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Post by lousken »

georgewsinger wrote: post #327
lousken wrote: post #154

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I wouldn't do that, even on the vive pro, the text was way too blurry for my taste

@lousken What VR Desktop did you use when you gave it a try? I understand your skepticism, but people significantly underrate the quality of text that can be achieved in VR, even on today's hardware. Simula in particular has put in a lot of work in text resolution optimization (something that earlier VR Desktops failed completely at). This makes me able to use Simula for hours at a time, even on the old HTC Vive (201…

I don't own the vive pro personally, it was a demo we had at work during christmas.

I've tried tinkering with it for about an hour and half, mostly testing games. But also steam vr home and I was able to get to regular windows desktop view with that somehow (I don't remember how exactly how). And while the text was readable it surprised me how blurry it was. Same thing ingame, reading "books" was quite hard and I really had to move the object close to my face.

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Post by benzesandbetter »

samatman wrote: post #255
benzesandbetter wrote: post #211

I did about a decade as a digital nomad, spending a couple months in each city. These days I'm still fairly nomadic, but stay longer (3-6mos) in each place. I've experimented with a couple different multi-monitor setups. Notably, dual 24" displays, and a single Thunderbolt 27". For a while I had Skyteam Platinum and shipped my Thunderbolt display as my free extra checked bag on a couple trips to Brazil and Holland. W…

When I occasionally want a second screen, the 13" iPad does the trick nicely. If it's a PDF, I'll usually use an iOS reader, if it's a terminal or website I'll usually treat it as a second monitor.

same :)

https://tinyurl.com/qk6jlzg

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Post by kayoone »

jasonkester wrote: post #277
brian-armstrong wrote: post #212

"I don't really need to be close to my friends or be in a place that I know but I need ... three 24 inches monitors an external GPU and an ergonomic keyboard." Does anyone else have a hard time coming to grips with this prioritization? Even looking at this objectively with something like Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, yes we do need friends, though 3 24" monitors don't seem to appear.

I can understand the motivation completely. It's not about wanting to be away from your friends. It's about not wanting to be stuck in your apartment in a city that's rainy and cold for six months straight starting in late October when you're young and unencumbered and you know that there's a sunny tropical paradise just a quick 16 hour flight away. There's lots of other unencumbered young fun people there riding out…

That might work well if you are single and have no obligations in live, all power to you but it's just not an option for many.

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Post by georgewsinger »

sneak wrote: post #336
georgewsinger wrote: post #324

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@sneak The near-term dream goal/dream is installing something like Simula on a standalone VR headset, and pairing it with a bluetooth (perhaps even "pocket" bluetooth keyboard) to replace a laptop. Touch typing + bluetooth keyboard + VR headset = insane productivity potential.

Do you have any light/portable BT keyboards you like? I somewhat loathe the iPad Pro’s keyboard cover but every light BT I’ve ever tried was plasticky loud garbage. Do you have any recommendations?

I've had reasonable succcess with this one: https://www.amazon.com/iClever-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Foldable-S...

I like its compact design (it fits in a pocket), and it's very satisfying to fold/unfold :] That said, I don't use it that often because I find smartphone screen sizes too small.

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Post by garblegarble »

asdff wrote: post #66
garblegarble wrote: post #57

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In carry-on bags - bags go through an x-ray machine with an operator looking at so many negatives that it's next to impossible for them to spot a positive case. Schneier has a nice piece about it in an excerpt from one of his books: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/04/failures_of_a...

Makes no sense why ML isn't used, with a quick peep at a potential positive by a human before they rip your luggage open with a buck knife.

>Makes no sense why ML isn't used

I agree, although remember that it changes the problem for the attacker too: they're switching between trying to fool a (bleary-eyed) general intelligence to simply fooling a ML algorithm... think about how obvious and jarring anti-facial-detection face camoflage is for a human, whereas the machine simply sees nothing.

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Post by Andrew_nenakhov »

snazz wrote: post #78
Andrew_nenakhov wrote: post #61

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For me, even 27" is too much. My favourite size is 24" display with 16:10 aspect ratio. Also, I long for the day when humanity will retire the imperial measurements system.

Me too. I love my Dell U2415, which is not only a really well-made product but also that same 1920x1200 16:10 24" shape that seems perfect. When I have it vertical, I can fit one huge window of code or two browser windows. Horizontally, a browser window and a few smaller terminals fit nicely.

Actually, I'm using Dell UP2413, it's really great. Despite being older, it has somewhat better color resolution than U2415.

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by sneak »

georgewsinger wrote: post #344
sneak wrote: post #336

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Do you have any light/portable BT keyboards you like? I somewhat loathe the iPad Pro’s keyboard cover but every light BT I’ve ever tried was plasticky loud garbage. Do you have any recommendations?

I've had reasonable succcess with this one: https://www.amazon.com/iClever-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Foldable-S... I like its compact design (it fits in a pocket), and it's very satisfying to fold/unfold :] That said, I don't use it that often because I find smartphone screen sizes too small.

It arrived today. The number keys, and thus important keys like ! and @, are in the wrong places, and (this one is on me, I should have looked before buying) it is also lacking an ESC key, which is largely the point for me of buying another keyboard.

I have the iPad Pro with keyboard cover and I keep it in my bag most of the time even when I don't have a laptop, so that's the standard I'm trying to beat. It would be nice to have something I could pair to my phone (the largest phone Apple sells) to use a terminal when on the go, but I guess I'll just keep carrying my handbag with iPad for now. I hear Apple is going to improve the iPad Pro's keyboard this year.

Oh well.

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Post by rtkwe »

varenc wrote: post #124
georgewsinger wrote: post #109

Working in VR allows you to travel with an infinite number of monitors, of any size you prefer. For example here is what it's like to work in a Linux VR Desktop on the HTC Vive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWLuwG91HnI The problem is that plug-in headsets like the Vive are not very portable. The next evolution of something like this is to put the Linux VR Desktop on a standalone headset. If anyone is interested in…

In terms of pixel count, isn’t the Vive only a 1080x1200 monitor? (per eye). I’d like more information density without having to move my neck around.

Yeah that's the major issue with VR or AR monitors. If the screen fits into your whole field of view the headset screen has to be much higher resolution than the screen it's displaying.

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Post by RMPR »

benzesandbetter wrote: post #342
samatman wrote: post #255

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I occasionally want a second screen, the 13" iPad does the trick nicely. If it's a PDF, I'll usually use an iOS reader, if it's a terminal or website I'll usually treat it as a second monitor.

same :) https://tinyurl.com/qk6jlzg

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Post by RMPR »

101404 wrote: post #293
benzesandbetter wrote: post #211

I did about a decade as a digital nomad, spending a couple months in each city. These days I'm still fairly nomadic, but stay longer (3-6mos) in each place. I've experimented with a couple different multi-monitor setups. Notably, dual 24" displays, and a single Thunderbolt 27". For a while I had Skyteam Platinum and shipped my Thunderbolt display as my free extra checked bag on a couple trips to Brazil and Holland. W…

Very much agree. With a good WM, it's quicker to switch between API docs and editor than it is to move and refocus my eyes to another monitor. So now I'm using a single 14" laptop screen.

Same here, but an external ultra wide monitor is always useful if you have to manage a bunch of VMs, I use that setup a lot to test an app I'm working on (https://github.com/rmpr/atbswp), which is impossible with the laptop screen size. https://i.imgur.com/Cf60LtS.png
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