38% of remote workers work from bed • Hacker News Board

Re: 38% of remote workers work from bed

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Post by dartiss » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 8:53 AM UTC

neither_color wrote: post #91

scarecrowbob wrote: post #77

I've been working remote for about 10 years. I've had "real" offices. I've worked in open-plan offices. I've had a home office. I've worked from bed. There are tons of good ways to do it. Lately I swap between a kitchen table and a chair on my porch. I no longer use multiple screens, I've just gotten really fast at swapping windows on my 15" laptop; I've gotten good at figuring out how wide my terminal window breaks…

Getting asynchronous chores done like laundry, dishwashing, and cooking/baking are the best part of working from home.

Absolutely, 100%.

And I find too that it doesn't even reduce down your working time too - an awful lot of thinking time in an office is when you get up from your desk and walk to the watercooler, bathroom, whatever. I do so much thinking and working out whilst doing these home chores.

Re: 38% of remote workers work from bed

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Post by dartiss » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 8:55 AM UTC

xwdv wrote: post #48

People that don’t like working from a bed generally have uncomfortable beds. You should always buy the best bed you can. You spend a third of your life on one.

That is quite the sweeping statement and I'd love to know what evidence you have for this?

I have a comfortable bed but never work from it for that exact reason - I'd be too relaxed and just want to sleep again.

Re: 38% of remote workers work from bed

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Post by mech422 » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 8:55 AM UTC

scarecrowbob wrote: post #77

I've been working remote for about 10 years. I've had "real" offices. I've worked in open-plan offices. I've had a home office. I've worked from bed. There are tons of good ways to do it. Lately I swap between a kitchen table and a chair on my porch. I no longer use multiple screens, I've just gotten really fast at swapping windows on my 15" laptop; I've gotten good at figuring out how wide my terminal window breaks…

I've been working from home 20 years now, and I have the opposite setup from you. I've got a much nicer setup then I ever had in offices - from 3 monitors to my favorite keyboards. As I get older and my eyes get worse, I really appreciate the space the monitors give me.

I do agree about going back to an office... Its not really something I anticipate doing.

Re: 38% of remote workers work from bed

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Post by nazrulmum10 » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 9:04 AM UTC

It's not enough for companies to provide stipends for teleworkers to buy ergonomic chairs or desks, Axios' Kia Kokalitcheva notes. Many people simply do not have the space allocated inside their homes for an office setup, and it can be too expensive to move to a bigger place.

Re: 38% of remote workers work from bed

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Post by abdullahkhalids » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 9:05 AM UTC

babesh wrote: post #101

daenz wrote: post #40

For the past 2 weeks, I've been working from a treadmill. It has been incredible. I got a small under-the-desk treadmill for my standing desk and I walk at about 2.5km/hour and get around 20,000 steps in per day. It has improved my mood, my clarity, and also has improved my sleep (because I'm tired of walking). I also find it easier to focus on tasks for some reason. If you can make a setup like this work for you, I…

Picture tech people walking on their treadmills for compensation and then picture gerbils running on wheels for food. Picture tech people drinking Soylent and then picture gerbils eating pellets. The world is whack. People are substituting artificial things for the natural things that made us happy in earlier times. Walking on a treadmill vs walking outside in the sun and shade amidst plants, trees, and other living…

Stephen Wolfram has a contraption for hanging his laptop in front of him so he can walk outside and work at the same time.

https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2019/02/seeking-the-prod...

Re: 38% of remote workers work from bed

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Post by obedm » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 9:09 AM UTC

metb wrote: post #156

dsign wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Being in the same space physically I think speeds up a lot of things. In small teams and esp. at early stage startups your whole day is a meeting where things are discussed and resolved spontaneously. Who's going to write the fine-detail code if they whole day is a meeting? It may change from case to case, but for some small teams the biggest challenge is to produce something so good that it out-competes the produc…

> Who's going to write the fine-detail code if they whole day is a meeting? Reminds me of the time I worked at an early stage startup. I used to take official vacation time, and disappear from company collaboration tools to get real work done.

I find this incredibly sad for many reasons.

Taking time off to work for the company that doesn't let you work for them during normal work hours.

The irony is so strong but I understand the sentiment and why you'd do it

Re: 38% of remote workers work from bed

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Post by AegirLeet » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 9:09 AM UTC

Huh - I can't imagine working without a proper setup: keyboard, mouse, at least 2 monitors. Lying in bed is nice, but having to deal with cramped, wobbly laptop keyboards, annoying trackpads and tiny laptop screens really isn't.

How do you guys do it?

Re: 38% of remote workers work from bed

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Post by abdullahkhalids » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 9:10 AM UTC

quenix wrote: post #134

pengaru wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've found the most comfortable and healthy bed is no bed at all, been true for me for over 20 years now.

Don’t keep us waiting. How and where do you sleep?

Lots of people, in fact entire cultures, prefer to sleep on a thin mat on the floor.

Re: 38% of remote workers work from bed

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Post by fogihujy » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 9:27 AM UTC

ImaCake wrote: post #133

vasco wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The options here are sitting while working or walking while working. The options aren't sititng while working or disregarding society and returning to the forest.

>returning to the forest Which is basically a myth at this point. For most of the last 5000 years most people have had a much lower quality of life than people do today. It's not like things were nice before we sat infront of computers all day.

It's not that life was living hell for everyone either. Plenty of people have lived comfortable lives throughout the ages -- it's just that there are far more of them nowadays.

There's also still a lot of people who have troublesome lives, not to mention people living un-comfortable lives in front of a screen.

Re: 38% of remote workers work from bed

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Post by _y5hn » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 9:28 AM UTC

xkeysc0re wrote: post #112

babesh wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Picture tech people walking on their treadmills for compensation and then picture gerbils running on wheels for food. Picture tech people drinking Soylent and then picture gerbils eating pellets. The world is whack. People are substituting artificial things for the natural things that made us happy in earlier times. Walking on a treadmill vs walking outside in the sun and shade amidst plants, trees, and other living…

Just because you make an analogy doesn't mean it's valid lol. Like there's obviously an entire category of differences between a person consciously choosing to use a treadmill desk versus a captive pet gerbil on a wheel.

Is it really a bad analogy though?