▲ 508 ▼ A poor craftsman (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world [M] to c/memes@lemmy.world 50 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] aberrate_junior_beatnik@midwest.social 44 points 2 years ago (3 children) Does that make him a poor craftsman or an extremely good craftsman permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world [S] 30 points 2 years ago (2 children) As the saying goes, that depends on whether or not he blames his tool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) I feel like whoever made that saying never tried to make anything, tools can't replace skill but bad tools can absoloutely make something many times harder than it needs to be which takes energy, time and motivation away from the fine detail that tends to make the biggest difference to quality. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) tools can’t replace skill but bad tools can absoloutely make something many times harder A good craftsman knows the limits of his tools. A great craftsman knows how to make the tools necessary to surpass those limits. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* I dunno a jig saw makes cutting interesting curvy bits about a hundred times faster and its really hard to make one. Yeh you can make simpler stuff to do the same job but nowhere near as easily. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Which in turn depends on which kind of tool we're talking about, of course. permalink fedilink source parent [+] RagingHungryPanda@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent [–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Yes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world [S] 30 points 2 years ago (2 children) As the saying goes, that depends on whether or not he blames his tool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) I feel like whoever made that saying never tried to make anything, tools can't replace skill but bad tools can absoloutely make something many times harder than it needs to be which takes energy, time and motivation away from the fine detail that tends to make the biggest difference to quality. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) tools can’t replace skill but bad tools can absoloutely make something many times harder A good craftsman knows the limits of his tools. A great craftsman knows how to make the tools necessary to surpass those limits. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* I dunno a jig saw makes cutting interesting curvy bits about a hundred times faster and its really hard to make one. Yeh you can make simpler stuff to do the same job but nowhere near as easily. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Which in turn depends on which kind of tool we're talking about, of course. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) I feel like whoever made that saying never tried to make anything, tools can't replace skill but bad tools can absoloutely make something many times harder than it needs to be which takes energy, time and motivation away from the fine detail that tends to make the biggest difference to quality. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) tools can’t replace skill but bad tools can absoloutely make something many times harder A good craftsman knows the limits of his tools. A great craftsman knows how to make the tools necessary to surpass those limits. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* I dunno a jig saw makes cutting interesting curvy bits about a hundred times faster and its really hard to make one. Yeh you can make simpler stuff to do the same job but nowhere near as easily. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) tools can’t replace skill but bad tools can absoloutely make something many times harder A good craftsman knows the limits of his tools. A great craftsman knows how to make the tools necessary to surpass those limits. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* I dunno a jig saw makes cutting interesting curvy bits about a hundred times faster and its really hard to make one. Yeh you can make simpler stuff to do the same job but nowhere near as easily. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* I dunno a jig saw makes cutting interesting curvy bits about a hundred times faster and its really hard to make one. Yeh you can make simpler stuff to do the same job but nowhere near as easily. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Which in turn depends on which kind of tool we're talking about, of course. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] RagingHungryPanda@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
