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I mean, yes, but: how much does a Tom Bihn bag go for these days? $300? Maybe also add lower-budget recommendations.
You don't need to drop $300+ on a Tom Bihn to have a totally functional backpack with a laptop sleeve, for cryin' out loud. So many backpacks have it, and it's not a premium feature.
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How would any bag be an obvious diaper bag? A quick image search for diaper bag shows bags that could just as easily hold laptops or cameras. Parents want to look fashionable too. The ruse would fail instantly you took the camera out of the bag. Or when you have no child, and look like you are wealthy enough to have a camera hobby.
No, just think about your car in a parking garage. The thief doesn’t want golf clubs or diapers, but messenger bags.
> For me, the ultimate laptop bag is one that looks nothing like a laptop bag; it should look like nothing special at all. Why, exactly? Is the thought that a thief is less likely to steal your laptop if he thinks it's a bag of groceries? All of the other shortcomings seem to vastly outweigh the gain (lack of bang/bump protection; the fact that you're carrying a laptop in a grocery bag makes it more likely to natural…
In Barcelona there are a lot of cases when a thieve on a motorbike would try to snatch a bag or women handbag from a pedestrian waiting on a red light.
With a back pack it does not work. The drawback of a backpack is that a thief can just open the backpack or even cut with a sharp knife and one would not notice. But more expensive back-packs with a good design have protection against cutting and easy opening while on the back and with a cheaper one can be held in front.
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When I lived in San Francisco, backpacks were marginalized as being associated with being too poor to own a car. High-school students might carry a backpack, college students might carry a backpack, people on the bus might carry a backpack, but mostly not professionals who drove to work. Maybe that's changed, though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zwWpqsI_3s purports to be from 02022, and in its first minute, I cou…
In this millennium humans have not yet begun using five digit years. Otherwise, nice job covering your time travelling tracks.
I used to take the Montreal metro to work just carrying my laptop. Someone I kmow from a big European city was very surprised and said nobody would do that there, it would make you a target for theft. Here I wouldn't think twice about it.
- It has a wide base, so the laptop just swings back and forth while carrying. - Gets the rainwater or any other hazardous material in. - Extremely easy to check out what's inside for a thief. - Can slide out easily and fall when toppled. Terrible overall. Could make it to Top 10 Worst Laptop Bags though. Just use a Tom Bihn that uses a separate, rigid, harder to access sleeve inside your backpack for laptops.
don't forget there's no divider, so the prongs of your charger can scratch the shit out of your laptop. you might as well use a tote bag
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> regular backpacks look nothing like a laptop bag You're missing some context here — this is in San Fransisco.
I always wonder why no one invented hoodies or jacket with some kind of built in laptop pocket in the back.
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He wrote 02022. It's the year in a Long Now [0]context, avoiding the Y10K problem that's just around the corner. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock_of_the_Long_Now
It's only a Y10K problem if people assume that a year that happens to be 4 digits is existing in a system that doesn't permit years of 5 or more digits. But as soon as you put a leading 0, (besides confusing people) you seem to be telling people to definitely use arbitrary fixed lengths for years and analogous purposes. Even though they weren't necessarily doing that before. Sincerely, "neilv "
Anyway I'm creating the Long Long Now Foundation to solve the shortsighted 5-digit year issue. Look for more news in Q000001 of 002026
the ultimate laptop bag is an inflatable orange swimming tow float bag: 1. it looks nothing like a laptop bag 2. it will protect your laptop from water, even completely submerged. 3. it will protect your laptop from falling when side pockets are inflated. 4. you can take your laptop to the beach and not worry about it getting stolen. 5. you can use it as a pillow when hiking or at the beach. 6. much cheaper than a la…
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I mean, yes, but: how much does a Tom Bihn bag go for these days? $300? Maybe also add lower-budget recommendations.
You don't need to drop $300+ on a Tom Bihn to have a totally functional backpack with a laptop sleeve, for cryin' out loud. So many backpacks have it, and it's not a premium feature.
The solution proposed to me is ridiculous:)