Re:Ask HN: For your side-projects, how do you avoid the 'mon...
by ggm on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @02:20AM
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Hackerspaces are full of people who do it because its fun.
guerrilla knitters. billboard spraypaint agitators. music makers in pubs. choirs. scratch orchestras. the guy who makes kites or the professor who shows kids how to do astronomy on street corners.
the mens-shed movement is about older people (yes, I know the name is offputting but they aren't all men actually) who are bored and have skilz. Also, not about money.
likewise tool libraries. or, computer upcycler schemes for the unemployed: these are people who do things because they think they are worthy (tm)
It may be you need to lay it out in front, that nobody is going to get rich and very possibly building the worlds first custard-throwing robotic tyrannosaur is going to cost a lot of money, having said which ROAAAAR - Splat..
guerrilla knitters. billboard spraypaint agitators. music makers in pubs. choirs. scratch orchestras. the guy who makes kites or the professor who shows kids how to do astronomy on street corners.
the mens-shed movement is about older people (yes, I know the name is offputting but they aren't all men actually) who are bored and have skilz. Also, not about money.
likewise tool libraries. or, computer upcycler schemes for the unemployed: these are people who do things because they think they are worthy (tm)
It may be you need to lay it out in front, that nobody is going to get rich and very possibly building the worlds first custard-throwing robotic tyrannosaur is going to cost a lot of money, having said which ROAAAAR - Splat..