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Re:Etsy is under pressure to start acting more like a conven... by ballenf on Thursday May 18, 2017 @10:47AM (#14367646)
The cure when I start getting tempted to "roll my own" is watching that Ted talk about the guy who tried (failed) to build a toaster from raw materials to match the 5 quid discount store equivalent.
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Re:Etsy is under pressure to start acting more like a conven... by olewhalehunter on Thursday May 18, 2017 @12:26PM (#14368574)
That failure wasn't due to skill, it was due to demand. That discount store has a high volume low skill patronage that needs toasters, if 100 engineers collectively wanted to make 100 of their own toasters for less than 5 dollars a unit, they could probably do that, or other things, much better.
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Re:Etsy is under pressure to start acting more like a conven... by moreoutput on Thursday May 18, 2017 @12:27PM (#14368593)
Reminds one of Friedman's pencil.
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