> I've noticed among "hacker spaces" and the machine shop company is that they have very few ties to higher edu, but they're doing VERY similar things. hacker

> I've noticed among "hacker spaces" and the machine shop company is that they have very few ties to higher edu, but they're doing VERY similar things. hacker spaces and universities strike me as nearly polar opposites. what do you think it is they're doing that's similar?