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Yeah, I'm with you. I have a guitar! I have books! I have a large bed and a variety of clothes. I need some place to store my skis and my running shoes. I enjo

Yeah, I'm with you. I have a guitar! I have books! I have a large bed and a variety of clothes. I need some place to store my skis and my running shoes. I enjoy cooking. I don't see myself as materialistic, just as a passionate hobbyist/human.

saalweachter 11y ago
Tools, man. Where do you keep your table saw when you're living in a van?
- Sophistifunk 11y ago
  This. The fear of never being able to again live in an apartment is most of what keeps me from buying any tools bigger than the MakerBot.
- cfallin 11y ago
  You joke a bit but this is one of the biggest things I miss now (in a small apartment in the middle of a city). Growing up in suburbia with a well-stocked garage for tinkering was a wonderful experience. Yeah, hackerspaces; not quite the same though...
  - bobbles 11y ago
    I'm sure it wont be long until hackerspaces become competitive enough to introduce 'hobby' workshop rooms etc for people to spend more time there... Hell maybe apartment buildings should accommodate things like this instead of just having a gym/pool included
    - kragen 11y ago
      Hackerspaces have had various conflicts related to people living in them for decades now. You’re probably aware that Stallman was sleeping in his office at the AI Lab in the 80s.
  - jschwartzi 11y ago
    I won't pay 300 more a month for modern fixtures, plumbing, or millwork, but I'd pay it for a two-car heated garage with a 220v outlet and good lighting.
    - WalterBright 11y ago
      Haha, I told the real estate agent I wanted a 2 bedroom house with a 5 car garage :-)
    - Turing_Machine 11y ago
      220? I want 480v three phase. :-)
- beambot 11y ago
  Google has some pretty insane machine shops and labs (electrical, bio, & chemistry)... They blow my home lab out of the water -- and I've probably spent upwards of $30k on my home EE lab.
  - kragen 11y ago
    Can you walk into one and use it to make yourself a new set of silverware, or do you have to be, like, working on a Google project?
    - jsolson 11y ago
      Our maker space at Google Seattle (which is not a full on machine shop, although we should have the mill online soon) is explicitly for personal projects only (for liability reasons, I believe, although IANALcat).

saalweachter 11y ago

Tools, man. Where do you keep your table saw when you're living in a van?

Sophistifunk 11y ago
This. The fear of never being able to again live in an apartment is most of what keeps me from buying any tools bigger than the MakerBot.
cfallin 11y ago
You joke a bit but this is one of the biggest things I miss now (in a small apartment in the middle of a city). Growing up in suburbia with a well-stocked garage for tinkering was a wonderful experience. Yeah, hackerspaces; not quite the same though...
- bobbles 11y ago
  I'm sure it wont be long until hackerspaces become competitive enough to introduce 'hobby' workshop rooms etc for people to spend more time there... Hell maybe apartment buildings should accommodate things like this instead of just having a gym/pool included
  - kragen 11y ago
    Hackerspaces have had various conflicts related to people living in them for decades now. You’re probably aware that Stallman was sleeping in his office at the AI Lab in the 80s.
- jschwartzi 11y ago
  I won't pay 300 more a month for modern fixtures, plumbing, or millwork, but I'd pay it for a two-car heated garage with a 220v outlet and good lighting.
  - WalterBright 11y ago
    Haha, I told the real estate agent I wanted a 2 bedroom house with a 5 car garage :-)
  - Turing_Machine 11y ago
    220? I want 480v three phase. :-)
beambot 11y ago
Google has some pretty insane machine shops and labs (electrical, bio, & chemistry)... They blow my home lab out of the water -- and I've probably spent upwards of $30k on my home EE lab.
- kragen 11y ago
  Can you walk into one and use it to make yourself a new set of silverware, or do you have to be, like, working on a Google project?
  - jsolson 11y ago
    Our maker space at Google Seattle (which is not a full on machine shop, although we should have the mill online soon) is explicitly for personal projects only (for liability reasons, I believe, although IANALcat).