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Tracking all this data is pointless. How many clothes can you buy if you put that energy into making money instead? Buy what you like and what you intuitively k

Tracking all this data is pointless. How many clothes can you buy if you put that energy into making money instead? Buy what you like and what you intuitively know is working well for you. As for the analysis, the prices are subject to random inflation, and the actual wear and tear is highly variable. Even the quality of the same product bought years apart can be different enough to mess up the analysis.

hilux 2y ago
> Tracking all this data is pointless. Did you read the blog? He does some very interesting analysis.
- wakawaka28 2y ago
  I lost interest part of the way through. I don't need to read the whole thing to know he could be doing something better with his time.
  - hilux 2y ago
    Why so negative? You're not the keeper of his time. Maybe he doesn't smoke weed or play five hours of video games daily. Why can't you appreciate that he put effort into writing up a thought-provoking analysis that also helps other people?
    - wakawaka28 2y ago
      I can appreciate that he put the analysis out but you can bet that he didn't do it to help other people. He did it to portray himself in a certain light. As I said there are many reasons why this is not helpful. Those are the thoughts that the blog post provoked in my mind, and I am one to geek out on the arcane sometimes too. I didn't say I was the keeper of his time or that he's smoking weed and playing games daily, or that he should. I don't smoke weed or play games either. I'm just saying he should put all that energy into something better.
      - hilux 2y ago
        > Those are the thoughts that the blog post provoked in my mind I didn't have any of those negative thoughts. Even though I'm nothing like the guy in terms of either data collection or dressing myself. Ask yourself why you are being so triggered by a typically HN-geeky blog post that hurts no one.
al_borland 2y ago
> Buy what you like and what you intuitively know is working well for you. Nearly every time I actually look at the data for something, I'm surprised by at least one result. Our intuition is often swayed by our emotion. Sometimes people do things just because they find it interesting. Hobbies and projects are good. They don't all have to be "productive" in the traditional sense. And until the data is in, it's impossible to know how productive it might be.
- wakawaka28 2y ago
  >And until the data is in, it's impossible to know how productive it might be. If you know how much you spend on clothes, you do have a cap on how much you can save. If that number is not huge, and the results non-obvious, then you really can conclude that it's a waste of time. Moreover, if you have lived a long time and experienced a variety of different clothes already, the data is likely to just confirm what you thought was obvious. If you are in the business of making clothes, then the situation is different. You may be trying to optimize a design and thus experiments in your own life could be helpful. But even then, a lot of things are pretty obvious.

hilux 2y ago

> Tracking all this data is pointless. Did you read the blog? He does some very interesting analysis.

wakawaka28 2y ago
I lost interest part of the way through. I don't need to read the whole thing to know he could be doing something better with his time.
- hilux 2y ago
  Why so negative? You're not the keeper of his time. Maybe he doesn't smoke weed or play five hours of video games daily. Why can't you appreciate that he put effort into writing up a thought-provoking analysis that also helps other people?
  - wakawaka28 2y ago
    I can appreciate that he put the analysis out but you can bet that he didn't do it to help other people. He did it to portray himself in a certain light. As I said there are many reasons why this is not helpful. Those are the thoughts that the blog post provoked in my mind, and I am one to geek out on the arcane sometimes too. I didn't say I was the keeper of his time or that he's smoking weed and playing games daily, or that he should. I don't smoke weed or play games either. I'm just saying he should put all that energy into something better.
    - hilux 2y ago
      > Those are the thoughts that the blog post provoked in my mind I didn't have any of those negative thoughts. Even though I'm nothing like the guy in terms of either data collection or dressing myself. Ask yourself why you are being so triggered by a typically HN-geeky blog post that hurts no one.

al_borland 2y ago

> Buy what you like and what you intuitively know is working well for you. Nearly every time I actually look at the data for something, I'm surprised by at least one result. Our intuition is often swayed by our emotion. Sometimes people do things just because they find it interesting. Hobbies and projects are good. They don't all have to be "productive" in the traditional sense. And until the data is in, it's impossible to know how productive it might be.

wakawaka28 2y ago
>And until the data is in, it's impossible to know how productive it might be. If you know how much you spend on clothes, you do have a cap on how much you can save. If that number is not huge, and the results non-obvious, then you really can conclude that it's a waste of time. Moreover, if you have lived a long time and experienced a variety of different clothes already, the data is likely to just confirm what you thought was obvious. If you are in the business of making clothes, then the situation is different. You may be trying to optimize a design and thus experiments in your own life could be helpful. But even then, a lot of things are pretty obvious.