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Let me rephrase because I kinda made it sound like I'm a cable hoarder (I'm not.... I swear!! I'm just a cable connoisseur, thats all! hah!) I need a DVI cabl

Let me rephrase because I kinda made it sound like I'm a cable hoarder (I'm not.... I swear!! I'm just a cable connoisseur, thats all! hah!) I need a DVI cable because I have a headless DVR computer that once every blue moon needs a head. I've tossed that DVI cable once before because it didn't spark joy (none of my cables do) and lo and behold I needed to give my headless box a head or my wife won't be able to watch her shows. I had to run way out of my way to purchase a new one. It pissed me off and from then on, the new replacement sparks joy because I know there will come a time where I need it again and having on hand makes me happy. That those RCA to headphones jacks I don't use? Toss 'em. The 10 different power cords and three dozen HDMI cables of varying length? Toss them on the curb! But that DVI cable? I need that, damn it! I learned that that one DVI cable does spark joy because it is right there waiting for that one day when I actually need to head-ify my headless box. My current big problem is my main hobby is electronics and tinkering with meatspace stuff, which is a hobby that can easily encourage hanging on to every motor, weird wire and other bits and bobs "just in case". Every new purchase comes in bulk so you wind up with a three hundred pack of shrink wrap tubing, or 1000 assorted resistors. I'm still not entirely sure how to deal with that. Especially since life has interfered in a good way I've had to temporarily shelf the hobby for a few years.

aplc0r 8y ago
One thing that I've done in these situations is keep all the accessories with the thing that needs it. For example, I have a small box attached to the inside of my home theater PC. Inside the box are various cables I might need for repair, small screw driver set, etc. Sure, I could probably use those cables or that screw driver set elsewhere, but in my mind they just become part of the PC, rather than objects in some drawer I need to go find.
- spookthesunset 8y ago
  that is not a half bad idea, thanks!
- maccard 8y ago
  Do you find there's much overlap between the areas? e.g. if you have two PCs, do you keep two sets of screwdrivers? I'm drawing a parallel to DRY when programming - First time copy it, second time move it out somewhere. However keeping cables/cable tidies/diagnostic USB inside the machine, and labelled is a fantastic idea, and I will be using that. Thanks!

aplc0r 8y ago

One thing that I've done in these situations is keep all the accessories with the thing that needs it. For example, I have a small box attached to the inside of my home theater PC. Inside the box are various cables I might need for repair, small screw driver set, etc. Sure, I could probably use those cables or that screw driver set elsewhere, but in my mind they just become part of the PC, rather than objects in some drawer I need to go find.

spookthesunset 8y ago
that is not a half bad idea, thanks!
maccard 8y ago
Do you find there's much overlap between the areas? e.g. if you have two PCs, do you keep two sets of screwdrivers? I'm drawing a parallel to DRY when programming - First time copy it, second time move it out somewhere. However keeping cables/cable tidies/diagnostic USB inside the machine, and labelled is a fantastic idea, and I will be using that. Thanks!