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Benquo comments on Suggestions on tech device/gear purchasing? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Benquo 21 March 2012 08:45:48PM 0 points [-]

Obviously you should adjust for your own money/time preference, but for most employed people in developed countries, the marginal benefit of optimizing a $400 purchase is not worth a whole lot of time, so if you can save an hour by satisficing you probably should.

You may also come up with things that weren't on the list but matter a lot to you. I just gave the examples I could come up with in a minute, so I'd suggestusing my list as a starting point, not an exhaustive list.