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by ZinniaZirconium 2151 days ago
I was so hoping this was a new data structure.

It's a laptop holder.

Funny thing is I rarely code on a laptop anymore. I find a tablet to be so much more portable and I'm adapted to the touch keyboard. So I could use a park bench or sit on the ground and still be productive.

One question I have is not in the FAQ. How do you prevent theft if you leave it strapped to the tree when you walk away to use the bathroom?

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This is not a problem if you cowork with someone. But it's not the case for me, so planning ahead about the bathroom is the most critical deciding factor for where I'm going to work.

I try to find a spot that either has a real toilet close by, or a place with a foresty area where I could pee in the bushes. A bonus is if I can keep line-of-sight on my Tree Table. In any case, I leave the tree table attached. No one is going to bother to steal it, it looks too unusual, weird, intimidating.

I could also ask someone else in the park who looks normal to watch my stuff, but I have never found the situation to be critical enough to make such a request.

It would make good history: A novel tree-based data structure invented while working on a tree table.