First thing I thought: They look like modern student dorm rooms / living arrangements, but without windows, like that new Munger hall that is being built.
On the other hand, extremely limited artificial light, so this would have been penumbral the entire day, with the possible exception of the moments where the sun really faced the window.
According to the plan at the bottom, the window would have been east-north-east and thus really only useful early morning, if at all.
Let's not be ridiculous. This room has no artificial light and almost no natural light, minimal ventilation, no water, no electricity, which is the norm nowadays even for cheap apartments.
Two criminal cases. One was dismissed after 5 years in a windowless room. On the way out of the jail I was arrested with a fake warrant made by the prosecutor and spent another 3 years in a room with a window. I am out now.
Wow - apparently asking questions is a bad thing on HN?
The fact that a "slave's" room from 1,942 years ag, resembles the room of a presumably well-educated, skilled and/or technically-focused contributor (as I perceive nearly all contributors to HN), seems rather odd.
So, my question still stands... Is the comment meant to be sarcastic?
Can the the comment be interpreted as:
1. "They didn't have it as bad as we might think"?
2. "My life is little different from a slave of ~2000 years ago"?
3. "I feel a connection with the people/person who lived in that room"?
4. Something else?
