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What a lovely tribute. I hesitate to bother you, but would you mind sharing some other examples of such "technology types" that you know about?

nsxwolf 12y ago
FYI: I downvoted you because your reply seemed to be a weirdly hostile response to an innocent comment.
- TrevorJ 12y ago
  Huh, I read it as pretty much the opposite.
- irremediable 12y ago
  Huh? How on earth was that hostile?
NovaS1X 12y ago
Yeah sure. The most recent one I remember is a group of people in Red Hook building an open WiFi mesh network for free/low-cost to give internet access to people in poverty. http://rhicenter.org/redhookwifi/ http://rhicenter.org/redhookwifi/ This isn't the article I remember reading. I can't find the one that I read, but this explains it well enough I think. A few others were stories, which I can't find either, about networking schools in Africa to each other and building networking within them.
- irremediable 12y ago
  Thanks! This looks pretty interesting. I've been feeling a little burned out on tech lately, and it's nice to read some inspiring things.
  - NovaS1X 12y ago
    I can understand. I like to think that technology and hacker types can be idealistic and passionate. For a lot of hacker and tech types the salary isn't the main driving force. So if you've been stuck in a corporate IT/Dev environment I could understand. Have you ever been to a hackerspace? If you're looking to meet these types of individuals this is a great place for it. I remember the first time I went to one I talked with a guy who works at a local family oriented science centre and he just loves micro-controllers and playing with them. We had a great conversation for a good two hours. It was very uplifting to see someone love something so niche.
    - irremediable 12y ago
      Weirdly enough, I'm not in a corporate environment... I think maybe I'm just a bit burned out from a) leaping into a PhD straight after school with a job in the few weeks between; and b) all the bad tech-related news lately. Hackerspaces are awesome indeed! Thanks for reminding me to head down to my local one more often. Maybe I'll swing by there tonight...

nsxwolf 12y ago

FYI: I downvoted you because your reply seemed to be a weirdly hostile response to an innocent comment.

TrevorJ 12y ago
Huh, I read it as pretty much the opposite.
irremediable 12y ago
Huh? How on earth was that hostile?

NovaS1X 12y ago

Yeah sure. The most recent one I remember is a group of people in Red Hook building an open WiFi mesh network for free/low-cost to give internet access to people in poverty. http://rhicenter.org/redhookwifi/ http://rhicenter.org/redhookwifi/ This isn't the article I remember reading. I can't find the one that I read, but this explains it well enough I think. A few others were stories, which I can't find either, about networking schools in Africa to each other and building networking within them.

irremediable 12y ago
Thanks! This looks pretty interesting. I've been feeling a little burned out on tech lately, and it's nice to read some inspiring things.
- NovaS1X 12y ago
  I can understand. I like to think that technology and hacker types can be idealistic and passionate. For a lot of hacker and tech types the salary isn't the main driving force. So if you've been stuck in a corporate IT/Dev environment I could understand. Have you ever been to a hackerspace? If you're looking to meet these types of individuals this is a great place for it. I remember the first time I went to one I talked with a guy who works at a local family oriented science centre and he just loves micro-controllers and playing with them. We had a great conversation for a good two hours. It was very uplifting to see someone love something so niche.
  - irremediable 12y ago
    Weirdly enough, I'm not in a corporate environment... I think maybe I'm just a bit burned out from a) leaping into a PhD straight after school with a job in the few weeks between; and b) all the bad tech-related news lately. Hackerspaces are awesome indeed! Thanks for reminding me to head down to my local one more often. Maybe I'll swing by there tonight...