a 3-in-1 wireless charging pad for $30 from amazon to put on my bedside table. now I wake up with my phone at 100% every time!
Would you link to it? Mine always die within a couple months
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#22Canon selfy CP1500 (photo printer). For the colors, the lamination and the software. It's significantly better than competitors' (I use it to match colors when oil painting and Im picky like an engineer). My guess is that competitors have the same HW tech ("4pass thermic sublimation") but not the software and/or color sensors thing.
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#23Aster (https://www.ibik.ru/)
Surprisingly functional multiseat for windows. Lifetime license 50-100 for 2 seats depending on region. Partner's computer went kaput, and used this + steamlink to turn monitor into another computer. I see people online using this to play two seperate games on different "seats". Was planning to get seperate media centre PC, but this worked so well I ended up using money to upgrade PC components. Yeah, it's Russian software, but there's reddit posts dating back a few years. I can see how software/hardware vendors don't like multiseat since less sales, but I see a lot of sense in pooling budget for one extra powerful system instead of buying multiple compute devices. I wish Windows had native functionality.
Edit: Upon search, I am surprised Aster has been mentioned only one other time, 6 years ago in all of HN. Only 4 pages worth of multiseat comment dating back 13 years.
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#25https://shokz.com/products/opencomm2
I am on conf calls and video chats for several hours per day. These are a product I would pay for until I die.
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#26Weighted blanket
Does it really makes a difference ?
Depends on the kind of sleeper you are. Personally I can't sleep even in the summer without some amount of weight from fabric on me, which I know doesn't make much sense but it is what it is.
My roommate tosses alot when sleeping and a really heavy blanket keeps her still, which she says helps her get a deeper sleep
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#27Hands down my choice is the Pinecil soldering iron:
https://pine64.com/product/pinecil-smart-mini-portable-solde...
It's less than $50, it runs FOSS (IronOS) so you own it, and it can be powered by USB or by via a barrel jack so it's ding dang handy.
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#28CO2 Monitor to let me know when I need to let some new air into my office. Mine is a TFA Dostmann 31.5009, but any model with an NDIR sensor should be fine, there are many choices around 70-150 EUR.
CO2 poisoning is very common. It leads to fatigue, headaches/migranes and concentration issues. Most people don't recognize it and try to cope with caffeine & pain killers.
I noticed that sitting in a tightly closed office surrounded by monitors , CO2 was being trapped around me . I started testing with blood oxygen monitor and could reliably predict low blood O2 based on the above symptoms.
tl;dr keep your door and/or windows open and use a fan to circulate air into your desk area. It's very easy to reach high CO2 concentrations in a small room when you are surrounded closely with monitors (flat surfaces)
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#29Bifocals from Zenni. $39, stylish, get to brand them myself, and the lenses are better than my local boutique optician ever did at 40 times the price
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#30for me, ponying up for a calendaring solution - vimcal.com