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Imagine doing research with that thing

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[–] teagrrl@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 hours ago

You know whoever had one of these bad bois in their home in the late 1500s was considered cool as fuck

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 hours ago

I might be fabricating a memory, but I could swear that I have actually used something like this, at one point, in a university library.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 17 points 15 hours ago

Ye olde doomscroll.

[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 15 points 16 hours ago

Forget virtual desktops, when you got real desktops.

[–] eighty@aussie.zone 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe I'm a dunce but I wouldn't even know how to keep all my books spread evenly at rest let alone like this

[–] wieson@feddit.org 3 points 7 hours ago

Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but the little shelves are not swiveling like a seasaw, they're fixed and keep their orientation (respective the ground) via the sun gear

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 17 hours ago

Ive seen similar things in libraries sometimes.