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Re: DIY MacBook Stand

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Post by glenneroo »

dmd wrote: post #72
glenneroo wrote: post #64

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Do you mean downloading using unsupported 3rd party tools? Because those have to be regularly updated to ensure they even work and could some day stop working entirely if Google decided to care about blocking such tools. In comparison, GitHub offers a simple clone button (among ways) which gives you everything.

No, I mean Google.com/takeout

I just did a complete takeout - it doesn't download videos, only history, comments, playlists and subscriptions (in various formats: json, html, etc).

Re: DIY MacBook Stand

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Post by dmd »

glenneroo wrote: post #121
dmd wrote: post #72

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No, I mean Google.com/takeout

I just did a complete takeout - it doesn't download videos, only history, comments, playlists and subscriptions (in various formats: json, html, etc).

Then you did something wrong or didn't pick the right export options. I do a download of mine every 3 months, and it works fine.

Re: DIY MacBook Stand

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Post by stevenjohns »

bllguo wrote: post #43
stevenjohns wrote: post #20

I personally use an mStand[0] by Rain Design. I was using a small cardbox box before that and my employer at the time gifted an mStand to me. The difference is night and day and it made me appreciate my MacBook's display much more even when it was connected to an external monitor. I also found myself using multiple (virtual) desktops so much more as well. If you're able to afford it, I really recommend shelling out t…

I'm actually really surprised by this gushing review - I use the same stand at work, but I don't think too much of it. Could I ask you to elaborate? Just curious.

A lot of other stands don't have the laptop sitting so high above the desk, making them much closer to the table or even flush but angled upwards from the back.

As it sits now, it is high enough so that it matches the exact same level of eyesight as my external monitor. This makes the external monitor compliment it rather than replace it.

The shape also allows you to move your hands around under it, whereas if it was lower or if the design was different it would interrupt movement and usage of an external keyboard.

Other things I like about it is that it's super solid, it's all just a single piece, made of aluminium (for heat purposes) and the rubber things on it keep the laptop held securely in place.

Re: DIY MacBook Stand

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Post by nkoren »

jordache wrote: post #27
nkoren wrote: post #3

I use this for my MacBook stand: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/small-storage-organisers/... It folds up compactly, is extremely lightweight, and has survived 4 years of almost daily use without complaint. Highly recommended.

heat dissipation?

Better than sitting on a desk.

Re: DIY MacBook Stand

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Post by SirZimzim »

knolan wrote: post #107
todd8 wrote: post #99

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But I like the simplicity of the design, the poster’s first hand experience, mentioning other designs, and the idea of leaving usable room underneath the laptop. Further, it’s nicely illustrated with a photo. Not, perhaps, a mathematical tour de force but useful information. Just like the numerous reports on HN of IKEA products used to prop up monitors. These ideas won’t win a Turing Award but are often clever and gi…

I see your point but from my experience this is closer along the spectrum to ‘hello world’.

I don't see what you are contributing here either.

Re: DIY MacBook Stand

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Post by pdfernhout »

jason_slack wrote: post #71
madmod wrote: post #69

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100 years from now maybe github will be the new geosites. Or maybe my great great grandkids can review that PR I made today.

Wow, great thought. Maybe I had better write better commit messages then.

Recent commits with profanity: http://www.commitlogsfromlastnight.com/

Wall of shame? :-)

Re: DIY MacBook Stand

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Post by dang »

knolan wrote: post #93
discreditable wrote: post #61

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It's not laser cut. I used a MakerBot Replicator 2. It was actually quite easy to print. I designed it roughly two years ago after browsing thingiverse and getting bad print results with the larger stands. The smaller single-piece stands were too flimsy/unstable. I also wanted the stand to be just big enough to fit a Lenovo docking station under it.

So you printed it in pieces and assembled it? I’m sorry to be harsh but this is the kind of thing we get undergrads to do on day one of an internship. Why do you feel it was worthy of posting on HN?

Aw, please just don't kill this place by reacting to other people's work so nastily. It isn't that you don't have a point—let's assume you do—but the poison it adds to the air is just so damaging.

If the problem of elementary work being submitted above its weight class is an issue on HN, it's in the part-per-million category compared to the problem that you made worse here. If you'll refine your mental model of internet forum dynamics to include this information I'm sure you'll see that.

Re: DIY MacBook Stand

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Post by ericskiff »

ZeroGravitas wrote: post #100
ericskiff wrote: post #9

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I think this is great and like the approach to the design! Amazingly it was almost 10 years ago that I put mine up on Thingiverse - thing 32, while we were still testing before making Thingiverse public :) https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:32

Does the cardboard version in the photos work, or was that just a prototype?

It works great! I had that on my desk for quite a while. Eventually it gets beat up and starts to wobble a bit, so wood or acrylic last longer, and in fact we still use some of these at my office years later.
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