SwiftOnSecurityDamn my launch PS3, which includes hardware to natively play PS1 and PS2 games, has a dead disc drive. :(
Everybody talks RROD for 360 but the PS3 was also horrendous. A terrible initial generation of hardware for both.
My home theater rack from ~2017
The final parts of the home theater are arriving this week including wiremold cable management and a second subwoofer. Eager to show the completed project. Been collecting parts for literally 13 years. If you want something just start now.
I feel something hidden in social media clout-chasing is how long-term hobbies actually manifest. Most hobbyists do not buy everything in one shot and assemble them for a YouTube video. It is a deliberate collection towards an eventual goal lasting many years. The journey is the destination.
You do not appreciate what you have until you've taken that incremental path. I am fucking blessed and I know the difference because I've lived it.
Zander Horn@SwiftOnSecurity that's 90% of the fun for me, researching, saving, scrounging, buying and then thinking what's next? I can lovingly look back at bits and pieces I bought years ago for certain hobbies and see the journey they've made with me until now.
Matthew Dockrey@zch @SwiftOnSecurity I've been putting together a machine shop for decades, and it's only just now getting pretty decent. It was frustrating at times, but how meaningless it would have been if I'd just bought it new, all at once! It would be reduced to empty pride of ownership, not of creation.
jo@attoparsec @zch @SwiftOnSecurity I find what works best for me is to buy inexpensive entry level things first and learn *why* I don’t like them. Then I know what I’m looking for when I feel ready to upgrade, and I have a spare I know how to use. I always end up kicking myself when I overthink it and spend a lot up front.
Andrew Denner@jph @attoparsec @zch @SwiftOnSecurity my two competing thoughts are to buy the cheapest tools (think harbor freight) the first time and use them till they give out then replacing them with better tools. The other idea is watching for good old tools that are the right price at garage or estate sales.
@jph @attoparsec @SwiftOnSecurity I feel there is a minimum viable thing though, any cheaper and it kinda ruins the experience or ends up wasting a lot of your time.
The challenge is figuring out what is inexpensive and what is just cheap dross.
@zch @attoparsec @SwiftOnSecurity this is a very good point. I would say I don’t mean not doing any research and just buying the cheapest thing, more that I tend to err on the side of affordability especially if I’m unfamiliar with something. But if I buy a tool or some gear and it turns out to be awful, then I know what I don’t like about it and can shop around with that in mind and buy something that addresses the issues I have.
Michael Stephenson@jph @attoparsec @zch @SwiftOnSecurity this is exactly what Adam Savage said about buying tools. Buy cheap to find out what you like and then upgrade when you know what works for you.