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Coding without a laptop: Two weeks with AR glasses and Linux on Android

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744 points mikenew | 6 comments | 14 May 25 15:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.823s | source | bottom
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hansmayer ◴[17 May 25 21:33 UTC] No.44017140[source]▶
Very cool experiment and the piece is written really well, manages to communicate a ton of relevant information without being overly verbose. One side note though - whats the deal with working in the park/on the bench etc, is the author really able to be productive in an outside environment? I dont think I could ever work like that, either with or without the AR glasses.
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1. fzzzy ◴[17 May 25 21:42 UTC] No.44017198[source]▶
Can you explain why you don't think you would be productive outside?
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2. hansmayer ◴[17 May 25 21:53 UTC] No.44017266[source]▶
Well I guess for a lot of people it would be self-explanatory, but if I go outside to a park, or to a coffee-shop, or whatever - I go there to enjoy myself, not work. Apart from that, I would not really have the ergonomic benefits of my controlled working environment, not to mention bugs, people walking by, random noise or whatever it is.
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3. sweetjuly ◴[17 May 25 22:11 UTC] No.44017404[source]▶
I suspect that's a personal bias. If you go to most any cafe (at least in the US) there will be a half dozen people there typing away at their laptops. This is even more common with the rise of remote work where people will (for better or worse) commandeer cafes as their personal office.
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4. 8note ◴[17 May 25 22:18 UTC] No.44017446[source]▶
i go outside to get sun.

grab a set on a ledge somewhere and think. that works for work, if the thinking is about work.

major benefit is that none of the people walking by are going to try disrupt what thing youre working on to be different work

5. hansmayer ◴[17 May 25 22:32 UTC] No.44017522{3}[source]▶
Well of course its a personal bias - I never claimed no one else could work like that, just myself ;) I am aware of all the folks typing it out in the coffee-shops. Just that I could never be productive in that setting. Answer some e-mails - perhaps, but not really do any (meaningful) programming work as such.
6. fzzzy ◴[17 May 25 23:29 UTC] No.44017767[source]▶
Yes, that makes sense. Thanks for explaining. I'm not sure if I could work in public like this but I am interested to find out.