Ask HN: Any piece of hardware that was more of game changer than you expected?

Re:Ask HN: Any piece of hardware that was more of game chang... by uniqueuid on Sunday February 06, 2022 @05:34AM (#30231220)

This might not be what you want to hear (i.e. too little tech), but here's a list from Bruce Sterling's talk at Reboot 11 (2009) [1] that stuck with me:

* Number one, a bed. You're spending a third of your life in the thing.

* Get a chair. I shouldn't have to tell people who work with computers to get a chair.

* (things that go on your skin like clothes and cosmetics)

* Apart from that, beautiful things, emotional things, tools.

His (minimalist) message is to get rid of everything else.

[1] https://www.wired.com/2011/02/transcript-of-reboot-11-speech...

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Re:Ask HN: Any piece of hardware that was more of game chang... by ncmncm on Monday February 07, 2022 @01:05AM (#30240996)

I used to use a chair. Now I use a stool. I get up to walk around more often, now.

In "Pushing Tin", Billy Bob Thornton's character took his folding chair with him wherever he worked. That must have been based on some real character.

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Re:Ask HN: Any piece of hardware that was more of game chang... by pj-bs on Monday February 07, 2022 @02:02AM (#30241257)

Maybe Glenn Gould, a pianist that used the same chair.

https://youtu.be/5SHtyGc8pfk

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