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[1]: https://www.alza.cz/sport/sharp-shaper-spiral-push-up-bar-d5...
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https://youtubetranscript.com/?v=_rBO8neWw04&t=538 The video pretty much says “use detergent in both pre-wash and wash receptacles”. Using the pods makes this hard. Using powder lets you do this easily yourself. That’s pretty much it.
Aren't there tablets made of two layers, one which dissolves during prewash, and the other mostly during wash? I mean the two-colored ones.
Also, the prewash happens in a cycle, where the soap holder isn’t opened.
A self-emptying Roomba. It's unreal how much time this has saved our family. Well worth the money, and it's been going strong for years now.
And these features trickle down into low-end models quite quickly! 3-4 years ago a bot with LIDAR mapping, no-go zones, self-empty and 2-in-1 mopping were all quite expensive. Now you can get a good bot with those features for $500-ish from the midrange lines of these vendors. Watching the market feels a little like PC graphics in the early 2010s when vendors would release something twice as good every year for half the price.
Although, a Chinese friend of mine recommended I wait for a later high-end model, which supposedly allows the docking station to connect directly to water/sewage lines and avoid dealing with bags & refills (other than air filters) entirely.
A self-emptying Roomba. It's unreal how much time this has saved our family. Well worth the money, and it's been going strong for years now.
I feel like you have to design your lifestyle with a Roomba in mind. For example, we have a hard floors in a single story flat. Perfect for a Roomba. But we also have a few area rugs with tassels on the ends. It would get snagged on the tassels so I would have to run around and collect the rugs before running the Roomba. Now I don't even bother; it just sits there charging because I can't trust it to run unsupervised…
I got a Ecovacs N8 w/ docking station (~$500 on sale) [1] and trust it to stay away from small/thin no-go zones quite precisely
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Wait till you get a 32 inch 4k one. I am shocked a lot of IT professionals still use 1080p when the above can be found for as low as 250 usd with discounts
Which ones?
I have the slightly better version of this. The only major difference is the stand AFAIK - but if you have multiple monitors you might as well get a good VESA mount to arrange them while keeping your desk clear.
The Apple Watch surprised me in how much awareness of my health it generated - mainly how much and what quality sleep I was getting, but also other general signals. It helped me pay more attention and make some good health improvements. Presumably any other smart watch offers similar benefits.
Ebook readers - I've been using them for years, and recent models with flat bezels are very much designed to break, but it makes reading electronic documents so much nicer than bright backlit screens. I've resigned myself to buying a new one every year until the technology comes out of patent and readers get nice unbreakable screens like modern cellphones.
Retractable metal poker - got this off Amazon for my weed paraphernalia, listed as a metal toothpick. It's incredibly useful and has saved my ass countless times. Need to poke that reset button? Scrape some gunk out of a USB port? Clean your nails? It's good for everything except picking your teeth, which is just unnerving.
Fridge-magnet box opener - not really a game-changer, but very convenient!
It was meant to be a Moleskine replacement. I draw a lot but I can't carry all sorts of pencils with me.
I made it a dedicated drawing and reading device. No notifications, no emails, etc.
Holy moly is it good. Procreate and Notability are incredible apps. Having different pens, layers and an undo button is fantastic. It replaced the paper pad next to my computer, as well as my Moleskine.
The size is perfect. I carry that thing everywhere. I rarely leave the house without it.
The best part is that it asks nothing of me. It never bothers me or does things worse than what it replaces.
Oh and fully committing to USB-C. It saves a lot of luggage space, and everything is a power bank.
The Apple Watch surprised me in how much awareness of my health it generated - mainly how much and what quality sleep I was getting, but also other general signals. It helped me pay more attention and make some good health improvements. Presumably any other smart watch offers similar benefits.
Battery lasts about 2 weeks which is impressive.