[HN Gopher] Just putting it out there
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Just putting it out there
Author : DerekBickerton
Score : 40 points
Date : 2022-11-20 19:21 UTC (3 hours ago)
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| Waterluvian wrote:
| "proof that publishing your wild ideas still matters"
|
| I'm curious if it was ever confirmed that the published idea was
| consequential. That would be the part of the story I'm really
| interested in details of.
| IAmGraydon wrote:
| Is the red button a momentary mute? Also, volume and tone or dual
| volume? Beautiful guitar. Only change I would make is remove the
| Floyd bridge for a fixed bridge.
| squeaky-clean wrote:
| Yep it's a kill-switch. Here's Buckethead using one (a
| killswitch not the evh guitar) while playing Jordan, a song
| Guitar Hero 2 players might remember
|
| https://youtu.be/Pas-cMsWIgM
| rzzzt wrote:
| They kept the tone knob, though.
| eeue56 wrote:
| I have had a few outlets for where I'd share random ideas I came
| up with: used to have one on the Elm slack, and also various
| places in work channels. I found that sharing my ideas was always
| fun, then when I'd implement them, I could take feedback from
| others to lead me in a new direction. I particularly liked
| difficult ideas - things that others would consider impossible or
| at least very hard to solve. Bouncing ideas off of others is a
| great way to discover what problems _other_ people are facing.
| hardwaresofton wrote:
| I do something similar by sharing ideas I think would be good for
| startups/SaaS in a newsletter called Unvalidated Ideas (link in
| bio).
|
| I've had people be so interested that they went off and tried to
| build some of the ideas (usually market validation first is the
| goal), so it's been nice to see that.
| [deleted]
| xahrepap wrote:
| My wife has a saying, "you don't get what you want unless you ask
| for it"
|
| Similar I've heard "if you ask you might not get it. If you don't
| ask, you definitely will not"
|
| Even if the OP didn't get their guitar, what did they lose by
| trying? Nothing. But since they were willing to put themself out
| just a little they ended up with something I'm sure they love.
|
| There's a fine line between this attitude and demanding from
| people to things you think you're entitled to. But with the
| attitude OP had, I think this is a really healthy way to realize
| your hopes.
| gidorah wrote:
| As the say here "shy bairns get nowt."
| LAC-Tech wrote:
| I'm not sure where you're from but it's incredibly cool that
| you still use words recognisable from Anglo-Saxon (bearn and
| nawiht).
| ncouture wrote:
| Had to look closer into it, there's a nice audio file of it
| here: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shy_bairns_get_nowt
| ncouture wrote:
| Rejection is not a big deal, and you should just move on.
|
| This is the reason I looked past the rejection argument in my
| reply below; because there is so much more to gain from sharing
| than to lose from rejections.
|
| I don't understand why my first reply below is being downvoted.
| If someone disagrees and downvotes at least drop a note that
| would make sense. :-)
| Gajor444 wrote:
| aj7 wrote:
| I asked NFL+ for the ability to hide scores, since I have evolved
| to avoiding the news, and then watching selected games as though
| they were live, and it was there the next week.
| stevage wrote:
| Yeah I was amazed last Olympics how my local provider spoiled
| the result of literally every clip in their streaming service.
| Surely most people want to watch without knowing the result?
| eCa wrote:
| The olympic broadcaster here did that here too, in the
| thumbnails of finished events, where you would go if you
| missed it live. A friend (and I would guess plenty more
| people) mailed them about it and they actually stopped pretty
| much immediately.
| egypturnash wrote:
| If you are curious, the standard price for this guitar in a flat
| color is $1100, and the limited edition he wanted is only $1600.
| So not even anywhere near double the price.
|
| The "deluxe" model is $1300, and one painted just like Eddie Van
| Halen's distinctive red/white/black "Frankenstrat" is $1750.
| Making your own out of the best parts you can find in pawn shops
| like Young Eddie did is probably less than any of these; masking
| tape and a few cans of spray paint are only a few bucks more. :)
| ncouture wrote:
| There's a range of reasons why sharing ideas help foster a
| positive culture of creativity so if you don't already have a
| time and place to do so I strongly suggest brainstorming, 10xing,
| or whichever other method makes this process easy on groups of
| individuals. It's a lot of fun and we get a lot out of it.
| - you never know who might be interested in your idea -
| putting your ideas out there helps you to get feedback and
| improve upon them - it's an opportunity to practice
| articulating your ideas to others - sharing your ideas can
| inspire others, help in creating a community of support around
| you and your work (culture++) - getting your ideas out
| there can help you to build momentum, gain traction, find allies
| in your project or business - sharing your ideas with
| others they could lead to new opportunities or connections that
| you never would have otherwise
| [deleted]
| ncouture wrote:
| On the rare occasion I make an effort to contribute my thoughts
| in a positive way I get downvoted but nobdy even mentions why.
|
| Is it that obvious? Maybe someone else can tell me? I'd like to
| understand if it can help me improve my online etiquette or the
| HN rules better.
| Volundr wrote:
| Looks like you've since been upvoted, but try not to read too
| much into stuff like this. HN is usually decent on
| upvoted/downvotes, but honestly sometimes your comment just
| gets read first by that one random person who doesn't like
| it, or touches on something that a couple people disagree
| with. All you can do is move on. As long as you try to keep
| your commentary constructive, the stray randomly downvotes
| comment won't affect you much in the long run.
| ectopod wrote:
| Your first three paragraphs are a precis of the article so at
| a glance your post seems pointless. I suspect that prompted
| the down votes. Maybe skip the fluff.
| furyofantares wrote:
| I didn't downvote but summarizing the article in your second
| paragraph felt like a chore to read after having read the
| article, and I did initially skip the rest of the comment
| (which is good) because of that.
| ncouture wrote:
| Thanks for the honest feeback. Also shortened my comment
| considerably to keep it to my thoughts and not the ones
| expressed in by the author of this article.
| verisimi wrote:
| Its meant to be that you don't downvote people just because
| you disagree, but in practise its different.
|
| If I were to downvote (and I don't recollect that I ever
| have) I hope I would take the time to explain why.
|
| I think your point is good - downvoting because someone is
| holding an unpopular but considered opinion is bad practise -
| ultimately it will lead to us here being in even more of an
| echo chamber than we are already.
| MollyRealized wrote:
| I have often thought it would be great to have an idea
| marketplace, where someone could put up an idea and their 'cost'
| for giving it to someone ("just give me a lifetime subscription
| to its use and you can have all the profit").
|
| There would undoubtedly be hundreds of issues to be thrashed out,
| but it could conceivably do a lot of good as well.
| snoot wrote:
| Seems like putting up an idea _is_ giving it away, so the cost
| part would be redundant.
| RajT88 wrote:
| You should check out https://www.halfbakery.com/
| samsquire wrote:
| This is why I write every idea down that comes to mind. Even if I
| don't get around to doing my idea, someone else might like it
| enough to try. Hopefully they share it with me.
|
| I am up to 700 ideas. See my profile.
|
| I also keep a "wants" repository where I list what I want on my
| github.
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