For me it would have been buying the steam frame (but I am still in the waitlist). Also, I recently gotten into the 40k lore, but there is no way I can find the time and physical place to get into wargames.

  • quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    5·
    2 days ago

    A camera for bird watching, a new PC for playing games and VR, a second pad for stepmania, and more thing I can’t think of right now.

    The thing is that it is not as much that I can’t justify those expenses as that the older I get, I realise that I’m fine without them, I don’t need any of those things, so I keep postponing them.

  • HeyJoe@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 days ago

    I put off buy new hard drives for my NAS. I have an 8 bay and slowly filled it over the years with 6tb drives since they were about $200 at that time. Now that I ran out of that space I started replacing the 6tb one by one with 12tb which at the time was around $200 as well. Ive needed a new HD for years now but couldnt really afford it, but now I really need a new one and I REALLY can’t afford it… this hobby is essentially dead at these prices. Ill continue to purge data and hope in a few years some miracle happens and prices drop again. I also hope these current drives hold out without issues…

  • lonefighter@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    2 days ago

    A couple days vacation to go hiking. I haven’t had a vacation in years, and I desperately need a break from my life. I’d be thrilled if I could just get on a plane, go across the country and see some mountains for 2-3 days and then come home, but I just can’t afford it. Maybe next year, she says, for the 3rd year in a row…

  • InfiniteGlitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    2·
    2 days ago

    Certain games, for example, Metaphor ReFantazio. Expensive even on sale and the whole “you do not own it despite paying for it” thing. Books and manga; I truly want to purchase a lot of books and manga, but it is just so expensive. Even on sale or secondhand. For example, I would love to purchase: No Game No Life, Smoking Behind the Supermarket, Witch Hat Atelier, and Hey Boy! Let’s take a break? Manga/light novels.

  • ExtraJudgement@lemmy.world
    9·
    2 days ago

    The new Framework Desktop with 192GB unified memory, specifically for LLM inference. I’ve looked at the numbers and there’s no scenario for me in which it’s economically sensible to upgrade from 20GB gpu vram + rent EU API inference for larger models. Even if the tokens became more expensive by factor of 10 overnight, by the time the hardware paid for itself it would already long be obsolete.

    It’s an impressive machine, but I just can’t justify the purchase.

      • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
        6·
        3 days ago

        Last year at about this time one 8TB drive cost 2500SEK, a fair price I guess, now they cost 4000SEK minimum, I don’t have the money for that.

        I have four 8TB drives that I got before the crazy mess started. I want a NAS of 32TB in a ZRAID2

        These last two drives are the last component I am missing ):

  • PeteWheeler@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 days ago

    Upgrade my server/storage. I only have 1.5tb of storage total for everything including my music, shows, etc.

    But I am able to manage it, so I can’t really justify buying more storage for it when I technically don’t need it.

  • darthsundhaft@piefed.socialEnglish
    5·
    2 days ago

    I have been putting off buying new SSDs to replace internal HDDs that I’ve had for at least 5 years. They’re starting to fill up with crap I’ve been hoarding over the years and quite frankly, I don’t want to pay x3 or x4 times the amount for something I know doesn’t cost that much.

    It’s all just flash NAND. That shit is everywhere. They can’t tell me it costs $400 to make one 4TB 'cause I know it doesn’t. That’s utter BS price fixing.

    I’m praying to Primus that my HDDs can outlast this hell hole we’re in rn and at least give me the chance to replace just one of them.

    Don’t even get my started on NAS like Synology. That’s a whole different rage bait.

  • ch00f@lemmy.world
    10·
    3 days ago

    I really want to do an electric conversion of a Geo Tracker.

    One with a blown engine showed up on Craigslist for $1k two weeks before my daughter’s due date.

    Next time.

  • AskewLord@piefed.socialEnglish
    10·
    3 days ago

    A new bike to replace my 8 year old one. I can afford it, but I can’t justify it. I will probably cave once winter boredom sets in or there is a black friday discount. I’ve been sitting on it for about a year.

    Also a new car. Also sitting on that, waiting for the price to drop to 25K or less, probably next year. my current car needs tons of work, so I have been stretching it out because I didn’t want to drop 5K on a 10 year old car that I was going to replace soon anyway. It’s great, but I just want something that’s quieter and more comfortable for long highway driving, which my current car isn’t. after about 2 hours the seats in my current car start hurting my back and the noise from the roadway hurts my ears.

    • otacon239@lemmy.world
      3·
      3 days ago

      I’m in the same place with my bike. I’ve been wanting to upgrade to electric for years now and they’re cheaper than ever. I’ll probably go through with it in the spring.