05/07 - Whopper Wednesday

Yes. It is a full PC, runs Microsoft windows.

 

You can plug in a keyboard and mouse to it also

 

can it download and run inquisit surveys? do you know if you can use redragon gaming mouse and redragon programmable keyboard with it? sorry but I'm curious about this.

 

It is a PC lol. Just like desktop

 

it looks awesome. I kind of like this 1 because it's supposedly anti-glare so I could turk outside.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-15-6-...l-UHD-Graphics-Wi-Fi-6-Windows-1/10558309305?

 

I could get this to help turk outside

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DRD060A/?tag=thtv02-20

 

I too have contemplated acquisition of such.

See here too for other designs:
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=laptop glare hood

 

I tried the thing where you put two folders over the laptop as a shade. it didn't work to make the screen visible enough to turk, and I had to sit in a weird position. I would love to give that backpack thing a try.

 

I might try this, it's so simple but I hadn't thought of it

 

Some DIY designs etc.:
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=laptop+glare+hood+DIY

 

Yeah I'd probably go DIY too.

As one 2021 review said after trying a few pricey options:
"... I’m not saying these products all suck, but it definitely feels like this is one area that’s filled with a lot of overpriced duds. So proceed with caution. If it’s over $40 and it’s not a whole-ass tent, it probably isn’t worth it."

 

I think a person's head would also have to be in the same level of light as the computer screen. maybe I'm wrong, but maybe that's why the ways I've tried haven't worked.

an umbrella covered with a light-color cotton sheet with a flashlight under the umbrella and sheet...maybe that could actually work. but it would look really weird. but I wouldn't care if it was an unusually lucrative time to be turking. if it was a cotton sheet you could see through it but stark light couldn't get in.

 

I mean both the person and the laptop would be under the umbrella and sheet. so the person's face wouldn't be bombarded with sunlight, making the screen dark and with shadows (glare).

 

Likewise, when I've thought about this before, I imagined full enclosures that extend to surround my head, creating a "dark workspace."

The problem with opaque "full enclosures" is that I'd rather avoid inhibiting my peripheral vision and situational awareness when I'm in public. Any full enclosure will obviously block my vision of everything around me. (It could be OK at home, in the yard, but I don't often need it there; when at home I'd usually rather work inside.)

 

I'm back to the cardboard box idea then. or maybe 2 umbrellas, 1 for behind the laptop, 1 that is upright over the laptop and the person's head.

 

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rotflol!

less weird - this umbrella has these features -
40"x42", or maybe 38"x39", was unclear
swivels 360 degrees (for when the sun moves)
has a clamp, which clamps onto both circular and rectangular surfaces
$35 cost
looks boring or cool but not weird

Amazon.com: Sport-Brella Versa-Brella SPF 50+ Adjustable Umbrella with Universal Clamp, Regular, Gray : Sports & Outdoors

 

This is the slowest day I've had on Mturk in weeks.