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