Unpopular opinion(s): I'm actually kind of an AI optimist, medium-long term. And also, the AI that is most useful to me on a daily basis is the crappy free one now at the top of Google Search. It's often epically wrong but sometimes epically right, and that counts.
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ciao, un paio di consigli: metti sempre un titolo o una breve descrizione del messaggio perché l’anteprima spesso è poco chiara. Poi rilancia il messaggio al gruppo @economia su @diggita aggiungendo il tag:
“The Historian” by Elizabeth Kostova (Fewest votes) This book was HUGE, then disappeared (it kinda dragged at times). A tale of research into Dracula that gets too close to the truth. I loved the idea of detective-like researchers who are family, & Europe really comes alive. It’s subtly creepy.
“None of the Above” by Lots Below Admittedly, this book was a whole lot of nothing.
This book punched me in the gut. I was not expecting a vampire story, and when it hit, I discovered I didn't want one, either. I did finish the book, though. Then I gave it to a random poor unfortunate.
#Conversations aren't a battle to see who wins. They're a journey to find #reality. One side the left foot, the other the right. And when both work together, both will end up in the right, side by side #Heyoka #truth #honesty #politics #religion
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Fred Again, il cantautore inizia la sua serie di show in Italia insieme ai fratelli Parisi e noi ci chiediamo se sia fidanzato o no. Cosa sappiamo a riguardo.
Scopri perché acquistare un prodotto elettronico appena lanciato può essere svantaggioso. Esplora i rischi legati ai bug hardware e software e ai prezzi inizialmente elevati.
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"Israel's democracy" is a hoax. An apartheid state is by definition not a real democracy. It's a system where who gets to vote is carefully selected so that the status quo isn't affected.
"Technology never truly dies, and nuclear batteries are no exception." Nuclear batteries are being commercialized by several startups intent on using their long battery lives and lightweight forms. spectrum.ieee.org/nuclear-batt…
This might seem weird, but I'd find it convenient.
Should #Mastodon have it where you can view and comment on #localtimelines of other servers from other servers? Or atleast view, instead having to go directly to the other servers to then be able to view the local timeline?
Crocenera anarchica @anarchia A Madrid, nel 1964, la polizia arresta un giovane scozzese, giunto appositamente dall’Inghilterra per organizzare un attentato contro il dittatore Franco. Il giovane ha solo 18 anni, essendo nato nel 1946 a Glasgow, ed è cresciuto nel clima di dura...
A Madrid, nel 1964, la polizia arresta un giovane scozzese, giunto appositamente dall'Inghilterra per organizzare un attentato contro il dittatore Franco. Il giovane ha solo 18 anni, essendo nato nel 1946 a Glasgow, ed è cresciuto nel clima di dura
Saturday, 6th September, folkkök kicks off again! Come and eat yummy food, pay as much as you want or can afford. Proceeds go to Solidaria Social Centre. 11 am - 4 pm at Kaffe44.
Tuesday's cold-blooded strike on a boat in the Caribbean that murdered 11 people has zero legal justification, but that's not the worst part. He's sending a message that a dictatorial POTUS has no limit"
So much of the admin’s obsessive targeting of this Maryland dad stems from it simply not being able to admit that his initial purging to the CECOT megaprison was totally wrongful: americasvoicecnn.substack.com/…
Kilmar Ábrego García got just one weekend with his family before ICE again detained him. His rearrest is also a reminder of the dangers that could face any one of us.
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1. Is healing frightening? To many, yes. For accusation is a bar to love, and damaged bodies are accusers. They stand firmly in the way of trust and peace, proclaiming that the frail can have no trust and that the damaged have no grounds for peace. Who has been injured by his brother, and could love and trust him still? He has attacked and will attack again. Protect him not, because your damaged body shows that _you_ must be protected from him. To forgive may be an act of charity, but not his 1
due. ⁹He may be pitied for his guilt, but not exonerated. ¹⁰And if you forgive him his transgressions, you but add to all the guilt that he has really earned. 2. The unhealed cannot pardon. ²For they are the witnesses that pardon is unfair. ³They would retain the consequences of the guilt they overlook. ⁴Yet no one can forgive a sin that he believes is real. ⁵And what has consequences must be real, because what it has done is there to see. ⁶Forgiveness is not pity, which but seeks to pardon 2
what it thinks to be the truth. ⁷Good cannot _be_ returned for evil, for forgiveness does not first establish sin and then forgive it. ⁸Who can say and mean, “My brother, you have injured me, and yet, because I am the better of the two, I pardon you my hurt.” ⁹His pardon and your hurt cannot exist together. One denies the other and must make it false. 3. To witness sin and yet forgive it is a paradox that reason cannot see. For it maintains what has been done to you deserves no pardon. And by 3
giving it, you grant your brother mercy but retain the proof he is not really innocent. ⁴The sick remain accusers. ⁵They cannot forgive their brothers and themselves as well. ⁶For no one in whom true forgiveness rests can suffer. ⁷He holds not the proof of sin before his brother’s eyes. ⁸And thus he must have overlooked it and removed it from his own. ⁹Forgiveness cannot be for one and not the other. ¹⁰Who forgives is healed. ¹¹And in his healing 4
lies the proof that he has truly pardoned, and retains no trace of condemnation that he still would hold against himself or any living thing. 4. Forgiveness is not real unless it brings a healing to your brother and yourself. ²You must attest his sins have no effect on you to demonstrate they are not real. ³How else could he be guiltless? ⁴And how could his innocence be justified unless his sins have no effect to warrant guilt? ⁵Sins 5
are beyond forgiveness just because they would entail effects that cannot be undone and overlooked entirely. ⁶In their undoing lies the proof that they are merely errors. ⁷Let yourself be healed that you may be forgiving, offering salvation to your brother and yourself. 5. A broken body shows the mind has not been healed. ²A miracle of healing proves that separation is without effect. ³What you would prove to him you will believe. ⁴The power of witness comes from your belief. ⁵And 6
everything you say or do or think but testifies to what you teach to him. ⁶Your body can be means to teach that it has never suffered pain because of him. ⁷And in its healing can it offer him mute testimony of his innocence. ⁸It is this testimony that can speak with power greater than a thousand tongues. ⁹For here is his forgiveness proved to him. 6. A miracle can offer nothing less to him than it has given unto you. ²So does your healing show your mind is 7
healed, and has forgiven what he did not do. ³And so is he convinced his innocence was never lost, and healed along with you. ⁴Thus does the miracle undo all things the world attests can never be undone. ⁵And hopelessness and death must disappear before the ancient clarion call of life. ⁶This call has power far beyond the weak and miserable cry of death and guilt. ⁷The ancient calling of the Father to His Son, and of the Son 8
unto His Own, will yet be the last trumpet that the world will ever hear. ⁸Brother, there is no death. ⁹And this you learn when you but wish to show your brother that you had no hurt of him. ¹⁰He thinks your blood is on his hands, and so he stands condemned. ¹¹Yet it is given you to show him, by your healing, that his guilt is but the fabric of a senseless dream. - A Course in Miracles (acim.org/acim/en/s/307#1:1-6:1… | T-27.II.1:1–6:11) 9
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Dans le cadre du mouvement #bloquonsTout, je suis à la recherche d'idées et textes déjà existants qui font remonter les problématiques LGBTQIA+phobes des réformes successives du système de santé et de ce que Bayrou tente de faire passer.
Je prends zines, articles de presse, thread divers sur réseaux sociaux, vidéos, podcasts... tout me va.
NEW: Since 2024, six large oil spills have polluted India's western coast, affecting millions; yet, no one, including the government, wants to take responsibility for the cleanup.
Since 2024, six large oil spills have polluted India's western coast; yet, no one, including the government, wants to take responsibility for the clean up.
Oh, es scheint im Moment eine größere Bewegung von Diaspora* zu geben. Natürlich finde ich es toll, wenn sie zu Friendica oder einem anderen Projekt im Fediverse kommen. Auf mich wirkt es jedoch auch so, als könnte Netzwerk damit weiter ausbluten. Das wäre echt schade, weil diese Community etwas ganz besonders ist.
Ganz unabhängig davon: Allen ein herzliches Willkommen und denkt daran, mit Friendica bist du weiterhin mit all deinen Kontakten auf Diaspora* verbunden. Das Netzwerk lebt damit weiter. Deine Beiträge sind in beiden Welten zu lesen.
@Dieter Fröhling Ja, das stimmt. Auf Diaspora* ist noch sehr viel mehr miteinander. Hier musst du schauen, wem du folgst oder folgen lässt, damit die Timeline weiter einen angenehmen Eindruck vermittelt.
Die fehlende Unterstützung von AP. Damit hat man ständig das Gefühl, nur einen Bruchteil von dem Teil des Fediverse jenseits von Hubzilla und Friendica mizubekommen
Die technischen Hürden für Selfhosting sind enorm.
@Rainer "friendica" Sokoll Die Argumente, die angeführt wurden, weshalb sie AP nicht integrieren wollten, konnte ich nachvollziehen. Das sie keine Addon-Lösung geschaffen haben, wie das andere Projekte gemacht haben, finde ich schade.
Diaspora should support the ActivityPub ("AP") standard. AP provides a client-to-server API as well as a server-to-server federation protocol. It is the successor to the OStatus standard partially ...
Johannes Moser, cello, and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eva Ollikainen play:
R.STRAUSS: Movements from the ballet suite Schlagobers (Whipped Cream).
Anna THORVALDSDÓTTIR: Before We Fall, Cello concerto.
R.STRAUSS arr Manfre...
Anni e anni fa mi sono comprato questo libro bloodbuster.com/catalogo/libri… un libro sui poliziotteschi usciti in italia. Mi sono messo in testa di guardarli tutti, nel limite del possibile e di tempo.
Guida ai film polizieschi italiani anni ’70rnDizionario dei film poliziotteschi, noir e mafiosi 1971-1980 – I protagonisti – Tutte le edizioni home video italiane – Prefazio…
I’ve probably said this before but when I started birding in 2016 or so, Loggerhead shrike was on the list of common birds in my area so I figured I’d see one pretty quickly. I didn’t know they were in decline largely due to habitat loss and it was maybe three years before I finally found one. And not on the mainland but on Limuw (Santa Cruz island). That’s still my most reliable spot to see them. I don’t have any trips planned (waiting out this NPS drama) but I have many good memories.
Although it is hard to stay optimistic on things cloud & Europe, I'm happy to say we had a good conversation with Executive Vice President #stephane_sejourne & staff of the European Commission yesterday. We touched on various things, including all-important procurement reform which could boost our local cloud efforts. #eurostack
An internal paper gives some clues about the EU Commission's plans for open source policy in the future. An existing funding programme will continue under a new name and re-focus on commercial value.
An anonymous reader shares a report: Adobe is bringing its video editor Premiere to iPhone, promising "pro-level" editing on the go for free. The app will launch later this month, with an Android version also under development.
Europa will bis 2030 seinen Energiebedarf fast zur Hälfte aus Erneuerbaren Energien decken. Der dafür notwendige Ausbau der Windkraft stockt europaweit jedoch. Immerhin: In diesem Bereich ist Deutschland Spitzenreiter.
Adventure of Samsara dropped today on Steam, GOG, and consoles—and right away, it’s stirring the pot.
You play as the Solar Champion, a long-dead Plutonian resurrected by the Sun to set the multiverse back in order. Which, in practice, means exploring labyrinthine castles and frozen wastes, hacking down the undead, picking up hidden augments, and slowly becoming an unstoppable force. It’s very Metroidvania: ten biomes, tough bosses, and secrets tucked into every corner.
Now, the controversy. Atari slapped “Adventure” into the title—obviously a wink at the 2600’s Adventure, the proto-RPG that invented the concept of the “Easter egg.” But let’s be clear: this game has nothing to do with Adventure. The branding is pure jiu-jitsu.
In fact, Atari had no hand in this until fairly recently. The game started life back in 2016 as Tower of Samsara, a crowdfunded project that never met its goals. Years later, Atari swept in, put their stamp on it, and now here we are with Adventure of Samsara.
Does it stand on its own? Absolutely. It’s pensive, deliberate, and puzzle-minded in a way that feels more Prince of Persia than Castlevania.
Actually, it looks more like something you’d have seen on an Atari ST in 1989 than on a 2600. And now I kind of wish it actually got that ST demake, because the chunky pixels and vibrant colours would feel right at home there. Snow falls, torches flicker, reflections shimmer off stone walls—the world feels alive.
The audio carries the same care. Everything has a drenched-in-reverb atmosphere: sometimes quiet and contemplative, sometimes pounding with urgency. It feels like weather, bleeding into your ears.
Control-wise, I ran it on a keyboard and was shocked at how good it felt—tight, precise, and, dare I say, better than gamepad. But Xbox and PlayStation controllers work just fine if couch gaming is your thing.
Tech specs are feather-light: a Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, and a 1 GB DX10 card will run it. It’s native on Windows, Mac, and Linux—no Proton required—and it’s already Steam Deck Verified with the green checkmark.
As for price, it launched with a 10% discount off $19.99 USD—C$23.39 here in Canada. For a thoughtful Metroidvania with ten biomes and native Linux support, that’s more than fair.
A hero resurrected. A new Adventure. With stunning, 2D pixel art, Adventure of Samsara combines classic gameplay, a deeply connected world, and a heady, twisting narrative of death, rebirth and memory.
Maybe time to try a set of cat-pressable buttons that play human-language phrases? Clearly, your cat already understands that making mouth noises at each other is something humans like to do.
The nation of slander, defamation, lies, death threats, mobs, harrassment, Big Brother, lawlessness, inequality, obstruction of justice, discrimination, hate, hate crimes, violence, assaults, and organized crime. Do not move here. Do not even visit.
It is currently a dangerous nation ran by a felon that promotes crime and organized crime and bribes. It requires international intervention to recognize the human rights of the individual and each individual of the same aforementioned family to ensure that grave human rights offenses do not go unchecked. Currently the international.community, since there has been no OFFICIAL recognition of my family, our story and the civil and criminal human rights offenses that have occured against us, to the point of EVERY SINGLE NEWS SOURCE refusing to EVEN REPORT ON THE SITUATION UNFOLDING. PURE CENSORSHIP.
ONCE AGAIN. I AM REACHING OUT TO INTERNATIONAL HUMAN BODIES FOR SUPPORT.
TO THE EUROPEAN UNION.
TO THE UNITED NATIONS.
TO THE "G7" NATIONS.
TO NATO.
TO THOSE "INTERNAL" ONES TOO.
TO EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT.
TO EUROPEAN COUNCIL.
TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT.
TO ALL THOSE UNITED NATIONS CONMITTEES THAT ARE ABLE TO ASSIST.
THEN TO THOSE "NON PROFITS."
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL.
RED CROSS.
GREENPEACE.
ACLU
EFF
THEN TO MY FAMILIES.
MY KELSEY KINDREDS.
MY BONAPARTES.
MY PATTERSONS.
MY COLLINS, WARDS, KEATINGS, FARLEYS.
MY COBBS AND MCROBIES.
MY TALBOTS, ABBLETTS, AND BEAUCHAMPS.
MY ROBISONS, ROBERTSONS.
I REACH OUT TO ALL OF YOU FOR SUPPORT IN A CRUCIAL TIME FOR MY FAMILY AND I.
WE ARE BEING SYSTEMATICALLY ATTACKED BY NUMEROUS ENTITIES FOR OUR ANCESTRSL BACKGROUND, GENETICS, AND ASSOCIATION WITH "WHISTLEBLOWING(DUE TO BEING FORCED TO BECAUSE OF NUMEROUS EGREGIOUS CIVIL RIGHTS OFFENSES IN THE FIELDS OF MEDICINE, EDUCATION, AND BUSINESS/HOUSING TO NAME A FEW.)
I AM THE GREAT GREAT GRANDSON OF CHARLES JOSEPH BONAPARTE, A DIRECT DESCENDENT OF WILLIAM KELSEY, AND AM A CLAIMANT TO THE HOUSES OF ORANGE, STUART, AND OF COURSE THE "HEIR TO BONAPARTE." I AM WILLIAM PATTERSONS 5TH GREAT GRANDSON AS WELL, AND A DESCENDENT OF NANCY WARD OF THE CHEROKEE WOLF CLAN.
THIS HAS NEVERTHELESS CREATED A LOT OF ENEMIES WITHOUT TRYING TO.
PLEASE SUPPORT MY FAMILY AND I NOW WHEN WE YOUR PUBLIC AND POLITICAL PRESSURE ON ANY OF OUR "RESPECTED POLITICIANS AND MEDIA REPRESENTITIVES WOULD MAKE A WORLD OF A DIFFERENCE.
TELL THEM THAT WE DESERVE JUSTICE, THAT WE DESERVE RECOGNITION, AND ARE A PROUD DECENT PEOPLE THAT HAIL FROM LONG AND DISTINGUISHED BACKGROUNDS DATING BACK TO THE FOUNDING FATHERS "AND BEYOND."
TELL THEM TO STOP THE MERCILESS ATTACK ON EACH OF US, THE PERVASIVE SURVEILLANCE ON OUR PERSON, VEHICLES, ELECTRONICS, OUR CHILDRENS TOYS, HOME, ETC.
TELL THEM WE DESERVE EQUALITY, NOT HATE CRIMES LIKE NOOSES AND BEING CALLED DOGS EVEN BY BUSINESSES. OR REFERENCES TO POISON AND GRAVES.
TELL THEM JOSHUA JAMES ABBLETT SENT YOU. TELL THEM NAPOLEON IX SAID HI. AND THAT HE IS MORE THAN FRUSTRATED WITH THIS LONGSTANDING TARGETING, TORTURE, AND CAMPAIGN OF TERROR ALLOWED. ENDORSED. PROFITED OFF OF BY THE U.S.A. LET THEM KNOW HE IS "READY TO FIGHT" THE "BIG WIGS" IN COURT IF HE HAS TO. EVEN IF HE HAS TO LOOK LIKE 'YOUR COUSIN VINNY' THE ENTIRE TIME.
I've taken to leaving imperfections in artwork so it doesn't look like it was created with AI. I've also gone back to using traditional media (paint, brushes, ink, etc.).
It’s also a step up from “sent from my …” Have you run across @georgepenney and their escapee typos? Delightful and self-effacing writing voice, the perfect antidote to llms.
@briankrebs The problem is that if you use Windows, and are connected to the Internet, your spell checker has been replaced with a bot. Try mis-typing something while on a slow Internet connection; the autocorrect will be hamstrung. Now try while being disconnected and compare to a fast Internet connection.
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Former CDC Chief Medical Officer: “I had offered to brief on things like COVID, H5N1, flu, measles. But he never had a briefing from the senior leaders at CDC on any of these topics.” —Interview MSNBC R/t Factnews #press
Wenn der #Arbeitstag dann doch mal was länger wird, dann wird der #Heimweg gerne etwas anstrengender (besonders bei #Gegenwind ) und dann muss ich einfach zwischendurch mal ein kleines #Päuschen machen um #Atem zu holen. Bei dem Licht und der Stimmung nicht die schlechteste #Idee.
Aus Termingründen heute leider in der "Box des Todes" unterwegs, #Bremslichter beobachten. Vorher aber noch 'n #Kaffee.
A3: I don't think I've ever seriously considered giving up on a project out of frustration. On my recent crown project, I got pretty frustrated trying to figure out a solid way to attach strands of wire with glass beads strung on them to the finished crown. It was something I kept putting off and putting off because I never felt like I found the exact right solution. I ended up using twisted/wrapped wire wherever possible, and E6000 everywhere else. It's not as robust as I would have preferred, but it looks great and it's done.
#MakersHour Q3 Have you ever got so frustrated you have thought about giving up, on a project, or on the whole making thing? Share your frustrations.
Yes, I've fed a few writing projects to the shredder. Currently I'm in a state where I'm not frustrated as such but wondering whether there is still any sense for me to keep going creatively (except for knitting, that does have sense) when my non-disabled and formerly useable hand's unresolved high pain level keeps being that way.
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Q3: Have you ever got so frustrated you have thought about giving up, on a project, or on the whole making thing? Share your frustrations. #MakersHour @makershour@a.gup.pe
Q3: Have you ever got so frustrated you have thought about giving up, on a project, or on the whole making thing? Share your frustrations. #MakersHour
Occasionally - but it tends to be things I wasn't really that bothered about doing. Frustration is usually because I realise I'm just not going to make the thing as well as I'd like.
Eh. Not really? I mean, I've started and given up on things, but I usually find out if it's doable for me pretty quick, before I get invested in a project. If things do get hard and frustrating halfway through, I usually find a way to get past that and finish the thing one way or another. #MakersHour
I’ve got a coat I’ve been “making” for the past two years - basically I’m worried I’m going to mess it up so I’ve got as far as needing to cut out the lining and ground to a halt! I really do need to pick it up again
A3 I don't think it would be possible to give up on making - now more than ever. In fact the more technological things become, the more important making is.
But projects can often be put on the shelf for an indeterminate length of time. But that isn't giving up, that is tactical retreat and regrouping until the right frame of mind returns 😀
The only frustration is running out of "on the go" project storage space...
Q3: Have you ever got so frustrated you have thought about giving up, on a project, or on the whole making thing? Share your frustrations. #MakersHour A3 I think my frustrations tend to stall me. I have ADHD and so can have trouble with concentration when measuring or cutting. This can lead to me just abandoning a project - but I am getting better at restarting or going back through the basics again. One thing that frustrates me is wasting materials so that can inhibit a restart and maybe make me hash on a bit which is less clever really.
@Indigoatcrafts You are the star of being you. ⭐️ You’re the owner of your own craft and you’re the owner of your confidence. You can do it. We’re all cheering you on!
@Janet_52square that's a lovely thing to say and a good way to think. Im trying really hard these days to follow such advice and indeed you have given me in the past. I know that I do my best in everything and if it isn't good enough well, I can't say i didn't try
@Indigoatcrafts @Janet_52square There was a meme/post somewhere recently that essentially said we should stop trying to create to do a thing and then decide it fails if the thing itself isn't as good as we hoped.
The reason to create is just to create.
Anyone who creates within their ability is doing it perfectly well and can sit back and enjoy the fact they are creating.
Social media is a right so and so for implying the perceived perfection in others is the goal
@Janet_52square I feel this. Sometimes it’s better for me to move on to another project for a while until I find the motivation to either work through the frustration or let the project go.
@IcooIey Yes, i feel I have a cycle of projects rather than a list and I sort of spin through them adding here and there until magically something gets finished - like putting the door handle on.
@Janet_52square I have four research/writing projects ongoing at the moment plus all the on the fly business and meetings. Hard to find the blocks of time I need to dig in complete work.
@IcooIey What about when you have a presentation or lecture or whatever on a fixed date? I find nothing focuses the mind quite like knowing that on such and such a day there will be an *audience*.
A3 Yes, sometimes it feels like a project is cursed. Sometimes you just have to realise the best thing to do is leave the workshop and come back. Else you'll only end up creating extra work undoing your mistakes. Alas that's just part of making. Not every day is a good day.
But the good days? The most exquisite high. A high that is essentially impossible to explain to anyone who isn't also a maker.
@Andy I definitely thought frustration was a normal part of the process. It's a rare project that doesn't have that stage (even if I end up super proud of it later).
A3 #makershour ABSOLUTELY!! I go through it repeatedly with my Nettie project. Largely because on the house I got myself in a tangle. Instead of cracking on with the house Alfred made i feared my 1st go would ruin it so I found a broken down "practice house" and it worked in the story in my head but back of competence, self doubt and the need to work hard... you know the story.
Also, in my early (ish) days of self taught crochet, I gathered up every bit of wool ready to hurl out when a couple of online friends stepped in and pointed out a fundamental error i was making... everything fell into place after that Hazel and Handy! Crochet heroes but they aren't "here"
I have abandoned a jumper that I was trying to knit for a friend. It was beyond my skills. I have also thrown projects across the room when I get in a real muddle! #MakersHour I haven't thought of stopping altogether but sometimes it's a while between projects.
"We do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they were going to be easy."
Now, while pushing through that barrier and triumphing while learning something is admirable, if your making is a hobby then hell, feel free to pop the frustrating thing on the shelf for however long. You're under no obligation to stress over things.
a3) I’ve definitely had to pause here and there. Never gave up on being a maker, but also gone long spells without finishing anything. Life/family/DIY/garden gets in the way.
#MakersHour A3: I frog frustrating or boring knitting projects all the time. Writing projects, I'm more reluctant to give up on, but when I lose the thread on a short story it's hard to get it back.
I'm not sure if I am never frustrated or actually always frustrated... if it is your base state what do you measure it against? But it rarely stops me doing a thing, aside from the unending frustration of not enough time.
I sometimes wonder why I spend so much time on some things, and worry if I'm getting the opportunity cost balance right.
But typically the more frustrated I get the more I dig in my heels to finish a thing. I could probably do with being more frustrated more often so I finish more things? 😅
I get most frustrated at bad tools. Actually, TBH, I recall I have given up on a couple of 3D prints becuase I just didn't want to waste more time coaxing my crappy 3D printer to not fail. (Thankfully most of what I want to print is fairly basic utilitarian and self designed knowing the limitations of my equipment.)
Oh, and computers. Constantly fucking frustrating. I gave up on a whole "computer" career once out of frustration. 🤪
A3. Awkwardness of setting up equipment is a frustration point for me, to the extent that I avoid sewing machines for most projects (the Crow Tools folding project keeper is an exception).
Frustration with skill level (sewing straight and evenly spaced seams; padding a wire doll armature; pinning seams; working above hand and lap sized projects) can be a discouragement which can cause some projects to go idle.
@jmeowmeow Actually I have to agree with you here, setting up equipment can be a real barrier for me in my tiny craft room, especially the lathe and the sewing machine. They all go on the same place so one needs taken down and cleaned up before the other comes out.
@Janet_52square I appreciate the sewing machine cabinets which fix the machine to a shelf which folds away under a tabletop when not in use. Similar appreciation for foldaway ironing boards.
Q3: Have you ever got so frustrated you have thought about giving up, on a project, or on the whole making thing? Share your frustrations.#MakersHour
A3. Giving up on individual projects? Nearly all of them. Giving up on making? Never. The process is the part that heals me so if one project ends in ruin I can just switch gears (although I'll get sad about the time, effort, and materials invested).
To get concrete: I have a split keyboard build that I had to put on ice until I've improved my soldering skills, after ruining the first PCB. I haven't given up, but I did get very irritated.
A3: I can’t say I have really. There are a lot of unfinished project I haven’t touch in a while. But it is less out of frustration and more mood and time. 😄 #makersHour
I frequently get frustrated when I do a watercolor on my own, after feeling successful during the paint-along! Sometimes I get too frustrated and I don’t finish the painting. My spouse wants my incomplete paintings and my rejects so they can turn them into postcards.
It took me a few years to find a watercolor instructor I like. Before that, I gave up looking!
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