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Legend2440 • yesterday at 9:03 PM • 9 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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dolebirchwood • yesterday at 11:26 PM

$900 for digital art isn't exactly cheap, but you sure as hell don't need to be pull a $750K salary to afford it.

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sho_hn • yesterday 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 • yesterday at 9:11 PM

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

onlypassingthru • yesterday at 10:57 PM

Ever buy any pictures or posters for your wall? Same thing.

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kenferry • yesterday 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 • yesterday at 9:41 PM

You say it like it’s a bad thing?

fragmede • yesterday 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 • yesterday at 10:10 PM

And?

AuthAuth • yesterday at 10:12 PM

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

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