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My two-part desk setup (2025)

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Re: My two-part desk setup (2025)

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Post by rogerrogerr »

866-RON-0-FEZ wrote: post #28
rogerrogerr wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Betcha there’s an LED in there creating less waste heat than the sunlight hitting it during the day. Would you like to buy a fire insurance policy against the specific casualty of that lamp igniting from its light source and burning OP’s flat down? I’ll sell you one for a great price.

I don't know when's the last time you handled an Edison base LED bulb but they get really goddamn hot at the base where they cram all the improperly-cooled electronics into an area the size of a thumbnail. You're literally arguing that rice paper is an acceptable material for electrical safety. Frayed cord, damaged/defective socket, the list of potential ignition sources goes on but hey let's wrap it all in dry grass…

Looks like this is the product: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/gullsudare-pendant-lamp-shade-w...

They pair it with a 2.8W bulb: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/solhetta-led-bulb-e26-450-lumen...

Less than an ancient phone charger. OP’s flat will be fine.

Re: My two-part desk setup (2025)

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Post by poplarsol »

tianqi wrote: post #13

A basic principle of ancient Chinese Feng Shui is that you should not sit with your back to a space. In other words, you need to have your back against a wall, not your face facing a wall. I believe there is a reason for this. When there is a space behind you, human instinct forces you to pay a subconscious attention on that space (we are very alert to danger from behind), making it harder to concentrate on what is i…

It's to stop the eunuchs from murdering you.

Re: My two-part desk setup (2025)

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Post by mrweasel »

866-RON-0-FEZ wrote: post #17

Will there be a follow-up when that Ikea tissue-paper lamp catches fire and burns his flat down? I don't know how those things are legal, like building a computer case out of recycled newspaper clippings.

Those where everywhere in the late 80s, complete with 80W incandescent light bulbs. I'm not suggestion that it can't catch fire, but even if it did wouldn't the paper would burn so fast that not enough heat is generated to ignite anything else?

Re: My two-part desk setup (2025)

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Post by nozzlegear »

tianqi wrote: post #13

A basic principle of ancient Chinese Feng Shui is that you should not sit with your back to a space. In other words, you need to have your back against a wall, not your face facing a wall. I believe there is a reason for this. When there is a space behind you, human instinct forces you to pay a subconscious attention on that space (we are very alert to danger from behind), making it harder to concentrate on what is i…

What about having a window on the wall you're facing, so you can look out it?

Re: My two-part desk setup (2025)

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Post by 866-RON-0-FEZ »

rogerrogerr wrote: post #31
866-RON-0-FEZ wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know when's the last time you handled an Edison base LED bulb but they get really goddamn hot at the base where they cram all the improperly-cooled electronics into an area the size of a thumbnail. You're literally arguing that rice paper is an acceptable material for electrical safety. Frayed cord, damaged/defective socket, the list of potential ignition sources goes on but hey let's wrap it all in dry grass…

Looks like this is the product: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/gullsudare-pendant-lamp-shade-w... They pair it with a 2.8W bulb: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/solhetta-led-bulb-e26-450-lumen... Less than an ancient phone charger. OP’s flat will be fine.

No one is lighting a room with a 2.8W LED (equivalent to a 25W incandescent). That is barely enough light for a focused desk lamp.

Re: My two-part desk setup (2025)

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Post by 3eb7988a1663 »

lifty wrote: post #27
satvikpendem wrote: post #21

Very aesthetic, the author must be a photographer, these photos could fit very well on r/malelivingspace.

He’s a software engineer with taste. I know taste is subjective but I happen to like he’s taste.

Ehh, I find it difficult to distinguish between "taste" and "money". The shelving alone is a "contact us for pricing" situation. Premium items coupled with a too-clean-to-be-used work environment and natural light can do a significant lift in the "taste" department.

Re: My two-part desk setup (2025)

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Post by rogerrogerr »

866-RON-0-FEZ wrote: post #35
rogerrogerr wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Looks like this is the product: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/gullsudare-pendant-lamp-shade-w... They pair it with a 2.8W bulb: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/solhetta-led-bulb-e26-450-lumen... Less than an ancient phone charger. OP’s flat will be fine.

No one is lighting a room with a 2.8W LED (equivalent to a 25W incandescent). That is barely enough light for a focused desk lamp.

40W equivalent, if you read the link.

And in OP’s pictures, I totally believe that’s the bulb they’re using. Notice they have a desk lamp for up close work, and a freaking enormous window to let in sunlight. No need to flood the space with light with the hanging pendant thing.

Re: My two-part desk setup (2025)

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Post by dredmorbius »

Tomte wrote: post #10

What is the lamp, the one that‘s like a paper globe? That was everywhere in my childhood.

"Paper lantern" generally. Many inexpensive import shops carried them in the Before Times. Widely available now. They offer a soft ambient glow. Not ideal as a reading lamp (a bit too diffuse), but quite good for general room lighting.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=round+paper+lamp&iar=images&t=ftsa>

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