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We built our house for LAN parties (2024)

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Re: We built our house for LAN parties (2024)

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Post by arjie »

usrme wrote: post #36
pringk02 wrote: post #31

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Agreed. It's clear that the owners have considerable financial resources, but seemingly no one thought to hire an interior designer/architect to consider how the place looks or functions outside of the gaming aspect. If that's their style, then more power to them; it just seems incredibly generic and like wasted potential.

The building was designed by his dad Richard Varda, an architect: https://vardaarchitecture.com/

It’s likely just his preference. My wife and I also rather like a relatively “IKEA” aesthetic so I think it’s just preference.

Re: We built our house for LAN parties (2024)

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Post by unrented7977 »

itake wrote: post #108
massiveturd wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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I don’t get the hate tho? Is this a covet thy neighbor situation?

There's growing popular sentiment that being a millionaire/billionaire at all is morally repugnant and antisocial behavior that deserves to be shunned, if not punished.

Re: We built our house for LAN parties (2024)

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Post by rocketvole »

wizerno wrote: post #2

Previously discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42156977

I remember this! Its crazy because the comments section on that thread seems more curious about the setup (with albiet one long thread about home costs). Massive contrast to this one.

Re: We built our house for LAN parties (2024)

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Post by mkirsten »

birksherty wrote: post #72
sorenjan wrote: post #64

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He spent more on gaming computers than my yearly salary, and then follows it up with > I actually find it funny how cheap computers are.

Yes, this line made me angry. Privileged people from first world countries like these will increase their products prices for growth & more profit saying it's very cheap anyways. Meanwhile common people in other countries can't even think about buying a proper gaming PC now. I bought a pre owned gpu, it stopped working after 5 months and I lost my savings.

I see and also had some immediate reaction when somebody mentions a $75k figure and says “cheap”.

But I think the point really here is that computers are cheap in relation to other items you can buy. Not cheap as in “small part of my wealth”, but as in “about equally much money as something that is not as impressive (as a computer)”.

And I really agree. I think it’s amazing that I can get eg a computer I find fast for the price of a kind of bad sofa. 2nd hand MacBook M1 vs dinner for 4 at a nice restaurant.

Computers are cheap!

Re: We built our house for LAN parties (2024)

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Post by mkirsten »

tecoholic wrote: post #90
kenty wrote: post #60

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I think they are more lucky than privileged. Multiple IPO stock options, both well educated and high paying jobs and shared interests. They seem to have hit right timings multiple times. Things compound.

And luck creates privilege!

Re: We built our house for LAN parties (2024)

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Post by weakfish »

xyzelement wrote: post #74
kenty wrote: post #60

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Depending on where you live most cars you see on the road are in the ballpark. It costs about 40k to change the roof on a house around here. So 75k is both objectively massive, and not. I won't argue "privilege" but it seems like both people in the couple have been working for a long time and took equity bets that paid off. Another way to look at it, in many tech jobs 75k could be a bonus (additional to salary an equ…

> most cars are in the ballpark

If you’re in the Bay, maybe, otherwise it’s $35-50k depending on how new

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