Most 16-year-olds don't have servers in their rooms

Re:Most 16-year-olds don't have servers in their rooms by burnished on Friday December 22, 2023 @04:24AM (#38732491)

Good on you and all but I wanted to note that its weird how persistently people are focusing on the powerbill. It is a drop in the bucket for many households monthly bills and very cheap as hobbies go. I think my mother would have killed for that deal.

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Re:Most 16-year-olds don't have servers in their rooms by mickael-kerjean on Friday December 22, 2023 @11:29PM (#38741637)

As a 15 years old, I desperately wanted to keep my old desktop running 24/7 to run my own website, learn PHP, linux and do some selfhosting. I wasn't able to run it more than 2 days in a row as my parents would always shut it down to save in power

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Re:Most 16-year-olds don't have servers in their rooms by vultour on Saturday December 23, 2023 @07:52AM (#38743884)

60EUR absolutely isn't a drop in the bucket for households in the EU, that can be a monthly bill for someone living in a smaller apartment.

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Re:Most 16-year-olds don't have servers in their rooms by burnished on Saturday December 23, 2023 @02:55PM (#38747528)

Yeah, it is still a relatively small increase considering all your other bills, and rent, and food, and etc. what are you estimating the monthly budget to be for these small apartments?

60EUR a month is also pretty cheap for a hobby. If you can't count on your parents for even that level of support you might be better of getting emancipated.

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Re:Most 16-year-olds don't have servers in their rooms by vultour on Monday December 25, 2023 @07:59AM (#38762251)

Really depends on the country and how small we’re talking, but I’d guess somewhere between 500-1000€. At 16 you’re getting quite old so you probably also want some kind of allowance, if this is on top of that then it can add up.

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Re:Most 16-year-olds don't have servers in their rooms by bluescrn on Saturday December 23, 2023 @11:05AM (#38745205)

Because we've all felt the pain of power bills shooting up by 2-3x in a very short period of time, perhaps?

The cost of running a PC 24/7 used to feel insignificant, but not so much any more. I've been running an old PC as a home server for years, but should probably find a more power-efficient NAS box to replace it with.

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Re:Most 16-year-olds don't have servers in their rooms by burnished on Saturday December 23, 2023 @02:56PM (#38747544)

Still feels weird to take that out on a random 16 year old.

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