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Make Me

153 points by Pr0 14y ago

asselinpaul 14y ago
So cool, makes me wanna work there..
- Pr0 14y ago
  I think that's the point :P
- georgemcbay 14y ago
  Makerbot Replicators only cost $2.2k. Not nearly impulse purchase range, but affordable for most engineers (well, assuming metro/urban USA), especially if you go in on it with a couple of other local hackers. I'm somewhat surprised 3D printer co-oping isn't more of a "thing" since the price is right for that and for most people they aren't something you need physical access to on a daily basis. And of course there are even cheaper options, down to about $500 though obviously YMMV on quality/materials/etc.
  - mcpherrinm 14y ago
    In my experience, most major North American cities have a hackerspace or two, and they nearly always have 3D printers. I'd say that's a "thing", as much as one would expect, given the limited quality and utility of them as of now.
  - tlrobinson 14y ago
    If you're suggesting this isn't a good reason to want to work for GitHub I think you're missing the point, which is that GitHub seems like a fun place to work in general.
niggler 14y ago
Ah, so that's why it took so long to get github back up last time it was down ...
vsbuffalo 14y ago
>We've been using make-me to power all of our 3D printing needs including decorating our office with various prints and making useful trinkets. Pardon my ignorance, but is this really necessary? It seems like an office toy.
- holman 14y ago
  "Necessary" is a fun word. Have we, to date, printed anything in our 3D printer that helps us deliver Git repositories in a quick and timely manner? No. Have we built something that kept 140 employees happy and excited in the company because they're exploring technology they hadn't used before? Yes. Have we built something that helps everyone at the office learn and understand a major technological shift that might be useful in the event we'd like to build a product around this in the future? Yes. Is it fun to print cool shit? Yes. So yeah, I'd say it's necessary, at least for us. It makes the company a better place, both from a cultural and a business perspective. Your mileage may vary, naturally.
  - kamme 14y ago
    This is the difference between a regular company and a company with a great atmosphere. It might seem a waste to some people but building an atmosphere like this makes me want to work at github. And that's a very big advantage in the tech industry. It's quite shocking how little you _have_ to give employees, but in the end people will not be very happy if you only care about the number of hours spend at the office and not about the person spending them there. Also; things like this are a great way to encourage your employees to think differently and get their creative juices flowing.
- jspthrowaway2 14y ago
  Sorry, but you sound like a real wet towel to be around. Shall we take away the coffee makers, too, since those are unnecessary? Let them have a bit of fun at the office.
  - sopooneo 14y ago
    It may be that they are not against fun at all, but just didn't follow that the use of the word "necessary" was meant tongue-in-cheek, and were asking out of sincere confusion.
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subway 14y ago
3D printer with a MacBook Air server at GitHub HQ... I think my hipster detector was just overloaded.
- williamcotton 14y ago
  Can of Pabst wearing a trucker hat while listening to The Rapture... Oh wait, that's 2003... Fixed gear bicycle wearing an ironic Christmas sweater waiting in line for a fried catfish sandwich under the Williamsburg bridge... Sorry, that's 2007... Chambray shirt drinking a cocktail made with hand picked elderberries reading MissionMission on an iPad... Nuts, that's 2011... Can we all agree that the term hipster doesn't mean anything? Seriously, I've seen the term bandied about for a decade now and its definition changes every 9 months.
  - andrewvc 14y ago
    It's basically a way for those who don't have an interest in cultural changes around them to deride others. Fads and trends are actually fun; they bring new music, culture, and experiences to our lives. Deriding people for collectively discovering new angles on life is dumb as shit.
    - jrabone 14y ago
      It's basically a way for those who are secure in their own identity to inform others of the essential pointlessness of their existence. Fads and trends are actually a con-trick; they bring new cults of personality to our lives. Deriding people for not buying into your neurotic bullshit is dumb as shit.
      - t-away9988 14y ago
        > It's basically a way for those who are secure in their own identity to inform others of the essential pointlessness of their existence. Fads and trends are actually a con-trick; they bring new cults of personality to our lives. > Deriding people for not buying into your neurotic bullshit is dumb as shit. wat
d0m 14y ago
That's what books are used for nowadays.
pdeuchler 14y ago
"This machine is a server. Do not power it down." Reminds me of the notes I would leave to make sure my Mom didn't turn the computer off (or make a phone call and thus cut the dial-up connection) when I was doing something as I left for school. /backinthegoodoledays Really impressed at this hack, but I think the coolest part of these Github blog posts is just how useful and powerful something as simple (relatively) as Hubot can be when connected to a communication medium like Campfire. Food for thought for more hacks, I suppose.
- sshirokov 14y ago
  The inspiration for the sign, outside the obvious purpose, was the note on the first web server: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:First_Web_Server.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:First_Web_Server.jpg
- StavrosK 14y ago
  > how useful and powerful something as simple (relatively) as Hubot can be when connected to a communication medium like Campfire. I thought so too, so I figured I'd create a hosted version of hubot, so you can get it up and running quickly without much hassle: http://www.getinstabot.com http://www.getinstabot.com
willieavendano 14y ago
What about using a Raspberry Pi to be the server? Thought about doing this hack at a hackathon but it was during the weekend of Art Basel in Miami. Make me/print me over the cloud but I love the hunt integration
- Oompa 14y ago
  A raspberry pi wouldn't be a bad idea! We'd need to hook up some web cams though and print an enclosure for it :)
rm445 14y ago
I work for a mechanical engineering firm that has a 3D printer. It is used for the engineers to prototype mechanical designs (you'd be amazed just how much easier it is to design even simple mechanisms with a model in your hands), and also for creating promotional items: scale models of the company's physical products. Therefore I was confused by why Github wanted one. Were they going to prototype their software in realspace, or start selling people 3D models of their repositories? Turns out it is just for fun, which is cool in itself, and a real sign of how the cost of these things is coming down. Think ours came in at about $20k.

Make Me

153 points by Pr0 14y ago

asselinpaul 14y ago

So cool, makes me wanna work there..

Pr0 14y ago
I think that's the point :P
georgemcbay 14y ago
Makerbot Replicators only cost $2.2k. Not nearly impulse purchase range, but affordable for most engineers (well, assuming metro/urban USA), especially if you go in on it with a couple of other local hackers. I'm somewhat surprised 3D printer co-oping isn't more of a "thing" since the price is right for that and for most people they aren't something you need physical access to on a daily basis. And of course there are even cheaper options, down to about $500 though obviously YMMV on quality/materials/etc.
- mcpherrinm 14y ago
  In my experience, most major North American cities have a hackerspace or two, and they nearly always have 3D printers. I'd say that's a "thing", as much as one would expect, given the limited quality and utility of them as of now.
- tlrobinson 14y ago
  If you're suggesting this isn't a good reason to want to work for GitHub I think you're missing the point, which is that GitHub seems like a fun place to work in general.

niggler 14y ago

Ah, so that's why it took so long to get github back up last time it was down ...

vsbuffalo 14y ago

>We've been using make-me to power all of our 3D printing needs including decorating our office with various prints and making useful trinkets. Pardon my ignorance, but is this really necessary? It seems like an office toy.

holman 14y ago
"Necessary" is a fun word. Have we, to date, printed anything in our 3D printer that helps us deliver Git repositories in a quick and timely manner? No. Have we built something that kept 140 employees happy and excited in the company because they're exploring technology they hadn't used before? Yes. Have we built something that helps everyone at the office learn and understand a major technological shift that might be useful in the event we'd like to build a product around this in the future? Yes. Is it fun to print cool shit? Yes. So yeah, I'd say it's necessary, at least for us. It makes the company a better place, both from a cultural and a business perspective. Your mileage may vary, naturally.
- kamme 14y ago
  This is the difference between a regular company and a company with a great atmosphere. It might seem a waste to some people but building an atmosphere like this makes me want to work at github. And that's a very big advantage in the tech industry. It's quite shocking how little you _have_ to give employees, but in the end people will not be very happy if you only care about the number of hours spend at the office and not about the person spending them there. Also; things like this are a great way to encourage your employees to think differently and get their creative juices flowing.
jspthrowaway2 14y ago
Sorry, but you sound like a real wet towel to be around. Shall we take away the coffee makers, too, since those are unnecessary? Let them have a bit of fun at the office.
- sopooneo 14y ago
  It may be that they are not against fun at all, but just didn't follow that the use of the word "necessary" was meant tongue-in-cheek, and were asking out of sincere confusion.

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subway 14y ago

3D printer with a MacBook Air server at GitHub HQ... I think my hipster detector was just overloaded.

williamcotton 14y ago
Can of Pabst wearing a trucker hat while listening to The Rapture... Oh wait, that's 2003... Fixed gear bicycle wearing an ironic Christmas sweater waiting in line for a fried catfish sandwich under the Williamsburg bridge... Sorry, that's 2007... Chambray shirt drinking a cocktail made with hand picked elderberries reading MissionMission on an iPad... Nuts, that's 2011... Can we all agree that the term hipster doesn't mean anything? Seriously, I've seen the term bandied about for a decade now and its definition changes every 9 months.
- andrewvc 14y ago
  It's basically a way for those who don't have an interest in cultural changes around them to deride others. Fads and trends are actually fun; they bring new music, culture, and experiences to our lives. Deriding people for collectively discovering new angles on life is dumb as shit.
  - jrabone 14y ago
    It's basically a way for those who are secure in their own identity to inform others of the essential pointlessness of their existence. Fads and trends are actually a con-trick; they bring new cults of personality to our lives. Deriding people for not buying into your neurotic bullshit is dumb as shit.
    - t-away9988 14y ago
      > It's basically a way for those who are secure in their own identity to inform others of the essential pointlessness of their existence. Fads and trends are actually a con-trick; they bring new cults of personality to our lives. > Deriding people for not buying into your neurotic bullshit is dumb as shit. wat

d0m 14y ago

That's what books are used for nowadays.

pdeuchler 14y ago

"This machine is a server. Do not power it down." Reminds me of the notes I would leave to make sure my Mom didn't turn the computer off (or make a phone call and thus cut the dial-up connection) when I was doing something as I left for school. /backinthegoodoledays Really impressed at this hack, but I think the coolest part of these Github blog posts is just how useful and powerful something as simple (relatively) as Hubot can be when connected to a communication medium like Campfire. Food for thought for more hacks, I suppose.

sshirokov 14y ago
The inspiration for the sign, outside the obvious purpose, was the note on the first web server: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:First_Web_Server.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:First_Web_Server.jpg
StavrosK 14y ago
> how useful and powerful something as simple (relatively) as Hubot can be when connected to a communication medium like Campfire. I thought so too, so I figured I'd create a hosted version of hubot, so you can get it up and running quickly without much hassle: http://www.getinstabot.com http://www.getinstabot.com

willieavendano 14y ago

What about using a Raspberry Pi to be the server? Thought about doing this hack at a hackathon but it was during the weekend of Art Basel in Miami. Make me/print me over the cloud but I love the hunt integration

Oompa 14y ago
A raspberry pi wouldn't be a bad idea! We'd need to hook up some web cams though and print an enclosure for it :)

rm445 14y ago

I work for a mechanical engineering firm that has a 3D printer. It is used for the engineers to prototype mechanical designs (you'd be amazed just how much easier it is to design even simple mechanisms with a model in your hands), and also for creating promotional items: scale models of the company's physical products. Therefore I was confused by why Github wanted one. Were they going to prototype their software in realspace, or start selling people 3D models of their repositories? Turns out it is just for fun, which is cool in itself, and a real sign of how the cost of these things is coming down. Think ours came in at about $20k.