• Bieren@lemmy.today
    5·
    2 months ago

    I work outside all the time. It’s great. Use my laptop on the screened in porch. In the shade. Ceiling fan on. Maybe in the hammock. Doing whatever I want on the laptop while jiggler keeps my work laptop active in another room.

    • Waryle@jlai.lu
      1·
      2 months ago

      For those who can’t install much on their work laptop: just open notepad and put a weight on the space bar

      Bonus point: you can see how long you’ve been away by looking at the character count, and try to beat high scores on slow days

  • toad@sh.itjust.worksBanned
    3·
    2 months ago

    It’s because you’re a mouseclicker. I code for a living, i do everything in the cli, all i need to do to work on a sunny beach is increase the text size and invert the colors

      • compostgoblin@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Turns out as long as you have your browser and inbox open and frown at your screen when your boss walks by, most people won’t question it any further

        • Grimy@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 months ago

          Sometimes, I’ll lean back, look at the ceiling and let out a loud “hmmmm” so it’s clear I’m thinking and doing a difficult task.

  • OrteilGenou@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 months ago

    I remember in ~2000 someone was in the parking lot of my office at a picnic table on their laptop and people commented how “cool” that was.

    I’ve noticed since then that IT people qualify anything that drives work into personal spaces as “cool”.

    2012: Wow, you can hot spot to your blackberry and connect your laptop to the Internet from the ferry, when you used to just let the wind ruffle your hair during your commute? “Cool.”

    2026: Wow AI can write 78% of your code so you can produce twice as much shitty code while you spend even more time at your desk then you used to, for less money? “Cool.”

  • da_cow (she/her)@feddit.org
    2·
    2 months ago

    Working outside can be fun. At least AS long AS you dont need that good of an internet connection, have a comfy place to sit in and are at a somewhat dark spot, so you can still see on your screen.

    If and only if these three things are all given, than it can be quite nice to work outside.

    • sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      2 months ago

      Also, if you take any meetings, it needs to be quiet enough to communicate but also not disruptive to others if you’re taking loudly.

    • Captain_Faraday@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Couldn’t agree more. Some of my best work and learning recently has been me on my back porch under shade with a box fan. While I have solid WiFi and power there, I also pack a portable monitor and can work without internet on much of what I do.

  • pyre@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 months ago

    laptop outside is fine but on the beach? why don’t you pour the sand in manually at home?

  • CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    It’s the brightness and lack of cooling with my M2 MacBook Air. I have that, my iPhone, and my Galaxy S10. I’m on Lemmy on the S10. Even that isn’t as bright as my iPhone, but the typing is ten billion percent better.

  • Bluewing@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 months ago

    I spent all my childhood life growing up on a dairy farm. Worked from home, got to do various types of exciting manual labor and operate somewhat dangerous machinery, AND I got to work outside no matter the weather.

    So suck on that California. You ain’t that special.

  • Soup@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 months ago

    If I’m ever envious of someone doing work in places where they should be relaxing, please kill me.