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Re:Ask HN: Women in tech, how do you find non-toxic work env... by qb45 on Monday June 05, 2017 @06:38PM (#14492916)
When you are self-conscious doing a silly show of yourself for rationalization will only give you something more to be self-conscious about. Merely taking a walk once in a while would pass and is a good idea for other reasons, but this clock thing definitely crosses the line.

I also don't believe that everybody would jump on this bandwagon and totally share the sentiment expressed in sibling comment by maccard.

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Re:Ask HN: Women in tech, how do you find non-toxic work env... by tzs on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @09:37AM (#14506311)
The clock is to remind you to take a walk. To prevent the bad effects of prolonged sitting you need to get up and move about every 30 or so minutes.

Most people can easily, effortlessly, sit much longer than that before they start to feel stiff or restless and so naturally take a break. It is very easy to unintentionally end up sitting too long.

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Re:Ask HN: Women in tech, how do you find non-toxic work env... by qb45 on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @10:42AM (#14506812)
You posted this in response to some woman being self-conscious about men knowing when she is going to the restroom and I swear it sounds like your intention was to provide her with a disguise to solve this problem of hers. And apparently I wasn't even the only one to interpret it that way.

It almost feels like you are doing the exact kind of post-rationalization I said is an unhealthy thing to do :)

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