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Re: Physical recovery from binge TV-watching gets harder as we get older

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Post by BeetleB »

Moru wrote: post #49
s_kilk wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not to mention shoulder, arm, and wrist problems from typing on a small keyboard all day, with your head down.

Get a proper laptop with fullsize keys and a large enough screen to work on. For shoulders and back I suggest getting a bow and start with archery, has done wonders for me and much more fun than lifting weights!

>Get a proper laptop with fullsize keys and a large enough screen to work on.

No laptop in existence has a keyboard big enough for me. The smallest external keyboards I've used are probably larger than the largest laptop keyboards.

It's not about the size of the keys. It's about the location with respect to your shoulders. Having to angle your arms inwards is not a good idea.

Same for screen. If you're looking downwards, it's bad for your neck. Which is why I always use an external monitor.

Re: Physical recovery from binge TV-watching gets harder as we get older

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Post by raamdev »

BeetleB wrote: post #90
raamdev wrote: post #87

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I love my work, and doing something 80-90 hours a week that I love hardly seems like a problem. :-) I work 7 days a week, so it works out to around 12 hours a day. That gives me 4 hours of 'other' time if I sleep 8 hours a night.

>I love my work, and doing something 80-90 hours a week that I love hardly seems like a problem. : I think his point is that regardless of the measures you're taking, your health will likely suffer. I'd hazard sitting a lot in a 40 hour job and moving around the rest may be safer.

My point is that unless we come up with some concrete definition of what "work" is, it's rather pointless to talk about its effects. A weight lifter might refer to 'work' as exercising. A truck driver might refer to 'work' as driving a truck. Those two forms of 'work' have a much different affect on your health.

Re: Physical recovery from binge TV-watching gets harder as we get older

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Post by brianwawok »

bamboozled wrote: post #55
raamdev wrote: post #26

I work remotely 80-90 hours a week using my laptop (this is important: your screen needs to be mobile). Here's how I currently try to keep my body moving: - I don't have a desk or chair. I have a bar table and a stool. This makes a huge difference. I get uncomfortable sitting on the stool after about 30 minutes, so I get off. Then I'll stand at the bar table and work for an hour or two. When I get tired of that, I'll…

"I work remotely 80-90 hours a week" I think that's your problem right there, regardless of all the extra measures you're taking, that's mental.

Pretty hard to found a startup and not work 80 hour weeks.

On the other hand, if you are a w2 employee paid salary, don't work 80 hours ;)

Re: Physical recovery from binge TV-watching gets harder as we get older

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Post by tiggybear »

raamdev wrote: post #92
BeetleB wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>I love my work, and doing something 80-90 hours a week that I love hardly seems like a problem. : I think his point is that regardless of the measures you're taking, your health will likely suffer. I'd hazard sitting a lot in a 40 hour job and moving around the rest may be safer.

My point is that unless we come up with some concrete definition of what "work" is, it's rather pointless to talk about its effects. A weight lifter might refer to 'work' as exercising. A truck driver might refer to 'work' as driving a truck. Those two forms of 'work' have a much different affect on your health.

Doing anything repetitive for 80-90 hours a week will be bad for your body. Sitting on a stool, standing in place, typing, doesn't matter.

Your body needs variety.

Re: Physical recovery from binge TV-watching gets harder as we get older

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Post by nradov »

jmull wrote: post #88
nradov wrote: post #73

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Those places ought to require a doctor's note with a legitimate medical problem (not just obesity) in order to use a motorized scooter.

It's always so nice when the FPH shows up. Thanks.

What's FPH?

Re: Physical recovery from binge TV-watching gets harder as we get older

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Post by always_good »

nradov wrote: post #95
jmull wrote: post #88

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It's always so nice when the FPH shows up. Thanks.

What's FPH?

Fat People Hate, in particular /r/fatpeoplehate which had to move to https://voat.co/v/fatpeoplehate.

The commenter of course launching it as an ad hominem at you.

Re: Physical recovery from binge TV-watching gets harder as we get older

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Post by woodrowbarlow »

aidenn0 wrote: post #50
Moru wrote: post #49

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Get a proper laptop with fullsize keys and a large enough screen to work on. For shoulders and back I suggest getting a bow and start with archery, has done wonders for me and much more fun than lifting weights!

That's still not good enough because you will either have chipmunk arms (i.e. hands at chin level) or will have to bend forward to look at the screen. There is a good selection of tenkeyless keyboards available that will fit in your laptop bag (get one with a microusb port rather than a fixed cable, as strain relief for a fixed-cable that's getting shoved in a bag is challenging). Then you just elevate your laptop (s…

> I keep a few textbooks on my desk at home for this

ahhh, the $800 monitor stand. (i do the same.)

Re: Physical recovery from binge TV-watching gets harder as we get older

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Post by bamboozled »

raamdev wrote: post #92
BeetleB wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>I love my work, and doing something 80-90 hours a week that I love hardly seems like a problem. : I think his point is that regardless of the measures you're taking, your health will likely suffer. I'd hazard sitting a lot in a 40 hour job and moving around the rest may be safer.

My point is that unless we come up with some concrete definition of what "work" is, it's rather pointless to talk about its effects. A weight lifter might refer to 'work' as exercising. A truck driver might refer to 'work' as driving a truck. Those two forms of 'work' have a much different affect on your health.

I would be surprised if weight lifters train for 80 hours a week though

Re: Physical recovery from binge TV-watching gets harder as we get older

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Post by jmull »

always_good wrote: post #96
nradov wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's FPH?

Fat People Hate, in particular /r/fatpeoplehate which had to move to https://voat.co/v/fatpeoplehate . The commenter of course launching it as an ad hominem at you.

No, not ad hominem because I'm not rebutting OP's argument, only expressing my distaste the sentiment.

It's such a casually nasty thing to say, "We ought to make (easily identifiable group X) (do something obnoxious/humiliating, not to mention impractical)," that I don't like to let it pass.

Re: Physical recovery from binge TV-watching gets harder as we get older

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Post by kwhitefoot »

bamboozled wrote: post #55
raamdev wrote: post #26

I work remotely 80-90 hours a week using my laptop (this is important: your screen needs to be mobile). Here's how I currently try to keep my body moving: - I don't have a desk or chair. I have a bar table and a stool. This makes a huge difference. I get uncomfortable sitting on the stool after about 30 minutes, so I get off. Then I'll stand at the bar table and work for an hour or two. When I get tired of that, I'll…

"I work remotely 80-90 hours a week" I think that's your problem right there, regardless of all the extra measures you're taking, that's mental.

It's something that one can do at certain times in one's life, in certain circumstances. There was a period in my life when I worked eight hours in the office, commuted nearly an hour each way, had dinner, worked another four hours at home and did this for months on end.

Not 80 hours but about 60 which in my opinion is still far too much in the long run.

It was worth it for the results but I wouldn't, and quite possibly couldn't, do it now thirty years later.

So it's not necessarily a problem unless it becomes an uncontrollable obsession or is forced on one.

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