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whats your dumb purchases? (infosec.pub)

submitted 3 days ago by QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

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[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

A convertible that I had have tuned to the max and foiled and re-seated to my liking in my favorite colors. It looked awesome in my head.

Then my pimp-mobile came. And I always was the center of attention. Which I, a very private person, highly disliked but gloriously failed to predict.

Also it was horrible to drive for >30mins because you basically had your nuts on the ground and felt every Lil pebble on the road.

Few months later I sold the car and bought one which basically made me invisible. One that only >70yrs olds drive here 😁

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I drive a roadster myself. Recently I've noticed that to get out of it, I have to lift my left leg up with my arms and set my foot on the ground, otherwise I get a sartorius muscle strain. I now understand why used roadsters are so cheap: there is only a tiny window where you're old enough to afford one but young enough to actually get in and out of it.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 days ago

My dumb shit is all homemade.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I am currently surrounded by empty cardboard boxes from all the jars I bought because I wanted to make a bunch of preserves because I have a supply of free apples. Slow cooker is currently on warming up 5L of pureed apples that I will make into chutney.

If this was a dumb purchase or not depends on who you ask.

[–] devils_advocate@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago

I don't think you'll make a profit, but maybe you'll make some friends.

[–] bert_brause@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

That counts as a great purchase in my book!

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

I would trade sourdough starter for homemade chutney.

[–] BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 52 points 3 days ago (6 children)

I always dreamed of having a fast food pop machine in my house as a kid. It took me about a year of owning a SodaStream as an adult to realize that I do own a slower and smaller scale pop machine and I can make as much pop as I want.

[–] saigot@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

I got this bad boy when we needed a new sink anyway. It's definitely overpriced, I could probably diy a system for way less, but i use this every day and it is awesome having sparkling on tap.

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[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I keep buying more synthesizers while I already have more than enough. I buy more than I play with them.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I grew up obsessing over synths in the '70s and '80s (I listened to Yes, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis etc.). Now I'm a programmer who writes (more accurately wrote) software synthesizer apps, and I find it amusing that my cheap smartphone from ten years ago has orders of magnitude more sound generation power than those keyboard-based beasts from my childhood did.

That being said, I would probably be willing to kill somebody to get my hands on an original Moog to play around with.

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah those Moog's are insane. But the Behringer clones are also super nice. And imo nothing beats the sound of an analog synth. With those new Behringer clones you also have a USB connection supporting midi, so you can mix them very well with any DAW.

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[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A 10 inch 300W powered amp/subwoofer... I already have a soul-destroying stereo with 8 inch sub and studio monitor speakers... and live in a 1 BR... I do NOT need a sub so powerful it will rattle the gypsum out of the walls, and yet...

[–] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My Revel F208 speakers don't really need a subwoofer for music but having a 12 inch 500 watt subwoofer to support them for movies does add to the dramatic impact. My apartment neighbors haven't complained so I assume they are enjoying the music and movies too.

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I feel like subs are way overrated for music. A good 10 or 12 in a quality speaker kicks. I mostly use mine to round out the sound, because I listen to a shitload of 50's-70's jazz where the recordings are shite.

[–] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would disagree since getting a speaker with a "good" 10 or 12 inch driver is difficult or very expensive and impractical since those large drivers don't do well with mids and upper mids. The Tannoy, Klipsch heritage line, and similar old school designs with large drivers all measure like crap.

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Difficulty obtaining a good speaker doesn't detract from my point though.

Also yes every Klipsch I've heard is shitty.

e And I said "overrated" not purposeless

[–] NightmareQueenJune@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ungodly ammounts of ultra high power flashlights with open source, customizable UI

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

A flashlight... User interface?

[–] 0x0 4 points 2 days ago

https://github.com/ToyKeeper/anduril

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Dumb? I just bought an IDE PCI card and a 3.5” floppy USB adapter. I have a bunch of old 52x dvd/Bluray drives, some are IDE. Thought about buying a new SATA writer, but the internal 5.25 are well over $100!? Shocking, they used to be $35. Nobody needs them anymore. I only bought the 2.5” adapter to avoid throwing away the drive, I don’t know where my 1.44mb floppies are. So now I have an old PC with IDE optical drives and a 3.5” floppy.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What's a 2.5" floppy?

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[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So I might have gotten into Airsoft before my paycheck has arrived... Sorry wallet, you'll feel better in a few days time.

[–] Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How expensive is it? Isn't it just air compressed plastic beads?

[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's not an expensive hobby to get into, I did my first game in about 10 years, enjoyed it so much that I got hyperfixated and went all in because I know I love this hobby.

£110 for Airsoft rifle

£180 on starter clothing (undershirt, shirt, trousers, imitation plate carrier, ammo pouches, pistol holster, gloves, mesh eye mask, and large bag to shove it all in)

£40 spent so far on BBs

£40 for first site session (outdoor woodland)

£20 for second site session (indoor CQB)

£40 for third site session (outdoor abandoned base)

£50 on a piccatiny rail mounted torch with pressure pad

Petrol costs travelling to sites, food, drink not included, I've so far spent £480.

Having said that, I have nothing else to buy right now so that'll last me a good while.

Whilst I'm not in the shit financially from this spending spree, DON'T DO WHAT I DID, that was a bit reckless of me.

[–] Magnum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

Come on man, if you tell us not to the the same, then at least share a picture of the rifle so I don't have to buy it to look at it

[–] Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Another synthesizer that I don't even have a stand for.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I keep hearing about these synth hoarders but never meet them in real life.

[–] Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Think of how many YouTube channels have walls of games or books behind them. Or people that have 400 games in their stream account they never even play. Synth cost of entry is higher, so proper hoarders are rarer.

If I had another digit on my income, I'd probably find an excuse to buy a used instrument at the pawn because it's a wicked rush imagining what you can do with this new tool.

[–] Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Myself, at least, nobody but my closest friends knows about my collection, and I don't talk about it because it would bore them to tears.

Or they would just tell me to pirate soft synth in Ableton and use a cheap midi, which is financially rational, but it isn't the same.

[–] Qwel@sopuli.xyz 18 points 2 days ago (3 children)

A blank 10cm by 10cm square piece of aluminium. About 2 cm thick

I think I wanted to know how it felt. Like, the vibe of aluminium

[–] Ludrol@szmer.info 8 points 2 days ago

Add a tungsten cube to begin a collection.

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[–] pebbles@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 days ago (9 children)

Wayyyyyyy too much tea

[–] lengau@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago

No such thing.

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