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Show HN: LaraOne – Ultimate workstation for programmers
- externalreality 8y ago> I spend 14 hours a day coding. A chair isn't what you need if that is true. A life is what you need.
- dang 8y agoPlease don't make it personal in comments here.
- ThrowawayR2 8y agoMildly intriguing. My personal cavils would be: -No desk space and only token storage space. If one needs to access books/paper documents, have additional computers & hardware (yes, we exist), or just needs a place to sketch or write something, this doesn't seem very practical. -16:10 monitors are not mentioned in the monitor mount configuration section; hopefully that's just an oversight, not an actual limitation. -Monitor distance is non-adjustable, an issue for older developers or those with vision problems -No headrest; a serious omission for a reclining seat, particularly at that price point. -How on earth does one get out of this thing when the power goes out?
- Rychard 8y ago> -How on earth does one get out of this thing when the power goes out? I guess they figure if you're the type of person to drop $3600 on this, you'd also have sufficient battery backup. On a more serious note, I assume the "button" is just a mechanical latch to prevent it from opening during use. I'm just speculating, so I'm interested in knowing the answer to this question myself.
- yodon 8y agoIf you sit in a chair for 14 hours a day like the inventor of this chair does you will develop life threatening blood clots in your legs. It doesn't matter how many ultra marathons you run the other ten hours a day. Your heart can't actually pump the blood out of your legs so your body is designed to have muscle activity in the legs do the work. If you sit for 8 hours you are at serious risk for blood clots (this is why doctors tell you to get up and walk around on a coast-to-coast or trans Atlantic or trans Pacific flight). And yes, I'm a guy in otherwise great shape who was rushed to the ER with a potentially life threatening blood clot caused by sitting at my laptop in coffee shops for 8 hours a day coding. All that hyper attention and focus capability may be great for coding or gaming but it's a serious risk factor in other ways. The best solution is drink lots of water (so you feel the need to get up) or get a Fitbit and pay attention when it tells you you haven't walked around recently.
- toper-centage 8y agoSo what you're saying is the chair needs a leg device the periodically squeezes your legs a little to pump out those clots. Gotcha.
- mcny 8y agoWould some sort of g-suit help? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-suit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-suit
- yodon 8y agoI've often wondered the same but not found any studies answering the question.
- xkcd-sucks 8y agoNah dude, amputate and prosthetic. There's no excuse for people to doing marathons on million year old tech when you can be running on carbon fiber springs
- Waterluvian 8y agoI suddenly feel much better about my ADHD making it impossible for me to sit still for longer than maybe 90 minutes at work.
- fyfy18 8y agoHow much, and how often, do you need to walk around to reduce the risk of this? Is going to the bathroom every hour or two enough?
- yodon 8y agoMy understanding is that's fine. Fitbit encourages you to walk 250 steps every hour (which is a default goal so likely somewhat more than most people do every hour or it wouldn't be a good default goal)
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- ttul 8y agoI’m picturing a room full of these in the next season of “Silicon Valley”...
- Meph504 8y agoI have a hard time believing this is a serious product, the number associated with this, is someone's person cellphone. and never in all the years have I been coding have I thought, you know if I was just pitched at 140 degrees, my life would be so much easier. but hey, if someone has 3600 bucks to throw away on an awkward "nerd throne" this is the place to pitch it right?
- ThrowawayR2 8y ago> "but hey, if someone has 3600 bucks to throw away on an awkward "nerd throne" this is the place to pitch it right?" I blinked at the price as well but it's actually not that bad; ergonomic office furniture is surprisingly expensive. An Aeron with a third party headrest plus a hand-crank height adjustable desk is about $2000 already.
- Meph504 8y agoI suppose it boils down to need, I find that I can be just as happy with a standard height desk, and a $200~ range chair from amazon, as I was with the Aeron and fancy desk. At a price point difference of nearly $1700, I know that my spartan needs aren't perhaps typical, but I just find all the fancy trapping a waste, once I find a functional, durable, reliable, and replicable set up, I tend to stick with it. What works for me, cost about $400 every 3-5 years depending.
- znpy 8y agohttps://preview.redd.it/l0vx7t2vkk5z.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=8a7bf82b13fdde04bde597ce95d16fa48996b9ac https://preview.redd.it/l0vx7t2vkk5z.jpg?width=960&crop=smar...
- kbouck 8y agoThe idea of spending 14 hours a day in a chair reminded me of a particular Homer Simpson invention: https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Lazy_Man_Toilet_Seat https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Lazy_Man_Toilet_Seat
- synchrone 8y agoApparently the competition is on: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hwkbj26BQxM https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hwkbj26BQxM
- 1337shadow 8y agoYou need to change position every couple of hours max to avoid RSI, it's critical for me that desktop can change from sit to stand position Otherwise nice idea, hope they keep improving
- nigwil_ 8y agoIt needs driven wheels. Programmer spaces could be large empty warehouses, these mobile workstations gliding across the open space. If you needed to collaborate you could drive over to colleagues, be latched together for pair programming, able to move as a unit. Team meetings could have a flocking function to literally bring everyone together. Team leaders could have an override summon for those recalcitrants who are tardy attending the “stand-up”. There could be coffee-maker modules bolted on too, like saddle bags. ...jk
- breakingcups 8y agoFits right into the Wall-E universe!
- quickthrower2 8y agoJust make it self driving and roadworthy, with a hardened shell to double as a residence and 180 degree tilt to go flat as a bed, and now you can live in SF rent free and never leave the chair.
- fgheorghe 8y agoI want this!
- externalreality 8y ago> I spend 14 hours in a chair That is unhealthy to spend 14 hours in a chair. If someone finds themselves spending 14 hours in a hair unnecessarily (i.e. they can't walk) then they should probably re-eavaluate their life.
- masukomi 8y agoGiven the styling I think the subtitle should be "Ultimate workstation for male programmers" because really, how many women do you know who would look at that and say "oh I definitely want to sit in something that looks like that!"
- hbcondo714 8y agoReminds me of the movie Grandma's Boy: https://goo.gl/images/mk6nvU https://goo.gl/images/mk6nvU It would help if this company posted a pic with someone actually sitting in it/ using it.
- mulle_nat 8y agoIntriguing, but I think I would fall asleep in it, when reclined. It looks just too comfortable.
- quickthrower2 8y agoIs this for PHP programmers? Laravel?