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It was obviously sufficient ;) Paying more doesn't always motivate people more or get more (quality) people to do a thing. Compensation and associated psychol
by mlyle 2y ago
It was obviously sufficient ;)
Paying more doesn't always motivate people more or get more (quality) people to do a thing. Compensation and associated psychology is complicated, because people are complicated.
e.g. I am willingly working very hard at a job where I could make 10x or perhaps even 100x elsewhere with equal or less effort. And I often spend my time on things that are completely irrational by your types of economic measures or even "pay to work."
- bsimpson 2y agoI'm remembering the time I spent $40,000 worth of time saving maybe a couple grand on bike parts. (I spent a couple months between gigs building a bicycle from parts, and sourcing the parts was the biggest timesink.)
- lostlogin 2y agoWhat did you build?
- bsimpson 2y agoA 29er with a continuously variable transmission in the rear hub, mustache handlebars, wood fenders, and a crank made by a mill in Petaluma.
- lostlogin 2y agoThat sounds great. Any pictures anywhere? I need to get out of the ‘bike must go faster’ rut.
- bsimpson 2y agohttps://bikeindex.org/bikes/1035 https://bikeindex.org/bikes/1035
- hluska 2y agoThat’s a heck of a nice bike - you’re very good at what you do. Thanks for sharing that - now I have to talk myself out of doing the same thing. :)
- bsimpson 2y agoI appreciate that - thank you! Was a lot of work, but a fun project to really learn what goes into a bicycle. Definitely won't see another bike like mine on the road!
- hluska 2y ago> Definitely won't see another bike like mine on the road! Exactly! It’s beautiful, functional and very cool in how original it is. Thanks for posting that image and for the chat - you’re very talented and have really inspired me.
- lostlogin 2y agoIt’s definitely green, fat and delicious.
- bsimpson 2y agoIn the initial version of Bike Index you were supposed to give them names. This was green and brown (the girl I was dating at the time insisted I try brown tires), so I used Avocado.
- wafflemaker 2y agoLooks like a $40k vintage bike.
- cbsks 2y agoNever seen wood fenders before. Very cool!
- bcrosby95 2y agoThe crazy thing about home improvement stuff is oftentimes you save a shitload by diy'ing it. I've saved about $162/hour on various home projects when compared to quotes I've been given. Considering I'm a relative noob when it comes to this stuff I've gotta imagine they're charging much higher hourly rates than this. This $162/hour is way more than what my salary as an hourly wage would be and it's also tax free to boot.
- idunnoman1222 2y agoYou need to have all the tools it takes a lifetime to collect all the tools unless you are a contractor
- lesuorac 2y agoDepends on the task I guess. You could pay 100+ for a plumber to snake a drain or just buy a snake yourself and do it for <50 in parts and the next time it's free. Perhaps for some tasks you buy so many tools it's the same price but the second you need to use them again it's a steep discount. Or you could ask a neighbor.
- weaksauce 2y agothe tools are durable and will last a very long time unless you're buying poorly made items and treating them poorly. you can save a few hundred dollars by buying a 15 dollar capacitor off amazon and a 11 in one multi purpose screw driver to fix your ac unit that doesn't startup. (very common fix for a very common issue) all you need is knowledge and a few bucks in parts and tools.
- shell_game 2y agoBuying a 15 capacitor off Amazon for my AC condenser saved me $500 last summer.
- idunnoman1222 2y agoActually, just have a multimeter and you can test your capacitor
- dannyobrien 2y agoI think this is the key point. Voluntary prior art hunts have been a successful strategy for defeating stupid patents[1] for many years now. There may be arguments in favor of bounties for more obscure or less stupid patents, but when the collective demand to fix this problem is so high, the price point is rather low. [1] "Stupid patents" is a technical term here -- or it has been since Mark Cuban funded an EFF staffer to challenge bad patents on the condition that the position was titled the "Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents". https://www.eff.org/press/releases/staff-attorney-daniel-nazer-becomes-new-mark-cuban-chair-eliminate-stupid-patents https://www.eff.org/press/releases/staff-attorney-daniel-naz...