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Re:Ask HN: What're the best-designed things you've ever used? by tomcam on Monday February 20, 2017 @01:52AM (#13684991)
U.S. Constitution

Eiffel Tower

Bosendorfer 214CS piano

1986 Fender Performer guitar

1959 Fender Stratocaster

Yamaha YBL 321 trombone

Yamaha Q series alto sax

Any Zojirushi rice cooker

Vitamix

Sony SRF-M37w radio

Golden Gate Bridge (walk it)

Any Porsche 911

Toyota Sienna minivan

Any MacBook Air

Duluth Trading Longtail T shirts

web2py

C89

Visual Basic 3.0

Turbo Pascal 3.0

Visual Pascal

Vim

Eggs, bananas, bell peppers, cocoanuts, water

Fender Precision bass

Motorola StarTac

HN

Almost anything Frank Lloyd Wright

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Re:Ask HN: What're the best-designed things you've ever used? by bigiain on Monday February 20, 2017 @02:19AM (#13685138)
A little surprised not to see a Shure SM28 or 57 microphone near the items at the top of that list...

And if you're gonna have the GG Bridge, can I propose the 747as well. They're still building them now, almost 50 years later - the first one rolled out of the factory in '68 (first test flight wasn't till '69)

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Re:Ask HN: What're the best-designed things you've ever used? by antubbs on Monday February 20, 2017 @02:51AM (#13685302)
The 747 is certainly iconic, but I hate to be the one to tell you that 747 production may be coming to an end as the industry has zero interest in inefficient four-engine jets.

Basically no interest in the passenger or freighter model at this stage (the newest series, the -8I/-8F, has attracted barely over 100 deliveries). Same story for the A380, whose orders basically stopped in 2014. Freight and passenger service are both moving to more efficient twin-engine wide-bodies.

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Re:Ask HN: What're the best-designed things you've ever used? by i336_ on Monday February 20, 2017 @07:43PM (#13692320)
Interesting!

Can you give some specific examples of "more efficient twin-engine wide-bodies"? I'm very interested in the aviation industry, but terribly ignorant of it.

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Re:Ask HN: What're the best-designed things you've ever used? by dredmorbius on Monday February 20, 2017 @01:47PM (#13689807)
I thought the freighter was still alive. I know that active passenger fleets are being retired, completely so among US carriers AFAIU.
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Re:Ask HN: What're the best-designed things you've ever used? by brusch64 on Monday February 20, 2017 @04:38AM (#13685850)
Do you mean the Shure SM58 ?

I'd say definitely. One of the most used designs. Built like a tank. One of the most used and abused microphones in my opinion.

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Re:Ask HN: What're the best-designed things you've ever used? by bigiain on Monday February 20, 2017 @05:39AM (#13686175)
Damn typos - yeah, I mean 58...
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Re:Ask HN: What're the best-designed things you've ever used? by tomcam on Monday February 20, 2017 @01:48PM (#13689808)
Seattleite here, you're right--quite the oversight!
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Re:Ask HN: What're the best-designed things you've ever used? by vlehto on Monday February 20, 2017 @09:39AM (#13687573)
Knowing Wright foundation tech, I can't upvote this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubble_trench_foundation

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Re:Ask HN: What're the best-designed things you've ever used? by tqwhite on Monday February 20, 2017 @02:00PM (#13689907)
The Constitution? You do realize that it specifies a nearly impossible editing mechanism. Outdated and stupid. Doesn't include voting guarantee. Missing many important rights. Cripples America.
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