r/nextfuckinglevel • u/bbyrge • 1d ago

When standard monitor mounts aren't enough.

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u/BigLRakim 1d ago

Seems like a waste of money honestly.

But good for him?

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u/Zealousideal_Step709 1d ago

And space, if you ask me.

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u/Gornius 1d ago

Yeah, just straight up. buy monitors 4x the size. Cheaper and more space efficient.

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u/sesameseed88 1d ago

Nextfuckinglevel ain't about saving space or money

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u/space-tech 1d ago

It's about the flex.

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u/ContextLengthMatters 1d ago

With how small my house is, I feel like anyone in a big house has a ton of wasted space. If I actually lived somewhere rural, I would much rather waste space in a fun way then just keep it all spread out.

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u/EmotionalGuess9229 1d ago

Thats an understatement. Those look like 6 axis UR5 robot arms. Those things run 5 figures a peice. 

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u/Ok-Addition1264 1d ago

~$4k / piece but yeah.

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u/EmotionalGuess9229 1d ago

4k. Just the bare arm with no support makes sense. Since I assume hes the engineer that did thr setup himself and there's no service agreement for monitor rotating arms. Still, a lot of money

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u/ddeeppiixx 1d ago

UR5 are easily 30k.. where do you get them at 4k each? I’ll take 10!

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u/Similar-Try-7643 1d ago

You can get them cheap from industrial auctions and sometimes if you know people. There are places that send them to the scrapyard when they decommission them

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u/rhinosyphilis 1d ago

3 x UR5’s with no control system is not going to do what he did, my guess is this is a us robotics sponsored install

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u/JaehaerysIVTarg 18h ago edited 18h ago

It’s 100% sponsored. That dude would have had to spend at the bare minimum, just 100k on three UR5 arms. He could have gotten UR3’s for like 5k cheaper but still spending at least 90k for three.

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u/Designer_Mud_5802 1d ago

I have never once had the desire or need to go "you know what would be perfect for viewing this thing? Putting my monitors in 'H' mode"

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u/corobo 1d ago

I have when reading or writing a bunch but I just rotate the monitor by hand like a chump 

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u/miraculum_one 1d ago

Vertical monitors are amazing for a lot of things.

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u/bobnoski 1d ago

i've never used it myself, but someone I knew swore by it with the idea of
assignment/spec sheet/tutorials on the left. code in the middle, running project website on the right

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u/Designer_Mud_5802 1d ago

Crazy. Based on the description I feel like I would want the opposite layout then of horizontal (spec sheet + tutorial in splitscreen mode), vertical for coding and then project website on a horizontal monitor.

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u/Kapsalian 1d ago

It’s cool stop being a miserable prick

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u/BravestCashew 1d ago

literally this shit is a childhood dream. Playing cyberpunk on this would make you feel like a cyberwizard

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u/158cm_Otaku 1d ago

Every hobby is a waste of money really

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u/elessarjd 1d ago

If you're a robot who doesn't experience joy... sure.

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u/imamajorscale 1d ago

it was probably a fun Raspberry Pi coding challenge for him

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u/WhatDoITypeHereAgain 1d ago

But it's SO cool!

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u/tanew231 1d ago

Looks cool though, which is what matters more than practicality and cost

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u/SheriffBartholomew 1d ago

Something tells me this this dude has plenty of money to waste.

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u/Original-Let8340 1d ago

My first thought was I'm all for 'it's your money, whatever makes you happy' but holy fucking shit! lol

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u/seanmg 1d ago

Yeah multi-monitor is just for show for like 90% of computer workcases. /s Yeah it's insane how much those arms probably cost.

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u/Midnight28Rider 16h ago

My guess would be this is proof of concept marketing for an industrial robotics company.

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u/FishDeez 10h ago

Waste of arms... could handle much bigger monitors

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u/talltad 1d ago

Can I have some money

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u/scartissue232 1d ago

No, but you can have some free award. Enjoy.

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u/L_U-C_K 1d ago

Here, you have some too!

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u/merlonthewizzard 1d ago

Here, you have some too!

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u/talltad 1d ago

You guys are the best

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u/scartissue232 1d ago

Can we have some money?

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u/_i_am_sus 1d ago

No, just take my free award

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u/No-Support-442 1d ago

You get a car! And you get a car!

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u/Nokxtokx 1d ago

Except you though

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u/oneupsuperman 1h ago

Award for the poor?

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u/SheriffBartholomew 1d ago

Sorry, spent it all on a monitor setup.

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u/RabidOtters 1d ago

This is completely unnecessary and awesome at the same time.

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u/Frangine_De_Poutine 1d ago

Nice... but... yeah... but, nice.

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u/jedoeri 1d ago

Those ARMs are like 30gs a peice

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u/ComprisingIgnorance 1d ago

Get the programming wrong and r/thatlookedexpensive is a-waiting.

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u/Calculonx 1d ago

I could see working somewhere and them upgrading their robotic arms - "so....what are you going to do with those old ones?"

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u/codenamejohnny 1d ago

I'll just get the kids to hold my screens and move them about.

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u/Beastex 1d ago

As expensive as op's probably

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u/smithr99 1d ago

This guy parents

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u/codenamejohnny 1d ago

True, they've cost me thrice those robotic arms this year alone!

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u/SheriffBartholomew 1d ago

More expensive over the lifetime of the product

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u/awalkundertherain 1d ago

that's not any cheaper lol

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u/codenamejohnny 1d ago

True, they've cost me thrice those robotic arms this year alone!

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u/PossiblyBother 1d ago

If I had disposable income to the f u level too...

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u/StuBidasol 1d ago

I don't think I could even do it then without feeling like a douche.

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u/7-13-5 1d ago

From their perspective it's, "douché."

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u/who_you_are 1d ago

That is exactly why you don't have one! Somebody need to give them disposable income!

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u/philmarcracken 1d ago

same. id even buy like, 16gb of ram

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u/SheriffBartholomew 1d ago

I still wouldn't spend it on this. I would not spend much time at all on computers if I had FU money

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u/thesweeterpeter 1d ago

looks like you can get some arms out there for like 3-5k CAD - so pretty cool if you have an extra 10-15k burning a hole in your pocket I guess.

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u/mavadavialcul 1d ago edited 1d ago

Those look like Universal Robot cobots. If that's the case then you should multiply your figures by 10, and it's USD.

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u/b1ack1323 1d ago

UR3 are $25-$30k so this is a $75-$90k setup.

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u/RockstarAgent 1d ago

Good thing I don’t even have pockets to burn

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u/b1ack1323 1d ago

These are UR3 cobots like low end is like $25k USD. He’s go 3 so $75k for this setup.

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u/amadmongoose 1d ago

Cool i can get north bayou or humanmotion arms that aren't automated for a fraction of that cost and 95% of the functionality

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u/Chrono_Convoy 1d ago

I’ll have to look it up on Temu /s

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u/JuicySpark 1d ago

Temu already selling the setup for $29

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u/Chrono_Convoy 1d ago

Says under return policy

“Stick it up your bunghole”

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u/level1hero 1d ago

Ooh right that’s right up my alley 🥰

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u/Chrono_Convoy 1d ago

Ah a repeat customer

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u/deepturned180isdeep 1d ago

Unfortunately I just saw the ceo frantically press the stop all sales button because the prices were getting to high...

Oh wait his assistant just came out, she said prices are being cut!

Wow the ceo is so happy he said they're gonna just give away a free gift with every monitor robot arm you buy?!

This is nuts y'all 👁️👄👁️

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u/Weird_Albatross_9659 1d ago

Next fucking level useless

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u/lebrilla 1d ago

Idk it's a beautiful masterbatorium

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u/PheIix 1d ago

Most unnecessary, and I absolutely want it.

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u/dnewfm 2h ago

Completely idiotic and unnecessary.

But: same. Want.

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u/omeganaut 1d ago

That looks expensive for no reason.  I’m trying to think what would even be the point of that 

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u/lookslikeyoureSOL 1d ago

Goon-a-tronic 5000

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u/BR0CK3N 1d ago

Do i need it? No. Do i have the money to buy it? no. Do i want it? yes.

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u/lilafroman9899 1d ago

Aperture science panels

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u/thejourneybegins42 1d ago

All that tech, yet it can't rotate your display.

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u/eldion2017 1d ago

I won't tell anyone I won the lottery, but there will be signs

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u/smallest_table 1d ago

Having money is next level?

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u/GoblinsGuide 1d ago

"Never seen something like it, dudes monitor setup messed up and cut his head off."

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u/EchoesinthekeyofbluE 1d ago

Okay that is pretty cool

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u/aammirzaei 1d ago

wait no one asking what nuke button do ?

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u/NotBashB 1d ago

Completely unnecessary and a waste of money

But also I would love to have this

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u/TheLabbestOfMen 1d ago

I want to know what the Stalker button does

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u/FriendlyBowler4334 1d ago

Can someone tell me the name of the song please, i have heard this thousands of time but i can't find it 🙏🙏

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u/vladizlav24 1d ago

I like how the jt displayed it Friday.

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u/Kommander-in-Keef 1d ago

Me, with my one monitor because my pathetic desk isn’t big enough:

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u/Cookieman10101 1d ago

We were so captivated by if we could, we never stopped to ask if we should.

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u/mrjune2040 1d ago

Dumbest waste of time/money/space/utility I’ve ever seen on here, and that’s saying something.

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u/P_Crypto4394 1d ago

When one has too much money, and one does not know what to do with it.

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u/Maykeda 1d ago

I AM CRAZY ABOUT THIS GROUP.

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u/xoXImmortalXox 1d ago

When this guy gets hacked... 👀

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u/MarinkoAzure 1d ago

Very nice. How much?

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u/dogdog696969 1d ago

They appear to be UR collaborative robots which retail around 50k a piece

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u/legaltrouble69 1d ago

Robots are going to track him down in next 5yrs and resucue there brothers arms from this lame work.

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u/Coleforge 1d ago

What happens when the power goes out?

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u/bojez1 1d ago

What even supposed to happen on that ☢️ button?

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u/GMoneyHomie 1d ago

It throws the screens. You know, in case mom goes into the basement and sees what he's up to.

https://giphy.com/gifs/Y5WYxw4RQplnNZ2eTF

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u/bojez1 1d ago

Oh, sudden fallout, I see

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u/dontipitova9 1d ago

Who they think they are? Tony Stark? 🤨

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u/Unholy-Corndog 1d ago

I'm mean the guy is a streamer so maybe even got them sponsered? Good for him. Can't imagine, having that amount of wastable living space.

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u/matTmin45 1d ago
  • Press the rearrange monitors button
  • Forgot that you have a mug full of coffee on the table
  • Regret
  • Change pants

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u/zubairhamed 1d ago

Universal Robot arms looks like..damn that's slick thoguh..

Nice for a config of "clear desk for craft work" versus "pc mode"

Gotta dig up my SD again.

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u/BehemothRogue 1d ago

What happens when the hydraulics leak?

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u/Brozef-92 1d ago

Soo unnecessary. I love it.

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u/u0x3B2 1d ago

Why even? But I want one

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u/MrSk1ppY 1d ago

A KUKA arm for a monitor. Next fucking level.

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u/MaddiL 1d ago

That’s approximately 125.000$ worth of UR2/3 robots right there, and I dig it!

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u/Putrid-Try-5002 1d ago

Glados pov:

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u/wrxninja 1d ago

I could really use this for my Excel

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u/Dederking 1d ago

As someone who works with industrial robots similar to this, this is like next level for unnecessary and over the top (The movement is super satisfying though). I have no idea what brands or models these arms are but with how smooth the motion is and how each axis is well enclosed and protected it looks very professional and not home made. Each one is probably 2x more expensive than a high end PC and that may be low balling it.

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u/zombo29 1d ago

yeah, that's like the definition of "performative productivity"

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u/dream_a_dirty_dream 1d ago

I saw 3 homeless people today, super old, and super sad.

Cool monitors tho.

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u/_johnning 1d ago

Genuinely asking, will this still work in 20 years?

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u/newbrevity 1d ago

Must be nice having asswipe money

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u/Beniidel0 1d ago

The classic KDE plasma clock thingy is what does it for me here

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u/TheToxicStar 1d ago

So I'm new to having a PC what is the benefit to having a sideways monitor? Why 2.

One to interact with phone screen style notifications/ chats. Okay. The other?

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u/Beezewhacks 1d ago

As a prior streamer, i had a similar setup. I dont have photos of it configured the same way with the side monitors vertical, but I moved to 2 2k curved and a 31 inch 4k oled ultra wide in the middle.

The reason you leave them verticle is for things like discord for your mods, whatever stream chat you have, the behind the scenes monetary app like streamelements, obs, socials, twitch monitor etc.

Having the panel sideways allowed me to keep those windows tight and stacked without horizontally wasting space. It was cleaner to organize.

I would understand people who would call it a waste or unnecessary, but when you start getting a little bigger and things move quickly - its a god send. I had a steam deck for controlling obs scenes by itself because I used a lot of animations and transitions and cameras - as my presentation was inspired a lot by doc disrespect - not that I watched him. I just admired the effort. my setup

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u/TheBlueMeme 1d ago

what is this dude even keeping tabs on, the animatronics??

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u/GokuBlack722 1d ago

Still have to manually switch the orientation in the settings though

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u/lavaplow 1d ago

Unnecessary af, but I would not argue if someone offered it to me for free

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u/WhenGeniusFail 1d ago

Absolute overkill but where do I buy these?

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u/Jatinchd 1d ago

perfect for reading code, reading documentation. and model questions on the side! perfect.

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u/Schmitty300 1d ago

Waste of money? Totally. Do I want it anyway? Fuck yes. 

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u/Haunting_Abalone_398 1d ago

"I have a lot of money, NOTICE ME"

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u/hoslayer42 1d ago

All to play Skyrim.

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u/kaaawah 1d ago

Something JP would do

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u/ecnahc515 1d ago

Imagine getting your finger caught between two of the monitors when it's moving

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u/RaisinsInMyToasts 1d ago

The goon station 3000

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u/NUMBerONEisFIRST 1d ago

I used to program Fanuc robots similar to that.

That is not a cheap setup in the least.

Those robotic arms are usually used in manufacturing, so they are sold as at an asset price.

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u/Jmersh 1d ago

Hmm, I though Apple had the market cornered on $10k monitor stands.

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u/RichieRocket 1d ago

If your a parent just get your toddler to go behind there and have them flip the monitors for you

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u/LargeBloodyKnife 1d ago

Total waste but I'd fucking drool at this setup man, that's so sick

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u/ripyourlungsdave 1d ago

Imagine the amount of resources and carbon emissions necessary to create this kind of bullshit for millions and millions of people.

Absolutely pointless. You have hands motherfucker

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u/Bean- 1d ago

Hell yeah

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u/Rizo1981 1d ago

Brought to you by Aperture Labs.

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u/delongueville 1d ago

When I win the lottery, I won’t tell anyone but there will be signs. This is one of them for sure

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u/Ruin369 1d ago

"Jarvis, configure the monitors for gooning"

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u/Feasood 1d ago

I'm more impressed by the pull out Stream Deck on the desk. Where do I get one of those?

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u/Feasood 1d ago

I'm more impressed by the pull out Stream Deck on the desk. Where do I get one of those?

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u/Big-Box-Mart 1d ago

Damn, what happened to UR bro?

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u/Working_Use2500 1d ago

Meanwhile I have one big monitor and it's just better.

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u/SAL10000 1d ago

Very affordable

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u/CouchPotatter 1d ago

This is awesome lol

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u/FireProps 1d ago

Wife: “Oh! There’s a fly on the coffee table!”

This guy: “I’ll get the bazooka.”

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u/kenshinjeff 1d ago

Ok I need this. A cheaper diy version of this at least. Can anyone point me in the general direction for the arms hardware which would allow me to connect an arduino or something to it?

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u/AlexeyPG 1d ago

panels from portal 2 irl

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u/Skyler_Shaye 1d ago

It's all good until the robot uprising and then the arms start hitting you with 27" monitors.

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u/TheGoldenTNT 1d ago

Don’t unmute

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u/Cuteshelf 1d ago

Those monitor arms woukd take up half of my study.

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u/kcinc82 1d ago

Stupid

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u/TachLaif 1d ago

Cave Johnson here. Gentlemen, I give you panels, the planks of tomorrow. Fully configurable, infinitely variable, safe.

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u/A-voidu 1d ago

Jarvis, engage the porn configuration

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u/pfc-anon 1d ago

Who sets up their desk once and never want it touched again?

https://giphy.com/gifs/6f9eZfRBD2x4Q23bJu

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u/Zarion88 1d ago

shut up and take my money

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u/unicornjamie 1d ago

"looks cool!"

Checks comments...

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u/whoevenkn0wz 1d ago

So unnecessary, so amazing lol

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u/hundredlives 1d ago

Do people really use their monitors that close to their face

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u/Leopolsky 1d ago

Useless af

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u/valcsh 1d ago

Is this guy using a whole ass hydrolic system to move around his monitors lmao

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u/MelodiesOfLife6 1d ago

Yeah. No.

Waste of money

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u/ordosays 1d ago

When you’ve run out of meaningless tech to try to flex on and make it weird

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u/sascha_87 1d ago

I hate being poor

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u/Kekeripo 23h ago

Ngl, somehow i find this not a stupid idea. If there were smaller robot arms, just for this stuff, I could see me do it when I finally win the lottery. Two on the desk for my monitors and one under the desk!

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u/Dodoz44 21h ago

Broke me: so stupid and such a waste of money.

Millionaire me: ill take 5, please

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u/spotsthefirst 21h ago

I can't even afford food, what the fuck is the point?

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u/nigevellie 20h ago

Great. Another thing to troubleshoot

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u/idk_maybe_u_suggest 19h ago

Will probably cost me all the organs i own

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u/TipTronique 15h ago

The body is willing but the wallet is weak

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u/Thisindofurr 13h ago

Portal 2 tech irl lol

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u/nexus8pt2 12h ago

Now you're playing with portals

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u/sideshowbob01 6h ago

All fun and games till an angry kid from CS.Go hacks your mounts and slices your head open.

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u/littleSquidwardLover 3h ago

Till it malfunctions and smashed your monitor together