I don’t know what the vast majority thinks, but I suspect people value their time differently, not necessarily more or less. Technically-minded people see the future time efficiency of current time spent tweaking/configuring AND enjoy/value that time more, because they’re solving puzzles at the same time.
After the first few computer builds, the fun and novelty factor declines greatly, but the optimization pressure (performance and price/performance) remains pretty strong for some. I do know some woodworkers who’ve made furniture, and it’s purely for the act of creation, not any efficiency.
Not sure what my point is here, except that most of these decisions are more individually variant than the post implied.
I don’t know what the vast majority thinks, but I suspect people value their time differently, not necessarily more or less. Technically-minded people see the future time efficiency of current time spent tweaking/configuring AND enjoy/value that time more, because they’re solving puzzles at the same time.
After the first few computer builds, the fun and novelty factor declines greatly, but the optimization pressure (performance and price/performance) remains pretty strong for some. I do know some woodworkers who’ve made furniture, and it’s purely for the act of creation, not any efficiency.
Not sure what my point is here, except that most of these decisions are more individually variant than the post implied.