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[–] [email protected] 55 points 4 months ago (6 children)

But why? That's the most pointless screen ratio I've yet to see.

[–] [email protected] 114 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How are you gonna read all those Java class names otherwise?

[–] [email protected] 64 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The factory factory factory factory factory factory factory factory factory factory must grow

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

the guy who wrote Badger Badger was a visionary.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 41 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

That was my first thought. I'd happily have one of these, but wall-mounted somewhere with high footfall, displaying a dashboard of some kind.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I heard those screens can be programmatically split onto several logical displays. I guess, the only advantage is not having borders between them.

It feels a bit off to me, indeed

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

If it was slightly flexible, it’d be a good driving sim screen wrapped half way around the rig.

[–] fibojoly 8 points 4 months ago

It's "four screens side by side" display. Why not, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

It's for digital signage

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I have a coworker with 4 displays, this is for him.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

They kept them all side by side like that, all landscape?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

How else are you going to fit the entirety of a piano, to scale, on your screen?