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Wasabi the J posted:Looks like it's a ring light on a webcam and a censored portrait TV, likely showing schedules and emails above the weather. Bingo.
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Jan 19, 2021 18:13
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Coredump posted:Tell me more about this setup please. 50" Android TV, boots into a webpage as the screensaver. Webpage has linked widgets to various services, so it pulls my work calendar, task lists, NY Times Headlines, weather, etc, during business hours when I am in my home office. When it is time for my husband to come home from work it displays his travel time home. After work hours it just displays NY Times headlines. weather and several smaller photo frames with family photos, then after bedtime it shows a dim giant satellite photo as kind of nighttime ambiance.
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Jan 21, 2021 23:21
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Head Bee Guy posted:What’s going on around the ceiling fan? Spinning fan blades caught in the frame? And it's a normal sized window? A trashcan and shredder are like 6 inches deep, you can still easily open the window? I can open the one above the screens just fine too? Also it's our home office, nobody but my husband, an AT&T employee or myself have been in that room in years, we don't have trash bins and shredders hanging out in our living room.
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Jan 23, 2021 06:42
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thegoat posted:What is the webpage it boots up into? Something like Dakboard? I personally use Dakboard, but there are other options like Magic Mirror if you don't want the Smart TV stuff or to pay a subscription, or, frankly, if you want to get into the weeds, roll your own page.
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Jan 29, 2021 01:27
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devmd01 posted:got tired of having the pc in my office at home just sit on the floor along with all the cables, so I fabricated a small shelf to hold it and used excessive amounts of Velcro to make everything tidy. Um, they sell proper mounts for pretty much every small form factor PC. My M1 is mounted right under my desk in a mount I bought on Amazon.
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Mar 4, 2021 21:29
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Wowporn posted:It is funny to imagine a 50" tv having just a Spotify window displayed on it all day I agree, there are much better uses. 
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Sep 14, 2021 00:57
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klen dool posted:whats that oval thingy on the right of your desk? https://www.jbl.com/voice-activated-speaker/JBL+LINK+VIEW.html It’s apparently for sale right now for $99. BUY! BUY! BUY! Google Display, very decent speakers, absolute steal for $99.
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Sep 21, 2021 05:16
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Inner Light posted:It is very odd and I've never figured it out. IKEA has the worst shipping options of any major retailer I've seen in memory, and they've never changed it. In These Times, that seems like a mega fuckton of cash left on the table, by not using traditional UPS/FedEx/whatever and an online system to match. Perhaps there is some reason I am not understanding. On one hand, delivery logistics are extremely difficult and expensive on large items that have a high chance of being damaged in transit, or really at any point from production to end delivery. On the other hand, where are you going to get an Utespelare? 
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Oct 13, 2021 05:23
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SkyeAuroline posted:If we can manage to ship entire intact sectional sets across the world without issue, IKEA can get a flat pack 50 miles. Without costing 4 times as much for shipping. Can? Probably? Wants to build the required infrastructure, overhead, loss of brand experience, customer service issues when they are turning a profit of $1.7 billion dollars and are not accountable to any public shareholders? BTW, if you ever want to look at a corporate structure that would give even professionals in the business a migraine, look at their corporate ownership structure, it is insane.
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Oct 14, 2021 03:17
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Made a few changes including a 3rd monitor for auxiliary stuff which involved one monitor swap and hacking together a mounting solution.
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Oct 17, 2021 01:22
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Big one or little one? The little one is an Ambient Weather console for our weather station: Big one is an Android TV running Dakboard, it integrates into a lot of my other stuff for things other than weather (News, Calendar, Traffic, Spotify), it's just shown in not doing anything mode which is just clock, weather and the NYT RSS newsfeed pulling background images from some image feed.
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Nov 6, 2021 00:50
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AlternateAccount posted:I have one at work, it's basically exactly 2x27" monitors. Glorious, but.... a bit much. I requested two 27" monitors at work because 1 27" is our standard deploy with a 34" widescreen being the general rubber-stamped request. For some stupid reason I thought we had dual 27" at home, no, we have dual 24" at home. Director approved my request with IT being like "Really?" Anyways, yes, it's overwhelming.
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Mar 30, 2022 04:32
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Origin posted:I'm looking at all these pictures of people with two displays and putting the "seam" right where facing dead center would be and wondering why? Same reason I have dual displays instead of a single ultra-wide, two single but equally focused workspaces. I guess in a large part I am conditioned by work needing to cross reference two data sources, both equally important, but not at the same moment.
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Apr 16, 2022 04:44
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Saukkis posted:The obvious and optimal compromise is to hang the computer under your desk. Mounted our Mac Mini in a bracket under the desk, never going back.
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Jul 10, 2022 21:00
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 Hired two new junior staffers, needed to make workplace accommodations.
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Sep 2, 2022 23:00
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Koskun posted:I want to take a moment and admire that llama cat stand. That thing is amazing.  The kittens might be a bit spoiled.
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Sep 3, 2022 01:29
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Sadly the much maligned 50" display in my office died, as a reasonable person I decided to reassess my priorities and replaced it with a 55" display. 
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Nov 15, 2022 02:23
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Hughmoris posted:I have to ask, what are those extra screens on your desk aside from your two monitors? Left to right, JBL Link Show, 11" 3rd monitor, Ambient Weather station display and my home phone.
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Nov 15, 2022 20:59
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Unsinkabear posted:What kind of psycho still has a landline in such a digitized home? Honestly, this explains a lot. I have mid-range hearing loss and phone calls are exceptionally difficult for me to hear.
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Nov 15, 2022 21:28
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Ok Comboomer posted:“Captain’s Log, Stardate 76856.62: Number One (my husband) no longer observes the chain of command. I have asked him to bring me a sandwich three times today to no avail…” It's actually all super functional, JBL Link Show is just a Google Home with Display device with nice speakers, so, whole house audio, home control, view security cameras, if weather is bad or something I can throw a Hulu live TV stream for through Google Cast. 3rd display is especially helpful when I WFH, I can just throw teams our outlook on it as an a side display, outside of work, iMessage. Ambient Weather, it's just a weather station display/WiFi link for the weather station. Just shows time, windspeed, UV, rain events, super basic.  Phone is just a cheap Polycom connected to VOIP, it's literally like $4 a month total for three voice lines and a fax line. Wall display, it's 4k, auto dims, background pulls high resolution photos. 55" might be a might be stretching it size wise, but honestly, most people don't even realize it is even a display until the background changes and they are just like "Oh poo poo!" It was really started as a WFH thing, displayed my meetings, lists, etc on an easy to display board. It grew on me, I swear in person with the room lights on you would think it was just a giant photo, not even backlit, I've thought about having an actual frame made for it. I don't know how many of you have seen Samsung The Frame TVs, but with proper color settings and brightness, a modern, even cheap-ish 4K tv in the right conditions and the right content doesn't even look like a display these days unless you see something moving on it.
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Nov 16, 2022 03:07
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American McGay posted:I think we finally found someone more insufferable than 3O. Is that an old inkjet fax machine under the desk on wheels? Shameful. I use a business class color laser fax.
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Dec 3, 2022 00:12
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Nolgthorn posted:Know how you can get picture frames that are way too big and add that big white carboard thing to fill up the empty space? I want to do that except with pictures I post online. Any tips? Three Olives posted:I agree, there are much better uses.
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Jan 13, 2023 06:54
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I was cooking tonight and realized I basically have another home office in my kitchen: Left to right: Lenovo Mini PC running Dakboard, morning traffic schedule, weather, etc, also has a Chromecast with Google TV for Hulu Live TV, YouTube, whatever. Lenovo 10" Google Display, music, photos, etc. Finally Panasonic ToughPad that lives in a dock, Full Windows 10, IP65 rating, never done it but you could technically, rinse it off in the sink from kitchen messes. Also super bright to bring out to the backyard. Three Olives fucked around with this message at 06:08 on May 11, 2023 |
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May 11, 2023 05:31
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Johnny Truant posted:That screen above the stove has gotta be so gross, why would you do that It's perfectly clean, in fact, all of the house is spotless, what and how are you cooking that you think the TV would get dirty? It's a range, not a wok station. I did it because there was nowhere else to put it in our circa 1940s kitchen until we do some renovation and like many people, I like to watch TV in the kitchen when I am cooking, which I do several times a week. The range and hood are placeholders until we have some wiring done to put in an induction range, at which point the hood will be replaced and I will probably move the TV into the cabinetry.
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May 11, 2023 17:38
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frogbs posted:Mods, please, thrread title Clean freak, 5 HEPA filters, use a MERV 13 air filter, run the dishwasher daily, sink disinfected, Roomba mops the kitchen every day, vacuums the entire house and mops the floor twice, three times a week, pest control quarterly on the dot, even the cat box is in closet with a sealing cat door. If that TV was dirty, the contractor would be here tomorrow to install it into the cabinets.
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May 12, 2023 04:17
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:That sounds like a cool desk thanks for posting about it I guess. I honestly actually do use it as an ancillary office space, especially during COVID it basically functioned as a standing desk and a change of scenery, video calls with family felt much more natural from the kitchen at a camera and display at standing level, the tablet has 800 nits, so it is actually useable if I want to use a work from home day to actually work on our back patio, I can work on work emails with a giant cooking mess in the kitchen without worrying about breaking my main tablet, a 12 Pro. Just thought I would share it as a different type of working space, if I had the space I would absolutely have a better TV space and a kitchen office nook with an colorful iMac, but we live in a older home and this was the best solution that I could come up with to have a functional space to do work while cooking dinner.
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May 12, 2023 04:40
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 I bought another screen...
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Jul 9, 2023 22:21
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Poo In An Alleyway posted:Show us your Elvira collection in the corner No, that is where I forced my husband to put anything that did not represent our aesthetic.
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Jul 9, 2023 23:07
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Ok Comboomer posted:half of that aesthetic is an ersatz Ghost in the Shell and the other half of that aesthetic is a Marriott in 2007 But with 5 cut flower arrangements. I had to count, I knew I replaced the arrangement in the bathroom but couldn't remember if I put a 6th in the kitchen, you have to cycle these things. edit:  It's going to be mounted in portrait mode in a place that currently does not have a display. edit: gently caress, OK, I have 7 cut flower arrangements, 3 in the kitchen, 2 in the living room, 1 in the hallway and 1 in the bath room Three Olives fucked around with this message at 04:58 on Jul 10, 2023 |
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Jul 10, 2023 04:34
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Inept posted:lol I used to use lynx 15 years ago to browse the forums at work so it looked like I was working I think it was in like maybe 1999 or 2000 I used LYNX and IRC on my Novatel CDPD PCMCIA modem in class in high school, it was so slow even by the time that text only web was the only thing for practical for web-based browsing and wireless data networks were still so in their infancy that I don't think any of the teachers or admins would believe it if I told them that I was on the internet all day on my laptop in class.
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Jul 22, 2023 01:57
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I will just drop this here because I know you guys love my screens so much... Birthday gift for my husband who wanted more family photos in the house.
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Jul 23, 2023 02:22
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Well, the Amazon algorithm got me and I replaced my third monitor, but I am actually extremely happy with it.. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C5CX2KH4?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1 Looks like this is a design sold by a bunch of companies, $99 is a great price though. My old display wasn't really meant to fit under existing monitors, the ports were messy, the display wasn't great, it was fine for what I used it for, mostly iMessage, weather radar, whatnot, but it wasn't great. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078K1HXQW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Despite saying it is a 1920 x 1080 display, I doubt it. New one is 12.3 inches, but in an ultrawide 1920 x 860, I believe the specs. Also the screen quality is great, I wish the brightness was a little higher but it's fine. Accepts HDMI in as well as video and power over a single USB-C connection. Touch screen and speakers, the speakers are, not good, but it's $100. I would have been happier if they went with a smaller form factor without speakers though. I guess a nice thing is the speakers and touch screen are USB C as well, so with my setup I have USB C to A for the touchscreen/speakers, HDMI for video and USB C for power. It looks like it powers fine just over USB C to A on my Mac Mini, but I won't want it drawing so much power it. I think this would be a great display for a headless home server.
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Aug 26, 2023 01:21
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Triikan posted:But then it wouldn't be headless For a headless home server, as in currently, not after you bought the display. Like, if the reason for it being headless was less about a desire to completely remotely administrate it and more about I won't want to put a 15" HD display in my wiring closet.
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Aug 26, 2023 02:54
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https://store.hermanmiller.com/gaming-chairs?lang=en_US Herman Miller, perhaps one of the most important and iconic mass-marketers of high-end furniture and lighting design has a full line of, gaming chairs. I'm speechless.
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Apr 26, 2024 06:57
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Josh Lyman posted:It’s just different colors. My Aeron is the gaming edition and it’s the same as a fully loaded Aeron, just in a jet black. It just feels so drat weird. It's like if Hermes came out with a "Gaming Blanket" and it was just a Hermes Avalon blanket but green and black. Which fine, gamers need chairs and they also need blankets but also I don't see the logical overlap in the marketing at all. I would just assume that gamers with a lot of money to spend on a chair would fully understand that Herman Miller makes good chairs and not need a specific marketing segment to be reached, especially when "Gaming Chair" doesn't even remotely seem to fit into Herman Millers brand in any other way. Three Olives fucked around with this message at 07:24 on Apr 26, 2024 |
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