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LJPUK is a personal blog at ljpuk.net about hardware and culture. Since 2025, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.

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Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link this blog for a post about filing down the corners of MacBook hardware. One commenter discusses the sharp edges and wear in the thread on that post.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

LJPUK is a blog on the Pika blogging platform

What Hacker News says?

  1. I thought this was going to be on a softwarefix for the appalling inconsistency that are macOS Tahoe window corners. What I found deeply disturbed me, though I must agree, the edges are a bit more sharp then I'd like and a slight curvature could probably prevent them showing wear and tear [0]. Good on op for doing something they like, even if it's really out there and I could see more "pillowy" hardware becoming a t…

    Comment linking /2025/05/23/how-does-the-space-black-macbook-pro-hold-up-over-time/

    on “Filing the Corners Off MacBooks”
  2. Submitted Tim Cook, how low will you go? as a story · 19 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Pebble provides a positive update but I still wouldn't recommend buying one as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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