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kaiden in Cognitive Surplus, about +13Y ago: (root)
A business idea I had, but first a few things: Thing 1: I've talked about the subject of women in computer science a little bit before. Doesn't make me an expert on the subject,
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Scrotor in Cognitive Surplus, about +13Y ago:
It would be very hard to make this float. There's a reason mac's are popular...
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conrad in Cognitive Surplus, about +13Y ago:
Interestingly, the Click and Clack Brothers of NPR fame had a DIY garage back in the 70s, as alluded to in this article that worked very much like this concept.  It evidently morphed into a
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Scrotor in Cognitive Surplus, about +13Y ago:
I don't know if a co-op would work for a service industry, though. I mean, why haven't all you home owners made a 'lawn maintenance co-op' so that between you, you only need one
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conrad in Cognitive Surplus, about +13Y ago:
I would imagine it's because the utility of owning your own isn't precluded by the cost.  If I can spend 200 bucks and get a shitty electric lawnmower that prevents me from having to
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Scrotor in Cognitive Surplus, about +13Y ago:
I suppose this is true. But for this context, it doesn't sound like we're talking about really expensive devices.
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Scrotor in Cognitive Surplus, about +13Y ago:
To supplement my earlier post: I think this could work perhaps as a community project, but not a business. When I was in Seattle, there was a volunteer organization working out of a shed to
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kaiden in Cognitive Surplus, about +13Y ago:
I like the "build new bikes out of busted old ones" concept, as applied to computers. Hell, I do that on my free time anyway, and my grandmother is currently on her longest elapsed time
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kaiden in Cognitive Surplus, about +13Y ago:
You're right, if you're looking to spend less than $500 overall on a low-end desktop, you'll probably never be able to build something that isn't unreasonably outdated compared to
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kaiden in Cognitive Surplus, about +13Y ago:
I don't think I could successfully market something as a Co-op outside of Portland.
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conrad in Cognitive Surplus, about +13Y ago:
You wear flannel.  All you need is a fixed gear bike and a neck beard and you could be a star in Portland. A STAR!
...after which +1 week passed until...
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lizinthelibrary in Cognitive Surplus, about +13Y ago:
A large number of libraries lend tools for just that reason. Some are public libraries that offer that as one service, others are specific tool libraries. I'm cheating and linking to the
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lizinthelibrary in Cognitive Surplus, about +13Y ago:
Thought number one: I got a picture! And made my first post! Thought number two: I spent most of my time at the last conference talking about digital literacy. Everyday at the library I help
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kaiden in Cognitive Surplus, about +13Y ago:
Great success! Thanks for posting. And you've got a point. As far as expertise, Google or sites like Stack Overflow would be our biggest competitors. If we were to, say, graph
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