Edit: so it turns out that every hobby can be expensive if you do it long enough.

Also I love how you talk about your hobby as some addicts.

  • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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    2 years ago

    Tinkering with electronics. Like, breadboards, integrated circuits, transistors, microcontrollers.

    I’ve got a tacklebox full to bursting with components and parts worth probably close to a grand.

  • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Self-hosting apps / homelab

    Getting used enterprise gear is not prohibitively expensive, but the electric bills balloon very quickly.

  • jaschen@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    3D printing. Purchased a cheap 3D printer to save money printing things instead of buying things. 5 printer print farm later, no idea why I’m doing this to myself.

  • Joshua Hershey@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    I will buy a Ubiquiti edge router to move away from the consumer grade network gear, turned into just one more $500 server to complete my homelab cluster. Oh who am I kidding the homelab is never “complete”.

  • gndagreborn@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Started out with a raspberry pi several years ago. Got my feet wet with entry level, beginner friendly NAS prebuilds. Hunted for recycled computer parts. Now searching for and actively acquiring enterprise gear that is making a massive dent in my wallet.

  • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    My grandma got me 3 ducklings in 2019 for no reason. 3 ducks don’t cost very much. The issue is, that she unlocked a passion. I now have 12 ducks. I want more, but I don’t have the money or space.

  • zahel@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    selfhosting/homelab. Originally started just using retired gaming PC parts to build a server. All it cost was the power to run the system. Years later and with more things/content I have, I just added a 5x 18tb hard drives and 3x 8tb. Just the 5 18tb drives was like $1500.