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Re: Protect your shed

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Post by kuerbel »

chrneu wrote: post #8
Nursie wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Opposite for me. I have an actual shed that I spend time in, doing maintenance work, building physical items (latest one is an auto-refilling bird watering station), and making beer. Given my day job is so desk-bound, and so tech oriented, I find using my hands in my off-time to be very fulfilling and what keeps me sane. Different strokes, as they say.

I had to get out of tech for that reason: i need a physical good I can create and hold. Using my engineer skills to build physical things satiates my brain so much more. I don't think I can ever go back to coding as a job. I just don't care about other people's garbage code, lol. i got out of tech/coding so i could apply my skills to more real world stuff. it's been so much better. i don't make as much but i end each…

And what are you doing now? :-)

Re: Protect your shed

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Post by eterm »

ad8e wrote: post #10

The second half of this article is detected as AI by pangram: https://www.pangram.com/history/63fdecd4-f932-4fad-af60-da99...

Ai detectors are bullshit.

That said, the second paragraph has the distinctive stocatto tone of AI

But AI is shaping how we write, so this could well all be hand written just by someone who spends time with AI output.

Re: Protect your shed

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Post by dgb23 »

franciscop wrote: post #4

I did this for ~10 years, and absolutely no regrets, it was a lot of fun and the side projects gave me energy. Nowadays it's hard though, learning a new language, with a gf and a full-time demanding job, I don't have a lot of time to be tinkering. I do feel a bit sad about this but just assumed it's just life, and cannot imagine with kids how impossible this'd be. I did look at doing some basic housekeeping with LLMs…

There’s this special feeling when you can sit down later in the evening to tinker for a couple of hours, or read a challenging/inspiring book in peace.

But when I don’t have time and frankly energy, then I still try to do _some_ minutes of this kind of thing daily.

I feel like there‘s a big difference between 0min and 15min for anything (also includes exercise, meditation etc.), and while it’s great to have more time, there are diminishing returns beyond 30/45min.

Re: Protect your shed

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Post by dgb23 »

ad8e wrote: post #10

The second half of this article is detected as AI by pangram: https://www.pangram.com/history/63fdecd4-f932-4fad-af60-da99...

The article felt honest and personal to me.

Re: Protect your shed

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Post by yetihehe »

adrianwaj wrote: post #9

Is there a place where people can document and share the things they are tinkering with in the shed? I had this idea where people's inventions/devices could be sent around in a "pay-it-forward circle" for learning and inspiration. People already do that with crystals. Also, can being aware that x number of people are working on the same thing yield to development in the state-of-the-art if they start working together…

Hackaday.com comes to mind. That's a blog with those tinkering things. Hackaday.io is a big base where people store their schematics and worklog, present their inventions and tinkering as they happen.

Re: Protect your shed

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Post by gbgarbeb »

adrianwaj wrote: post #9

Is there a place where people can document and share the things they are tinkering with in the shed? I had this idea where people's inventions/devices could be sent around in a "pay-it-forward circle" for learning and inspiration. People already do that with crystals. Also, can being aware that x number of people are working on the same thing yield to development in the state-of-the-art if they start working together…

Ever heard of Github? Or forums?

Re: Protect your shed

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Post by buildbot »

yetihehe wrote: post #17
adrianwaj wrote: post #9

Is there a place where people can document and share the things they are tinkering with in the shed? I had this idea where people's inventions/devices could be sent around in a "pay-it-forward circle" for learning and inspiration. People already do that with crystals. Also, can being aware that x number of people are working on the same thing yield to development in the state-of-the-art if they start working together…

Hackaday.com comes to mind. That's a blog with those tinkering things. Hackaday.io is a big base where people store their schematics and worklog, present their inventions and tinkering as they happen.

Hackaday is amazing - so many cool, inspiring ideas. It’s been around a very long time too.
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