• tonyravioli@lemm.ee
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    Legitimately what is the ultrawide monitor that’s angled on the desk below the main center monitor? I’ve been looking for one of these to use for music production

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      Sometimes it’s good to have one with your code, one with the running program and one with a browser looking stuff up. You can argue one or two more (like database model, expected output, …) but you barely need a whole monitor for each. The photo is just pretentious and comically overdone

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      Like if you’re writing an essay on paper. You have your desk covered with a reference book or two, your draft version, working version, assignment, additional clarifications and notes, … It would be such a hassle to put it all in one neat stack and search for whatever you need every time.

      So programmers like to have the programming manual, design, notes, remarks from the customer, … spread out over the screen(s) instead of switching back and forth every time.

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      As a programmer:

      • one 1080p screen for work chat/email
      • one 1080p screen for code with 3-6 pages open simultaneously (approx 80x24 or 90x40 depending on whether the file tree is also open)
      • one 1080p screen for a terminal with 4-6 terminal sessions displayed (80x24)
      • one 1080p screen for reference documentation
        • or more 1080p screens for even more documentation as rabbit holes in documentation can go quite deep

      …and that’s before even more screens for monitoring services, CI status, rabbit holes in documentation, etc.

      Then there’s video chat. It gets really fun when someone asks “@inetknght, can you share your screen?” during a video call. Then I have to pick which screen gets shared and hope it’s the right one. It would suck if they how many emails I ignore. I currently have 15,070 unarchived emails in my inbox spanning over a decade. I’ll get to cleaning that inbox when the bug reports stop coming.

      Plus, I sometimes run VMs fullscreen. It’s best to do that on a dedicated monitor. Especially if there’s multiple VMs running. Otherwise good luck finding the real desktop!

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      I don’t understand why it’s not a thing now. Valve Index resolution is already good enough for reading virtual monitors.

      Camera passthrough a small rectangular window where your desk is at. (so you can see your hands and keyboard/mouse if you need it,

      And you’re done…

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          Current VR headsets don’t really produce text you’d want to read?

          Yes they do. I currently have one that is perfectly fine readable.

          Yeah, I can have multiple monitors in VR setting.

          But what hasn’t happened is

          1 - No one has made an app with a camera passthrough window to your desk.

          2 - Windows for some reason still has a problem with multi-monitors unless you actually physically have monitors mounted.

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      and in a few years + a couple of days, you’ll realize that having to turn your whole head that often gets pretty uncomfortable pretty quick

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    That monitor setup is making me feel all tingly. Legit question: how much would a setup like that cost?

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      Gotta make the machine optimized for over clocking and general “pushed and totally maxxxxx…xxed” processing specs, you need them.

      It’s like speed holes for the hood of your car. The the RGB even have a speaker, which just makes them cooler