Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch

Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by makerdiety on Thursday January 23, 2025 @12:14PM (#42805835)

If you guys were so smart, then how come you didn't simply memorize the words in a book? Regardless of any excuse like "They're not memorable or exciting."

Whatever happened to discipline and simple obligation? Or are we defining things based on how we feel instead of what is objectively true and out there right in front of our faces?

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by koverstreet on Thursday January 23, 2025 @01:21PM (#42806449)

Discipline and obligation refer to things that materially matter to the people around us, and to society - not rote memorization of pointless facts.

And intelligence is just as much about identifying and applying effort towards useful goals - your "if you're so smart" is anything but.

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by makerdiety on Thursday January 23, 2025 @02:13PM (#42807023)

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by koverstreet on Thursday January 23, 2025 @03:09PM (#42807570)

I think that's a poor way of framing it.

If the work is genuinely worthwhile, and the people who do it are respected, there will be people to do it.

Teaching people to suffer through work without any apparent reason - that's something capitalist society wants, not liberal democracy.

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by makerdiety on Thursday January 23, 2025 @03:40PM (#42807841)

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by dang on Thursday January 23, 2025 @03:56PM (#42807970)

Please stop.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42807938

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