john on Nostr: No, but I've done a lot of talking. It's like this in short. Imagine you have a ...

No, but I've done a lot of talking. It's like this in short. Imagine you have a favorite toaster and so you take it to an electrician for repair and the electrician says it'll be $100 for a new toaster, just buy a new toaster, but the client responds "no I am maniacally attached to this toaster, its a matter of principle." The electrician says ok, I can't tell if I can fix it and I don't know how long it will take me to fix it; or to find out that it can't be fixed; and I also can't tell you how much it will cost either way, so please just buy a new one. "no, heres my toaster". At which point the electrician goes into the back room and performs arcane rituals on the device impossible for the client to comprehend and when he returns the toaster is unremarkable, but it works and the elec. says "that will be $50,000 dollars." In many ways this is like practicing law as a business litigator, only, at the end, there is no toaster but there is a big fat bill.