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[–] ItsJannnneee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 hours ago

I'm the first one. I wish I knew why but whenever I try and sit anything like the second diagram I'll get neck and back pain all day. I have hypotonia tho so maybe it's that?

[–] tauren@lemm.ee 6 points 11 hours ago

My back hurts when I see a colleague on a zoom meeting sitting like that cat.

[–] hash@slrpnk.net 26 points 21 hours ago

Buys a nice ergonomic chair. Sits in it like this.

[–] ylph@lemmy.world 67 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] judgyweevil@feddit.it 2 points 5 hours ago

Good luck reaching for the keyboard

[–] ksigley@lemm.ee 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Two CRT monitors. What a lad.

[–] Syltti@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

When a mother fucker has TWO CRTs, you know they're ballin'.

You'll never catch them wearing them fake Jays.

[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Legend. We have the same shoes and socks. I'm not sexy enough for white pants though, i might need to create a language or two before I can do that.

[–] ylph@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It was the 90s.. rules were different then ! I still have my white pants deep in the closet somewhere.. they haven't seen the light of day in a while though :)

I worked at Bell Labs back when this photo was taken - my office pretty much looked exactly like this, chair, furniture, Sun SPARCStation on the floor...

Bjarne still rocks white pants sometimes to this day though ! And the same haircut - he really committed to the look :)

[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 8 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

There are only two kinds of haircuts: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody has.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How is there not a thin sheen of Cheeto dust or kebab juice over any of that. What kind of madman is this?

[–] lime@feddit.nu 9 points 22 hours ago

a norwegian.

[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

A man of culture. One of a kind

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago

Needs more testicles hanging out the side of the boxers.

[–] Kng@feddit.rocks 24 points 23 hours ago

This was literally how I was sitting when I read this.

[–] WILSOOON@programming.dev 14 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

SHRIMP POSTURERERS RISE UP!

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I tried but mah back!! 😵

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 48 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My neck wishes this weren’t so true.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 6 points 19 hours ago

How about with a friend?

[–] 000999@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] knexcar@lemmy.world 7 points 21 hours ago

And my crack

[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

To be pedantic, that isn't even right or wrong posture at a computer. The cat one isn't wrong either.

What they tell you at the big big studios where they have ergonomist and fancy massages, is to change your posture often. Any one posture for a long time is bad, even straight (albeit one that causes the less stress in a given moment).

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The best posture is the next posture.

[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago
[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Change posture, but also get up and move around. Take breaks away from the screen to let your eyes rest.

Of course doing this can also mess up the flow of ideas sometimes. Nothing worse than coming back and trying to recapture the zone you were in.

[–] sus@programming.dev 10 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

get a motorized height adjustable standing desk, an egg timer and a slow treadmill, set the timer to 16 minutes and 43 seconds, every time the timer runs out, rotate between standing position, sitting position and walking position while resetting the timer.

When you're ready to level up, upgrade from just an office chair for the sitting positon to a mixture of office chair, saddle chair, prayer mat and stout 19th century four-legged wooden stool certified handmade in the russian far east. Rotation as follows:

standing -> office chair -> treadmill -> saddle chair -> standing -> prayer mat -> treadmill -> flat stool -> repeat.

When you're ready for the endgame, upgrade from an egg timer to a stochastic bell timer powered by a brass cyclograph. This eliminates any possible linear relationship with your BRAC cycle, ensuring a well-rounded dynamic stress regimen.

[–] poinck@lemm.ee 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

At which level are you currently? I am level 2.

[–] gazter@aussie.zone 4 points 11 hours ago

I've got the fourth Sharma, I used points to get a large Austrian man to walk over the left side of my body.

[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah ideally once an hour you get up and bring something far away into focus for a bit, stretch your eyes the other way. Stretching whatever else whenever you can etc..

I changed my typing habits too.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 14 hours ago

That's every 10 minutes for looking at something far away

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[–] pageflight@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

No no they're not "wrong," they're slouched in defeat because someone stole their keyboard, mouse, and desktop, leaving them with only a 1280x760 DVI monitor.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

not so fast, pal! DVI is perfectly fine!

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I am just reading this on my laptop, sitting on a bed in shrimp-like shape with laptop (a ThinkPad of course) on top of egg carton (called Eggsbox 360 based on The Two Ronnies skit) which is on top of a pillow while listening to music from a CD being played on an e-waste sourced 5.25" DVD drive attached via SATA to USB that can only reliably load CDs (perhaps because the USB provided power is less than half max spec of 2A) and accessing the internet via USB cellular modem using cheap IoT SIM that has broken (not applied) throttling (instead of 64/32kbps).

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

IoT SIM that has broken (not applied) throttling (instead of 64/32kbps).

I wonder how did you do that

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 hours ago

I did nothing. After using either the default 200MB or the 80MB I pay for it's supposed to be throttled, but that kinda just... doesn't happen. I activated a 2nd SIM of those yesterday, same thing. The most I used in a month was some 28GB (out of 80MB), getting me as much as 150Mbps in cities covered by LTE-A from Telekom (this SIM can connect to Telekom, Orange and O2).

Though I just went back to my previous carrier and keep this as a backup. The second SIM I put into a USB modem. May come in handy if I finally decide to try Tailscale.

Searching around, I found someone with the same "issue" for a different provider on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/NoContract/comments/ntul3w/unlimited_data_sim_for_only_45year/

Also a one that was meant to have 64kbps unlimited, but it just... wasn't throttled. But based on one comment they fixed it later which I assume will happen here too. Almost 4 months so far though.

But perhaps they just don't care that much. Based on ToS I can be charged extra €1.30/GB (excl. VAT) since I use permanent roaming, and perhaps I will as it is defined as >50% of usage in EU roaming for the past 4 months. Maybe they just rely on that to kick in...? Also the data warning states "...may be probably temporarily restricted.", which is just so oddly phrased.

But most likely scenario, someone just fucked up the config.

I found yet another such fuck up here: https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/c6ilbp/bought_the_new_15gb_international_data_pass_didnt/

Dude used up 24GB out of 15GB high-speed data pass.

It can happen both ways though. My current carrier accidentally (I hope) set the limit to half the one stated in ToS. This was reversed already. I assume it was an accident, because they plainly stated the incorrect limit in SMS as well.

[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 6 points 21 hours ago

Its all a question of time. 9am? Perfect posture. 4:30? Breaking my back

[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago

Yeah, I'm guilty. I put the shoe on top of a small drawer under the desk and my spine has never thanked me for it

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I wish it wouldn't be that complicated just to sit. I'm a short man (5'6") and it's impossible to sit correctly in most office chairs, as the seats are simply too big. My knees can't bend if my back is against the backrest.

Also they are often too tall and my feet don't touch the ground, so I need a foot stool.

Even fucking desks are too high.

So I have a chair that's too big and too high, and a desk that's also too high when I'm sitting.

I hate that the world is standardized around an average. Finding an appropriate desk or chair for smaller people, at an affordable price, is a pretty good challenge.

[–] my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 2 points 12 hours ago

I'm a short man (5'6")

Worldwide average height for men is around 5'7", you're average. I'm guessing you just live in a region that skews taller.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 3 points 14 hours ago

They make smaller chairs. Blame your employer for not buying sufficient variety. Also a proper ergonomic chair should be able to bring the back forward or the seat back

Or get a cushion to put behind you

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[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I have the opinion the best quality chair one can find is as important as the best computer one can use

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 20 hours ago

I agree. When you're spending a third of your day on the thing it's worth investing in.

(says the guy with no proper chair)

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not no more I don't, get a stool it will save your back, I'm serious.

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[–] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

My neck, my back, and weirdly my right knee, are fucking pissed at me today. My penis and crack are good though at least.

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I stand most of the time. I have a wobble board which helps - standing in one place isn't possible. I've been interested in a treadmill for a while, but they make it hard to do anything else and sometimes I want to sit or lean back.

[–] hash@slrpnk.net 5 points 21 hours ago

I have a barstool I put on the treadmill for breaks. Just comfy enough for a rest but you'll still find yourself wanting to stand up again after a while. And so far I haven't accidentally turned the treadmill on while sitting.

[–] Zexks@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Get ur cams out my office.

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