I usually use 7z as well… mostly because of the higher compression ratio. I resend in zip if I get complaints, but if it’s a large file that barely fits in size on whatever hosting service I decide to share the file on, I just tell them to install 7zip or any other archiver that can open 7z archives. If they don’t how to do it, hey I also offer remote IT assistance 🤷.

Not me, thanks. I would rather pay for my own vacation, but everyone just leave me TF alone.

IDK, seems stupid to me. The whole point of going to a vacation is to get away from work… well, at least for me. Some workaholics out there might disagree, but that’s not me 🤷.

I think there is just way too little data on the subject.

Like, for example, I used to organize some local PsyTrance gigs with DJs mostly (also artists, but the DJ sets were cheaper 🤷) and I know for a fact that at least 1 of the people that DJed on the gigs has a PhD in genetics. The other one, I’m not sure (he said he did have a PhD, but he was just way too plastered at the time to take him seriously).

I think most of them are genuinly afraid to actually say they’re highly educated in this or that field, because of how society might look at them if they do - you’re a decadent human being, you don’t deserve your PhD. Not to mention that for some of these people, this is like an alter ego for them. Some of them have normal 9 to 5 jobs, just like to do drugs and music on the weekends… I don’t have anything against this, of course, but society views these things differently 🤷.

I think Apollo was for Android as well.

Most of the days for me… the wank I mean, too poor to be stones most of the time.

Not the likes I’ve seen in some of these clips. Sure, the 1W ones, yeah, you can. 20+W ones, no. The head and the control board alone cost between 1.5k and 2k.

I’m 38… the only thing I have on my name is an apartment. Fully paid, but that’s it.

But, than again, I don’t live in the US or any western country, so I’d have to take that into account as well… and that I have a child.

Apparently, people have way more money than they let on… cuz when I say I don’t have money, I litelarly don’t have money for anything else except food for the rest of the month.

Jesus… things have advanced a lot… apprently, now you can be your own mad scientist…

Exactly. Just move on.

3D printers and laser cutters are significantly cheaper now.

I’ve fixed a few laser engravers for people that use them for jewelry. The current price of one for, let’s say, ring engraving (3 axes) is in the ballpark of about 7 to 10K euros. And we’re talking about the cheap Chinese copies here, not ones made by brand name companies.

This is still expensive in terms of personal ownership. Unless you use it for uour business, there is no way you can buy this solely for your YT channel.

OK, if that’s the case, then it makes sense.

Jesus 2 mil 🤦… I can dream of making that in 5 life times.

Not a bad Idea, I might just do that.

Then please explain this video.

https://youtu.be/bEXefdbQDjw

Nothing here is cheap. Everything costs a lot. And the neuron cultures, I mean… how does an individual even obtain those 🤨.

Haven’t watched that…

That won’t make it easier to find when troubleshooting for a problem online. And your profile is tied to conversations in threads, simply archiving your posts is just a blob of useless data with no context.

Me as well. One of the reasons why I will never do this.

You know how I joined reddit? None of the reasons everyone else might have, it just looked like a cool place. No one uses it where I live, except a few hundred people.

That being said, this was after years and years of me leeching off of comments on reddit. So, I thought I’d give the community something back… it’s only fair. I come from the forum scene, that’s how forums work. And let’s be honest, no matter how much we started hating a place, we never did this back in the day. Why? The info shared in those posts is probably more valuable than whatever we’re trying to achieve by doing this.

Of course, it’s your choice, your account. I’m just saying that I think it’s selfish and mean and that I would never do it. The free flow of info is what keeps the net going. You start tempering with that and you’re just fueling more users into mass media (if everyone did this, users can’t find any info about anything they’re troubleshooting and just return to doomscrolling on FB/IG/Twitter).