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Re: Ask HN: Most life changing things that you bought?

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Post by rootsudo »

lhoff wrote: post #5
andrefuchs wrote: post #3

Noice cancelling headphones with low latency Bluetooth

May i ask which one you use?

I prefer the Bose QC3 but depending whom you ask it's great or it's bad.

One thing is the non user replaceable battery, even if it fails during warranty Bose will try to get you to pay up.

Re: Ask HN: Most life changing things that you bought?

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Post by kylebenzle »

Yes to the air purifier. People living without them are insane. Also, buying and running an air purifier destroyed my marriage! My wife said she didn't like the sound of it. So I bough a new, super quite one. Then she said she didn't like the "frequency" not the volume of the machine. One day I came home and she had unplugged it and we got into an argument. I told her to please just "shut up" and that was when she attacked and literally tried to kill me. I got away but later she went to the police and told them she had been "assaulted". Nothing happened but she filed for divorce.

I still love the air purifier though!

Re: Ask HN: Most life changing things that you bought?

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Post by smnscu »

lhoff wrote: post #5
andrefuchs wrote: post #3

Noice cancelling headphones with low latency Bluetooth

May i ask which one you use?

Not OP but I was going to say the same thing - switching to BT headphones made me a very happy camper. I use Bowers & Wilkins PX, as they were the first USB-C headphones around. They have a great sound and no plastic, but if you don't care about that there's the typical Sony that everyone keeps praising (just looked it up, it's https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/headband-headphones/wh-10... ).

Re: Ask HN: Most life changing things that you bought?

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Post by samvher »

A pressure cooker. I originally bought it because I wanted to grow mushrooms and needed to sterilize the substrate, but ended up using it mostly for cooking. Lots of meals that usually take too much time are suddenly very reasonable to cook. I especially use beans and other legumes a lot more than I did before.
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