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Re: I built a lay-down desk

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Post by ponker »

walrus01 wrote: post #279
hinkley wrote: post #253

I stopped hanging out in /r/DIY before /r/DIWHY became a thing, because it was turning into a roast of people risking life, limb, and property by doing something structurally unsound. There's educating people on building standards, and then there's just bagging on people. In an attempt to be more of the former than the latter, if the string or especially that strut sheer off of their mounts, that whole contraption is…

Also I feel sorry for the noise and disturbance experienced by all of this person's neighbors, it looks like it was built in an apartment.

If you want quiet go live in the woods. Cities are for doing stuff. Doing stuff makes noise.

Re: I built a lay-down desk

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Post by timeinput »

runarberg wrote: post #324
bduerst wrote: post #181

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We used to joke that smokers have great eyes because they take regular screen breaks to go outside and stare at the horizon.

My old office had a dart board in the lounge. I think it was quite ingenious in that it forced the workers to focus their eyes differently from their screen time whenever they took a dart break.

In some parts of the world cigarettes are called darts. I snickered reading your reply because of it.

Re: I built a lay-down desk

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Post by timeinput »

zwayhowder wrote: post #298
xuhu wrote: post #51

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I suspended a kindle over my bed on two 2-meter rails used for reinforcing wall edges. Best reading I did while recovering from leg injuries, but risky as you mentioned.

I have a cantilevered tablet holder over my bed, it can hold a Kindle or iPad without effort and has both clamps and an elastic cord to retain them. Then for ultimate convenience (laziness) I connected a bluetooth presentation clicker to my iPad to turn the pages for me so I didn't have to keep reaching up or take my arms out from under the blanket on cold nights. In two years it's never dropped.

That sounds amazing.

Is there a way to use the clicker with the kindle?

Re: I built a lay-down desk

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Post by 0_____0 »

fireattack wrote: post #281
renewiltord wrote: post #257

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Checking local laws where the car was demonstrated, it appears that it is not actually mandatory that skirt wearers put their legs up on the ottoman. While local police may harass you anyway, there is sufficient leg room to place your legs in the space between the edge of the seat and the ottoman. I could hardly believe it myself, but it is true.

I probably missed a joke here.. why does this have anything with law to begin with?

You did but it's ok.

Re: I built a lay-down desk

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Post by dang »

fpig wrote: post #329
scottlamb wrote: post #301

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I hate this attitude that apartment dwellers shouldn't be able to live their lives. I regret that I went along and never played my flute while I lived in an apartment for many years. I think we should either be expecting some neighbor noise (during reasonable hours) or demanding that landlords soundproof thoroughly.

This basically reads "I'm a massive piece of shit"

Personal attacks will get you banned here, regardless of how wrong someone else is or you feel they are. No more of this, please—we're trying for something significantly different here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: I built a lay-down desk

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Post by fyfy18 »

walrus01 wrote: post #279
hinkley wrote: post #253

I stopped hanging out in /r/DIY before /r/DIWHY became a thing, because it was turning into a roast of people risking life, limb, and property by doing something structurally unsound. There's educating people on building standards, and then there's just bagging on people. In an attempt to be more of the former than the latter, if the string or especially that strut sheer off of their mounts, that whole contraption is…

Also I feel sorry for the noise and disturbance experienced by all of this person's neighbors, it looks like it was built in an apartment.

If you aren't using powertools [I only saw a picture of two hand saws], woodworking makes very little noise. The loudest part of OPs project was probably vacuuming once they finished.

Re: I built a lay-down desk

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Post by Abishek_Muthian »

bee_rider wrote: post #194
Abishek_Muthian wrote: post #159

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Thanks I think I've seen that, unfortunately I suffer from extreme simulation sickness, can't even play Minecraft and hence I'm exploring non-VR direct display glasses. But, those who have no issues with VR might indeed find immersedvr useful.

Minecraft VR? I tend to not get VR sickness, but Minecraft was an exception. The movement of the character is really not designed for VR, it is pretty fast and there's lots of verticality.

PC Minecraft gives me simulation sickness[1], I've seen few others mention it for the game and changing bobbing parameters didn't help much.

[1]https://needgap.com/problems/7-simulation-sickness-in-vr-and...

Re: I built a lay-down desk

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Post by fyfy18 »

octoberfranklin wrote: post #310
scottlamb wrote: post #301

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I hate this attitude that apartment dwellers shouldn't be able to live their lives. I regret that I went along and never played my flute while I lived in an apartment for many years. I think we should either be expecting some neighbor noise (during reasonable hours) or demanding that landlords soundproof thoroughly.

People like you are why I don't live in cities anymore. Seriously, everytime there is some kind of pro-urbanist post here on HN, I think to myself "sure, but noise". And people who don't value peace and quiet.

As the sister comment said, noise isolation is what you want. I live in an apartment with masonry walls and floors, and I basically cannot hear anything from my neighbours. The most I hear is tap tap tap when someone above is walking with heels on.

Now if you have any ideas for noise outside I'm open :-) A hipster bar opened opposite last year (when we moved in there was a commercial unit that had been empty for a few years, turns out it was a restaurant with alcohol license before), and we regularly have drunk people speaking loudly/shouting outside in the evenings from Thursday - Saturday. We can obviously close the window (triple glazed), but it's nice to have a breeze coming in.

Re: I built a lay-down desk

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Post by hamburglar »

Sohcahtoa82 wrote: post #277
skrebbel wrote: post #130

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> And damage does not scale linearly. This must be today's "most HN" comment.

When I think of a "most HN" comment, I think of one of four options: - Dismisses a new project that simplifies a task and makes it more approachable to non-technical folks (Like the famous Dropbox comment [0]) - Is extremely pedantic and serves only as a distraction from a discussion - Argues in favor of pure functional programming - Misses obvious sarcasm, even when the /s is included. [0] https://news.ycombinator.c…

please add

- tries to come up with an overly precise technical definition of something entirely subjective and unserious.

;-)

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