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Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)

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Re: Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)

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Post by braelyn »

dodomodo wrote: post #71

I don't like it, from a pure brutalistic view point this obviously doesn't make any sense, it isn't practical and it doesn't make any effort to create a shape that is esthetically pleasing. The urban decay is even more outrageous, the whole appeal of urban decay is that it is "real", it's the thinking about all of people that went through the same structure throughout the years. Of cause it doesn't mean you can't mak…

Whether this monitor stand was decayed through history or artificially makes no difference if he's compelled by the elements of decay that he's replicating. You can get angry over design philosophy or you can just appreciate that this man crafted something with a very unique aesthetic.

Re: Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)

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Post by bayindirh »

augustk wrote: post #110
dodomodo wrote: post #71

I don't like it, from a pure brutalistic view point this obviously doesn't make any sense, it isn't practical and it doesn't make any effort to create a shape that is esthetically pleasing. The urban decay is even more outrageous, the whole appeal of urban decay is that it is "real", it's the thinking about all of people that went through the same structure throughout the years. Of cause it doesn't mean you can't mak…

Something that would be useful in my case is a monitor stand stand. Does anyone know why almost no current monitor can be raised so that the upper edge is at eye level? Is it due to incompetence among the current breed of designers? Quite a few of my colleges have a stack of books beneath the monitor stand.

Try getting “Enterprise” monitors like Dell UltraSharp or HP EliteDisplay. Not they only come with better feet (height adjustable & pivoting), they are calibrated and have really good panels which you can stare at for hours without fatigue.

Re: Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)

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Post by Fnoord »

thesuitonym wrote: post #115

Do I like it? No. Do I want one on my desk? Absolutely not. Do I think it's even brutalist? Not in the least. But it's still a cool as hell project. People need to do more things just because they want to, and to hell with what anyone else thinks.

Sums up my mother's sculptures, or my kids' drawings.

If it serves the artist, it served a purpose.

Personally, I have an aluminium laptop stand which makes the laptop dockable but which isn't portable or makes screen/keyboard usable (secure for cats though) and I have a portable, foldable, lightweight plastic one [1].

I also do not enjoy the idea of using the bottom of a laptop on concrete. The latter material isn't nice for scratches (and every time it is put or leaves concrete is a potential mark).

So in this case, I believe a second monitor (or larger primary one) plus a vertical laptop stand would fit in the shown office.

[1] https://nexstand.eu/collections/foldable-laptop-stands

Re: Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)

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Post by inanutshellus »

augustk wrote: post #110
dodomodo wrote: post #71

I don't like it, from a pure brutalistic view point this obviously doesn't make any sense, it isn't practical and it doesn't make any effort to create a shape that is esthetically pleasing. The urban decay is even more outrageous, the whole appeal of urban decay is that it is "real", it's the thinking about all of people that went through the same structure throughout the years. Of cause it doesn't mean you can't mak…

Something that would be useful in my case is a monitor stand stand. Does anyone know why almost no current monitor can be raised so that the upper edge is at eye level? Is it due to incompetence among the current breed of designers? Quite a few of my colleges have a stack of books beneath the monitor stand.

Law suits / claims, I'd expect, as tall is unstable.

If I sell a Monitor With Really Tall Monitor Stand and then you lightly bump your desk and break your monitor, you might want a replacement and call my stand "an unstable PoS".

If I sell you a Monitor and you stack books under it and your monitor falls... well... dummy, tall stuff falls over. Time to buy a new monitor.

Re: Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)

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Post by dang »

Qwuke wrote: post #48

@dang, I'm not sure what's changed with the Show HN lately, but it's been much more lovely to read. Thank you for whatever changes which were made.

I suppose the main thing so far is https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu.... The hope is to be welcoming to new users while also nudging them toward the intended use of the site. I don't know how well this is going to work over time so your comment is encouraging!

Re: Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)

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Post by ryandrake »

xnorswap wrote: post #79
Qwuke wrote: post #48

@dang, I'm not sure what's changed with the Show HN lately, but it's been much more lovely to read. Thank you for whatever changes which were made.

Looking at https://news.ycombinator.com/show , it's definitely no longer a raw feed of show HN: from /new. It's not clear what the change is, whether it is curation by hand or some other metrics, but it's a positive change, the old Show HN was getting flooded, as recently discussed. ( Although I can't work out how to find that discussion. )

Huge and positive change from the old “Show HN: Another vibe coded filesystem that I won’t even use but it was done with an LLM!”

Re: Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)

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Post by NathanielK »

Fnoord wrote: post #145
thesuitonym wrote: post #115

Do I like it? No. Do I want one on my desk? Absolutely not. Do I think it's even brutalist? Not in the least. But it's still a cool as hell project. People need to do more things just because they want to, and to hell with what anyone else thinks.

Sums up my mother's sculptures, or my kids' drawings. If it serves the artist, it served a purpose. Personally, I have an aluminium laptop stand which makes the laptop dockable but which isn't portable or makes screen/keyboard usable (secure for cats though) and I have a portable, foldable, lightweight plastic one [1]. I also do not enjoy the idea of using the bottom of a laptop on concrete. The latter material isn't…

Perhaps having a scratched up laptop matches the concrete stand.
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