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Re: Casio S100X Japanese Lacquer Edition (JP Page Only)

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Post by Narishma »

cstrahan wrote: post #126
bluebarbet wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>It is like going from a 2010 LCD to a 2026 OLED screen. Revealing. I'll bet plenty still can't tell the difference (or don't care). I'm one. I've always used low-end laptops, mobiles, clothes, vehicles, anything else you can think of. I care that it functions (so I buy good brands and new) but everything else except price is a very secondary. When I read things like "rich, vivid colors" in a description of a screen,…

People vary in their ability to differentiate colors and sounds. I’d be curious how you’d do on a hue test: https://www.xrite.com/hue-test For me, each colored square is plainly, obviously different, and it is immediately obvious how they need to be sorted. But I also know people I’ve shown the test to who thought it was a trick - “there’s only 3 or 4 distinct colors, so how am I supposed to sort the same-colored squ…

I'm a bit like the parent poster and I scored 0 on your test.

It's not like I can't tell the difference if I see hi- and low-fidelity products next to each other. It's just that I don't care enough to pay the price premium, and I don't mind using low-end equipment. I also feel less apprehension about losing or damaging it.

Re: Casio S100X Japanese Lacquer Edition (JP Page Only)

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Post by rlxwearer »

ArchD wrote: post #30

It's a vanity item, like a Rolex watch, and its existence is not for actual utility. Utility-wise for the cost, it's not outstanding compared to regular calculators. If you spend enough time with S100X for the cost to be justified, then you are wealthy or you are spending way too much time at the calculator and should reconsider your workflow, e.g. using a spreadsheet or Python script instead, and those things are ch…

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Re: Casio S100X Japanese Lacquer Edition (JP Page Only)

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Post by bluebarbet »

reaperducer wrote: post #122
bluebarbet wrote: post #93

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So $76,100 for a suit and a calculator. Imagine how many lives could be changed if that cash were used to, say, install toilets in rural India.

So $76,100 for a suit and a calculator. Imagine how many lives could be changed if that cash were used to, say, install toilets in rural India. Elon Musk could, quite literally, feed the world with his net worth. But he chooses not to. I'm not sure what your point is. I don't what it's like to own a $75,000 suit, but I do know the tailor. If you want to walk your talk, sell the computer you're using right now and giv…

What a lot of assumptions this makes about my personal life and choices, which I need hardly point out you know nothing about.

Re: Casio S100X Japanese Lacquer Edition (JP Page Only)

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Post by bluebarbet »

fwipsy wrote: post #95
bluebarbet wrote: post #93

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So $76,100 for a suit and a calculator. Imagine how many lives could be changed if that cash were used to, say, install toilets in rural India.

I was also thinking this, but I think shaming people for spending money the way they want is counterproductive. Same as with veganism, claiming the moral high ground (even implicitly) can be very galling, even to people who would otherwise agree. I think it's cool if people want to spend their money to help others. If they want to spend it on a nice suit instead, it's not my cup of tea but there are much more harmful…

The "shame" is all interpretation.

Re: Casio S100X Japanese Lacquer Edition (JP Page Only)

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Post by bluebarbet »

satvikpendem wrote: post #101
bluebarbet wrote: post #93

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So $76,100 for a suit and a calculator. Imagine how many lives could be changed if that cash were used to, say, install toilets in rural India.

Imagine donating all your money to charity too, do you do that? The thing about comparing spending is that there is always more one can spend, and there is always more one can give away.

Sure. And there is always a better way to spend seventy-six thousand dollars. I suggested what I consider to be a better way. If you think carefully about it, you might even agree.

Re: Casio S100X Japanese Lacquer Edition (JP Page Only)

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Post by sevindob »

fwipsy wrote: post #29

Reading this webpage, and then the other comments here, taught me something important about myself: I am a Philistine. I don't think I would notice any difference between this and a glossy plastic calculator costing $5. I actually assumed that this piece was for people who collect calculators, but it seems like it has broader appeal based on the other comments?

We all have things we don't "get". It has an appeal to aforementioned calc collectors (and there are a surprising amount in CS/Econ) but also collectors of craft + tech.

I tend to think of myself as a realist, not a Philistine. I have Echizen laquer bowls I picked up in Japan and a headphone with Japanese cherry tree wood + Echizen, and while they're very beautiful to see in actual daylight, your PoV is not wrong either - from a functional PoV, they might as well be a more delicate plastic in terms of function.

Like any art that you might get, or something else you're obsessive about that other people don't give a rats ass about, it's all in the eye of the beholder.

Re: Casio S100X Japanese Lacquer Edition (JP Page Only)

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Post by fho »

brudgers wrote: post #111
sandworm101 wrote: post #106

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Same thing happened to me when i first considered buying a mechanical keyboard. After decades of not caring about keyboards, and laughing at those who did, i found myself considering a 500$ keyboard. But i pushed back from the computer. I eventually bought a 45$ mechanical "gaming" keyboard and am still perfectly happy with it four years later.

Ordinary choices are not between bread and cake. Ordinary choices are between bread and nothing. A $45 keyboard is rounding error on a $500 keyboard if you decide to buy one. And buying and trying the cheap one is how a person gets direct experience to make a well informed decision.

"buy twice" is one of those live advices I heard and adhere to since.

It's basically the optimistic interpretation of "buy cheap, buy twice":

When I consider getting into something I buy cheap first, the idea being that that is enough to get a feel ...

... then you buy the second time and don't cheap out. But this purchase is more informed and you really get to appreciate it more because you know the step up from the cheap thing.

And sometimes... maybe even most of the time... the cheap thing is just enough.

Re: Casio S100X Japanese Lacquer Edition (JP Page Only)

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Post by bluebarbet »

cstrahan wrote: post #126
bluebarbet wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>It is like going from a 2010 LCD to a 2026 OLED screen. Revealing. I'll bet plenty still can't tell the difference (or don't care). I'm one. I've always used low-end laptops, mobiles, clothes, vehicles, anything else you can think of. I care that it functions (so I buy good brands and new) but everything else except price is a very secondary. When I read things like "rich, vivid colors" in a description of a screen,…

People vary in their ability to differentiate colors and sounds. I’d be curious how you’d do on a hue test: https://www.xrite.com/hue-test For me, each colored square is plainly, obviously different, and it is immediately obvious how they need to be sorted. But I also know people I’ve shown the test to who thought it was a trick - “there’s only 3 or 4 distinct colors, so how am I supposed to sort the same-colored squ…

That was fun, thanks! I scored a perfect 0 but I admit that I had to stare quite hard. Some of the purple squares were not "plainly, obviously different".

But the real issue here is surely simpler. To me, when I buy a screen (or whatever), I know in advance that (A) I will not be comparing it daily with another screen, and (B) it will be - easily - good enough for my purposes.

You might say I'm depending on other, more perfectionist, consumers to do the quality control. Fair enough.

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