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Post by ska »

WalterBright wrote: post #114
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 ...

> before 9/11 At Aph where I worked in the 1970's, the airport people freaked out over my colleagues carrying a briefcase filled with electronic circuitry on the plane. Aph made the prototypes for Mattel's handheld LED games. The prototype was a custom wirewrapped single board computer about 8*11 inches, with power supply and a rigged up game keyboard. It was all conveniently mounted in a hard shell briefcase. He'd h…

Taking 1 off prototype devices across borders, or worse parts of ones (so you can't demonstrate even partial function) is sometimes fun. It can generate some interesting conversations, especially RF gear.

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Post by bluedevil2k »

Terretta wrote: post #163
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.

> But a few months back, I switched to a single 43" UHD TV instead. I get more screen real estate that I did before No you didn’t. If you switched from 2x 24” 4Ks to a single 43” 4K, you have half the real estate you used to, you’re just zoomed in on it. To avoid confusing inches as a useful metric for how much information can be shown on screens at once, monitors should be measured in megapixels. Problem’s even wors…

I think you’re off too. A 43” 4k can be run at its native 4k and the text is fine for reading and programming. If you’re running a 24” 4k, you’re running it scaled. At a minimum you’re running it at 1.5x, which means you’re getting about the same screen usage as the 43” tv.

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Post by XCSme »

georgewsinger wrote: post #109

Working 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…

That looks cool, but I prefer each of my monitors to have a 4k resolution, not all of them combined to 1080p.

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Terretta wrote: post #163
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.

> But a few months back, I switched to a single 43" UHD TV instead. I get more screen real estate that I did before No you didn’t. If you switched from 2x 24” 4Ks to a single 43” 4K, you have half the real estate you used to, you’re just zoomed in on it. To avoid confusing inches as a useful metric for how much information can be shown on screens at once, monitors should be measured in megapixels. Problem’s even wors…

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Post by larrywright »

georgewsinger wrote: post #109

Working 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…

Maybe it’s my age, but my neck hurts just watching all that neck movement.

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Post by kryptn »

Razengan wrote: post #167

I've travelled with a single 27" iMac, which wasn't much of a problem, but it's a shame that Apple removed the "Target Display" mode [0] from the newer 5K/Retina iMacs. What the hell? That would have been perfect, to have a lighter MacBook or even the newer USB-C iPad Pro for outdoors, with the 27" at the hotel, without having to sync data before working on the bigger screen. Or to host a visitor's Mac. But no, now y…

I used an Elgato game capture card to play my Nintendo Switch through my PC. I know they also support OSX.

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Post by ossopite »

gertlex wrote: post #130
andybak wrote: post #64

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 (20…

Does the difference in alt-tab behavior between Windows and MacOS (with alt-` too) slow you down at all? I might venture to guess no, since your workflow sounds like largely single-window-per-program.

I use hyperswitch (https://bahoom.com/hyperswitch) which emulates Windows alt-tab behaviour on MacOS. Not bulletproof but it mostly works.

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Post by solstice »

eliasbagley wrote: post #29
nickjj wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's surprising at how little this matters. I came back from a tech event once with a build a robot kit, except I'm a very light packer and the box was huge so I had to take everything out and fit it into a backpack along with everything else I had. I had a compartment that had an assortment of circuit boards, screws, wires, plastic pieces, etc.. No one even batted an eye and the bag went straight through the carry o…

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…

Magic the gathering decks (60-100 cards) also seem to trigger this as they also show up as dark blocks on x-ray

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Post by dchest »

bluedino wrote: post #165
fencepost wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dell (IIRC) used to have a portable workstation that when closed was basically a briefcase, with the hinge as the handle... After a bit of digging, the XPS M2010 20" entertainment 'laptop' released in 2006.

That was Dolch's main product: http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/1226/Dolch-Computer-S...

https://jcs.org/2018/03/20/dolch64

https://twitter.com/jcs/status/1232779884751204354

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Post by _frkl »

WalterBright wrote: post #115

I have no idea how people manage to do work with small screens.

Tiling window managers with keyboard shortcuts for super quick window and virtual desktop switching as well as full screening focused windows. Obviously, more screen is always better, but I don't feel I loose a lot of efficiency when I'm unplugged and out and about, with my 14 inch notebook screen.
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