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On 08/28/2013 03:29 PM, Simon St.Laurent wrote: > > I do many things in amateurish ways, but I recognize, for example, > that the feeling of accomplishment I used to get from assembling IKEA > furniture was a sad joke compared to the feeling of accomplishment I > get from actually making something. > I have to admit I feel differently about chairs and tables, which I would prefer to make myself, or purchase from a dedicated crafts-person. I chose the door example because I think it falls in the uncomfortable zone between pipe threads and furniture. It is much easier to get functioning if it conforms to standards, but also admits significant aesthetic considerations. > Honestly, lessening the expert/amateur distinction would make a lot of > these questions just vanish, though. > Well, that's interesting. You don't think we benefit from specialization? We should all be surgeon/plumber/coders? -Mike
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