I hate when people talk about hobby tools as like "if you value your time"
1) fixing is a skill you should hone
2) fixing can be fun
3) hobbies are not something to optimize
Discussing valuing someone's time spent on hobbies in dollars is the worst grindset babble imaginable
silverwizard
this is related to when someone talks about the cost per hour of a meeting
What's the fucking point of employing someone if they don't have context and planning
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@AN/CRM-114 Fuckin' eh
Meetings have goals
I had a Director of Engineering once, he had a rule, "Anyone can leave a meeting at any time", and it was fucking awesome
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@Michael Gurski yeah! I do that all the time! But I have a problem if you criticize people for building a NAS!
I think hobbies should be fun and people should be able to my hobby in non-hobby ways
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•Matthew Skala
•I sell products ready-assembled, and do-it-yourself kits for building the same products. Some of my customers buy the kits because they really like building kits, and that's great.
But others buy the kits because they think they're entitled to the finished product at a lower price, and they begrudge every second of effort they must put into building the kit. Those people really exist and they are the market for tools that purport to save "the value of your time."
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@Matthew Skala Yeah, that's valid. If you're doing it to save money - that's fine.
But this is a criticism of the *argument*, not the sale. People can and should sell preassembled things, kits, and more! Not everyone wants to build! But if someone is building on purpose, don't tell them to value their time.