It would take a little work but it's not unreasonable... To the adventurous.
I figured as much. Hope to be ordering a few shortly.
Incentives are the best method.
That squares with my experience.
For now.
Increased use over time will likely cause other denominations to arise.
I just saw a musician complaining about Twitter on Twitter, about how he became toxic in many ways. This is the classic scenario, statement of dissatisfaction of the platform, although they do not leave the platform — even when there are other customers to use, such as #nostr for example.
But that’s what nostr:npub1vxd0dfst8ljvwva2egrpc53ve8ru78v8aaxfpravchkexmfmmu3sqnrs50 mentioned not long ago: “they don’t want freedom. They just want to complain.”
That is most often the case.
Change takes too much work.
Much easier to vent one's spleen in catharsis and return to the norm.
Rinse and repeat.
Definitely.
An experienced hitchhiker always knows where his towel is.
This is the way. Appliances seem to have favorite victims.
The upshot is I get to teach a couple of my kids how basic 4-stroke fuel systems work.
I was in Seattle in the late 80's when silicon valley transplants showed up en masse.
The entire area culture showed massive changes within a couple years.
Under $100 for something to experiment with is a pretty reasonable target.
Somewhere between free to pocket change.
From 1st Gen Mac minis with $65 worth of upgrades. (Additional time replacing firmware to take advantage of added ram )
To just adding a larger drive to an old Dell optiplex that someone didn't want.
Definitely.
I've been here for a couple decades.
(The end of the late 90's influx when downtown basically rolled up the streets at 5:30pm on weekdays)
Every decade, another influx.
Each one with a different effect.
No. A lot of old hardware can be used as well.
Phoenix is a strange, transient place.
Most of us arrive, move through a period of life here, and move on.