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		wly_cdgr on Nov 26, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What are the best-designed things you've e... You said things, so I am excluding software (like the original version of the Square web app) JVC Flats GBA SP (the pocket clamshell one) Retro microwave with the original-ipod style single knob controls More generically, forks Grand Prize Winner: wood Staunton chess set - beautiful, durable, affordable, practical. The piece design is exquisitely balanced between representation and abstraction

TulliusCicero on Nov 27, 2021 | [–]

GBA SP would be great except for the lack of headphone jack. What a bizarre omission.

fomine3 on Nov 29, 2021 | | [–]

It's not "truncated" but not exist from the beginning of GameBoy.

wly_cdgr on Nov 28, 2021 | | | [–]

....Really?! I must have repressed that because it was so traumatizing

whitepoplar on Nov 26, 2021 | [–]

Software is a thing too!

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