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Re: DIY MacBook Stand

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Post by knolan »

vaporary wrote: post #48
discreditable wrote: post #22

I recently released a stand I made for my ThinkPad Yoga. It'd probably work for a Macbook too. They're very close in size. I like mine a little better because I can put the dock and cables under it. https://github.com/KeenRivals/ThinkPad-Yoga-Laptop-Stand

Nice, thank you for sharing! I'm curious, which 3D printer did you use?

It looks laser cut, most schools would have a laser cutter nowadays because they’re stupidly easy to use.

It would be difficult, and inadvisable to print something this large on a regular 3D printer.

Thingyverse is literally full of designs like this and often much better.

https://www.thingiverse.com/search/page:1?q=Laptop+stand&sa=...

Re: DIY MacBook Stand

#52

Post by TheSpiceIsLife »

falcolas wrote: post #49
TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> laser cutters will often use a JPEG as the profile image. Laser cutter operator here. Never heard of laser cutter, plasma cutter, or oxy cutter (our company has all three) accepting a JPG as the input file. I've spoken to two other local operators and they all require a DXF / DWG or some other type of NC (Numeric Code) file as input.

I'm guessing it's a reference to GlowForge, which can cut based on pictures or drawings on the material itself.

Ah, right, thanks, wasn't aware of that.

Re: DIY MacBook Stand

#53

Post by majewsky »

amelius wrote: post #47
mxuribe wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I actually dislike that fact very much. Oh, I don't disagree that github is that for so many users...and i can not disagree with the convenience of what github provides...I simply dislike that it is all controlled/owned by github...a single point of technical/infrastructure failure, and a single corporate entity where so much content (content beyond raw code, that is) is hosted...not unlike the facebook effect. I wis…

Well, at least you can easily get your and other people's data out of GitHub (unlike e.g. YouTube and Facebook). It would be easy to create a giant mirror of GitHub, for example (once you have a distributed storage system). Also, GitHub doesn't control what users are viewing (unlike YouTube and Facebook), which makes the platform less of a threat to internet freedom.

> easily

So they added a button to dump all issues and PRs without messing with the API?

Re: DIY MacBook Stand

#54

Post by majewsky »

tapia wrote: post #40

What makes this a MacBook Stand and not a general notebook stand for any other 13" notebook?

Two guesses:

1. Adding "Macbook" to the title increases the chance of getting to the frontpage (like some sort of cheap SEO).

2. People starting to use "Macbook" when they mean "notebook" like when you use the verb "google" instead of "search on the internet".

Re: DIY MacBook Stand

#56

Post by ChuckMcM »

falcolas wrote: post #49
TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> laser cutters will often use a JPEG as the profile image. Laser cutter operator here. Never heard of laser cutter, plasma cutter, or oxy cutter (our company has all three) accepting a JPG as the input file. I've spoken to two other local operators and they all require a DXF / DWG or some other type of NC (Numeric Code) file as input.

I'm guessing it's a reference to GlowForge, which can cut based on pictures or drawings on the material itself.

And a bunch of the inexpensive Chinese laser cutters, some of which provided a pirated copy of Corel Draw to do your designs in.

Re: DIY MacBook Stand

#57

Post by Operyl »

majewsky wrote: post #53
amelius wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, at least you can easily get your and other people's data out of GitHub (unlike e.g. YouTube and Facebook). It would be easy to create a giant mirror of GitHub, for example (once you have a distributed storage system). Also, GitHub doesn't control what users are viewing (unlike YouTube and Facebook), which makes the platform less of a threat to internet freedom.

> easily So they added a button to dump all issues and PRs without messing with the API?

We’re programmers... working with APIs is what most of us do day to day, they’re not holding it hostage behind complicated and metered usage APIs.

Re: DIY MacBook Stand

#58

Post by yeukhon »

majewsky wrote: post #54
tapia wrote: post #40

What makes this a MacBook Stand and not a general notebook stand for any other 13" notebook?

Two guesses: 1. Adding "Macbook" to the title increases the chance of getting to the frontpage (like some sort of cheap SEO). 2. People starting to use "Macbook" when they mean "notebook" like when you use the verb "google" instead of "search on the internet".

I can agree about 1 and the last part of 2. But I am willing to bet you people’d say “laptops” to refer to any non-Apple laptops.

Re: DIY MacBook Stand

#59

Post by discreditable »

vaporary wrote: post #48
discreditable wrote: post #22

I recently released a stand I made for my ThinkPad Yoga. It'd probably work for a Macbook too. They're very close in size. I like mine a little better because I can put the dock and cables under it. https://github.com/KeenRivals/ThinkPad-Yoga-Laptop-Stand

Nice, thank you for sharing! I'm curious, which 3D printer did you use?

I used a MakerBot Replicator 2.

Re: DIY MacBook Stand

#60

Post by dmd »

amelius wrote: post #47
mxuribe wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I actually dislike that fact very much. Oh, I don't disagree that github is that for so many users...and i can not disagree with the convenience of what github provides...I simply dislike that it is all controlled/owned by github...a single point of technical/infrastructure failure, and a single corporate entity where so much content (content beyond raw code, that is) is hosted...not unlike the facebook effect. I wis…

Well, at least you can easily get your and other people's data out of GitHub (unlike e.g. YouTube and Facebook). It would be easy to create a giant mirror of GitHub, for example (once you have a distributed storage system). Also, GitHub doesn't control what users are viewing (unlike YouTube and Facebook), which makes the platform less of a threat to internet freedom.

I'd consider Youtube to be one of the top easiest sites to get one's data (or someone else's!) out of. Why do you think it's not?
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