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perhaps "HN isn't always hostile to women" but it's enough times for every woman i know to say it is.

hacker news community, what is your goal here?

for some context.

the "community" on hacker news has said limor (ladyada) fried is not a "real engineer" or she has help and doesn't really do engineering, or she is not a real person, or she is just a marketer, or it's not really her code, amongst other attacks anytime her work appears here on hacker news.

the same attacks on hacker news on naomi wu have been said to other women who make things, share their projects, and are online, including limor, on hacker news.

before you hit "add comment" - what is the goal here hacker news community?

"visionary CEO" ? here is an overview.

https://blog.adafruit.com/2017/08/02/arduino-federico-musto-...

@makomk the only reason we'd delete a comment is if you cursed, made personal attacks, etc.

we covered makerbot going closed-source on adafruit, including the class action lawsuit. https://blog.adafruit.com/?main_page=blog&s=makerbot additionally, we covered the close-sourcing of the arduino.org products (federico's arduino) - https://blog.adafruit.com/?s=%23freearduino

and just to be super-duper clear, my opinion is that it was a mistake for makerbot to go closed source the way they did.

adafruit is not running at a loss, we've always been profitable. we have no loans, no vc, no outside funding in any way, 2017 might be about $50m in revenue or so, we'll see!

this is going to go in my collection of classic comments about arduino, you're saying arduino is "bad" and "harmful" (to who and how?) because more, and different people than you might get interested in electronics as a hobby. wow.

here's another you may enjoy from my article "Why the Arduino Won and Why It’s Here to Stay"

“Arduino: baby-talk programming for pothead” – ArnoldB, AVRfreaks.net http://makezine.com/2011/02/10/why-the-arduino-won-and-why-i...

disclosure, i work at the open-source hardware company, adafruit and we make arduinos for arduino.cc !

nope, it's an arm 7, not an arm 6. https://learn.adafruit.com/introducing-the-raspberry-pi-2-mo...

here's a comparison with the correct information - https://learn.adafruit.com/introducing-the-raspberry-pi-2-mo...

correct, stay tuned!

the FLORA and the GEMMA are not the lilypad, check out the FLORA page - GPS units, RGB LEDs, all possible with our platform. http://www.adafruit.com/flora

@meaty you say "I work in the financial services sector now".

with all your potential to teach and share your vast electronics knowledge, why stick around in finance? there isn't enough people willing to dedicate their time helping. snarky-commenting on hackernews does not change things - actual work does. write some articles, posting tutorials and ship cool kits - join in!

This is our second distro, Occidentalis v0.2. Rubus occidentalis is the black raspberry. It is derived from Raspbian Wheezy August 16. We have made a few key changes to make it more hardware-hacker friendly!

Version 0.2 updates (new!) • Truncated image - only 2.6G now to fit on any 4G card • raspi-config notice retained on boot • Removed persistant wlan0 entry • Password-change reminder on login • Added RTC and lm-sensors kernel module • Included kernel modules for: DS1307, AD626 I2C digipots, HMC6352, BMP085, ADS1015 • New! Adafruit's PWM/Servo kernel module for easy PWM/Servo control on GPIO#18

Version 0.1 updates (still included) • Updated to Hexxeh firmware • I2C and hardware SPI support • I2C/SPI modules initialized on boot • sshd on boot • ssh keygen on first boot • runs avahi daemon (Bonjour client) and is called raspberrypi.local • Realtek RTL8188CUS wifi support • One wire support on GPIO #4 when loaded

@SiCarbide - i made suggestions to make it better (not use makerbot's name / go against kickstarters #1 rule, etc) the creator has not only updated the kickstarter, tangibot specially said thanks for helping out, tangibot changed the kickstarter as per kickstarter's request too. it's now getting more backers than before.

open source is fueling many great kickstarters:

http://blog.makezine.com/2011/10/20/how-open-source-hardware...

tangibot's issue(s) were not about open source at all.

@replicatorblog - i don't think you're going to find a lawyer that will go on record saying "uses the same plastic as LEGO" is the same as "TangiBot is a MakerBot clone" "TangiBot is a MakerBot knock-off" "TangiBot is the same quality because it's a MakerBot clone"... if you had someone look at a LEGO and a makerbot, they're clearly different called different things, marketed different.

LEGO is very good about their trademark, if there was any issue with makerbot saying "same plastic used for LEGOs" they would have been told not to ever say that. if you're really interested to know for sure, email me and we'll both email LEGO.

if you could show makerbot's usage of LEGO with a specific link that would be helpful too.

please keep in mind the company that the creator of the tangibot promoted as his previous job and current group of experts he's working with did sue people for using the name "Cricut"..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricut#Third_party_software "Provo Craft has been active to resist the use of third-party software programs that could enable Cricut owners to cut out designs and to use the machine without depending on its proprietary cartridges.... Provo Craft also asserted that Craft Edge were violating its trademark in the word "Cricut" by saying that its software could work with Cricut machines. Provo Craft asserted that this was likely "to cause confusion, mistake or deception as to the source or origin of Defendant's goods or services, and [was] likely to falsely suggest a sponsorship, connection, license, or association of Defendant's goods and services with Provo Craft"

if anyone saw the tangibot anywhere they'd assume it was a makerbot... and lastly, i don't think tangibot could even get their name trademarked for what they're doing, but a lawyer could weigh in on that perhaps.

i'm not a makerbot owner, but i did back the tangibot.

+1 the first version of the kickstarter is completely different than what's there now.

i'm a backer of the tangibot, but you can't view the revisions.

the makerbot name is not open-source and kickstarter is not allowed to be used to fund a business, see their rule #1 - tangibot changed the entire kickstarter, and kickstart had them make it clear that tangibot was the deliverable -- not a business to make tangibots.

it's not fair to say a tangibot is equal quality (yet).

lower prices are good, everyone agrees with that though!

makerbot has never said "LEGO clone" or "LEGO knock-off". the tangibot did say "same quality as makerbot because it's a clone", "makerbot clone" and "makerbot knock-off". stating a fact like it's the same plastic is different than saying a complex machine is the same quality because it's a clone, the tangibot did not demonstrate that.

keep in mind, this was before the tangibot creator updated the kickstarter and also was asked by kickstarter to make it clear it's not violating rule # of kickstarter:

"A project is not open-ended. Starting a business, for example, does not qualify as a project." (they also say "No "fund my life" projects.).

just to be clear, open-source hardware makers, at least every single one of them i know and work with don't have any issues with someone making their design and making it more low-cost.

if kickstarter had viewable revision changes i think this conversation would not be about people saying open-source doesn't want to be open-source.

hey folks - this really was not about open-source or open-source hardware, but did start some great conversations. it was about a self described "clone" and "knock-off" fund-my-business asking for $500k on kickstarter. there was some open source hardware discussion shrapnel, it's good that it's being talked about regardless.

everyone who does open-source knows a copy of your design/code is going to happen, and it's encouraged.

1) the tangibot kickstarter when launched used the makerbot name dozens and dozens of times and said specifically it was the same quality because it was clone. you can say it's like-something, but not lean that hard on someone's trademarked name and brand for a $500k kickstarter. open-source hardware is great, copy it! just don't use someone's trademarked name as a way to assure quality and support. at least ship or show something and prove you're comparable.

2) the tangibot kickstarter at first said it was to fund a business, that's against rule #1 of kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/help/guidelines

rule #1 on kickstarter: "A project is not open-ended. Starting a business, for example, does not qualify as a project." (they also say "No "fund my life" projects.).

tangibot has since completely changed the kickstarter and it's $500k better than it was when it was launched.

if kickstarter had viewable revision changes that would be helpful right about now.

today on adafruit i'm helping limor fried (first female engineer on the cover of WIRED) with 24 hours of posts with cool women doing great stuff in the world of making, engineering, science and more. she also has 10% off everything in the store to encourage giving the gift of electronics to spark imagination - http://www.adafruit.com/blog/category/random/ald/

enjoy...

rad, glad this worked out!

i really like these "what i pay for" lists that are starting... we have a list here too: http://ladyada.net/library/software/index.html

(left column) of all the things we use for our open-source hardware business.

we'd love to hear suggestions for more too..

that's right! they also said with that "Arduino-compatible" and on the box it said "100% arduino compatible" - it wasn't. and they called it "Uno" which is the same name as the latest arduino :(

it's worse than that... chipKIT isn't even the first "32-bit-microcontroller-based, open-source development platform" - maple is.

http://leaflabs.com/devices/maple/

when chipKIT met with us before launch (adafruit, limor fried and myself) we said this wasn't the first one along with a lot of other things we wanted to see them address and change, they didn't.

the one we released (adafruit) with hector is open source, commercial use allowed.

to use microsoft's you'll need to wait until they allow commercial use (from what is reported that's later in the year, maybe even 2012).

hi everyone - use the code HACKERNEWS on adafruit.com and you'll get 10% all our arduino products and our kits. this expires on sunday so buy quickly, we usually do not discount arduinos :)