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DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev

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Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev

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Post by moron4hire »

alpaca128 wrote: post #80
moron4hire wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given OSHA's recommendations on setting up a computer workstation, I think perhaps you need a new physical therapist: https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/computerworkstations/index....

As it literally says in that text you linked, not every posture works for everyone. I did not claim that a laptop leads to the best situation for ergonomics, I just wanted to debunk the "there's no way using a laptop could ever be healthy" claim which both a professional I know as well as my own experience don't agree with. It can be healthy, though admittedly most people don't do it right. I'm glad I listened to his…

Your original post wasn't just limited to "in my case". Your original post talked about your PT specifically claiming laptops were better.

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Post by core-questions »

protomyth wrote: post #108
woahAcademia wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The ergonomics is a deal breaker.

That keyboard is just an awful use of space. I would love to buy something in this form factor with a decent keyboard.

How do you know it's bad? It looks like it has a chance of being pretty usable.

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Post by hellweaver666 »

protomyth wrote: post #108
woahAcademia wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The ergonomics is a deal breaker.

That keyboard is just an awful use of space. I would love to buy something in this form factor with a decent keyboard.

If you're open to making it yourself, checkout /r/cyberdeck on reddit.

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Post by 1996 »

xienze wrote: post #36
oftenwrong wrote: post #11

The flat design would seem to make this even less ergonomic than a laptop (an already low bar). Is this meant to be placed on a desk? The user would basically have to hang their head down to look at the display, which is just in front of their fingers. There is no possible way to maintain a healthy posture without an external display. Otherwise, the retro hardware aesthetic is cool. Reminds me a bit of the early brie…

I think this quote from the page sums it up best: >DevTerm is a post-modern, digital minimalist lifestyle. It's more about signaling to others that you embody the "hacker lifestyle" than anything else. Looks cool, your friends will ooh and ahh over it, but probably won't get much use outside of that due to the ergonomics.

>> DevTerm is a post-modern, digital minimalist lifestyle.

> It's more about signaling to others that you embody the "hacker lifestyle" than anything else.

The minimalist lifestyle would be repurposing an old device, not buying an extra one.

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Post by 1996 »

Niccizero wrote: post #12

Why not just use a X230?

Because, as someone brilliantly said above, it's more about signaling to others that you embody the "hacker lifestyle" than anything else.

The minimalist lifestyle of repurposing an old device, not buying an extra one, would fail to signal your "hacker spirit" as you would not stand out so much - unless say, you add bolts reminiscent of frankenstein to the side of the screen, but you'd need a good excuse, or you might get called out.

This perfectly achieves the goal, with plausible deniability for the bolts: "it was built like that to make opening faster" - as if Phillips head screwdrivers were at a premium...

Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev

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Post by protomyth »

core-questions wrote: post #123
protomyth wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That keyboard is just an awful use of space. I would love to buy something in this form factor with a decent keyboard.

How do you know it's bad? It looks like it has a chance of being pretty usable.

The layout is just horrible. It would be a huge adjustment to go back and forth from an actual decent layout.
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