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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 shiroiuma »

zelphirkalt wrote: post #153

And yet that laptop stand is not even the slightest bit slanted, one of the crucial details. I could simply take a book and put the laptop on top of that, to get the same ergonomic features. I am aware that ergonomic use is not the main point, but it would certainly not have hurt to consider that angle at least a little bit.

Why would this matter? If you were typing on it, that would be helpful, but this is for a laptop that sits on the side, while the user types on a separate (and likely much better) keyboard.

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

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Post by markdown »

throwthrowuknow wrote: post #39
pjc50 wrote: post #24

I wonder what the practical limit is on how thin and light you can make concrete for non-structural items? I can see someone selling concrete mugs on Etsy, for example. Maybe with clever use of fillers and thin walls you could have a version of this you could actually lift. It looks great, especially in contrast to a white IKEA-style office. Re: decay, I regret not taking more photos of the final days of the RBS "Zig…

People who make concrete counter tops use a lot of fibreglass fillers to get them fairly thin but if you wanted it truly light weight you’d probably need to make it out of a dense foam and coat it with something that looks like concrete.

> if you wanted it truly light weight

Aircrete with a good sealant because obviously it would be even more porous than regular concrete https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4_GxPHwqkA

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

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Post by zelphirkalt »

throw-the-towel wrote: post #189
zelphirkalt wrote: post #153

And yet that laptop stand is not even the slightest bit slanted, one of the crucial details. I could simply take a book and put the laptop on top of that, to get the same ergonomic features. I am aware that ergonomic use is not the main point, but it would certainly not have hurt to consider that angle at least a little bit.

Haha, consider that angle . (I'll show myself out.)

I found your comment funny and I only realized this pun when I read my own comment after posting it. I hope you keep your humor, despite being downvoted. You are probably downvoted, because people think it doesn't add much to the topic, and not because it isn't funny. (I hope so, at least.)

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

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Post by teejmya »

gwbas1c wrote: post #34

Related: Anyone know where to get that kind of keyboard in the photo? Specifically, where the number pad and arrow keys are on the left? I've been looking and looking, but the best I can find is using a narrow keyboard with a separate number-pad only keyboard on the left. I'm in the US. (It's better for your right shoulder to keep the mouse closer to your body like in the picture.)

In the mechanical keyboard community, I've also heard this type of layout referred to as "southpaw"

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

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Post by inanutshellus »

augustk wrote: post #151
inanutshellus wrote: post #146

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Isn't the manufacturer to blame if I get neck problems then?

Nonsense, that's your seat height. Lower your seat and magically the monitor is the right height.

Your keyboard may be chin-height but hey, your monitor height is no longer a problem. ;)

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