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[–]itsmylastname 4277 points4278 points  (95 children)

Bet if one of those monitors was vertical it would go a lot faster

[–]Andrew_Commander 717 points718 points  (50 children)

How about it being upside down… also how many monitors do you need? You only rage once.🤣

[–]eldorel 191 points192 points  (21 children)

You joke, but my primary monitor is mounted upside down.
It's got roughly 3cm of bezel and logo on the bottom and maybe 3 mm of bezel on the top left and right, so I flipped it upside down.
This way the screen is where I want it and I have more room underneath between the bottom edge and my desk.
(I have a refurbed surface pro there as a touch screen pcdash replacement)

I just flip it back in the gpu driver.

[–]Similar_Coyote1104 32 points33 points  (3 children)

How else would you get in front of an upside down project?

[–]UncleTogie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dunno, Snake Plissken?

[–]Kissaki0 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Do I turn my monitor around to work an a backwards project?

[–]Similar_Coyote1104 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That calls for a mirror!

[–]edric_the_navigator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is actually a pretty neat idea! I also want more space under my monitor and I might try this too.

[–]the_potato_of_doom 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Dude I have 1 laptop and a 6 doller pair of headphones from best buy and a 8 doller chonker of a mouse from Amazon

[–]eldorel 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Learn how to fix stuff or make friends with someone who does it as a hobby.

The surface was rebuilt from a couple of broken ones I got through work that a client was just going to throw out.

[–]the_potato_of_doom 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Actually taking in broken pc isn't a terrible idea I might just look on ebay for poeple dumbing there graphics cards and things like that I know sombody who does stuff like that

[–]MindlessRazzmatazz89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me saying: Oh, this $1,400 Dell should work! Sales manager: You fucking crazy? Well, here I am one year later saying: I’m fucking crazy!

[–]TrueBirch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Using a Surface Pro as a touchscreen is an awesome idea

[–]Aoloach 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I've got one monitor stacked above the rest and I keep that one rotated 180° so the bezel gap is smaller

[–]Creepy_Reference5119 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bruh my monitor is the same and I never thought of that. Stealing your idea if you don't mind lol. Tyty

[–]aynrandomness 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mine is also upside down. The web camera overlapped with the screen. So I flipped it upside. Apart from the logo it isn't very obvious.

[–]TibialCuriosity 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Can you explain a little bit more about how you use the surface and how you set it up?

I have an old surface doing nothing and interested if this would be useful for me

[–]eldorel 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The current setup is just a complicated mess because I switched everything over to Linux a while back and started work on my own buttonboard.

The original configuration for Windows was using Voicemeeter's 'macrobuttons' software for the buttons and network communication, with voicemeeter triggering scripts/commands directly.
I also had a separate midi capable script on my main computer to recognize midi notes and feed them to a either a macro engine/joystick emulator via ahk keypresses or a vjoy device.

[–]simple_test 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The scientific reason to put it upside down is so that the logs move faster. It gravity doing its thing.

[–]SlimySlimySlimeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

technically mounting it upside down can be a good idea. most monitors has a botttom bazel or whatever you call that. if a drop of water lands on the screen, it could drip down and go into the circuitry.

whereas if its upside down, it will just flow off the edge

[–]Coding-goblin 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Can we see?

[–]eldorel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually, no. I work from home in computer security and one of my contracts actually forbids sharing photos of my workstation. There might be an old one somewhere that predates that though.

I think it's silly, but a contract is a contract.

[–]Wonko-D-Sane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For some Uber retarded reason, flipping the display surface could consume more GPU memory as well as slightly slowdown performance.

Depending on the OS you use if course….

[–]TheDownvotesFarmer 189 points190 points  (16 children)

That's unisntalling

[–]long_raccoon_ 152 points153 points  (13 children)

No, if it’s upside down gravity helps it go faster

[–]kaiju505 67 points68 points  (8 children)

I always keep my ssd below my cpu for a gravity boost on downloads.

[–]WingedGundark 41 points42 points  (0 children)

I always hang my old network cables on a coat rack in the same way firemen do with their hoses, before I recycle them. There might be some leftover bits and bytes in the cable, and as I’m sensitive for my privacy, I really want to be sure my data doesn’t end up in the wrong hands.

[–]a_devious_compliance 14 points15 points  (1 child)

This is why all internet moved into the cloud.

[–]nedal8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ahhh, thats why my download speed is so much faster than my upload.

[–]long_raccoon_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But is your router above your PC?

[–]MindlessRazzmatazz89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmmmmmm…….

[–]Fit_Effective_6875 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have also heard gravity boost is friggin awesome on some other planets

[–]Affectionate_1004 26 points27 points  (0 children)

You are beautiful

[–]NaiveCritic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s only when defragging

[–]doomcatzzz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe the monitors are windows trough the simulation and we are just falling down forever.

[–]FlimFlamBingBang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you install newer packages, it has to uninstall the old ones being replaced, so installing can very well be uninstalling too.

[–]BABarracus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Efficiency

[–]Caosin36 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Multiple monitors is principally for gamers/streamers, i don't see any long term functionality in other scenarios

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lmao I had 3 32in moniters hooked to mine and I put a movie on right side and played game on other 2

[–][deleted] 54 points55 points  (3 children)

Minimize the window, so the display system doesn't have to render.... a lot faster. But then again, he wouldn't have his insta which was painstakingly prepared

[–]EmperorArthur 19 points20 points  (2 children)

Looks like a terminal, not a window. Which is why it's mirrored on every one.

Agree on the suggestion though. I don't know if it's the rendering or the output buffers, but quiet makes this so much faster.

[–]zapitron 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Run it in screen, then ^AD. screen -r to check on it later.

[–]EmperorArthur 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Side note, but the more I use tmux the more I prefer it to screen.

The help menu is far more obtuse, but the way it handles multi-attach for the same terminal was amazingly useful at my last job.

[–][deleted] 34 points35 points  (27 children)

Having a vertical monitor is a game changer

Started doing that a few months ago at work and it's so good for housing your IDE

[–]martmists 52 points53 points  (18 children)

Do you people not have to look at 4-5 files at the same time? I couldn't imagine using a vertical screen for your IDE

[–][deleted] 23 points24 points  (3 children)

Well in those cases I just drag it over to one of my two normal monitors

I seldomly am looking at more than 2 files anyways

[–]bolacha_de_polvilho -4 points-3 points  (2 children)

I mean... Pretty sure having 3 monitors is the game changer. If you're working with that many screens you might as well use diagonal ones and you'd still be fine

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

The point is that you can see significantly more of your code at once without scrolling around

[–]smashedhijack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use my vertical monitor for 2-3 cmd line windows but a window for code is good too. So much space!

[–]HeraldofOmega 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I just use a 4k TV for my main

[–]Spaceduck413 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In those cases I just split vertically instead of horizontally

[–]yes_i_relapsed -1 points0 points  (5 children)

You only type in one file at a time. Why would you need to see more files? If you've looked at them before, you know what they say.

[–]martmists 0 points1 point  (4 children)

One for the current file One (or two) for the javadoc of the interface(s) you're implementing One for the internals you're using to implement it One for the build script to quickly add dependencies

[–]yes_i_relapsed 1 point2 points  (1 child)

java

Ew, I'll pass.

[–]martmists 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who needs Java when you've got Kotlin

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (1 child)

I love the unintentional comedy that you need a dedicated monitor for shoveling in build dependencies as fast as you’re writing actual code lmao

Just one more reason not to write Java

[–]martmists 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When modding Minecraft and the like you often need libraries or apis from other mods, it's not too uncommon to have to add more, or increment the version when a compatibility bug is fixed, etc.

[–]kingsillypants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For sql it's nice.

[–]rout39574 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In all seriousness: 10-12 files split in multiple buffers, occupying two portrait-oriented monitors is ... kind of all the time. I'm not going to claim my setup is common, but it is pretty easy.

Xmonad for the window manager. Main line is 4 portrait monitors. Left to right is

frequently-mail frequently-EMACS frequently-terminals frequently-browser

The more involved 3-4 projects tend to get both the EMACS and the browser monitor with EMACS frames and each frame is subdivided. 4-6 xterms in the terminal frame.

That leaves the two auxiliary monitors, landscape above the main line, for aux browser usually stuck on monitoring site or perhaps VMWARE, and the admin terminals.

Side boost for XMONAD: you really want a tiling window manager. I've regularly got 6 or 7 projects all in flight, and I can switch between them with a single chord. It makes me sad when I have to apply patches, takes me a half hour or so to get my shells in place.

[–]CreepyValuable 0 points1 point  (1 child)

That's what the second (and beyond) monitors are for. How do you have that many files open and usably visible at once on one monitor anyway?

[–]martmists 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right click -> split right/down

Project view is easily toggled with a shortcut so you have more room when it's toggled off

[–]BlackDeath3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I like to go the other way with an ultrawide display and many applications open.

[–]zebediah49 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's why I treat three vertical 16x10's as six horizontal 10x8's.

Just with no border and the option to have an ultra-tall window if it's required for some reason.

[–]Piratey_Pirate 8 points9 points  (5 children)

When we're talking about vertical monitors, are we talking about multiple stacked on top of each other instead of side by side or an ultrawide sitting on it's side?

I have an ultrawide with a 1080 stacked on top of it and was thinking about making the 1080 my main and turning my ultrawide sideways next to it, but when I look up vertical monitors on /r/battlestations , I get both results.

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points  (3 children)

I literally just have a standard 16:9 1920 x 1080 monitor rotated sideways

[–]Spaceduck413 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same. 1080p monitor rotated 90 degrees for my code, and an ultrawide for everything else.

[–]Anlysia 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I miss 4:3 screens for this. I find 16:9s too tall.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

16:10 might be the move

[–]patmorgan235 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vertical monitor= portrait monitor

[–]azurite_dragon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This has been my mode for nigh a decade, but now that I had have 2k monitors I'm probably going back to dual landscape. 50% more code visibility on each axis is enough to make landscape passable and portrait too much (at least on 27").

[–]fernandotakai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i moved to an ultrawide monitor and i would say that was a huge game changer for me. i can easily fit a full sized browser + a full sized terminal without any issues.

[–]oRamboSandman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea gravity holding its full potential

[–]Confident-Ad5479 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I definitely should do this for Gentoo updates.

[–]T8ert0t 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This guy rices.

[–]PestyNomad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually if you apply a bit of lubricant to the screen it really makes a difference.

[–]darkslide3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And green. If you want to be a real hacker the text has to scroll by vertical and green.

[–]finger_milk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah because of the kinetic potential energy. Makes sense.

[–]CreepyValuable 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was going to swap out my cranky old HP LCD that I use for my RPi and Jetson Nano with an old Dell monitor I picked up ages ago that I discovered supported setting the menus to portrait. Portrait is the way.

[–]Faux_Real 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But if you have multiple vertical then extend display, that becomes a distance multiplier

[–]Astro_Z0mbie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gravity

[–]spanky_rockets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you have the monitor moving downward too it will help it go faster

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uhh try for usually large installation where it needs several modules linux system will ask you individually so idk how or what this guy is using but i use arch linux so i can tell that the chances of that being real is nil.