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Re:Show HN: Using YOLO to Detect Office Chairs in 40M Hotel ... by chefandy on Saturday January 25, 2025 @12:03PM (#42822853)
As far as business investments go, I’d need to see some really solid market research showing enough people were willing to choose a hotel for these amenities in-room rather than a one with a “business center” as many currently have, a coworking space, coffee shop, or even a public library. People wanting specialized private spaces like that don’t generally look to hotels to meet their needs, and considering how quickly hotel room outfitting expenses scale, it really has to be worthwhile. For example, an in-room stationary bike would probably be cheaper and more popular than a good office chair and monitor, but it just doesn’t make sense because enough people will be satisfied with an in-hotel fitness center. I think its really easy to assume our use cases are far more universal than they are.
Re:Show HN: Using YOLO to Detect Office Chairs in 40M Hotel ... by elicksaur on Saturday January 25, 2025 @12:20PM (#42822981)
As someone who has thought about this remote style, but hasn’t done it, I don’t think I’d want to be in the hotel room much. I’d much rather find a coffee shop to work from where I can get some of the vibe of the city while still working.

Otherwise, you’d only get a few hours per day in the evening of experiencing anything you couldn’t do at home, so what’d be the point of spending home rent +hotel +travel for the week?

Re:Show HN: Using YOLO to Detect Office Chairs in 40M Hotel ... by ghaff on Saturday January 25, 2025 @04:25PM (#42824985)
I suppose it depends somewhat on why you're there and how well you can work in an ambient social environment. Mind you, I don't really disagree but, if I'm focused on a computer screen, I'm not sure how schlepping my laptop to a random coffeeshop is that different from being in my hotel room.