Maker Faire halts operations and lays off all staff

Re:Maker Faire halts operations and lays off all staff by taurath on Saturday June 08, 2019 @02:43AM (#20131002)

I’ll be honest - if I had nothing but time and a paid off house, I’d be sorely tempted to just tinker for a while. The bay is no place to do that though - it’s too expensive.

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Re:Maker Faire halts operations and lays off all staff by madengr on Saturday June 08, 2019 @09:32AM (#20132285)

I live in flyover country, with a paid off house, and good income. If you don’t have a mortgage, then it will be medical insurance (which costs just a much). If not that, the college savings, which is also equivalent.

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Re:Maker Faire halts operations and lays off all staff by shortoncash on Saturday June 08, 2019 @03:03AM (#20131051)

So true. The rent forces you to be on the hamster wheel.

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Re:Maker Faire halts operations and lays off all staff by taurath on Saturday June 08, 2019 @04:45AM (#20131352)

It USED to be the place to experiment. Now it’s the place to try to make money before the landlords get you.

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Re:Maker Faire halts operations and lays off all staff by worldsayshi on Saturday June 08, 2019 @05:11AM (#20131434)

This is likely severely limiting the innovation output of that area. You need breathing space to do groundbreaking stuff.

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