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I build a lot of "useless" stuff too. Where by useless I mean useful to me, but isn't ever going to have customers. A. Educational value is a thing. Not everyt

by dheera 5y ago

I build a lot of "useless" stuff too. Where by useless I mean useful to me, but isn't ever going to have customers. A. Educational value is a thing. Not everything needs to be a business with customers. Not every project needs to make money. Many of my projects teach me something about science, tech, or arts. B. Fun is a thing. Building stuff is a way to enjoy life for me, similar to spending time on the beach. A couple of my more "useless" projects: https://dheera.net/projects/4x5/ https://dheera.net/projects/4x5/ https://dheera.net/projects/mnist-clock/ https://dheera.net/projects/mnist-clock/ https://dheera.net/projects/einkframe/ https://dheera.net/projects/einkframe/ https://dheera.net/projects/shoji-lamps/ https://dheera.net/projects/shoji-lamps/

radiator 5y ago
Someone who wouldn't want to undersell those projects could use the term art instead of useless.
- dheera 5y ago
  Oh I just called them "useless" in mockery of the HN sense of the word, i.e. in the same sense of the word that TFA speaks of: not being able to scale it into a unicorn startup with customers. But yes, they are useful to me as art, as educational projects, as fun, etc.