Trying to ramp back up slowly with the sandals.
@jussipekonen pretty substantial change all around. Closing in on half the man I used to be.
@matigo it still had the moving sticker on it from 2007. And, yeah, it's been high school since I was under 200 pounds.
I've owned this ladder for years and it's the first time I've used it while UNDER the duty weight. 😬
Given how I felt after the one run I did yesterday, wasn't sure I was going to do it today. Probably need to dial it back for a bit, though.
@matigo not even sure where the battery is in my Prius if I needed a jump start. Or how to change the oil. 😬
/@joeo10
I think I'm not jogging a second time today. The first time wiped me out way more than normal, and I probably need to give myself time to recuperate. Jogging in sandals is definitely harder than in shoes.
@joeo10 lots of things conspire in that direction: miniaturization of components, the accelerating rate of change (how quickly new things come out), cheaper manufacturing (resulting in cheaper products), increasing complexity, and an utter lack of knowledge about that things can be repaired, much less how to do it.
My dad, who was a mechanic for a time, noticed this with cars in the 90s. As they became more electrical and computerized, they became a lot more difficult to repair without specialized equipment and knowledge.
It's gotten much worse now.
@joeo10 you're pointing out an issue that almost no one cares about or at least they rarely think about upfront. Whether they should is a different question.
This is also not a phenomenon unique to personal computers. Practically all consumer electronics are not easily repairable or upgradable. If they are, it is generally cost prohibitive to do so. As my step father was an electrical engineer who made a living repairing computers and other things, I watched this change happen up-close in the 80s and 90s.
As a personal project, sure, give me your old computer. Most people won't bother, though. Not everyone grew up building and fixing computers, making me totally comfortable opening the case, swapping components if needed, and reinstalling an OS. This is how I get new hardware in general: as hand-me downs.