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I kept on scrolling waiting for the price tag on this and it was never listed. Let's see. (All prices are US$) Røde Broadcaster mic: $420 Lenovo Thinkstation
by egypturnash 6y ago
I kept on scrolling waiting for the price tag on this and it was never listed. Let's see. (All prices are US$)
Røde Broadcaster mic: $420
Lenovo Thinkstation P720, custom config: "As Configured $6,204.00 / Item Discount -$1,985.28 Use Coupon THINKJULY10* -$421.87 Your Price $3,796.85"
49" monitor: $2k
2x 32" monitors: 2*$540
Ergotron HX monitor arm: $280-310
2x Ergotron LX monitor arms: 2x$165
Sony a6400 camera: $1100
Lens for camera: $640, this may be AU$ in which case it's US$454
Elgato Cam Link: list of $130 but they are in high demand and only available on ebay for usorious prices, "it stung a bit", whatever that means in the context of already being around $10k in the hole for this setup so far
Elgato multi mount "modular rigging system": out of stock, no retailer partners listed, I'm gonna guess, I dunno, $100
Fingerprint reader: $140
Also some Hue lights that don't have prices on the pages he links to and I don't wanna chase those down
Elgato Stream Deck: $150
Surface Precision Mouse: $100
Surface Ergonomic Keyboard: $130
Eaton 5p UPS: "Contact us"
SO
I am getting around $10400 for this setup, plus whatever "stung" for that Cam Link, however much the Hue lights cost, and the UPS. Plus whatever shipping he paid for all this stuff.
Christ, and here I am feeling like I was splurging when I spent like $200 on some new Ikea stuff to replace the standing desk I left behind when I moved from Seattle to New Orleans. It's still not even really functional because I haven't been able to find a stool that I like for when I don't feel like standing. Talk about conspicuous consumption. Dude paid like 80% of my year's rent for this setup.
- Bobbcatt 6y agoHe way overspent. A threadripper build would be 2k max.
- wolco 6y agoSadly he was let go before the items had a chance to arrive.
- javawizard 6y agoSource? Or is this supposed to be a joke?
- rckoepke 6y agoI'm not 'wolco but it should be a joke. The author of the posted link can't be let go as I believe he owns the businesses which fund his lifestyle (most notably the website "haveibeenpwned.com" although I'm not sure that's revenue generating besides donations). The joke certainly does reference real life right now. Quite a few tech-adjacent companies have had major layoffs this quarter, so workers who have invested their own money into home-office amenities may be wishing they'd kept the cash instead. For $500-1000 it ideally shouldn't be a huge deal for most western tech workers. But it would be prudent to make sure you have a dependable revenue stream before putting $10,000 into a home office as Troy Hunt has done.
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- bane 6y agoMan, I just plopped my work laptop down next to a spare monitor on my dining room table and have been cranking away for the last few months. Approximate cost, $0. I feel like I may be doing COVID wrong.
- fpgaminer 6y agoPffft, I grabbed an old cardboard box and used it to convert my sitting desk to a standing desk. (Seriously; it's the perfect height box)
- bane 6y agoAny the old box truck. I may have also used that once or twice. These days I have one of those adjustable desks that sits on top of my desk that I can raise or lower.
- egypturnash 6y agooh wait, I forgot my SO is helping out with the rent after we moved to a much cheaper town, dude paid slightly less than twice my year's rent for this. Dude paid three months of my friggin' rent for his webcam.
- Brajeshwar 6y agoI guess it is OK for Troy Hunt[1], not for us mere mortals. He runs HaveIBeenPwned[2] and is a content creator in various capacity. 1. https://www.troyhunt.com/about/ https://www.troyhunt.com/about/ 2. https://haveibeenpwned.com https://haveibeenpwned.com
- novok 6y agoThis is all pretax income since it's deductible, so you should be multiplying it by your (1 - marginal tax rate) to get the real equivalent price. Assuming he probably makes more than $180k AUS ($127k USD), his rate is probably at %45, so the 'real' price for this is $5720. Also the prices your looking up are pretty inflated. I did a very lazy amazon search for the CRG90 for example and I got ~$1500 right off the bat: https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B07L9HCJ2V/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=CRG90&qid=1595749978&sr=8-1&dchild=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B07L9HCJ2V/ref=sr_1_...
- deathanatos 6y agoPerhaps in your jurisdiction it is. In mine (US¹), it is not. ¹it was, but my understanding is that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act did away with it; e.g.: https://www.barrons.com/articles/can-you-deduct-a-home-office-from-your-taxes-during-the-coronavirus-51588934700 https://www.barrons.com/articles/can-you-deduct-a-home-offic...
- novok 6y agoI'm fairly certain he is self employed / has a business, and Australia is different :)
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- egypturnash 6y agoI am an artist living close to the poverty line, I know absolutely nothing about how “business deductions” work. He still had ~$10.4k of cash or credit on hand all at once to turn into this pile of hardware, right? That sounds pretty real to me. He mostly linked to manufacturer pages, I did not feel like spending the time to see if there were better deals out there. Feel free to spend an hour or so on that if you want to.
- epanchin 6y agoSounds expensive, but how much does the average salesman spend on their car to look the part? Or a banker on their suits? Or a founder on their bicycle? Seems a reasonable expense to reflect Troy's commitment to IT, encourage people to take him seriously, and eventually - pay him more.
- GordonS 6y agoMost of the cost is the laptop and the big monitor - and that laptop would be serious overkill for just about anyone (probably including Troy!). I was more interested in the other parts of the setup TBH, such as the lighting and monitor arms.