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Show HN: I built a(nother) house optimized for LAN parties

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1071 points kentonv | 3 comments | 16 Nov 24 15:52 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

I wasn't quite sure if this qualified as "Show HN" given you can't really download it and try it out. However, dang said[0]:

> If it's hardware or something that's not so easy to try out over the internet, find a different way to show how it actually works—a video, for example, or a detailed post with photos.

Hopefully I did that?

Additionally, I've put code and a detailed guide for the netboot computer management setup on GitHub:

https://github.com/kentonv/lanparty

Anyway, if this shouldn't have been Show HN, I apologize!

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22336638

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latentcall ◴[16 Nov 24 22:30 UTC] No.42159961[source]▶
Younger me thinks this is really awesome. This was my DREAM during Halo 2 years. Kudos. The design, the hardware, the room itself. The house is beautiful. The pictures and write ups are fantastic.

Feel free to ignore the next part of my comment:

Current me with lived experiences and knowledge of the world thinks it’s a little disgusting. I don’t think it’s your fault, or you’re intending to do that. I don’t think YOU’RE disgusting. Just flaunting wealth in your own nerdy gamer way which many wealthy people are wont to do. I don’t blame you. If I could afford a 7 figure house and 150k for an adult playhouse I don’t think I’d say no. The computer hardware alone being outdated and turning into e-waste soon enough while people including children sleep and starve in the streets just rubs me the wrong way.

Anybody remember Rich Kids of IG?

Anyway. I wouldn’t feel right with myself if I didn’t say something. I don’t think you did anything wrong, you are a product of your environment as am I. I won’t check responses to this comment just putting it out there is enough for me. Enjoy your LAN parties dude!

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redman25 ◴[16 Nov 24 22:59 UTC] No.42160239[source]▶
Normally, I’d be equally upset with excess but the fact that this is somewhat of a community building thing is actually refreshing to see from the wealthy (even if by community, it is just friends).

It’s mild in comparison to the ultra rich. Jeff bezos, Larry Ellison, and Elon musk have more wealth than half of America. That fact is what we should truly be upset about. In comparison this is a drop on the ocean.

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1. Tabular-Iceberg ◴[18 Nov 24 18:39 UTC] No.42175463[source]▶
Should we really be upset about that in particular?

It's not at all obvious to me that the more wealth they have on the top end the worse off we are at the bottom end.

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2. redman25 ◴[18 Nov 24 21:26 UTC] No.42177235[source]▶
It’s about the amount of value a person can bring as a consumer. Does the consumption of food provide more value to society than the consumption of mega yachts?

More equally distributed wealth increases the efficiency of spending (to a point) on the things that society needs to thrive.

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3. Tabular-Iceberg ◴[18 Nov 24 22:05 UTC] No.42177627[source]▶
Obviously more by a huge margin by consuming mega yachts. But that’s still pretty insignificant compared to the economic impact of the companies that they run, like Amazon, Oracle and Tesla.

Could you elaborate a bit on spending efficiency and how it relates to wealth distribution? I’m unfamiliar with that metric.