Sounds like a great idea which neither of us is gonna remember about tomorrow. I’m in!
Remember what?
Ha like I could just give away something so precious like hooby supplies used once. Sacred idols
As long as I hang onto it I can convince myself that I might pick it back up at some point. To give it away is to admit defeat.
Me, refusing to uninstall games in my backlog I haven’t even launched once yet.
My pi3 retro build (I’m talking cabinet, USB NES controllers, ALL them games. From all the regions) will age like fine wine.
Used once? What are you made of, free time? I just like to buy it and dream of the day I will use it.
Who the hell has time to dream anymore? Must be nice just sitting around on your brains all day!
This is why I had to uninstall Steam from my gaming rig.
Make sure to take it out of the box, so you know it’s hobby gear and not just a collectible.
So, whats the protocol when someone lists something, and then immediately they’re interested again because they listed it?
(I watched my ex go through this cycle so many fucking times)
I think it’s got to be like once you’ve donated, it’s in the system and you’re just another borrower.
Maybe there should be a cooling off period for any items over a certain value where you can get it back if you regret donating. But stuff like pens and glitter isn’t going to be worth the bother of tracking that sort of thing.
I spent way too much money on a pen. At least I use it to take notes.
Looking at you new microcontroller that I haven’t even got the ide working for and am already kind of over itI spent way too much money on a pen
Are we talking entry level Twsbi eco, or a $1000 Pilot Custom Urushi?
$100 Metal bodied kaweco.
Very nice
Yeah, you’d probably better keep that
Look, I said I was sorry! What do you want from me!?!
I think there could be a box that you check, where another person linked to your account signs off on it. That way you can list it, and then when they think you’re renewed interest has died again, it really gets listed.
You have to go through a cooldown before you can list something again, to make sure you’ve really thought about it. Either that or it lets you think you’ve listed something, but doesn’t actually list it for a couple of days to make sure you’re serious.
I also go in cycles. And it’s great. I get to use my stuff and skills. I don’t buy that much anyways.
This may destroy the economy faster than AI could
Not necessarily. Some economists say this (on a large scale) would even lead to greater wealth in the population. However, it would destroy capitalism pretty quickly.
You’re right—I fixed my previous comment
Keep cooking!
This actually is a good idea
This is the gift economy. See if your local community has a free store, mutual aid society, or buy nothing network. My wife is about to go swap about twenty pounds of vintage glassware she’s no longer interested in collecting for boardgames, pastries, and future favors.
My local community is composed entirely of maga assholes
Are you saying you wouldn’t want to mutually support them? Or that they won’t want to mutually support you?
Because if it’s the former, forming stronger community ties is one of the first steps in deradicalization.
Mainly I was saying that there’s nothing like that around here.
But since you asked, both. I want nothing to do with them. They’re not good people. They have no interest in being good people. They want to push their shitty religion into everything and hurt everyone that’s different from them. I want to exclude them from any and every aspect of society I can so they end up being treated like the second class citizens they think all the various minorities and women deserve to be.
No, see I’m going to get back to needle felting! I’m just figure drawing, building battle bots and 3d modelling for a bit. Then I’ll get back to it and I’ll need all my stuff!
No rush. I can wait another decade for your needle felting gear. I’ll get around to organizing my pic collection in the meantime
All aboard the Hobby Train! Chooo Choo!
“Hey uhm i know we just swapped like 30 minutes ago but I’ve suddenly got the energy and desire to dedicate 50 hours a week into that hobby again, could we swap back?”
Thats dumb, they always come back, I don’t sell my stuff, I always end up reusing it or getting back into it
I also try to go as cheap/free as possible, chasing good deals is a hoby
I was taught for tools or equipment always buy the cheapest you can find. If you use it enough and for long enough that it breaks or is not good enough then splurge and get the quality version. Like if you get into drawing buy that $15 pencil kit…in a month or 2 if you find you want to continue with drawing but you need better pencils then go out and buy the 50 or 100 dollar version. At that point you will know you want to continue drawing and you have enough foundational knowledge to know what is important and what is pure marketing.
depends on the hobby, for a lot of software stuff having good hardware can be a strong motivator or needed for progress, and a lot of hobbies have no cheap entrypoint, like drones are very expensive im avoiding that
I think you are wrong. You can buy very cheap drones, I bought one about a decade ago for about 50 dollars. Now the nice ones with GPS and cameras and fpv capabilities yes they are expensive. But that’s the point… Buy the cheap one, if you enjoy flying it next month enough to justify spending that to get a fancy one consider it.
For today buy the 50 dollar one, the regret will be alot less than the 2000 dollar one…
last I looked into it actual fun fpv drones arent cheap, I dont see, transmitter alone over 50$?
Completely true… I’m not saying they are that cheap. I’m saying bare minimum basic drone with no camera just ability to hover
I spent a good amount of time researching reddit recentlly, def not that cheap to get into and the costs dont go away
Correct, but the whole point is to buy cheap and only buy the expensive / fancy stuff if you still like it later and find it’s worth the expense.
when ppl talk about drones as a hobby its the ones you build and race or do tricks with that will 100% break and need to be replaced, or photography ones which are also expensive, anything cheap is a toy for beginners or ppl just testing waters
Exactly… Buy the beginner one, later if you still like it buy the expensive one. If you move to lawn mowers you only spent the cost of the beginner one
Instructions unclear. I now own 1 of everything from Harbor Freight.
Now if you need a torque wrench you have one. If you need one enough that it breaks, buy one from Mac tools or snap on.
I re-purpose sooo many things, and use so much random crap for projects when my budget won’t allow completing them, but frankensteining my backlog will.
This is a really good idea
But evaluating the equipment is the best part of it. I want to use what I think is best for me, not someone else!
Arghh! I thought this ides was perfect.
If you’re alright with paying Goodwill prices instead of free swaps, this is basically what a creative reuse store is if you want to search for one near you. I’ve got so much craft stuff on the cheap from the one near me.
There should be a contract that you get the tools but you also get the last unfinshed project. This way, hopefully we may all collectively finish a project
There’s no way a neurotypical figured out that the stars rotate in predictable patterns in the sky that correlate with the changes in seasons and can be used to time crop planting. Also, that guy probably had a cave full of star drawings and was fed by the tribe because he routinely forgot to eat.
I was super into 3D printing and sold and gave away everything. Now I miss it and fighting my urge to buy another printer.
My printer broke like 5 years ago and i still have so many rolls of material…
Thats when I exited 3D printing. Looks like so many new and better printers now.
I bought mine in 2016 and it took me weeks to get it dialed in where I could actually make shit with it. My brother bought one like 3 years ago and had it up and running that night. He paid like half as much as I did for mine as well. Crazy how much things have improved. Although it does seem like some vendors are trying to get people locked into proprietary bullshit so you have to watch for that.
So don’t use those unless they are still sealed. Otherwise you’ll end up with dry spaghetti everywhere when you drop it
I sealed them in some vacuum clothes bags with a silica gel pack but i wouldn’t count on that to keep them good for the last 5 years XD i also got a food dehydrator last year so i could bring them back i think.
If it will make you happy and won’t break the bank, do it bro! I just bought a 3rd and 4th gaming computer because it was too good a deal/upgrade to pass up and you know what, that $450 will not only come back, but I am going to get so much more joy from a 3080/5900x rig than the money in my account made me
Just, uh, just curious what happened to the 1st and second. And the third? Or do you use two at once?
In my experience my 4th consumed the internals of 1-3
You guys know you can just upgrade the components right?
I can’t upgrade the hard drives my stuff is stored on.
So it just gathers more and more SATA connections as it ages.
Some old dude put a better than mine computer for sale at a silly price, when I got there he had a second older system he didn’t want. Now I have to decide what case to put the best parts in, build out my current spare for a friend, and start getting used to Linux on the old one. And my second computer runs the TV in my bedroom.
Depending on how much time has passed, your old gear might have been outdated anyway, so many new shinies.
sighs at old semi-abandoned Ender3 v1 in need of tinkering
eyes all the new reasonably priced multi-filament or resin printers
I had a Ender V1 and a V2 as well. I really want a bamboo, but I saw they are locking things down and making it more difficult on tinkerer. I haven’t been in the 3D printer game since 2020.
There will be a successor, there always is. And new high-resolution monochrome resin printers are more and more affordable all the time… Getting into resin printing is almost as tempting as my spouse’s “no” is firm.
If it wasn’t for the fumes, I would. But I have kids now so it’s not a good idea.
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This used to exist on Reddit. I believe it was ADHDbay. The trouble is it probably needs to be modded by a neurotypical. I know I could only do it for a short time and then get bored and move on.
You just swap the moderation hobby when you’re bored of it and someone else takes up the mantle
