There are all kinds of reasons why you cannot get around to making, but what conditions or events or motivators inspire you put time and effort into making?
That is a good point about anonymous ratings. Ratings would carry far more weight if the rater was known and especially if the reputation of the rater was good.
This is a good point. An unsuitable work space, be it a cold damp shed or having to share the kitchen whilst food is being prepared etc, definitely goes against inspiring to make.
...it was quite a journey that relied on those little investigations I've done over time to learn the tools that end up coming together to make for a purpose.
That WAS quite the journey! but now everything is set up and ready again for next time
And I totally understand - I have loads of parts and pieces, and random tools now too, for that same reason. Some spouses might call it hoarding... I call it being prepared
Also, don't go into the Dollar Store... that always stings a little when they sell, what just took days to complete, for $1.
To complicate it further, if I were to use the star system I would adjust where I marked people depending on my perception of their skills. Some members I know can do good work and their scoring would likely be completely different to where I read a newcomers blog, perhaps struggling to solder or understand the underlying concepts or even write in a non-native language to get that wider audience, but where I can see they try really hard to write that blog.
However I still find a like and comment to be far more friendly and meaningful.
Well said. I'm not a recruiter, but if I were and read blogs I would also be interested in the wealth of information that showed how that candidate conversed in the community. It would soon be obvious what their nature was like for helping others on technical matters and to me that politeness and helpfulness would go much much further than the star rates on here - which I must state I don't use nor do I really bother looking at on my own posts. I think they are anonymous which probably isn't a good thing to ensure good behaviors. Personally if I did feel compelled to use them I'd want the star system changed so the poster has their name, the rating they award and place for comment. Seeing"14RHB gives this 2 out of 5: I liked this project but for me it was too brief and I was unable to follow the finer detail" surely helps that person and gives them a chance to counter...perhaps they have already posted all that detail elsewhere.
I suppose I tinker a lot, and that tends to involve learning something 'just enough' to get the job done, and then move onto something else.
Sometimes I'll pick up a component and find out how it works, like a temperature sensor, and figure out how it reads temperatures, what sorts of delays it has, how accurate it is, how to calibrate it, and then it'll sit on the shelf.
Then someone will have a problem or ask me for something, and it might involve that temperature sensor, and I'll go "aha, I know how these things work, I can put them together to make that thing you're asking for!" and then I make the thing.
This also means I have a lot of components that sit around until they have a purpose. One of those, for example, is a 3D Printer.
My nephew has been interested in Norse/Scandinavian/etc mythology recently and asked me about 3D printing, and if I could create mjolnir / thor's hammer for him.
After grabbing the 3D files from thingiverse and checking them out, I realise they're not quite fit for purpose, so I enact my OpenSCAD knowledge and edit the files, discover that the 3D models weren't 'closed' properly to be able to edit them in OpenSCAD, so had to find/learn some other tools to fix the 3D models, and then I was able to print.
Until I wasn't able to print because the nozzle had worn out on my 3D printer, which meant buying spare parts and replacing the nozzle.
Until I couldn't replace the nozzle because of a fault in the material of the nozzle which meant it snapped off in the heat block, which meant buying more tools to learn how to remove what was effectively a headless screw.
Then once that was done, calibrated everything, I 3D printed the hammer, bought some acrylic paint and leather, touched it up and glued it together.
Hopefully he'll like it - but it was quite a journey that relied on those little investigations I've done over time to learn the tools that end up coming together to make for a purpose.
> So much so that you end up not reporting bugs, which is my big mistake, I must admit.
A regular phrase I use to the team is "this problem I'm highlighting is probably a sign of bigger problems that members aren't reporting, because it's easier for them not to".
Sadly silence is often seen as "everything's fine".
An example of that is issues with uploading videos to the site had (and sometimes still is) an issue that means people stop uploading to the site because they find workarounds which's easier to deal with than reporting the problem - though sometimes it's the case that the person thinks the issue is with their own computer/internet connection/file rather than it being the site.
It's why I often use the site as a 'user' (account) or 'user mindset' as well as staff.
This is good news if you leave Jive. I usually post on Hackster.io with an editor that has few features to make your content great, but you're sure you won't lose your work. With Jive many times you end up losing your job and your time and this is a bit frustrating. So much so that you end up not reporting bugs, which is my big mistake, I must admit.
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