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Maker Person Rich Olson Returns (Video)

Posted by Roblimo on from the not-everything-is-about-money dept.

In February we ran a video titled Rich Olson Embodies the Spirit of the Maker Movement. We aren't saying Rich is a superman, but more like everyman or, in this case, everymaker. He is a hobbyist who, like many others, shares his designs freely in the best spirit of open source. Today we have some more words from Rich that may help you if you are just starting to use a 3-D printer and similar tools either at home or in a makerspace. and a note: If you know someone we should interview, please email robinATroblimoDOTCOM.

42 comments

  1. Fuck video by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Eat shit and die DICE

    1. Re:Fuck video by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      lets not forget the other DICE property SourceForge is a malware delivery service. DICE is not a company I would ever deal with.

    2. Re:Fuck video by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      They turned off slashdot beta.
      Now where do I find my sex partners?

  2. WE HAVE A NEW by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    FREQUENT CONTRIBUTOR?

  3. Auto play video? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I love auto play videos. It's so much trouble clicking the play button myself. I'm sure all my coworkers appreciated the first 5 seconds of that video.

    1. Re:Auto play video? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      They're not autoplaying on Chrome for me anymore.

    2. Re:Auto play video? by Aighearach · · Score: 1

      While in general I agree with the sentiment, this is slashdot and I would expect you would have implemented a technical solution on the client side to prevent auto-play.

      That said... transcript or it didn't happen

    3. Re:Auto play video? by ArcadeMan · · Score: 1

      There's no autoplay in Safari either.

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    4. Re:Auto play video? by Bing+Tsher+E · · Score: 1

      I have a real problem with the prevalence of online Video in general. There are way too many 'how-to' things out there now that would be well documented by a list of bullet points on a well edited text document. Instead, all that is available is a rambling, fumbling, blurry video.

      Video is the lazy way out and it promotes sub-literacy.

    5. Re:Auto play video? by Aighearach · · Score: 1

      In this case, a day later I finally wondered what it was about, and clicked it. Whoops, no video. I guess luckily for dice, slashdot users would never run linux and flashblock, right? It does play the audio and show me the flashblock icon, but they did some kind of bullshit to capture the pointer, so I can't actually start it.

      I listened to 10+ seconds, he starts off describing things as, "this is ...." OK, what is? It is a very low quality offering, I guess not surprising if it is the ramblings of Everyman. Which basically translates to "some Homer Simpson guy." If it was worth saying, it would be worth saying in an accessible way. Presumably he doesn't care about producing a good video, and is just doing his own thing. So let him do it. Don't try to make him into a public figure unless he's interested in putting some basic effort into communicating using modern mediums.

    6. Re: Auto play video? by LocutusOfBorg1 · · Score: 1

      you can disable autoplay on firefox with an about:config change.

  4. Admit it, Dicedot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    You do this for the trolls

  5. Roblimo hires trannies to shit in his mouth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    "Rich Olsen" sounds like a pedophile's name. I bet his asshole will be reamed a good 30cm wide when the government finally cracks down on this maker bullshit. You people are not engineers with the appropriate licenses and insurance policies, stop pretending like you know shit, fucking nerds. Just saying.

    1. Re:Roblimo hires trannies to shit in his mouth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I agree, if these guys were competent they would be called "Engineers".

    2. Re:Roblimo hires trannies to shit in his mouth by ArcadeMan · · Score: 1

      You people are not engineers with the appropriate licenses and insurance policies, stop pretending like you know shit, fucking nerds.

      Ever changed a tire or oil on your car? Fixed a door hinge in your house? Are you a fucking licensed mechanic or construction worker?

      Non-engineers can also do things, get down from your high horse.

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    3. Re:Roblimo hires trannies to shit in his mouth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      I hire professional to fix all my shit, so I don't have to do such stupid things. Especially things as stupid and spending two weeks making something that could be purchased for an hour's wage. I guess I make more money than you, much more, in fact, so it would be wasting hundreds of Euros worth of my own time to spend time on that crap. The biggest upside to this is that I don't ever have to worry about stuff like the brakes breaking because I put the fluids in wrong or something or a thief being able to pick the lock because I put it on wrong.

      But go ahead and waste your time making little trinkets and 3D printing those death tools you fetishise so much. However pathetic it is, it's probably the only way you know how to escape the patheticness of your life.

    4. Re:Roblimo hires trannies to shit in his mouth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I'm just sad for you that you don't know how to create things by yourself and must always rely on others.

    5. Re:Roblimo hires trannies to shit in his mouth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Anyone who puts a cash value on their time is living such a miserable existence that I can only feel sorry for them. Even at my wealthiest, when I was earning $17,000/month with a few hours of work a week (lol dotcom boom), I didn't once think about putting a dollar value on my free time - I just did whatever I enjoyed, taking as long as it took to do it well, and trying not to be a dick in the process.

      You're the kind of person who can't understand a game of association football ("soccer") between friends because OMG what a waste of time kicking a ball around getting sweaty who PROFITS? - who can't make sense of a sunset because gosh I can reproduce those hues on my LCD without having to turn my neck to look out the window at that inefficient, primitive ball of gas. Of course things made in a factory and/or by hard labour are cheaper, you silly dullard. Hell, from an economic PoV, the cheapest possible existence for a human body is achieved in death. But economics doesn't give us a point to life - like you, it's just a tool.

  6. Nigger by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    ^^^ oh shit i said dat word. dey gonna expal me from skools. o wait no im black livin in duh hood. Free speech for all!!1

  7. People still mangle their email addresses? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    I haven't done that in forever because it seems like spam filters work pretty great this decade.

  8. I dont hate gays but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    > We aren't saying Rich is a superman, but more like everyman or, in this case, everymaker. He is a hobbyist who, like many others, shares his designs > freely in the best spirit of open source.

    mod down if you want, gotta say. some things sound so lame you just gotta call them gay

    1. Re:I dont hate gays but by friesofdoom · · Score: 1

      I'm gay, and agree with this.

  9. As a committed Progressive Obamunist... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    ...this "maker" stuff has got to be stopped. There are rules and regulations that must be following regarding manufacturing and these white racist nazi hilljacks aren't following them. As Progressives we all want to see that the laws and regulations are adhered to unless they're racist like the laws regarding immigration. FORWARD!

  10. Makers, ruby dojo, hacker dojo, maker community, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    code.org, women in tech, ruby on rails, maker community, disrupt, rise up, raise awareness. everything is awweeeesome if you're part of the teeeeaaamm.

  11. Advertising revenue (they're JEWS) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    They do it to generate advertising revenue because Dice is owned by fucking greedy JEWS. That's why they keep the article count up. More clicks = more jewbucks.

  12. &*^(*& the maker movement! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    If they can't be bothered to master any skills over a period of many years, they have no business dabbling in them either.

    DIY is dead, leave it to the professionals and the world would be a safer place.

    1. Re:&*^(*& the maker movement! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      LOL it is easy to be a brofessional when you have a few hundred million dollars of equipment at your disposal, a team to check your working, a project which is more about minimising cost and risk than being adventurous, and the knowledge that you actually get paid for your work.

      All the most difficult things I've done have been in my spare time. For example, I am a radio amateur - all that "amateur" means there is that I'm not restricted by commercial imperatives. I can still apply the knowledge I've gained from academic and professional experience. The most interesting developments don't come from the "professional" but from intelligent people interested in their trade. I've seen EE grads who get the job based on acing college-style quizzes but who can barely work with a soldering iron - they're good for the grunt work, but the last people I want giving creative input.

  13. I hate faggots by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    What was done with the faggot matt shepard should be applied to all faggots. There is no such thing as gay rights because gay = wrong.

    1. Re:I hate faggots by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      What was done with the faggot matt shepard should be applied to all faggots. There is no such thing as gay rights because gay = wrong.

      I'm not gay, and I am sickened by the childishness and childish hate in your response.

      1) hanging some poor kid on a barbed wire fence is wrong, period. A real man walks away from
              people he finds offensive. There is nearly always no need to engage in violence and a real man
              knows that violence is the last resort.

      2) Gay guys being honest and open means more women for straight guys. It also means fewer
              guys having children because gay men cannot get pregnant. Fewer children means the world
              will be less crowded. These are all benefits.

      3) You may well be gay yourself. Often those who worry about "gays" are secretly fighting urges
                within themselves. As a heterosexual man I never worry about gays of either sex, though I
                can say I'd like to have a threesome with a couple of bisexual lesbians sometime.

  14. Maker movement, rise up! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Disrupt, 3D print change. Quick, to the hackerspace!!

  15. Useless comment. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    For a useless story.

  16. So he made a useless metal part by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Not super concerned about strength, you can make a bolt that would not be useful for anything a bolt would be used for.

    That does indeed embody the maker movement. Bored man children making future garbage.

    1. Re:So he made a useless metal part by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      on topic comments are not welcome in this thread. move on to some other.

    2. Re:So he made a useless metal part by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      OP post is appropriate.

  17. haters gonna hate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I am a Maker that has an Engineering degree- electrical to be precise. WUT NOW!

    1. Re:haters gonna hate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      First maker to come here and stand up for the maker community. Cheers

    2. Re:haters gonna hate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Most of us really just don't give a flying fuck.

  18. You need to have the Adobe Flash Player to view th by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    is content. Please click here to continue.

  19. Re:You need to have the Adobe Flash Player to view by ArcadeMan · · Score: 1

    No flash on my system, works fine in Safari on OS X.

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  20. Re:You need to have the Adobe Flash Player to view by Bing+Tsher+E · · Score: 1

    If I wanted to run an OS that Flash didn't work well on, I'd at least have the decency to run a real unix like NetBSD.

  21. There is no maker "movement." by Cheer+Up+Queefy+Jean · · Score: 1

    It's your hobby, or it's your job. That's all. People have always made things. You're not bringing about any sort of social change. Your prototype looks ridiculous, and everyone is laughing at you.

  22. Re:You need to have the Adobe Flash Player to view by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    > real unix
    > BSD

    all that smug arrogance