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Post by fireattack »

renewiltord wrote: post #257
birdyrooster wrote: post #210

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What an incredibly awkward position to be in for both the driver and passenger. Be sure not to wear a skirt in the Urban Suite

Checking local laws where the car was demonstrated, it appears that it is not actually mandatory that skirt wearers put their legs up on the ottoman. While local police may harass you anyway, there is sufficient leg room to place your legs in the space between the edge of the seat and the ottoman. I could hardly believe it myself, but it is true.

I probably missed a joke here.. why does this have anything with law to begin with?

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Post by matheusmoreira »

hinkley wrote: post #253

I stopped hanging out in /r/DIY before /r/DIWHY became a thing, because it was turning into a roast of people risking life, limb, and property by doing something structurally unsound. There's educating people on building standards, and then there's just bagging on people. In an attempt to be more of the former than the latter, if the string or especially that strut sheer off of their mounts, that whole contraption is…

I searched for products to compare to and found these:

http://www.ergoquest.com/overbed-workstations.html

These contraptions cost more than my car... But they do seem to be safer. Nothing hanging above the user's head.

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Post by anadem »

zwayhowder wrote: post #229
Wistar wrote: post #143

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Back in 2008, BMW introduced an "active" anti-fatigue feature in their X6 that subtly and continuously changed the contour of the seat. I tried it on a long drive, and it is barely perceptible. If I didn't know I had turned it on, I'm not sure I would have noticed it was on.

I have an Airhawk cushion on my motorcycle and one one of the things I find best about it is everytime I stopped for petrol I'd let a little air out, or add a little air. It took 10s and gave me a different riding position for the next few hours. I can spend a lot longer in the saddle with it than without. (Speaking of saddles, I plan on trying it next time I go horse riding too, though I don't know what my queue wil…

Interesting! I used to have a Morgan car, and the seat was a blow-up to which I'd add or remove air to change my position. It helped avoid discomfort on long-distance trips.

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Post by HeWhoLurksLate »

Wistar wrote: post #203
bluGill wrote: post #145

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Car makers have spent a fair amount of money trying to make better seats. A luxury car from 1920s is much less comfortable than the economy car today. Comfortable seats are important for people who drive all the time, and they tend to buy cars.

BMW's new i3 "Urban Suite" interior shown at CES this past January supposedly takes comforts to a new level, albeit just for the one passenger. https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/304393-ces-2020-limo-for...

Now if they could just rework the look of the front...

Seems cool, but I prefer to drive myself. Maybe I'm not cut out to be an executive? IDK

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Post by finnh »

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.

If you miss that relaxation, try out some prism glasses. Great for zero-next-strain reading while supine.

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Post by finnh »

SilasX wrote: post #88
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...?)

One thing that could make it easier to set these up is prism glasses, which have mirrors so that when you look forward, you're seeing your toes. I use them for reading in bed, although sites do everything in their power to make landscape mode on mobile phones unusable.

me too! I've recommended them to so many people at this point (including another commenter upthread). kindle landscape mode is great for prism glasses, just at the upper bound of what their vertical FOV can hold.

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Post by hal9000-tng »

I sit in a recliner and project 1080p onto the living room wall from two projectors. Previously, I did the same thing with three 4k 55" TV's.

Both setups are relatively inexpensive (especially for the "wow" factor) and can be done in a reasonable size room.

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Post by boogies »

bravura wrote: post #178
christophergs wrote: post #125

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It's actually pretty comfy. Here's a quick write up with pics: https://coursemaker.org/blog/create-affordable-lay-down-desk... (sorry for the pop-up)

The mouse is a little out of the way. Seems like have you to move to a workflow that you are almost entirely on keyboard? I would love that but just find that there is so much forced mouse interaction which I would like to avoid?

If you just need to click a button or two now and then, keynav is great. It’s one of the programs I have in a script to fetch automatically on fresh GNU installs, though it’s no replacement for vi bindings everywhere one can get them (vis, dwm, tmux, Pentadactyl, etc.)
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