Feeling a little Bluetooth

I am a little bit annoyed today...

My grand plan was to buy a PC today and after going into the store and finding out how little they had in components, I was talked into taking a pre-built one instead. That is okay, I don't game or anything, but my plan is to still stick some more RAM (it only has 16) once I have a fiddle. I also picked up a new keyboard and a couple Samsung 27" monitors, as the two I have been working on date back to the Neolithic period. They were 40% off, so not a huge expense on top of the PC.

It took me ages to backup my old (5+ years) computer and then start the process of getting the new set up. Even though I got it in the morning, due to desk space, I hadn't fired it up yet and once did, was disappointed to find that it doesn't have a Bluetooth card installed into it, despite doublechecking that it did.

Frustrating.

So, now I have had to contact their support and do a reclamation, to which they will "decide" whether they will give me one (they are like 20€) to put into a PCI slot. After spending an hour and a half in store getting this organized, the additional hours this has wasted don't feel good, but the shop is about a 40 minute drive away, making it all the more annoying and - I could have built one and installed the OS faster than all of this, by far.

Live and learn - Trust no one.

I definitely needed a new PC of some sort though and in comparison to my old one, this should be noticeably faster. I am not one of those people who buys things for marginal change and insignificancy, I want to actually notice the difference, otherwise it isn't really worth making a change.

There are enough odds and ends around my office to do what I need to do with the PC, but I don't want to install everything and then discover that I will have to take it back in - as that would be very, very annoying, since I would have to wipe it first. But, with scheduling issues (I am on holiday kinda, but still have work to do), I will probably have to get started on it.

Some people really enjoy getting a new computer, but I have lost that joy, since I no longer game. Back in the day, it was always nice to be able to start up a FPS and getting killing at greater speed, but the joy is gone. However, one thing I am hoping will improve is the general lag between tabs, as I tend to have a million tabs open across multiple windows and browsers.

I wonder if anyone has calculated how many sites they go to daily to manage their crypto, but currently for me (working on my work PC so not all are used here), there are over 70 open across perhaps 35 different sites. Not all of these need to be open all of the time, but I would probably go to all of them daily at least once, most multiple times. It really is a fulltime job managing crypto, but I think it is the one of the three that I enjoy the most and, I predict will likely be the most financially rewarding as well.

These days, I see pretty much everything I spend as an investment into the future of some kind, though it isn't always a financial investment. What I mean is that for instance, while the PC I bought is actually for my business, it also brings me a little bit of peace of mind (though current frustration of mind) as I don't have to worry as much about losing my old one suddenly, as pretty much I would grimace on each startup, hoping my teeth grind would see it through another day. there is no such thing as security, but risk mitigation is still possible.

Maybe I am just getting older and starting to reevaluate what is important to me, but I also think that a lot of my changes in consumer behavior are directly related to my time in crypto so far, as it has helped me better understand personal finances, as well as my own activities. If I could go back in time knowing what I know now, not only would I have a lot more sex, I would also probably be far wealthier as well.

Experience matters a great deal, which is why I think that more people should build experience, not buy experiences. I feel that over the last few decades, there has been this idea that we need to experience a lot to widen our eyes to the world, which is somewhat true, but I think this has been translated into a consumer behavior. For example, I know people who have travelled the world and seen the most amazing places, yet are just as narrow as they always were. "Seeing the world" doesn't automatically make you creative.

For instance, one of the most creative minds to have lived is Leonardo Da Vinci, yet he didn't really leave Italy and travelled predominantly between Florence and Milan, which is about a 300km trip. sure, that is well travelled back then, but "experience" means more than places visited and sites seen - A lot of doing is required too. But, a lot of experience these days is largely observational only, consumer experience, not experiencing it first-hand as a participant. Which is why I think a a lot of people can feel so attached to movies and shows these days, as they feel real enough to count as "being there", even though it is completely constrained without any chance of random outcomes.

I think that it is this participation on Hive that has affected my own outcomes so much over the years, as rather than learning the theories of economies, I get to play with them. Not only that, I get to play in various different economies with all kinds of variables and get to interact and affect change. As I said earlier, I want to invest for significant change, something that makes a difference in my own experience and hopefully, for the better. It doesn't always turn out that way, but that is part of the experience too.

Well, so speaking about experience, wile writing this, I have decided that the best thing to do will be to go ahead and start installing programs onto the new PC, as even though it might be a waste of time, it is better to waste tonight, than tomorrow. Since I have already signed in, I would have to wipe it still, so it doesn't really save me any time in that regard anyway.

But first.... dinner. I don't remember eating that much today and it is already almost 9pm. It is funny how time flies when "having fun" so that we might even forget to eat. Or perhaps, the annoyance had stolen my appetite and now after writing and clearing my head, my body is starting to function normally again and get hungry.

Whatever, but at least I am slightly less annoyed.

Taraz [ Gen1: Hive ]