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Untitled macOS Folder Wallet

nikolasbentelstudio.com

12 pointsalexzeitler11 comments

Looks really fun and neat, but it's probably impractical as all hell.

I was gonna say that if you wanted to get reactions from an in crowd, a more practical way to get them would've been the OS X T-shirt from Cool Shirtz (https://twitter.com/coolshirtz/status/641923217460858881) but looks like that's not on sale anymore. Apple Inc. lawyers on the case?

Neat idea, the wallet I use daily is a similar form factor and love the nostalgia factor.

What is vegan leather though?

It’s an exciting new word for plastic.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/mar/01/plant-o...

It's any material resembling leather that is made without any animal byproduct.

> What is vegan leather though?

Plastic fake leather.

Typically true, but not necessarily. I saw one of those emerging technology videos that presented a vegan leather that was made out of mycelium - the thread-like stuff mushrooms and other fungi spread underground or throughout decomposing food.

Apparently that stuff looks and feels a whole lot like leather itself once processed for this purpose.

I think in this case though, it literally is plastic. Remember when the word 'pleather' was the in term for plastic "leather" ?

That's definitely gonna sell out fast.

Chances are at this moment you can already buy hundreds of ‘counterfeit’ models at AliExpress. ‘Counterfeit’ as again chances are these have just as much of a license from Apple as these, none.

I’d be really curious to read an HN-level apology of the Aliexpress counterfeiting. Not implying you’re advocating for it, just wondering if someone would read this comment and feel compelled / know of a good pro-Aliexpress knockoff culture / industry.

Well except for “it feeds people in China / gets consumers cheaper products”. I mean anything that goes past that, in ethics also.

Is it really counterfeit if the original is unlicensed as well?

It’s like Steve Jobs complaining Microsoft stole his ideas for a gui, and Bill Gates answering Steve stole it from Xerox and is angry Bill did as well.

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