Most active commenters

    ←back to thread

    Show HN: I built a synth for my daughter

    (bitsnpieces.dev)
    1278 points random_moonwalk | 12 comments | 12 Nov 25 14:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.602s | source | bottom
    1. solfox ◴[17 Nov 25 14:05 UTC] No.45953645[source]▶
    Looks amazing! Reminds me of a funny reddit thread about a man who built a fiber optic star ceiling for his daughter. The top comment was "First child?". :)

    https://www.reddit.com/r/DIY/comments/8g8pce/fiberoptic_star...

    replies(2): >>45953728 #>>45953822 #
    2. Brajeshwar ◴[17 Nov 25 14:15 UTC] No.45953728[source]▶
    And then the things you do to redeem your guilt for the second child is a whole interesting area.
    replies(4): >>45954302 #>>45956785 #>>45957434 #>>45979323 #
    3. gwbas1c ◴[17 Nov 25 14:24 UTC] No.45953822[source]▶
    Don't assume: Could be an only child, or the spouse is stay-at-home, or the author has family wealth and doesn't need a full time job.
    replies(4): >>45954116 #>>45954837 #>>45955809 #>>45959239 #
    4. prodigycorp ◴[17 Nov 25 14:55 UTC] No.45954116[source]▶
    could also be the first child ;)
    replies(1): >>45954296 #
    5. random_moonwalk ◴[17 Nov 25 15:14 UTC] No.45954296{3}[source]▶
    Can confirm, they're my first child
    6. random_moonwalk ◴[17 Nov 25 15:15 UTC] No.45954302[source]▶
    That's what the drum machine module is for.
    7. giancarlostoro ◴[17 Nov 25 16:05 UTC] No.45954837[source]▶
    or literally none of those options
    8. sroussey ◴[17 Nov 25 19:02 UTC] No.45956785[source]▶
    And then they give up by the fourth. Guess which one I was, lol.
    9. Bengalilol ◴[17 Nov 25 19:47 UTC] No.45957434[source]▶
    Hi Brajeshwar (back to the old flashcoders days). Children grow up and in the end you get the full orchestra ^^
    replies(1): >>45960288 #
    10. hnlmorg ◴[17 Nov 25 22:41 UTC] No.45959239[source]▶
    I do get your sentiment, but you could have picked some better examples:

    > Could be an only child

    In which case, odds are that they're also the first child ;)

    > or the spouse is stay-at-home

    Which is a full-time job in itself

    > or the author has family wealth and doesn't need a full time job.

    which is far far less likely than the assumption you're rebuttelling

    11. Brajeshwar ◴[18 Nov 25 01:10 UTC] No.45960288{3}[source]▶
    Those were the days. It was blunt, wild, and erratic but we had fun.
    12. solfox ◴[19 Nov 25 13:32 UTC] No.45979323[source]▶
    When I first saw the starfield post, I had one kid. I was building her all sorts of cool stuff: brio table, custom childrens book, etc. So naturally, I disbelieved the assertion that my second child would get anything less than my first. Alas, the insight is spot on - for all your good intentions, the second child gets shafted. I think it's just one of those things you have to experience to get it.