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There is a photo in the Korea Herald article linked in op's article. https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10550038 https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10550038
by samschooler 1y ago
There is a photo in the Korea Herald article linked in op's article. https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10550038 https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10550038
- mock-possum 1y agoBizzare entitlement
- testing22321 1y ago[flagged]
- urbandw311er 1y agoI think it’s quite a stretch for you to interpret the parent comment like that. Surely they’re referring to people’s entitled behaviour in this private space.
- mvdtnz 1y agoThey're not "wishing" they're just "taking". And yes that's kind of definitionally entitlement.
- nradov 1y agoA generation ago we didn't have public third places where people could plug in a desktop computer and printer.
- strken 1y agoI did, sort of, depending on what you mean by "public". My local pub provided a free desktop computer, my local library did too (and the librarian once allowed me to set up my own desktop), my community had two regular lan parties, you could rent the local hall for a pittance, and all my friends' parents owned houses with spare rooms or garages that they'd let us set up projects in. I get that not all of these are strictly public spaces or places where you'd do office work, but it must suck to have nowhere better to go than a Starbucks. Edit: even today, I think I could probably ask my local library and they'd let me, although someone might steal my monitor.
- ge96 1y agowonder if you can bring a tent inside and camp
- petcat 1y agoI understand it's tongue-in-cheek, but you're actually describing a real problem Starbucks and other casual-style restaurants (McDonalds) have in Seattle. The downtown business districts are almost completely overrun by homelessness and many places in the area have stopped offering seating and only offer counter pick-up and standing tables/rails.
- dismalaf 1y agoHomeless people do it all the time in certain cities. And because judges won't jail them for crimes police have stopped trying.
- codedokode 1y agoInteresting. Can a tourist set up a tent in New York City in order to not pay ridiculous hotel fees or this is allowed only to citizens?
- xkcd1963 1y agoIn Switzerland you can rent a tent on a balcony on airbnb
- bombcar 1y agoIf you have anything to lose you can’t be homeless (or they’ll take it from you first). Once you’re judgement proof do whatever you want.
- red-iron-pine 1y agojudgement proof isn't freedom, it just means they can't chase you for liens. you get your shit back together you're gonna feel that misery real fast when they start garnishing wages.
- rcpt 1y agoImagine you can get up to the bathroom and nobody steals your monitor
- codedokode 1y agoThe words "steal" and "bathroom" reminded me of a funny case when hand dryers started disappearing in bathrooms of several shopping malls in a large Russian city. In all cases, there was the same person with a large bag filmed nearby, but as there is no camera inside, it is difficult to understand if he did anything or not. Guess unsupervised tablet (aka "monitor") would not stay there for long.
- reaperducer 1y agoReminds me a bit of when TPUG in Toronto used to set up entire Commodore PET rigs in coffee shops. For reference, a Commodore PET weighs about 25 pounds, and is the size of a toilet bowl. Double all that if you want to use a floppy disk.
- mcculley 1y agoHaving used a Commdore PET, I cannot stop laughing at this size comparison. It reminds of the observation that some people will go to great lengths to avoid the metric system.
- kzrdude 1y agoThat must be a tablet made to look like a desktop setup right?
- Arnavion 1y agoCould be a monitor with a mini PC on the back.
- miffy900 1y agoNope. On closer inspection, it's a tablet resting on a stand; it's not mounted with a VESA clamp or arm like most monitors would be. You can see the USB charging cable is plugged into the side of the tablet as well. When you compare it to the keyboard and headphones next to it, it must be about 11-13 inches in size, so it's unlikely to hold a mini PC on the back as it wouldn't be heavy enough to prevent toppling over. The stand would be bigger too if it could hold a mini PC.
- royskee 1y agoOMG someone brought in a cubicle
- abrookewood 1y agoWhat the hell .. that is crazy.
- grubbs 1y agoAnd what looks like a keychron mechanical keyboard! (Loud AF)
- warebrew 1y agoThat's absolutly crazy