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I built a lay-down desk

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Re: I built a lay-down desk

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Post by frank2 »

When I daydream about something like this, it is so that I can keep my hips straight (the way they are when people are standing or lying flat).

In my daydream, I am lying flat "on" ("against"?) a board, as if lying on a bed, but the board is at an incline of about 45 degrees. The board is of a slippery material like formica to make it easy for me to get on and off it, which makes it important for there to be a "ledge" at right angles to the board for my feet to "stand on"("rest against"?) so I don't just slide down the incline.

Re: I built a lay-down desk

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Post by andybak »

skizm wrote: post #63

Once VR is high enough fidelity, we should be able to just use a VR headset and virtual monitors, hopefully. There is even pretty good hand tracking software such that if you look at your hands with the VR headset on you'll see your hands, and you can also project the keyboard for the times when you need to look at your hands and / or keyboard.

> Once VR is high enough fidelity, we should be able to just use a VR headset and virtual monitors,

Some people who've tried the new HP Reverb G2 are claiming we've already reached that point.

I'm not so sure myself but it's pretty close.

Re: I built a lay-down desk

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Post by natmaka »

foobarian wrote: post #79
epidemian wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And damage does not scale linearly. I'd much rather have 50 200g rocks falling on my head than a single 10kg rock :)

And with a CRT you can also have the tube implode, and then you get 1000s of 1g sharp glass shards in your face.

Then the EHT (extra-high tension, ~25kV) module lands in what was your face. 'Incredibly unwise' seems sound!

Re: I built a lay-down desk

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Post by bserge »

skizm wrote: post #63

Once VR is high enough fidelity, we should be able to just use a VR headset and virtual monitors, hopefully. There is even pretty good hand tracking software such that if you look at your hands with the VR headset on you'll see your hands, and you can also project the keyboard for the times when you need to look at your hands and / or keyboard.

Yep, I'm waiting for this, as well. Streaming from Steam, the games are great, but the desktop needs (much) higher resolution.

At the rate display resolution is improving, I'm quite sure it will happen this decade.

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Post by abakker »

mellavora wrote: post #71
msluyter wrote: post #32

In college I had some back problems, so I improvised (an incredibly unwise) lay-down desk by putting my monitor face down on two chairs and just lying with my face underneath it. This was a heavy CRT, not a modern LCD monitor. (Did I mention this being incredibly unwise...?)

Damocles, is that you?

the CRT of Damocles just doesn't have the same ring to it.

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Post by emerongi »

xuhu wrote: post #51
msluyter wrote: post #32

In college I had some back problems, so I improvised (an incredibly unwise) lay-down desk by putting my monitor face down on two chairs and just lying with my face underneath it. This was a heavy CRT, not a modern LCD monitor. (Did I mention this being incredibly unwise...?)

I suspended a kindle over my bed on two 2-meter rails used for reinforcing wall edges. Best reading I did while recovering from leg injuries, but risky as you mentioned.

In a small apartment I used to rent, there was a rod for hanging clothes over the bed. I didn't use the rod, so I just hung a tablet from the rod and watched movies in bed. It's a very comfortable position to be in, don't have to strain your neck.

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Post by xwdv »

The best lay down desk for a vim based programmer is to have a good mattress and a split keyboard, one half of the keyboard on each side of your body with arms unbent down by your sides, and then monitors suspended above you facing down.

Re: I built a lay-down desk

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Post by 0-_-0 »

tcskeptic wrote: post #75
faichai wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not body weight, but deadlifts are a good counteraction. Glutes, lower back and upper back all come into play.

Heavy deads fixed my back. Took a while to work up, but it was the best thing I have ever done.

Same here. It's unfortunately something a doctor is unlikely to recommend, even though it's very effective.

Re: I built a lay-down desk

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Post by whatsreal »

djeiasbsbo wrote: post #85
andreareina wrote: post #25

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IME it's not sitting or standing or lying down that's injurious, it's not moving . My pain to a large extent went away when I stopped staying so still. Now I change my posture on the regular, from leaning against the backrest to sitting away from it to taking little breaks to pace around a bit. Similarly, I used to get eye strain from all the screen time. Until I moved to an office with a view and I found myself star…

I am aware of this which is why I have always wanted one of those standing table treadmill combinations. I'm just not sure that I could actually work and concentrate while running... maybe if the table somehow compensated for the shaking caused by running on the treadmill. Or maybe one could use a VR headset instead of a regular display.

I had a diy one for a while. I found it really hard to type and walk. I can't imagine trying to type and run.

These days I just make time for moving outside of work and change my position at work. Standing desk, sitting on an exercise ball, sitting in a chair, repeat.

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