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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 stavros »

alnwlsn wrote: post #29
jnwatson wrote: post #25

I certainly haven't heard of that technique to get rid of bubbles in the cement.

They make industrial versions of the same specifically for concrete. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=concrete+vibrator

Well now I'm going to make a dildo out of concrete and list it on Amazon just to fuck with builders.

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

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Post by stavros »

rors wrote: post #102
ghm2199 wrote: post #92

If you want to get a feel of what brutalist architecture is like up close, go to the Barbican in london if you can. Its quite surreal. Very much in-your-face concrete exposure. Yet, to walk and experience it with your eyes is a study of contrasts: a giant, comparitively modern, greenhouse, has a glass roof open to the sky and yet many floors have no light or windows at all. And in the outdoor spaces, like the fountai…

The Barbican is not a typical brutalist construction. The term brutalist refers to béton brut, which means raw concrete. I.e. you can see the shape of the wooden slats used as a cast. The concrete in the Barbican was finished by drilling to create a dappled pattern, which obliterated the shape of the slats. There are also lots of post modern elements. For example, the columns of the girl’s school have pyramids at the…

Sure, but as someone who likes the aesthetic, the Barbican hits all the right spots for me.

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

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Post by DrewADesign »

jherskovic wrote: post #142

So many naysayers. I love it! So what if it doesn’t come from the Brut region of France and thus it’s just sparkling cement, it looks great and is clearly a labor of love.

People who are insecure about their expertise in many subjects, (especially within art and the humanities, in my experience,) will unfailingly use any opportunity to point out when they know something someone else doesn’t. However, if someone posted “check out my super rad FP framework,” but it was actually OO with some bolted-on FP ideas, even if it was neat in its own right, people here would be totally justified in saying “hey… about that whole FP thing...”

Even if they look similar, there’s a big difference between sour grapes ego boosting, and people with subject matter expertise pointing out common misconceptions. A major problem with Engineer’s Disease is mistaking the former for the latter based on maybe having read a few blog posts and falling down a research rabbit hole once two years prior.

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

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Post by niccl »

dang wrote: post #148
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!

Another anecdatum: it definitely seems better to me in the last few days.

Thanks again to you and tomhow for all your stellar work on keeping the site as close to its original intent as practical these days

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