Nespresso Vertuo!
My old roommate swears by his Nespresso. I need to check these out!
Ask HN: Favorite purchases of last two years?
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#192- Pitbull Skull Shaver. I can shave my (partially) bald head without help from others.(You have to do it once in 3-4 days at least, otherwise the shaver doesn’t work well with long hair).
I’ve never tried those round shavers, but I found that my regular 5-blades are faster and shave closer than my old electric razor, which often felt like it was pulling my hair. The crazy thing is that I last one blade for 4/5 months (although probably I could replace it a little earlier sometimes). Compared to the 3-blades I almost never cut myself.
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#193Anova Sous Vide. Cooking perfect Chicken or pork chops every single time is an absolute joy. I don't eat as many steaks but also cooks them just the same. It's one of my go-to kitchen gadgets, and I cook most of my meals with it.
Why sous vide? Does the food taste better or prepare faster or ...?
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#194Noise cancelling headphones: I didn’t know about them, they’re a game changer in so many situations (office, home when there’s noise around or construction, airplane). I got the qc35 and it’s great.
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#195A pullup bar (door frame) and resistance bands. Exercising at home has kicked me off into being healthier.
Could you do pull-ups before you bought the bar? I’m always so tempted to get one because I so badly want to be able to do a pull-up. I’d be so pumped if I could just do one. But I have no upper body strength to speak of and getting to a pull-up seems nearly impossible so I never pull the trigger on buying the bar.
Just a small tipp: Doing a pullup mostly depends on the latissimus dorsi muscle. It's about keeping a steady, stable body while pulling. Pull with your back, not only with your arms.
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#196Plants. I didn't have many before covid/wfh, but they really make the place more liveable/ejoyable by just being there and this became increasingly important as i spent so much more time at home
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#197Remarkable 2. It does what it says and does it well.
+1
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#198Philips Hue lights. I had wanted them for a little while for the novelty of it, but upon buying a couple my wife and I converted nearly all of our small apartment (except the bathrooms) to use their color-changing bulbs. Being able to change the light color and temperature has been surprisingly nice and has made our home much "cozier" under quarantine. We change the lights to dim reds and blues during movie nights or…
I bought a few of them to try them out and I'm disappointed currently. I tried to make them switch temperature automatically through the day, and nothing is working. I've only found people saying that there's no way without custom scripts that attempt to change the temperature continuously, which is very surprising. (I've only done an hour of research and tried around 3 different methods). Only one of the lights, whi…
Tis true. I use HomeAssistant with the f.lux plugin to do this, which wasn't too much work as I already used HomeAssistant.
Definitely a lot to set up though.
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#199Monthly subscription with Classpass (App). Discovered several new workouts I really like, HIIT and spinning classes in particular. Did them almost daily before lockdown happened here. Can't wait to get back at it.
Their subscription model is really fair as well, at least from the customer side. No dark patterns, and automated account freezes during the lockdowns so I'm not accidentally paying without using any in-app credits.
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#200Moccamaster. Both my partner and I are both working from home these days, I'm not returning to an office and she's likely to be here 1-2 days a week even in a post-covid world. I used to use a chemex, and while I do prefer the coffee from the Chemex, making a batch in the Moccamaster is so much more convenient, and makes enough for us both for the entire morning.