Nostr Web Client

They’re not marketing this for the build-it-yourself crowd. They’re marketing to guys like me that know they could but also struggle to find the time to do so and struggle with all the software sides of things. Let’s be real, all the walkthroughs for installing/running all the different OS are confusing as fuck if you’re not a techie. There’s all kinds of abbreviations and acronyms, even on the walkthroughs labeled “for dummies” because you forget what you didn’t know. You forget that when you started learning a thing that you didn’t know what jpeg was.

All that being said, I’m probably not gonna pay $700 for it but mostly because I have other priorities for that money, but these kind of things are the kind of machines people like me want and will pay for. The first generations are always more expensive.

Guy Swann 2y ago

Time is everything man. I won’t hate on anyone paying more for something complete that requires no setup.

I have found as more time passes how much I have benefitted by controlling my thinking that BECAUSE I can do something myself, that this means I SHOULD do it myself. This has been my problem with the podcast and YouTube channel actually. I still refuse to hand off the production and editing to anyone else because I’ve just always edited my own work. But I don’t think I know any other podcaster who still does all that tedious crap even after their show becomes somewhat successful and I have to get over myself and let go. To this day I just do the show entirely myself.

Another point: I can fix about anything on my car, but I decided a few years back that I wasn’t going to do that anymore, even at the absurd prices for car repair, unless I really just wanted to tackle a car project simply because I miss it.

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McMinty119 2y ago

Exactly. We bought a stove a while back, super simple to install one right? Delivery and install was like $30 including the cable. The cable price alone to do it myself was $20, plus say $10 in fuel driving to the store and back, the time involved driving to, loading, driving home, unloading, getting in the house, wiring, then sliding in the cabinet. Needless to say, we had it delivered.

Brisket 2y ago

I enjoy fixing my car because I'm still learning how to & it's a bear market.

I don't enjoy video & particularly audio editing because I'm over most of the learning hump. It is just tedious for me now but it brings in the fiat.

I love learning & I imagine I'll turn into a grumpy old bastard when I stop learning.

I don't bother building my own PCs any more though. I pick out my components & then get the Chinese guy in the shop to build it for me. 🤷