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Re: Show HN: Workstation – Showcase Your Setup

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Post by Haul4ss »

PascLeRasc wrote: post #35

If anyone's really into "setups", I'd highly recommend checking out usesthis.com. There's some great discussion on why people like certain tools, and some high-profile people on there from all walks of tech life (writers, podcasters, musicians, mechanical engineers). Here's a few of my favorites: Aaron Schwartz: https://usesthis.com/interviews/aaron.swartz/ Mike Hoye (Mozilla): https://usesthis.com/interviews/mhoye/…

I enjoyed Joey Hess's interview on there.

https://usesthis.com/interviews/joey.hess/

An interesting juxtaposition of working on technology in a decidedly austere living arrangement.

Re: Show HN: Workstation – Showcase Your Setup

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Post by ukyrgf »

Hey, another site that was built on a Mac and not tested on anything else.

So, Avenir Next is not a system font on Windows or Linux. On Windows, this means you get the browser's default stylesheet fallback, which means Times New Roman. So your site essentially looks like a Word 97 document to all your Windows visitors, and who-knows-what on the various Linux distros.

Take a look at https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/system-font-stack/ https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/11/using-system-ui-fon... and get yourself looking correct for those non-macOS users!

What did you use to build that stylesheet? A framework of some sort?

Re: Show HN: Workstation – Showcase Your Setup

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Post by codyb »

heroHACK17 wrote: post #108

I love the single-screen setup. I have tried dual-monitors, laptop + monitor, etc., but found that everything else on the screen is just a distraction. Most of the time I'll just work on my laptop or plug in a monitor & close my laptop!

That’s me as well.

Re: Show HN: Workstation – Showcase Your Setup

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Post by SexyCyborg »

PascLeRasc wrote: post #35

If anyone's really into "setups", I'd highly recommend checking out usesthis.com. There's some great discussion on why people like certain tools, and some high-profile people on there from all walks of tech life (writers, podcasters, musicians, mechanical engineers). Here's a few of my favorites: Aaron Schwartz: https://usesthis.com/interviews/aaron.swartz/ Mike Hoye (Mozilla): https://usesthis.com/interviews/mhoye/…

You can't really see it in my article there, I use a rolling cart with my laptops (Apple or Xiaomi depending): https://i.imgur.com/0OB23tw.jpg

Better look: https://i.imgur.com/ydgpMus.jpg

I avoid having a desk surface because it just gets overwhelmed with crap. This way I can't just set things down- they need to be put somewhere. Also I can move it out of the way for shooting YouTube videos, roll near the window when I want more daylight, roll near the printers when I am tweaking them etc.

Re: Show HN: Workstation – Showcase Your Setup

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Post by hotsauceror »

jolmg wrote: post #47

I was expecting this to be about software customization, but I guess not. BTW, what is that on the wall below the desk on the 2nd picture? I'm not even sure how to describe it. It looks like a cat door with 4 mini laundry baskets stacked on one another and like a plastic bag in a hole on the top. What is that?

It looks like an old fashioned natural gas heater? My grandmas house had something very similar, it was like a little decorated alcove with an open natural gas flame in it. The bag at the top probably covers what used to be an old vent or something?

Re: Show HN: Workstation – Showcase Your Setup

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Post by NeedMoreTea »

jolmg wrote: post #47

I was expecting this to be about software customization, but I guess not. BTW, what is that on the wall below the desk on the 2nd picture? I'm not even sure how to describe it. It looks like a cat door with 4 mini laundry baskets stacked on one another and like a plastic bag in a hole on the top. What is that?

Victorian (probably) bedroom coal fireplace that's been painted over. There's even a few hearth tiles still in front of it.

Random image of a restored one: https://www.oldfireplaces.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2...

Re: Show HN: Workstation – Showcase Your Setup

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Post by nonbirithm »

PascLeRasc wrote: post #35

If anyone's really into "setups", I'd highly recommend checking out usesthis.com. There's some great discussion on why people like certain tools, and some high-profile people on there from all walks of tech life (writers, podcasters, musicians, mechanical engineers). Here's a few of my favorites: Aaron Schwartz: https://usesthis.com/interviews/aaron.swartz/ Mike Hoye (Mozilla): https://usesthis.com/interviews/mhoye/…

Derek Sivers' interview (founder of CDBaby) was the one thing that got me into Linux for the first time years ago (and Arch Linux even). Since then it's been my primary OS.

https://usesthis.com/interviews/derek.sivers/

Re: Show HN: Workstation – Showcase Your Setup

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Post by dope »

ukyrgf wrote: post #123

Hey, another site that was built on a Mac and not tested on anything else. So, Avenir Next is not a system font on Windows or Linux. On Windows, this means you get the browser's default stylesheet fallback, which means Times New Roman. So your site essentially looks like a Word 97 document to all your Windows visitors, and who-knows-what on the various Linux distros. Take a look at https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css…

Fixed! Thank you for flagging that. I'm actually just using custom CSS files per component pulling in a global variables.css file.
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