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Another front page post compliments this one: Why Walking Helps Us Think (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14235398)

i.e. Do your thinking while walking, not sitting and hunched over a screen. Your brain and your body will love you for it.

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it would be awesome if you could walk and program. back pain can come from static hand posture. and swinging your arms is good for the back. i imagine parks full of programmers that time to time bump into each others because they are in deep focus.

You can jump on a stationary bike when you code! I have my road bike on a trainer in front of my computer (standing desk) and I can code while training. The height is almost perfect because the handlebars go under the keyboard platform (it's still not comfortable though). Most of the time I'm just watching tv shows but I've done some coding while cycling before.

Isn't that the point of the desks with treadmills?

you cant swing your arms while typing though. im thinking wrist censors for input and vr like helmet or glasses for output.

Or some half decent voice recognition / brain implants when ever they arrive.

Not sure you'd want to do this walking around outside though, seems to increase the likelihood of hitting trees.

I usually walk around or do house-hold work when solving hard problems, it's slow as my mind is somewhere else but I think that with a brain implant or voice recognition like you suggested it would be totally doable to program and do other stuff at the same time.

A screen-reader might also be used for output.

Ah - I was thinking as a replacement for your wrist input and VR helmet. I'm guessing you're not planning on doing house work with those on :)

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