How much money are you all paying to use this tech? Last I even tried, it would cost my entire salary. Yet, everyone and their newborns are using it every day for everything. How is this possible?
Depends on which exact model we're talking about, and on your salary.
For example, with the $40/month Kimi Code subscription the limits are so generous that you can use it every day all the time for everything (basically just have an agent constantly running doing something) and never run out of tokens/hit the limits.
10 years working with SMB. They don't use it now because complexity and cost. While the majority of users here seem to be interested in offloading their bank account to AI for "productivity" or whatever, most SMBs die in 1-3 years and struggle through with chump-change.
If you want to help SMB, stop with the interconnectivity hype of bringing outrageously expensive software together. Try making something that really helps instead of syphens more money and hurts the workforce. Seriously, what's Claude going to do for a landscaper using pen-and-paper anyway? That's the majority of your SMB. The grifting MSPs are your target for this bs.
If all you want is to watch your videos over the net, you're better off not using either. Just put it on a shared drive and install VLC.
Complaining about a one-time payment for software backed by a team of lawyers in an age where farts are patented and opposing farts are sent CnD letters, is crazy.
Nearly a decade after my investment, I can stand up as many Plex servers as I want with free relay services, metadata aggregation, trailers, and extras. Not to mention access to all of my music in the same manner. Better yet, it's all curated in accounts for various family members near and distant.
Plex also takes me as long as it takes to install the OS and applicable software (+3s for ufw rule). –It just works.
Maybe Jellyfin has that now. But I hate plugins. Either have it or don't. F** your DLC.
The primary benefit of Plex/Jellyfin over using VLC is realtime video resolution transcoding. I can save the files at 8K resolution on my NAS, then configure the output resolution depending on the client device. I can watch content at 8K on my living room TV, 4K on my laptop, and 1080p on my phone. I don't need to keep three copies of the same content at different resolutions.
Plex/Jellyfin also offer highly configurable mobile / TV companion apps. I can start watching a show on my phone, then continue where I left off on my living room TV.
I feel this is written from the mindset, "all objects within a set must be obtained at once." Or, perhapse, "nothing lasts anyway, so there's no reason to bother."
Quality has its cost. A quality dining table could only have the potential to be sold to every room one might place a dining table, exactly one time. IKEA might sell that same dining table to the same room every year. IKEA is destined for the landfill; quality can outlive a bloodline. Sales of quality must sustain all those employed for the process accordingly. - Sure, some TLC is required, but IKEA can't even get wet.
Quality also provides additional benefits. They are not only a functional object, but a wealth of sentiment and memories for the home. They are also a symbol to the pride one takes in their craft, and a silhouette of their creator's experience and deserved reputation. IKEA is for parties and showrooms/staging. Quality is for comfort and places of importance.
My heart aches, that the notion of buying prefabricated trash to use in the interim of its journey, is better than searching individually for items that will bring character and meaning—as well as, functional superiority—over the course of a lifetime.
This equates to software bragging about how great its algorythm adjusted the color of a Submit button to improve deliverability on a website masquerading as a web app that could have been written in HTML and CSS without the button at all.
Cool, if you're rich you can do that. Mere mortals have to make a decision "do I buy a luxury dining table or do I send my child to college" and it's understandable that choosing between these two isn't exactly straightforward.
Thing is that quality furniture can be bought second hand, since they last so long. At least you used to be able to, when they still made that stuff.
Going the IKEA route you'll end up re-buying the same furniture over and over in ever crappier quality. Once you add that to the equation, it suddenly isn't quite as cheap anymore.
I tried. It's a major PITA, and transport costs alone make the whole endeavor not economically viable, so I backed off.
A friend of mine bought some renovated old wardrobe and I helped him move it from the hall to the bedroom and this resulted in me for the first time ever seeing him have a heated, emotional argument with his wife.
Finally, your pink bathroom from 50's just isn't fashionable. Trust me on this one. Give your cabinets to someone who can skillfully paint them (which costs money obviously).
> Going the IKEA route you'll end up re-buying the same furniture over and over in ever crappier quality.
I've never had Ikea furniture randomly fail on me, and I haven't heard of this happening in my social circle. Again, don't sit on a god damn Linnmon table. It's for everyday use items only. If you need something sturdier, choose a different product.
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