Ask HN: What are your best purchases in 2020?

A gas-lift monitor arm from Amazon (€30). I always find monitors too low, and I bend my head forward too much, especially when standing at a desk. This ends up causing me shoulder tension, or I end up slouching on the chair so the monitor is at eye level.

Now I don't have any problems! I thought given it was relatively cheap (last time I looked half a decade or more ago they were closer to €100), it would not be very good and wobble, but it's rock solid. 10/10 would buy again.

A decent bike with disk breaks

The books "you, I and ReactiveUI" and "rx.net in action" - yet another Bible for developers like "clean code/coder/architecture"

Used golf clubs. It's a great game!

Sure. I actually only bought one initially because I found it on slickdeals of all places. Gourmia 8qt. Specifically, this one - https://www.walmart.com/ip/Gourmia-8-Qt-Stainless-Steel-Digi...

I also bought this one because of a sale. I think the same company makes both because of how similar they are. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08DKYBTPH/

It's definitely big enough to cook an entire chicken. If a single person were asking, I'd probably recommend a 6qt or even 4 just for space saving reasons.

Buy the kind with a basket, not the kind with doors and pull out trays. I had this one also, https://m.ninjakitchen.com/exclusive-offer/SP101WBKT/ninja-f..., and I hate everything about it and sold it finally. Cooks worse, impossible to clean, hard to shake. With a style similar to the first two links, just pull the basket handle, shake, reinsert. Easy.

Xiaomi note 9, being a student, it was not possible to purchase higher accessories