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Frugality is a quality on which we have collectively given up in the technology field, sadly.
by Dansvidania 3y ago
Frugality is a quality on which we have collectively given up in the technology field, sadly.
- ornornor 3y agoAnd this habit is what keeps us on the treadmill of work work work because we can’t afford to stop: we think we need all this crap and the only way to get it (and replace it every 3 years) is to work more.
- Ylpertnodi 3y agoI don't own much, but I do gotta pay a mortgage for where I don't keep it.
- ornornor 3y agoSure, I was saying you can live on a third of a paycheck or you can live on 150% of a paycheck. One gives you quite a bit more freedom than the other (numbers arbitrary but you hopefully get the idea)
- chefandy 3y agoPeople say you can live on 1/3 of a paycheck but is that really true? No matter how clever I got with my cuts, I could never trim that much without losing either the payment information or signature line.
- BehindBlueEyes 3y agoDepends a lot on the size pf the paycheck. You can live on half a paycheck if you earn at least 6 figures and don’t have student loans. Most people i know who make 6 figures wouldn’t want to live that lifestyle though.
- chefandy 3y agoIn most cases would be harder when making 6 figures, though that probably depends on the font size. I don't see how student loans play into this.
- ornornor 3y agoLike I said, actual numbers vary I was just illustrating with an arbitrary 1/3 and 150%. Generally speaking, tend towards 0 rather than infinity.
- Dansvidania 3y agonoice
- dghlsakjg 3y agoDon’t start at the edges, start at the center
- chefandy 3y agoAn xacto knife could have a huge impact on my budget.
- 5350-uiop-1130 3y agosustainability, degrowth, frugality...these are choices of privilege. you can only call for less when you have more than enough. if you're poor you are already living in degrowth and frugality.
- osmsucks 3y agoYes? That's the whole point. 100 years ago it was unthinkable for common people to eat red meat every day, they just couldn't afford it. Today, we are privileged enough that we can afford to do so, but just because we can it doesn't mean we should. It's not good for you. Same happens in the tech world: we can afford to buy new tech devices to keep up with the bloat that inevitably envelops most things, but should we?
- hkt 3y agoDegrowth is an economic doctrine, not a way of life. One part of it is the idea that there is enough wealth to go round, even within planetary resource boundaries, and that distributing it is more important than growing it. It is a very very valid criticism of the current system, but it isn't a critique or a choice of individuals, it is about political economy.
- logtempo 3y agosure, the question"If I can, should I?" it suppose that you have a choice. If you have no choice, there is no questions :D that said, a good counter-exemple is wood stove efficiency. There are simple design that are more efficient than a firecamp, and very cheap. In some cases you can do a lot more with a little bit of more(sometimes less), so it's worth it.
- brohee 3y agoIn the IoT world you often still count bytes and milliwatts. Less so when plugged to the grid.