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What is your socially unacceptable guilty indulgence? (feddit.uk)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Mine is plain/lightly salted Doritos/tortilla chips dipped/scraped in unsalted butter.

I'm now wondering whether this is a little too specific of a question and I just really needed somewhere to get this off my chest...

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

oh god, the reactions I get when I'd rather repair a thing for the same cost as buying the same thing. It even happens when fixing the thing is cheaper.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I get this. I'm the director of a small tech company, market forces demand that I just do more work instead, but sometimes some trivial 2$ device breaks and it personally offends me.

So I re-engineer it so it's rated for 100+ years or whatever. I get the boards made in the factory, assemble with hot-air rework, and write the firmware myself. Sometimes it costs me a week, but it produces the things I'm most happy with.

Clients just want cheap stuff done poorly by tomorrow. If you want art, you've got to be your own customer :(