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Nobody leaves without singing the blues | |
June 15th, 2019 | |
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In the film Adventures in Babysitting (1987), Elisabeth Shue and | |
the kids she's watching find themselves unexpectedly on stage in | |
a blues club. When she tries to just pass through the old man in | |
charge of the band challenges her, "Nobody leaves without singing | |
the blues." [0] | |
[0] Babysitting Blues | |
Well, tag this post as "meta-gopher" because that's how I feel | |
about port 70. The ratio of consumer to creator is remarkably | |
matched as observed over on lambda lab [1]. We have a significant | |
technical barrier to use (for good or ill), but a very low | |
secondary barrier to contribution. I think of it like a reef that | |
protects the cove of port 70. If you know how to navigate into our | |
safe little space then you already have more than enough skill to | |
become an active part of the community. That's cool. | |
[1] lambda labs - dwarves and gophers | |
You all remember a few months back when solderpunk was all like, | |
"go make stuff, suckas"? [2] Let's not lose sight of that. | |
[2] solderpunk - hey you, host something | |
New blood, welcome. If you're sitting there with a phlog entry or | |
two brainstorming how you can do something special and stand out, | |
don't let that cripple you from just jumping in. Big ideas are | |
cool when they come, but cat needs daily phlogs to feed him or | |
he'll DIE! Save the cat, phlog regularly. |