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Adrian B.G.
Adrian B.G.

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What books did you used as a display/laptop stand?

I couldn't find a real picture with my old setup, but I've used 2 large C++ books, the Bjarne Stroustrup "bible" and one other that had 1000+ pages.

What books did you used? It's ok, you can come clean now, it will be our little secret.

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ItsASine (Kayla)

At work, I use the history of the metal umlaut since it's fairly thick and fun. I got it from an old Humble Bundle.

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Joseph Mancuso

Some old 100+ page work catalogs and a few books about the history of the company I work for.

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Adrian B.G.

History books? Sounds like an old company :)) Longer the history, taller the display.

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Joseph Mancuso

1956 so not new by any standard lol :)

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Stargator

My wife uses ng-book: The Complete Book on AngularJS :)

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Douglas R Andreani • Edited

C Programming Language from K&R that I got as a gift when I joined the CC uni...

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Tijan Manandhar

I use egg tray as the stand. Acts as a cooler too ๐Ÿ˜‚

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Douglas McKechie

We used to use old copies of the yellow pages. As they were quite thick books usually only one was needed to get the desired height.