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I find it pretty disturbing how many of my coworkers don't even have a personal computer -- they just use their work laptop for everything. Mind-boggling. (Thes

I find it pretty disturbing how many of my coworkers don't even have a personal computer -- they just use their work laptop for everything. Mind-boggling. (These are software developers, they can damn well afford a laptop.) The most I mix it is using my smaller, lighter, Bluetooth-supporting work laptop for watching innocuous YouTube videos while doing dishes. And I used to use it to print stuff at the office, on occasion.

bagels 3y ago
Yeah, it's a good way to get your personal things brought in to discovery, snooped on by corporate security, or erased when you suddenly get laid off.
- balderdash 3y ago
  Yeah I’m always surprised by the why anyone would risk having their personal email/life dragged into a corporate dispute because they are emailing stuff between their work and personal accounts etc.
  - Aerbil313 3y ago
    There are 2 types of people. No, not actually, there is a continuum of the feeling of 'just getting by'/low motivation. Many people exist on the side of low motivation and those on the other side don't understand them.
ironmagma 3y ago
> These are software developers, they can damn well afford a laptop. Not necessarily. On the one level, you don't know their salaries (as they might have negotiated badly or simply be underpaid), and then additionally they might pay a lot for housing, child support, debt, medicine, or other invisible expenses. Living in a place like San Francisco it can quickly add up.
- phyzome 3y ago
  "Not necessarily", yes, but I know these particular people.
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avidiax 3y ago
> they can damn well afford a laptop. My back can't afford it. A MacBook Pro is already heavy enough that you can feel if it's in a large suitcase. 2 would be ridiculous. I do have a separate partition for personal. Maybe I should upgrade that to an external drive, but that sounds inconvenient. If Apple is listening, please make a carbon fiber MBP.
- phyzome 3y ago
  I don't generally bring my personal laptop with me to work, and I don't generally bring my work laptop with me on vacation...

bagels 3y ago

Yeah, it's a good way to get your personal things brought in to discovery, snooped on by corporate security, or erased when you suddenly get laid off.

balderdash 3y ago
Yeah I’m always surprised by the why anyone would risk having their personal email/life dragged into a corporate dispute because they are emailing stuff between their work and personal accounts etc.
- Aerbil313 3y ago
  There are 2 types of people. No, not actually, there is a continuum of the feeling of 'just getting by'/low motivation. Many people exist on the side of low motivation and those on the other side don't understand them.

ironmagma 3y ago

> These are software developers, they can damn well afford a laptop. Not necessarily. On the one level, you don't know their salaries (as they might have negotiated badly or simply be underpaid), and then additionally they might pay a lot for housing, child support, debt, medicine, or other invisible expenses. Living in a place like San Francisco it can quickly add up.

phyzome 3y ago
"Not necessarily", yes, but I know these particular people.
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avidiax 3y ago

> they can damn well afford a laptop. My back can't afford it. A MacBook Pro is already heavy enough that you can feel if it's in a large suitcase. 2 would be ridiculous. I do have a separate partition for personal. Maybe I should upgrade that to an external drive, but that sounds inconvenient. If Apple is listening, please make a carbon fiber MBP.

phyzome 3y ago
I don't generally bring my personal laptop with me to work, and I don't generally bring my work laptop with me on vacation...