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> just pay someone else to do it Sometimes that's what you have to do. I generally like to have at least a cursory understanding of what the person I'm paying
by outworlder 4y ago
> just pay someone else to do it
Sometimes that's what you have to do. I generally like to have at least a cursory understanding of what the person I'm paying is doing.
> Well, it doesn't matter if it's easy to fix, we'll just recycle it and build a new one
Last night I've diagnosed the problem with a Z80 computer - the one I wrote my first lines of code in 1988. It cannot be replaced. I'm waiting for a chip to come from China to fix. Cost $1.50 + my spare time.
Some things just have to be recycled and rebuild. Batteries come to mind. Modern cars should be getting progressively easier to repair - they have onboard computers that basically _know_ what's wrong. But the parts we replace are getting larger and larger. Where we would replace a capacitor, we are replacing entire computers.
- bombcar 4y agoSome things it's worth paying for because the person you're paying has years of experience - I can hang and tape drywall but I absolutely suck at it and will willingly pay to get that done. Other things are worth paying for because the tools to do it easy are very expensive. But in many of those cases, you should still have a general idea of what is going on, or have hired someone who does (this is often the general contractor).