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I guess it’s better for people who only work on laptops and don’t want to have separate keyboards and pointing devices.
I travel a lot and I use a Roost laptop stand
https://www.therooststand.com/
A standard Apple keyboard and mouse, and a portable USB powered monitor that gets power and video from one USB cable and monitor stand
The article is seemingly outdated. The cheapest one I could find in the store was 29 USD. In Euros, it’s 36.37. And of course, you still have to pay for shipping. From Korea. This seems quite absurd. Whatever good you do the planet by using something out of recycled paper (thumbs up on the idea) will surely be offset by all the logistics of the shipping. This should have been a tutorial, not a product.
Or save yourself $22: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR5G1HFXY1U
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No you are paying for the story that you’ll be able to smugly tell your colleagues of how much you care about the environment that you’ve purchased a recycled laptop stand, ignoring the fact that this was likely air shipped from Korea and then delivered by multiple trucks to you.
If you're going to buy a laptop stand anyway and you have the choice between A) a plastic stand or B) this recycled stand, does it make more or less sense, in terms of environmental impact, to buy the plastic stand over this one? > ignoring the fact that this was likely air shipped from Korea and then delivered by multiple trucks to you. This presupposes the economies of scale. One plane is not leaving South Korea la…
I mean, if you expect the cardboard one not to last very long, then yes. Yes it does "make more or less sense".
I don't see much point to this, it barely props up your laptop at all. You're still going to get tech neck. I recently got a nexstand, external keyboard, and mouse and it has been amazing.
Never heard of nexstand but it looks suboptimal for keeping the small laptop screen as close as possible to your eyes My preferred design is like https://amzn.eu/d/0KB8nGM (2x U shapes of metal), which lets you have the keyboard underneath the laptop , so the laptop is as close to the edge of the desk as if you weren’t using an external keyboard
If you're having trouble seeing clearly, you should use glasses and/or increase the system-wide font size (or decrease the "resolution").
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> One plane is not leaving South Korea laden with just one laptop stand and nothing else, and one delivery truck is not leaving the Fedex or UPS depot almost entirely empty save for one laptop stand destined for the consumer's house. Who do you imagine thought of it this way, and how does an objection to shipping trash require you to think this way? What normal people imagine is that a package containing this displac…
> Who do you imagine thought of it this way, and how does an objection to shipping trash require you to think this way? The argument being presented by the person I replied to said verbatim: " ignoring the fact that this was likely air shipped from Korea and then delivered by multiple trucks to you. " > What you seem to be theorizing is that if these weren't being shipped, some other product would have been invented…
The article is seemingly outdated. The cheapest one I could find in the store was 29 USD. In Euros, it’s 36.37. And of course, you still have to pay for shipping. From Korea. This seems quite absurd. Whatever good you do the planet by using something out of recycled paper (thumbs up on the idea) will surely be offset by all the logistics of the shipping. This should have been a tutorial, not a product.
I often see "recycled" or similar as a signal for more expensive. My favorite was when I saw a jam that touted "upcycled" strawberries. When I looked into it, it basically meant that it was made from beat up ugly strawberries that would have been used for animal feed. Surely there would be cost savings in using reject fruit, right? No, an 8oz jar retails for over $8 compared to about half that to an organic no sugar…
That's true for basically all processed food that contains fruit or vegetables, for obvious economic reasons. The stuff that looks good goes to the supermarkets who care very much about shelf appeal, the rest goes to the processors who absolutely don't.
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that's something i never understood: why do they sell peelers with a movable part? like we are meant to peel in curves and expect the knife to follow the curve beautifully? the fixed ones are easier to use and easier to clean!
The hinge allows you to peel in both directions (i.e. forwards and backwards across your potato/carrot/etc. without lifting the peeler.) It also means it can track a rough surface more easily. I haven't had any issues with the hinge, and I use a dishwasher for cleaning - what issues have you run into?
- on the practicity: i can do exactly what i want with a fixed one, without risk for the blade to slip
- small dust and bits tend to gather at the junctions and sit there
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I often see "recycled" or similar as a signal for more expensive. My favorite was when I saw a jam that touted "upcycled" strawberries. When I looked into it, it basically meant that it was made from beat up ugly strawberries that would have been used for animal feed. Surely there would be cost savings in using reject fruit, right? No, an 8oz jar retails for over $8 compared to about half that to an organic no sugar…
Sometimes it's a marketing stunt, but often recycling is more expensive. I mean, recycling a plastic bag is probably more expensive than making one. The unfortunate reality of our financial system is that it often rewards people for doing the wrong thing.