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howmuchismylifecosting.now.sh

82 points by korynunn 7 years ago · 28 comments

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contingencies 7 years ago

Grammar nazi / random tip: "how much does my life cost?" would be a better title.

Overuse of the present continuous "is ... (something)ing", particularly with a postfix "now" is a hallmark of Indian English.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_English

  • korynunnOP 7 years ago

    You already know what your life costs (per year). What your life is costing in real time is the interesting bit.

    PS: I'm the most Anglo-Saxon Aussie you've seen, I just wanted to make use of the 'now.sh' domain.

gitgud 7 years ago

Wow, you can literally see your time being spent at sub second resolution...

I feel like my life is comparable to cloud hosting

ivm 7 years ago

Nice, I made a similar thing last year. It's a browser extension that counts the time you spend on distracting sites and shows how much money you could make if you were working instead:

https://qotoqot.com/sloth-worth/

cheez 7 years ago

This is actually how I decide whether someone is worth paying to do something for me.

korynunnOP 7 years ago

Source is open by the way: howmuchismylifecosting.now.sh/_src

korynunnOP 7 years ago

My car has cost me $29 today sitting in the garage :|

  • beatgammit 7 years ago

    Wait, your car costs $10k/year?

    • throwaway2016a 7 years ago

      If op has a 5 year loan on a $40,000 car + taxes + insurance + repairs... that sounds about right.

      • fyfy18 7 years ago

        I'd assume after the 5 years you still have the car, or at least sell it for something rather than scrap.

        • korynunnOP 7 years ago

          This is a great bit of insight that most don't get. I'll be making a total cost of ownership site soon to show how all of these details affect true cost of a car.

          • MandieD 7 years ago

            My husband and I did some of those calculations when we were considering my next car seven years ago.

            Result: I ended up not considering anything less than three years old, and am still the content owner of an off-lease diesel 2008 Ford Focus Turnier (station wagon), about to have a new timing belt put in. My cost per kilometer would have been lower had I been confident in my manual shift driving capabilities (at the time, no; now, yes) and had eschewed luxuries like leather seats and the larger engine.

            Cost per km over the past seven years: 0.334 EUR Average cost per year (not considering that I've dropped my driving from over 20T to under 8T km/yr): 5826 EUR

            But I've not looked at it from an inventory perspective; it does spend an awful lot of time sitting in our garage ever since I switched offices and now carpool with a colleague who loves driving his BMW and is delighted that I give him 10 EUR/wk for gas and peer-pressure him into leaving for work at 7am :)

          • beatgammit 7 years ago

            I was actually thinking of doing just this since I'm going to need a new car soon.

            I'm basically trying to compare EVs, hybrids, and gas cars. It would be especially interesting to base data on historical TCO for various brands.

        • cma 7 years ago

          Not if it sits in the garage that whole time.. wait

    • korynunnOP 7 years ago
      • beatgammit 7 years ago

        Makes sense.

        I'm not a "car guy" and my car cost ~$10k used a few years ago, so I thought perhaps that your math was off. But if cars are your thing, I totally get it.

    • korynunnOP 7 years ago

      No, the day wasn't over when I posted that.

    • a13n 7 years ago

      Could be a brand new Tesla Model S

davidhbolton 7 years ago

Tried to access this at work. It's blocked because of malware. opendns. com (spaces included in link deliberately). Caveat browser...

sova 7 years ago

Damn all these heart beats are costing a fortune

utopcell 7 years ago

Nicely done :-)

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