I see a trend here. Good food. On loved ones. Gadgets.Books.( All same for me too). Wonder what people here would spend on if they had 10 times the money they have now.
Ask HN: What do you perceive as worth spending money on?
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#32This is a fully loaded question!!
"What is the right price of some of the items you value" --> India has double digit inflation right now.Not of much significance to people on HN,the cost of certain food items has doubled in India, over the last couple of years!
Have been recommended to read "Wealth of Nations",Adam Smith, have the book,but havent got around doing that.
Maslow's heirarchy of needs( Google it) ,is a good rule of the thumb- which determines what your needs would be, depending on which "level" you are.
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#33First, I really (really) enjoy spending money on other people, especially those important to me (friends and family). When it's a surprise it's even more fun! I love to see their face light up when they least expect. Great feeling. Now, if we are talking about items for myself, not necessarily of great importance, I do indulge on certain things, but I have rules. I have no problem spending money on well designed item…
Ubuntu user here. Wireless, video, sleep and hibernate work too and I never spend time tweaking anything.
Well things have improved a lot in the last 4-5 years...
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#34Clothes (got a consulting biz), a dell 30' + 13' macbook pro, my dog (food and veterinary)
I found that traveling with couchsourfing is both cheaper and more FUN actually
And then I try to invest whatever I make in new ideas, websites - always trying to get the passive income higher since I pretty much only have active one now.
Re: Ask HN: What do you perceive as worth spending money on?
#35First, I really (really) enjoy spending money on other people, especially those important to me (friends and family). When it's a surprise it's even more fun! I love to see their face light up when they least expect. Great feeling. Now, if we are talking about items for myself, not necessarily of great importance, I do indulge on certain things, but I have rules. I have no problem spending money on well designed item…
Ubuntu user here. Wireless, video, sleep and hibernate work too and I never spend time tweaking anything.
My reply is Offtopic, but same here. But to be fair, it only started to be this way about 2 years ago. I've also spent countless hours to configure my system to work the way i want it to.
Re: Ask HN: What do you perceive as worth spending money on?
#36First, I really (really) enjoy spending money on other people, especially those important to me (friends and family). When it's a surprise it's even more fun! I love to see their face light up when they least expect. Great feeling. Now, if we are talking about items for myself, not necessarily of great importance, I do indulge on certain things, but I have rules. I have no problem spending money on well designed item…
Ubuntu user here. Wireless, video, sleep and hibernate work too and I never spend time tweaking anything.
Just spent a lot of time today tweaking ubuntu 10.04 to work with intel wireless :/ Also the proprietary ATI graphics drivers the OS recommended I installed caused all sorts of problems with sleep\hibernate\freezing. Not really a linux problem as the default non-proprietary drivers I switched back to actually work great, but the OS did literally give me an icon reminder telling me to do what caused the problem. Also the battery on my laptop lasts half as long as it does in win7\cygwin.... so more tweaking ahead...
edit: on the plus side I love Gnome DO.... I can't believe I found something better than win7 start autocomplete or OSX Spotlight...
Re: Ask HN: What do you perceive as worth spending money on?
#37One thing that people here haven't mentioned: Good furniture -- costs pennies per day, is there waiting for you after a long day, makes your place aesthetically pleasing, allows you to entertain guests, and you can sell it for at least half the price when you're done with it.
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#39right now, not much.
Re: Ask HN: What do you perceive as worth spending money on?
#40Knowledge, relationships, experiences, health.
Eg, books, education, travel, new skills (be it Haskell, spelunking, or Spanish), good times with friends, family, and significant others, etc. And good health makes it all possible (or rather prevents it from becoming impossible).
Things, only insofar as they facilitate the above, but not for the sake of having 'cool' stuff or the latest 'must have' gadget.