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Legend2440 • today at 9:03 PM • 7 replies • view on HN

Cool, but if you can afford to hire an illustrator to make a custom dashboard for your lights and thermostat, you're clearly in the 1%.


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sho_hn • today at 9:05 PM

I've commissioned art before via the Krita web forum's job section. Lots of bright young artists, many of them students, that do great work for affordable prices to build their portfolios.

You don't really need to be in the 1% to be a patron if you need some art.

krisbolton • today at 9:11 PM

Disposable income and being in the 1% are entirely different things.

AuthAuth • today at 10:12 PM

Its $100 at most. Thats something majority of people can afford.

kenferry • today at 9:27 PM

How much do you they think they paid? By home improvement standards, might not be out of line at all.

I agree it just feels weird to spend on “software” for home improvement, but sometimes it may make a bigger difference than the hardware!

loloquwowndueo • today at 9:41 PM

You say it like it’s a bad thing?

fragmede • today at 9:22 PM

I'm not sure what that is supposed to convey. This person was able to scrape together a couple bucks to pay someone to draw a picture of their house in a specific way. You've never paid for any art or entertainment? Netflix?

aussiethebob • today at 10:10 PM

And?