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When coding I typically have Shibuya live stream on my small monitor in HD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q36pnzcw70 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q36pnz
by welanes 11y ago
When coding I typically have Shibuya live stream on my small monitor in HD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q36pnzcw70 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q36pnzcw70.
Nice mix of nostalgia (been there), wanderlust (want to go back) and just awe at watching a slice of humanity scrambling across an intersection 8 hours 'in the future' and 6,000 miles away.
- mryan 11y agoThere are some beautiful videos showing 9+ hour plus train journeys across the Norwegian countryside, which also make for great background visuals while coding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY1sbKvjNcY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY1sbKvjNcY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIdnzamYDmQ&feature=iv&src_vid=TY1sbKvjNcY&annotation_id=annotation_703701 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIdnzamYDmQ&feature=iv&src_v...
- ilek 11y agoI really enjoy watching videos like this for some reason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EeTfiBWZzU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EeTfiBWZzU It's not quite the same but I felt it's relevant.
- kybernetyk 11y agoIt's interesting how the pedestrians walk on the "wrong" side. I guess you can attribute it to Japan having left-hand traffic.
- rmckayfleming 11y agoI seem to recall that different areas in Japan walk on different sides of the sidewalk. So it's not a national thing but a regional thing irrespective of the road direction.
- oldsj 11y agoI actually noticed the same thing in Hawaii, lots of Japanese tourists
- strictnein 11y agoHonest question: do you have these running on a second (3rd?) monitor when coding? Or in a small window? Or where?
- RadioAndrea 11y agoI don't keep "slow tv" up, but I tend to have Netflix running on my left monitor, my requirements on my right monitor and my IDE or text editor in the center. If I get too busy, then Netflix goes away. The motion to the side helps keep me from getting bored.
- mryan 11y agoI prefer to have them on a screen on the other side of my desk, to give my eyes a change in focus.
- 77pt77 11y agoThank you so much for this. I'll use this if and when I need to experience a lot of humanity. Always better to do it vicariously.
- welanes 11y ago:)
- BMFX 11y agoAh I have been having Withdrawals from Japan, I need to get back there. This makes me oddly happy. Thanks!