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A macOS app that blurs your screen when you slouch

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Re: A macOS app that blurs your screen when you slouch

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Post by jacobkranz »

dgxyz wrote: post #65
avalys wrote: post #44

You can measure my productivity by how slouched I am. Sitting up straight at my desk, chair locked, perfect posture? I’m doing nothing, maybe looking through System Preferences to change the system highlight color. Sliding down in my chair like jelly, with my shoulders where my butt should be and my head resting on the lumbar support? I’m building the next iPhone and it’ll be done by 2 AM.

My productivity is generally measured in how much time I sit on the porcelain thinking throne first.

Truer words have never been spoken. That and planning out your day & thinking through problems in the shower.

Re: A macOS app that blurs your screen when you slouch

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Post by vunderba »

duckruu wrote: post #36
jasonjmcghee wrote: post #21

I'm not sure how you can use a laptop with good posture. An external monitor at the right height seems like a necessity. I'm also optimistic about monitors in the form of glasses- even less effort needed to set yourself up for perfect posture. But the sweet spot problem is still very much a thing from what I've seen- can't wait until it's normal for them to have eye tracking, foveated rendering and streaming, and be…

My Apple Vision Pro has all that, and it’s perfect for posture when using a MacBook.

Isn’t the Vision Pro rather front loaded in terms of its weight distribution? Seems like you might just be trading one ergonomic problem for another.

Re: A macOS app that blurs your screen when you slouch

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Post by cluckindan »

louthy wrote: post #33
blauditore wrote: post #13

Does anyone ever reach a high level of productivity with correct posture? I can't.

Sure, but getting the right environment is a prerequisite. In my case it’s a Herman Miller Embody chair [1] that stops me getting into a bad position (it’s not impossible, it just encourages good posture). [1] https://www.hermanmiller.com/en_gb/products/seating/office-c...

Word of warning: the Embody chair does not have front-to-back adjustments for the armrests. They will be pretty useless unless you like having your keyboard close to the edge of your desk.

Re: A macOS app that blurs your screen when you slouch

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Post by prmoustache »

Alejandro9R wrote: post #25
tananaev wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you serious? It's open source. And there's less than 1000 lines total. Get Codex or Claude to review it if you're paranoid.

The thing is that how do you know at the end of the day that the compiled binary hasn't been tampered with "extra code" besides what's in the repo? I don't even think notarization gets rid of this problem neither, so the best you can do for this is compile it yourself. Maybe I'm wrong!

What prevents you from compiling it if it is open-source?

That's what I do with every project delivered as docker image. I rebuild the app and the image.

Re: A macOS app that blurs your screen when you slouch

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Post by codyb »

jacobkranz wrote: post #71
dgxyz wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My productivity is generally measured in how much time I sit on the porcelain thinking throne first.

Truer words have never been spoken. That and planning out your day & thinking through problems in the shower.

If you delete social media, and leave your phone away from your person all day with notifications turned off, you can have these moments all the time it turns out.

Considering how much more productive these moments are for me than the bullshit I used to do on my phone and social media, it was an easy decision to make.

Re: A macOS app that blurs your screen when you slouch

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Post by saagarjha »

codyb wrote: post #77
jacobkranz wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Truer words have never been spoken. That and planning out your day & thinking through problems in the shower.

If you delete social media, and leave your phone away from your person all day with notifications turned off, you can have these moments all the time it turns out. Considering how much more productive these moments are for me than the bullshit I used to do on my phone and social media, it was an easy decision to make.

How do you simulate the warm water?

Re: A macOS app that blurs your screen when you slouch

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Post by saagarjha »

StilesCrisis wrote: post #35
micromacrofoot wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

then I need to get someone to audit the LLM, which is considerably more difficult

Do you expect this programmer is in cahoots with Anthropic?

The opposite, actually: that the code tricks the LLM.
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