People still occasionally wear Vision Pros in public, so I don't think the normal social etiquette applies here.
replyThat said, truly not caring what strangers at a coffee shop think about you is probably a great step toward a great life.
To a certain extent, yes. But you could apply that same logic to people who do indecent exposure. At some point, if you're setting up for 4+ hours in a tiny coffee shop with a laptop replacement and you're not buying more than just a cup of joe, you're doing a net-bad for your community by making that coffee shop and thus cheap community spaces less viable.
replyIf you want to do it in a Panera or SBux go ahead but not in a local shop. Being conscientious is actually a good thing, believe it or not.
There are plenty of local shops that are large, have plenty of seating, and don't mind you staying for several hours. It's up to the shop to enforce rules if it doesn't want people camping or using laptops or if it wants to require purchase.
replyI feel comfortable asserting most freelance professionals have outgrown a fear of "side-eye".
replyDo... people drag a full iMac to a public workspace like that?
replyI saw a guy with a Commodore PET at a coffee shop in Toronto once.
And more than once, I've been that guy with a TRS-80 at a Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf shop in Las Vegas.
A TV reporter who stopped in for coffee seemed interested in what I was doing, until he saw that I was just playing Monopoly.
That seems really great, though. If you showed up with an ancient retro PC, you're asking for other nerds to chat you up and ask you what you're tinkering with.
replyNobody's going to want to talk to you if you show up with a full iMac setup.
definitely saw a few in starbucks around the world. no one cares
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