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Originally Posted by DNSB

As for the remainder of your post about working outdoors? Yes, Vancouver, where you don't tan, you rust [...] My work spaces are indoors [...]
No device in my bag for a desktop/productivity OS outdoors? That's where my laptop comes in

There you are. And in fact, not surprisingly, EPD displays are made in Taiwan.
As already expressed in post #141, what have you thought the last time you mentioned the phenomenon of soaked, undryable rust in Vancouver and you were replied "Strange, here in Khartoum we do not have that problem?". And what about that time you went to renew your passport, and you were told "I do not understand Sir, mine has not expired"?

For reference, this is how we use laptops below the Arctic circle:



You may also have seen photos around of pioneer mobile computing users also holding earlier precursors of darkbulbs, in form of chemical powders, to help absorb excessive light from environment. Unfortunately, they are still impractical, because the power of the Sun remains difficult to match. Yes we have invented mostly effective instruments, such as walls, but they - bulky, cumbersome, heavy - still remain a weakness in the mobility plan.

But the thing is, it is in general stupid to fight environmental light (as people may remember from those times they opposed a locomotive with their chest - too much effort required, a real imbalance in the energy costs, they have concluded). This is why we went for carving clay and staining papyrus, in those times in which humanity kept their wits down-to-earth. Reflective...

Originally Posted by DNSB

As for lighting, the few times I've used my laptop outdoors simply positioning the screen to minimize the reflections makes it usable

While in my study, of course of carefully pondered rational arrangement, I have to manage the blinds to get adequate visibility on my monitor. Not to mention the already mentioned phone.

Originally Posted by DNSB

Normally, when I am outdoors, I am relaxing not working

If you knew what you are missing...