[Arm-netbook] "zombie" campaign

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

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crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68


On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 3:25 AM,  <chadvellacott at sasktel.net> wrote:
>     (Quotes below, might have minor changes, and might have additions
> enclosed by {}, and ~ for omissions.)
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> On 16.9.7 20:20, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
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>> On ~, Sep 8, 2016 at 3:13 AM,  <chadvellacott at sasktel.net> wrote:
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>>>     But from a private reply from Luke (quoted next below), I guess that
>>> we
>>> have SOME more time.
>>
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>> hiya chad, welcome to the list.
>>
>> ok, so i've learned that crowdsupply is taking preorders from the end
>> date of the campaign, for a second batch which will be after the first
>> one is delivered.  exact dates TBD, i'll need to see how things go.
>>
> But am I right to understand, that you pay the factory(s) at the same time,
> and each factory produces it's things as one batch?

 produces it is things.... no it doesn't "produce it is things" - that
doesn't make any sense.  it might produce *its* things...

> and each factory produces its things as one batch?

 ah, now we're using the relative pronoun "its", instead of the
contraction of the two words "it" and "is" with an apostrophe, the
sentence makes sense.

 yes, the factory produces its things in one batch: the setup and
teardown costs (equipment, wasted materials) are pretty much the same
no matter how many "things" are made.  so if you want one "thing"
made, it will cost you.... $USD 1,200.  if you want *five* "things"
made, it will cost you $1700 (around $340 each).  but if you want a
*thousand* made, they're $30 each.

 ... exactly the same "thing", exactly the same factory... exactly the
same cost to set up, exactly the same cost to clean up afterwards.

so the more you can get made at once, the less they cost.  very simple.

the extreme case is here, very very funny ted talk, by the man who
lived as a goat:
 http://www.geek.com/geek-pick/nine-month-project-to-build-a-toaster-from-scratch-results-in-a-book-toaster-like-monstrosties-1424175/

l.