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Re:Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024) by jb1991 on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @07:52AM (#47673777)
There are some subtly weak desks out there, quite a few actually, where placing this on top could be brutal.
Re:Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024) by ramon156 on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @07:53AM (#47673791)
Next up: Brutalist desk
Re:Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024) by mft_ on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @08:18AM (#47674109)
Next up: structural engineering assessment of my office floor
Re:Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024) by HPsquared on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @08:53AM (#47674552)
There are some subtly weak floors out there, where placing such a desk could be fatal.
Re:Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024) by marcosdumay on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @11:42AM (#47677080)
The funny thing is that in the 21st century, concrete can be quite light.

Well, there were people that made light concrete on the 20th century too. But not it's accessible to anybody.

Re:Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024) by rob74 on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @09:44AM (#47675293)
Never mind placing it, bringing it to the place where it should be, er, placed might also be a challenge. Unless you can drive a forklift into your office...
Re:Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024) by sam-bee on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @09:50AM (#47675377)
I took it to the office on a little trolley thing
Re:Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024) by rob74 on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @10:49AM (#47676304)
I didn't mean the laptop stand, I meant the concrete desk one of the parent comments suggested...
Re:Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024) by chasd00 on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @10:46AM (#47676258)
how much does it weigh? it looks like maybe 20-30lbs
Re:Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024) by mmsimanga on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @10:06AM (#47675608)
Turtles all the way down.
Re:Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024) by pjc50 on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @09:18AM (#47674947)
I've seen quite a few blog posts of "old door on breeze blocks", the canonical brutalist/abandoned warehouse desk.
Re:Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024) by aquir on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @09:59AM (#47675511)