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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/26/2012 Posts: 15,980
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sitaki.kujulikana wrote:I know times have changed, the days when a guy working in his workshop inventing a bicycle Tyre tube and the same going on to have lots of success are gone.
Siku hizi returns are the fore most consideration, and the days when the scientific minds were mostly idle are gone, the same now are begging for customer care jobs huko telcos (no offence to the men and women who sort our issues on the phone), while chasing around loans to get the latest drive.
But I honestly think as a society we are messed up, we are copying too much what the west have, sadly that includes their standards, on that route we will never accomplish anything, our people will continue to be without tap watter because we think the building code ya britain has to followed when building our dams.
We will continually die in our houses since we have no transportation, since our standards for building roads are copy pasted from usa and the cars allowed on our roads have to meet the same emission standards as the Europeans. There's a reason why its referred to as a STANDARD. If there was nothing of the sort, then there would be chaos. I dont know much of the British building code but id assume that most of the houses that zinabomoka are not following this or any code in place. "There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 8/25/2012 Posts: 1,826
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murchr wrote:sitaki.kujulikana wrote:I know times have changed, the days when a guy working in his workshop inventing a bicycle Tyre tube and the same going on to have lots of success are gone.
Siku hizi returns are the fore most consideration, and the days when the scientific minds were mostly idle are gone, the same now are begging for customer care jobs huko telcos (no offence to the men and women who sort our issues on the phone), while chasing around loans to get the latest drive.
But I honestly think as a society we are messed up, we are copying too much what the west have, sadly that includes their standards, on that route we will never accomplish anything, our people will continue to be without tap watter because we think the building code ya britain has to followed when building our dams.
We will continually die in our houses since we have no transportation, since our standards for building roads are copy pasted from usa and the cars allowed on our roads have to meet the same emission standards as the Europeans. There's a reason why its referred to as a STANDARD. If there was nothing of the sort, then there would be chaos. I dont know much of the British building code but id assume that most of the houses that zinabomoka are not following this or any code in place. we can come up with our standards, for instance, the britons do not use quarry stones for building - may be we should make the contractor answerable instead of the architect ... etc My point is we should have enough brains to study our backyards and come up with satisfactory standards based on the same. Though I have seen some movement, at least kidero proposed using share certificates for approval.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/26/2012 Posts: 15,980
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sitaki.kujulikana wrote:murchr wrote:sitaki.kujulikana wrote:I know times have changed, the days when a guy working in his workshop inventing a bicycle Tyre tube and the same going on to have lots of success are gone.
Siku hizi returns are the fore most consideration, and the days when the scientific minds were mostly idle are gone, the same now are begging for customer care jobs huko telcos (no offence to the men and women who sort our issues on the phone), while chasing around loans to get the latest drive.
But I honestly think as a society we are messed up, we are copying too much what the west have, sadly that includes their standards, on that route we will never accomplish anything, our people will continue to be without tap watter because we think the building code ya britain has to followed when building our dams.
We will continually die in our houses since we have no transportation, since our standards for building roads are copy pasted from usa and the cars allowed on our roads have to meet the same emission standards as the Europeans. There's a reason why its referred to as a STANDARD. If there was nothing of the sort, then there would be chaos. I dont know much of the British building code but id assume that most of the houses that zinabomoka are not following this or any code in place. we can come up with our standards, for instance, the britons do not use quarry stones for building - may be we should make the contractor answerable instead of the architect ... etc My point is we should have enough brains to study our backyards and come up with satisfactory standards based on the same. Though I have seen some movement, at least kidero proposed using share certificates for approval. But we use quarry stones? "There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/4/2006 Posts: 13,823 Location: Nairobi
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Sometimes I feel like we feel like we need to do stuff our way so that we can be seen. Doing things not because there is a need but because we want to be different. Or maybe some feel that they need to be seen as people. There are real problems to solve not building codes. All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 8/25/2012 Posts: 1,826
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murchr wrote:sitaki.kujulikana wrote:murchr wrote:sitaki.kujulikana wrote:I know times have changed, the days when a guy working in his workshop inventing a bicycle Tyre tube and the same going on to have lots of success are gone.
Siku hizi returns are the fore most consideration, and the days when the scientific minds were mostly idle are gone, the same now are begging for customer care jobs huko telcos (no offence to the men and women who sort our issues on the phone), while chasing around loans to get the latest drive.
But I honestly think as a society we are messed up, we are copying too much what the west have, sadly that includes their standards, on that route we will never accomplish anything, our people will continue to be without tap watter because we think the building code ya britain has to followed when building our dams.
We will continually die in our houses since we have no transportation, since our standards for building roads are copy pasted from usa and the cars allowed on our roads have to meet the same emission standards as the Europeans. There's a reason why its referred to as a STANDARD. If there was nothing of the sort, then there would be chaos. I dont know much of the British building code but id assume that most of the houses that zinabomoka are not following this or any code in place. we can come up with our standards, for instance, the britons do not use quarry stones for building - may be we should make the contractor answerable instead of the architect ... etc My point is we should have enough brains to study our backyards and come up with satisfactory standards based on the same. Though I have seen some movement, at least kidero proposed using share certificates for approval. But we use quarry stones? Yes we mostly use quarry stones that's why in such a case it would not be prudent to copy paste the briton standards, who happen to base theirs on clay and concrete bricks.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/17/2009 Posts: 3,583 Location: Kenya
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 I like the ugali machine, infact it would have been a better investment than say the thika super highway - reminds me we have 50kph speed limits on a super highway- hiyo ndio shida ya ku copy akina @kiash. Mimi husema, we should just make sure we take care of the basics - the complexities will find their way in. Lakini we need superhighways and trams even if majority live in rural areas with no access roads.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/28/2015 Posts: 9,562 Location: Rodi Kopany, Homa Bay
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I also hope that our 'engineers' can come up with equipment like the ones below to help our farmers who spend alot of their time and energy using jembes to weed their fields. Our engineers should stop being lazy. Though @masukuma might say that we continue with our jembes since there would be no market for such.  
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/17/2009 Posts: 3,583 Location: Kenya
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hardwood wrote:I also hope that our 'engineers' can come up with equipment like the ones below to help our farmers who spend alot of their time and energy using jembes to weed their fields. Our engineers should stop being lazy. Though @masukuma might say that we continue with our jembes since there would be no market for such. We close polytechnics and the few engeneers from the government sponsored programes at the universities are content at the multinationals supervising casual workers - can't blame them they take home big chunks of cash. At this point I think a drastic measure like the government stopping sponsorship for university education and focus on setting up craft schools, we honestly need to come up with a system that works for us. @masukuma has posted some post about the education system, which is very interesting - we are basically setup for failure, since we are trying to compete with the advanced countries.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/26/2012 Posts: 15,980
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nakujua wrote: I like the ugali machine, infact it would have been a better investment than say the thika super highway - reminds me we have 50kph speed limits on a super highway- hiyo ndio shida ya ku copy akina @kiash. Mimi husema, we should just make sure we take care of the basics - the complexities will find their way in. Lakini we need superhighways and trams even if majority live in rural areas with no access roads. I may not know much but one thing I know is speed bumps, 50kph and people crossing the road on highways can only be found in Kenya. You can never see that kwa kina kiash.....that said, thats irrelevant here. @hardwood "There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/4/2006 Posts: 13,823 Location: Nairobi
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hardwood wrote:I also hope that our 'engineers' can come up with equipment like the ones below to help our farmers who spend alot of their time and energy using jembes to weed their fields. Our engineers should stop being lazy. Though @masukuma might say that we continue with our jembes since there would be no market for such. I am just introducing an aspect of critical thinking that will answer 4 critical questions 1) WHAT IS THE PROBLEM YOU ARE SOLVING/CURING? 2) HOW MUCH WILL IT COST TO RESOLVE THAT PAIN? 3) WHO IS YOUR CUSTOMER? 4) DOES THE CUSTOMER THINK IT'S WORTH PAYING FOR IT? But don't take my word for it - Why do you want to reinvent the wheel? Why not just buy these ones off Alibaba? Better yet - what get an automated one! Leta locally and sell it - then you will realize some subtle things about that farming: I remember doing some farming when I was growing up...(I hated it... it took my attention off interesting things) This is typically how it went 1) I need work done (planting, weeding or harvesting potatoes)- I get hired hands for "ma[f/b]uti" 2) the hired hand comes with HIS/HER Jembe! 3) once done - I pay the hired hand and he goes. That was the modus operandi - so who are you selling your contraption? The owner of the farm or the hired hand who gets a daily wage... he may get work today and not tomorrow. The owner of the farm may buy.. or not but they don't do the farm work. They will certainly not buy for hired hands to come and use it. What will be the perception of this guy who buys this tool around his colleagues? I am thinking a field full of hired hands like 30. 29 have their backs bent and your customer upright! What sorts of memes will go around? All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
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