Famous example… a man spent $44b to push his memes.

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    1 year ago

    This may not be at the top of my “excessive” list, but it’s the most recent. I bought a pair of ex-enterprise HP servers and a 32RU rack to hold them, so I could cancel my Netflix subscription.

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      1 year ago

      I did the same thing, but didn’t get around to actually using them… so I just sold them after a year of running an FTP server for no reason.

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        1 year ago

        I used the opportunity to get into Proxmox for my self-hosting (instead of docker on RasPis) and it’s safe to say I’m now deeper into the rabbit hole than ever before. Lol.