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I think this is a little nutty. This business has been subsumed by digikey, findchips.com, mouser, etc. Do you really have the time or inclination to get in a
by aj7 8y ago
I think this is a little nutty. This business has been subsumed by digikey, findchips.com, mouser, etc. Do you really have the time or inclination to get in a car and rummage through bins? Isn't designing, simulating, or even reading data sheets a better use of your time?
- ams6110 8y agoFor me, trying to put myself in the mind of an aspiring/learning electronics hacker -- yes. I want to rummage through bins. I want to touch the components. I don't want to stare at a computer screen trying to conjure up the proper search terms to find what I'm looking for. Later, as I get more advanced, yes, I can see the online vendors making more sense.
- tlow 8y agoThe thing you're touching on here I think is also some degree of freedom for iterative and spontaneous revision/change. A searchable catalog is great when you already know what you need. A catalog is also great when you have no idea what you need, but there's a huge delay in the feedback loop with a catalog compared to bins. To empower a discovery process during creation, it helps to have "saturated space" or something akin to untold quantities and varieties of "bins".
- 51lver 8y agoI too love rummaging through my bins and wondering what is possible. I think the hacker mind just works like "I wonder if X could be made to do Y..."