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Is the Seeking of Lost Skills/Arts a Hacking Analog?

Posted by Cliff on from the hack-the-world-without-a-keyboard dept.

bigattichouse asks: "Having just finished my first batch of home-brew beer, I've been thinking about my attraction to 'lost arts', and collecting books on 'how to do stuff'. Some I try, some I just read: metalsmithing, sewing, baking bread, making soap, knot tying, brewing beer, woodcarving, yogurt and cheese.. there are so many skills 'lost' in the modern 'american' lifestyle... but I find my fellows tend to have books on these subjects lying around, too. Is this common in geekdom? Is this an expression of 'hacking' outside of machinery/engineering?"

3 of 796 comments (clear)

  1. Chain mail by I+don't+want+to+spen · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The advantage of chain mail is that its very difficult to spam.

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  2. Re:Geeks just want to learn by shaitand · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    damn grammar and spelling nazi's are at it again. When will you people learn that these things do NOT denote intelligence in any way shape or form?

  3. Re:Geeks just want to learn by jericho4.0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    'Damn' should be capitalized, 'nazi's' should be 'nazis', and you need a comma between 'way' and 'shape'.

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