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

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728 points mikenew | 1 comments | 14 May 25 15:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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sneak ◴[17 May 25 21:13 UTC] No.44017009[source]▶
> I wrote most of this blog post sitting at a picnic table in a park. Screen glare and brightness is not an issue. I can fit into tight spaces. This setup was infinitely more comfortable than a laptop when on a plane. Some coffee shops also have narrow bars that are too small for a laptop, but not for this. The phone has a cellular connection, so I'm not tied to wifi. In other words, there's a sense of freedom that you do not get with a laptop. And I can be outdoors. One of the things I've grown tired of as software dev is feeling like I'm stuck inside all the time in front of a screen. With this I can walk to a coffee shop and work for an hour or two, then get up and walk to a park for another hour of work.

Am I the only one who wishes they could be inside in a windowless room 24/7/365? There’s climate control, HEPA filtration, good chairs, peace and quiet, precisely the light level and color and direction I like, etc, at all times. Every time I go outside, the environment is worse than being at home indoors.

Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one on the planet who doesn’t enjoy being outdoors at all.

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Jtsummers ◴[17 May 25 21:20 UTC] No.44017053[source]▶
> Am I the only one who wishes they could be inside in a windowless room 24/7/365?

I spent a decade in a building like that for my 9-5 job. It gets old, unless you really hate sunlight and fresh air.

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sneak ◴[18 May 25 01:50 UTC] No.44018359[source]▶
It being an office building, you likely did not have nearly the level of environmental control I describe.

I do really hate sunlight, but fresh air is essential. If you don’t have fresh air indoors, your HVAC design is bad. Air is one of the easiest things to move around.

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Jtsummers ◴[18 May 25 01:56 UTC] No.44018379[source]▶
It wouldn't be too expensive to make what you want, you could always buy a small plot of land and build a custom home to try it out. Shouldn't be more than $200-400k, possibly less depending on the area.
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1. sneak ◴[18 May 25 02:06 UTC] No.44018432[source]▶
I’m doing precisely that, but I have simulated the same in the meantime by taking a normal residential house and completely blacking out and sealing the windows in the largest upstairs room. It’s excellent. When I turn off the lights it can be pitch black and 68F at noon in the middle of the summer in the Mojave.

I had to cover the windows in all the adjacent rooms to make this work, but it does.