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Ask HN: What are the best-designed things you've ever used?

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Re: Ask HN: What are the best-designed things you've ever used?

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Post by robocat »

eropple wrote: post #251
toomanyrichies wrote: post #155

One example of quality design which I gleaned from reading Don Norman's "The Design Of Everyday Things" is the metal plate I've frequently seen on doors which are meant to be pushed. The only affordance of such a plate is its push-ability, and the fact that someone actively installed a metal plate (instead of just relying on the door's natural flatness), as well as its location at the point of maximum leverage (all t…

I ran into a door today that had a handle on the push side. Not even a crossbar - an aluminum folded-over handle, one on each of the double doors. It is, unmistakably, a pull handle , and it had "PUSH" written above it and even underlined, and still it gave me pause.

I see so many glass doors designed like that. The doors usually have a sticker that says “PUSH” on the push side, however the sticker is invariably printed with a transparent background so you can read it from the pull side. I don’t notice when I am reading something backwards/mirrored, so I am always pushing on the pull side…… Arrrrrrgh!

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Post by GhettoComputers »

Almost android device once they became more powerful and had root, around after 2016 is when only root matters.

Full Linux CLI, all the game systems of the 90s playable, all the hardware devices of the 90s emulated but much better (the Pokédex app was very good, TI emulator, etc), OTG docking for wired devices or you can use BT for hardware. They can do 90% of what your current phone can do but everything is a bit slower and worst, so using it as a dedicated device for various purposes like a Linux man page app at your computer, a device to game on, attach a controller, spares your non easily replaceable battery, if you have an iPhone and didn’t jailbreak, having a handheld Linux computer in your pocket is convenient to easily use CLI tools and SSH/MOSH.

Re: Ask HN: What are the best-designed things you've ever used?

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Post by jacknews »

kirubakaran wrote: post #152
jhardy54 wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you have a photo / link? My searches haven’t turned up anything.

http://npshistory.com/publications/park_structures_facilitie...

Which one is the simple casting that can be carried by 2, and supports itself?

Re: Ask HN: What are the best-designed things you've ever used?

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Post by thih9 »

dsizzle wrote: post #214
boomboomsubban wrote: post #138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Kazaaa has nothing to do with torrents, but what do you mean by corrupted? Torrenting can cause a fragmenting issue, but defragging clears that up. And like anywhere else, random executables sometimes contain malware but there's nothing inherent in torrents that makes that more likely.

I meant “file sharing” more generally not “torrents” specifically (I edited my previous comment). I don’t know what exactly happened to my computer but I suspect malware. While not inherent to torrents, it does seem inherent in sharing of random executables. Have the trust issues improved? What are some good use cases of torrents?

I don’t think torrents are any different in that aspect from the rest of the web.

Just as you would download and run an executable from a trusted source, you can download a torrent of an executable (from that trusted source) and run it.

E.g. many Linux distributions offer torrent links next to regular downloads; if you trust that website, you can download either file.

Re: Ask HN: What are the best-designed things you've ever used?

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Post by langcalvin »

I'll go a game route: Mario Kart. It's just so perfect. All of them from the SNES to the Switch.

I've played countless hours and never get bored. The level designs are all so interesting and unique I find myself discovering something new every time. It's social and I've seen it dominate dinner parties.

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Post by cc101 »

jacknews wrote: post #273
kirubakaran wrote: post #152

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://npshistory.com/publications/park_structures_facilitie...

Which one is the simple casting that can be carried by 2, and supports itself?

Here is a good photo: https://www.californiasbestcamping.com/modoc/fowlers.html

A 4 inch pole from a home center through the holes is used to between the two end pieces while the benches and top and dropped on.

A few more men would make it easier.

Re: Ask HN: What are the best-designed things you've ever used?

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Post by 2OEH8eoCRo0 »

dkobia wrote: post #230

Dyson vacuum products are pretty damn impressive. I have an 9 year old Dyson DC33 and every time I take it apart to clean it, I can’t believe how thoughtful the engineers were. Repairability is 9/10 and built like a tank.

My father hid the Dyson vacuum in the trunk of his car when my mother divorced him.
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