Travelling with 24” Monitors
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#102Earlier quoted context omitted.
You laugh but, several years ago in the second floor of Red Rock in Mountain View, I saw a guy do that very thing. He brought in his laptop, and the box containing whatever giagantic Apple monitor he had, and proceeded to hook it up. When barista came by bussing the tables, she told him to put it away. He was completely incredulous, but relented.
I wonder what the most ridiculous thing a coffee shop employee has had to tell someone to put away? Projector? Popcorn maker? Hmm. I have a terrible idea.
I bet more than one coffee shop in the Bay Area has had to deal with projectors more than once.
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#103I 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…
I use a 55 inch UHD about 4 feet from my eyes, works great, no need for reading glasses.
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#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
... notably before 9/11 ... Derailing the thread, I took my first flight, age 18, in 2001. I was into carrying lots of tools on my belt / in my pockets back then, so carried on a pair of pliers, crescent wrench, flat head and phillips screwdrivers, a Swiss Army knife, a penknife, about six feet of baling wire, and lord knows what else. Dumped it all into the little round change tray, sent it through the X-ray machine…
You can still do that minus the knife as long as the tools are under 7 inches. They even allow power tools. For check in can bring whatever tools you want. https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/whatcanibring/...
Tehcnically true but any sort of toolbag seems to trigger being selected for a "random" groping by the TSA and with tools being so cheap nowadays it often makes sense to carry on your luggage (and maybe your favorite multimeter or something) and hit up Harbor Freight where you land.
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#105I 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.
How far do you sit from the TV? How near or far is comfortable compared to a monitor that fits on your desk. I'm contemplating a similar setup.
A 43" UHD TV would have the same dpi as a 21.5" FHD monitor, so I guess the viewing distance should be about the same for both, if that helps put things into perspective. I'm assuming you don't intend to use scaling.
An important thing to keep in mind is there are actual computer monitors out there that match those specs and cost about the same as a comparable TV. If you don't intend to ever use it as an actual TV, that would probably be a slightly better choice as a TV might have unwanted picture optimizations or force you to use a remote to turn it on/switch inputs etc.
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#106Hm, I'd try 2x27" instead. My 27" UHD is 4.6kg without mount and power brick. Feels pretty light, but there seem to be lighter (found a 3.2kg AOC, but that's only FullHD). Packaging two of these only requires four 3d printed parts for the corners, and the displays can face each other (not touch each other!). A dual VESA arm on Amazon should come at 3.5kg (maybe less because the number might include packaging).
Still funny though.
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#107I really just want a head mounted display, which should give much more virtual workspace than a 24" monitor.
But it seems like the VR craze killed the market and HMD products with it.
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#108Earlier 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…
They closely examined the cucumber in my bag
Drugs hidden in a cucumber truck:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-fentanyl-bust...
Also, plants or foods are sometimes forbidden because of potential to carry vermin, plant diseases, etc.
https://www.cbp.gov/travel/us-citizens/know-before-you-go/pr...
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#109Working in VR allows you to travel with an infinite number of monitors, of any size you prefer. For example here is what it's like to work in a Linux VR Desktop on the HTC Vive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWLuwG91HnI
The problem is that plug-in headsets like the Vive are not very portable. The next evolution of something like this is to put the Linux VR Desktop on a standalone headset.
If anyone is interested in something like this let me know, and I can fill in more details on how to make it happen.
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#110Another suggestion might be to get accustomed to programming in VR. You can have as many virtual desktops "in there". Search for some youtube videos and see if its viable for you.