huge server down the aisle of the plane ...

Ha, now I’m imagining a 4U server getting the window seat.

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by Noumenon72 »

seungjulee wrote: post #16

Why do you even need 3 monitors? That seems excessive.

I was happy with 2 when I developed on Windows -- I'd do all my work on one and presentations on the other.

At my current job I have 2 but am feeling the need for 3 because I develop on a Linux VM, so I need one for the app or log I'm watching, one for the IDE, and one for Windows.

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by andybak »

Because of my weird comfort and focus habits I've forced myself to get used to small screens. I hate having more than one task visible at any one moment so all my apps are running full-screen anyway. I've got very used to the various short-cuts for switching apps. I use Windows and MacOS and avoid all the full-screen functionality in MacOS (never managed to really get my head round it). I've got a 13" Macbook Air (2015 - before they ruined them) and a 15" Windows Laptop (Gaming GPU so I couldn't dual boot the Mac)

My IDEs are all Jetbrains (PyCharm, Rider). A console is no issue. The biggest challenge is probably Unity but having good workspace presets for various tasks helps.

Another factor - I'm pushing 50 and my eyesight is getting worse so I want less going on at once so I can make stuff bigger...

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by [deleted] »

_jal wrote: post #39
eliasbagley wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They aren't looking for electronics - they are looking for large masses that could be fuel for the explosives. Big blocks of clay, liquids, etc. A jumble of electronics alone with nothing that can actually explode is common and doesn't ring any alarm bells. I discovered this after talking to a TSA agent after flying a few times with my modular synthesizer, where I was surprised that it was never pulled for extra scre…

My mother makes soap and tends to give me a few bars when I visit. I have learned to mail it back to myself; taking a few 2"x3"x5"-ish blocks of a uniform-density material through the airport is a guaranteed close look.

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Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by asdff »

garblegarble wrote: post #57
MuffinFlavored wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is this for checked bags or carry on bags? I thought we literally walk through metal detectors?

In carry-on bags - bags go through an x-ray machine with an operator looking at so many negatives that it's next to impossible for them to spot a positive case. Schneier has a nice piece about it in an excerpt from one of his books: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/04/failures_of_a...

Makes no sense why ML isn't used, with a quick peep at a potential positive by a human before they rip your luggage open with a buck knife.

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by mike50 »

lb1lf wrote: post #44
BooneJS wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nothing quite like partially disassembled, partially glued electronics to tick the box on a security checklist.

When in university, I took part in a CUBEsat effort. I brought the mechanical assembly -no electronics, just the aluminium structure- of our satellite to CalPoly for a CUBEsat workshop; on the way back to Europe I found out the hard way that anything which goes into space is considered munitions as far as the US DoD is concerned. Took a while longer than expected to get on my flight...

ITAR not just DOD.

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by sam_lowry_ »

Andrew_nenakhov wrote: post #61
codetrotter wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Back in January of 2019 I bought a 55" UHD TV that I used as my main monitor for a few months. Ultimately, I found that 55" was too big for me relative to the distance that I was sitting from the screen. Currently I am back to using a 27" PC monitor with 2560x1440 resolution. I use this same monitor both when I use my desktop computer and when I use my laptop. In the latter case I have the additional monitor of the l…

For me, even 27" is too much. My favourite size is 24" display with 16:10 aspect ratio. Also, I long for the day when humanity will retire the imperial measurements system.

This. I bought the good old lp2475w when its price was around $1000 , then two more when it dropped to a few hundred bucks.

Planing to use them forever.

CCFL is infinitely better than LED.

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by CaliforniaKarl »

dannyw wrote: post #20
MuffinFlavored wrote: post #2

I would have thought TSA would "x-ray" (or whatever it is they do) through your bag and pull you off to the side for further investigation super quickly.

The TSA misses about 95% of guns, so chances are you’ll be fine.

The latest report I could find says 70%: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelgoldstein/2017/11/09/tsa...

Are there newer stats that show 95%?

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by asdff »

seungjulee wrote: post #16

Why do you even need 3 monitors? That seems excessive.

Two horizontal and one vertical for reading documents is my ideal setup. If I only need one I only turn on one. Once you go big you are ruined and can't go back without feeling like you have tunnel vision.
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