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> trying to use a product for a purpose it was not intended for Good for them. Using things in novel unanticipated ways is toolmaking, quite literally what mak
by prodigal_erik 15y ago
> trying to use a product for a purpose it was not intended for
Good for them. Using things in novel unanticipated ways is toolmaking, quite literally what makes us human. I suspect people who surround themselves with appliances which resist tinkering are harming themselves through learned helplessness.
- astrodust 15y agoI respect hackers, yet I don't want to have to endure someone whinging about how their washing machine doesn't also do dishes like the 1920 model did.