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You'd love Sam Zeloff http://sam.zeloof.xyz/ http://sam.zeloof.xyz/ he makes DIY transistors

• nickelpro 3y ago
  I find Sam a little too dismissive sometimes. He has relatively wealthy parents who let him convert a garage into a home fab, and talks about dropping $30k on a second hand ESM like it's no big deal. Don't get me wrong, he's a genius, but everytime he transitions into "anyone can do this stuff!" It rubs me the wrong way
  • fukpaywalls2 3y ago
    Your comment reminds me of those woodshop youtubers with clickbait titles like "diy your own coffee table for only $50", only to find they are using about 10K or more of shop equipment.
    • earleybird 3y ago
      And then there's New Yankee Workshop "and now let's go over to the xyz machine for <next-step>".
  • mindentropy 3y ago
    > He has relatively wealthy parents who let him convert a garage into a home fab, and talks about dropping $30k on a second hand ESM like it's no big deal. The envy I feel when I see these guys with such equipment is enormous. I really would love so much to have a loaded electronics work bench especially oscilloscopes, LAs etc. and of course the time to actually play with it. :-(
    • all2 3y ago
      Check if you've got a local hackerspace! There are a lot of good ones out there. By and large you will find excellent people who want to enable you to do amazing things.
  • nunuvit 3y ago
    He spends an order of magnitude more than necessary for convenience.