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The author's equipment isn't all that expensive.

Taiwan (where the author lives) has lower cost of living than the US, but 1000 USD per month isn't quite luxury even there.



It was the starting wage of a university undergraduate at TSMC in 2019: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3925769




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