Take It Apart
Learning and science
repair guides
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
5 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 7 critical, out of 29 comments about the project. Thread score -0.04.
Execution: 0 for, 5 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Useful crowdsourced alternative to iFixit
From 2 comments
As someone said, a crowdsourced version of iFixit. I will definitely keep this bookmarked because I usually try to fix my phones, gadgets myself.
asadlionpk on HNI learned of a similar site yesterday, http://www.ifixit.com/
derwiki on HN
Good variety of products and clear photo-based guides
From 2 comments
I love this website. I like the variety of products.
sferoze on HNVery nice. I don't have to dig through youtube anymore to fix stuff. Good choice on pictures vs videos btw. I don't have to trace back.
betadreamer on HN
Objections
Page keeps reloading on guide pages
From 2 comments
Why does it keep refreshing the page?! 0.7082894736842106 f39efb125de9.js:922 "scaled container width: 566.6315789473684"
dten on HNThe guide pages (e.g. [1]) are continually reloading for me. Maybe it's refreshing once per image load, or something, but I don't have the patience to wait. It did not reload…
coldpie on HN
Terms of use license seen as restrictive
From 1 comment
It's probably standard legalese, but I find it funny that in the TOS (https://www.takeitapart.com/terms-of-use) there is ``` You acknowledge that (i) you own and are solely…
Spittie on HN
OCSP certificate error in Opera
From 2 comments
Secure connection: fatal error (1066) https://www.takeitapart.com/ Unable to verify the website's identity (OCSP error). The response from the online certificate validation…
6d0debc071 on HNOpera 12.16
6d0debc071 on HN
Requests
Text descriptions for steps
From 1 comment
Do none of the teardowns include text? Descriptions of how to do specific steps are super useful if any of the steps are tricky or hard to show visually.
kennywinker on HN
Video guide support
From 1 comment
If you're interested in informational and entertaining videos of someone taking things apart, check out the EEVblog teardown series: http://www.eevblog.com/episodes/ Allowing…
userbinator on HN
Explanations of product internals
From 1 comment
It would be cool if you also had someone explain a little about the internals of the product. I really enjoy watching these khan academy videos. Check them out for an idea of…
sferoze on HN
Questions
Why the banner says 'Welcome to TakeItApart.com False'
From 2 comments
"Welcome to TakeItApart.com False"
patslat on HNWhy does it say "Welcome to TakeItApart.com False" on the banner? Is it false that I am welcome? ;) (I'm assuming it's a bug...consider this a bug report) Very cool site. I've…
nathanb on HN
How guide content licensing handles forks and revoked licenses
From 1 comment
So what if the original creator of a guide that has been forked and edited multiple times decides to revoke the license? Wouldn't you have to delete all forks and edits? That's…
icebraining on HN
Alternatives named
iFixit
From 3 comments
I learned of a similar site yesterday, http://www.ifixit.com/
derwiki on HNAs someone said, a crowdsourced version of iFixit. I will definitely keep this bookmarked because I usually try to fix my phones, gadgets myself.
asadlionpk on HNiFixit is all user-contributed / crowd-sourced. http://www.ifixit.com/Contribute
asptimothy on HN
EEVblog teardown series
From 1 comment
If you're interested in informational and entertaining videos of someone taking things apart, check out the EEVblog teardown series: http://www.eevblog.com/episodes/ Allowing…
userbinator on HN
putitbacktogether.com idea
From 1 comment
I'd rather want putitbacktogether.com. Disassembling something I can usually figure out easily, but putting it back together is not that straight forward.
warcode on HN