Re:How much it's worth to be #1 on Hacker News for a day
by arshadgc on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @03:02PM
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Good point. I sometimes work from home, where I have a very different setup, but the photo on the blog shows me with the laptop stand. So far so good in terms of posture and no injuries or carpal tunnel. I think the frequent breaks really help prevent the injuries we thing are inevitable with a sub optimal ergonomic setup.
Re:How much it's worth to be #1 on Hacker News for a day
by NoodleIncident on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @05:05PM
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$60 product is an impulse purchase. $900 is a lifestyle choice.
Some improvement is better than no improvement at all.
Re:How much it's worth to be #1 on Hacker News for a day
by frank_boyd on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @01:38AM
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The $900 for a desk that will let me work in a healthy way for a few decades (high quality, very robust), was the best investment I ever made.
Working on a laptop only all day long is insane. You need to separate screen an keyboard, otherwise one of them will be at the wrong height. If you use a laptop, it means you need to add an external keyboard. Everything else makes absolutely no ergonomic sense!
Here's an example of what you should have advertised: http://www.ergotron.com/ProductsDetails/tabid/65/PRDID/320/l...
Plus, you can sit and then stand up by just pushing down/pulling up the table up easily with one hand.
As for the optimal keyboard: http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/freestyle2.htm (Freestyle2 VIP3; forget the "Ascent")