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I once used them at work. I had a monitor that was too low, so putting a volume or two of Knuth under it raised it to the right height. That's the only time I
by martincmartin 4y ago
I once used them at work. I had a monitor that was too low, so putting a volume or two of Knuth under it raised it to the right height.
That's the only time I've ever used them though.
- giantg2 4y agoQuite expensive for that use.
- jahewson 4y agoAnd yet significantly cheaper than Apple's Pro Stand.
- leoc 4y agoAnd more prestigious to boot.
- randcraw 4y agoMy laptop is raised to the height of my other monitors by Feynman's boxed set of Lectures on Physics, Aho & Ullman's Foundations of Computer Science, and a Scott Adams compendium. This way my computing is based on a strong foundation...
- rjha 4y agoLoL :) we should have a __how you boost your monitor to the right height thread __ I use Mckusik's freebsd book, Brooks computer architecture, Myth and meaning by Levi-Strauss. The last one is for calibration only.
- urthor 4y agoUllmann's is actually out of print and increasingly scarce. Your laptop stand will likely become a family heirloom in the decades to come.
- giantg2 4y agoI mean like how about using a cheaper book. Cookbooks are almost literally a dime a dozen at yard sales. Too bad phone books aren't what they used to be.
- toast0 4y agoPrinter paper is a good choice as well. Reams are quite sturdy and generally available in offices. You can titrate the height in very small steps if needed. And the stand is easy to reuse when it's no longer needed. Not as low cost as used cookbooks though.
- jonnycomputer 4y agofunniest comment of the day.
- apricot 4y agoBut you get to brag that you use TAOCP on a regular basis.