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Re: Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?

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Post by LUmBULtERA »

Gazoche wrote: post #166

* A USB KVM that lets me share my keyboard/mouse/webcam between my two computers (work and personal), and switch at the press of a button. * One of those IKEA wall-mounted grate things (SKÅDIS) that you can hang stuff to. IKEA sells hooks for it that turn out to be the perfect size to hold a PS4 controller securely, plus various boxes and mini-shelves that have helped declutter my desk. * A cheap bluetooth-connected…

Ikea's new matter over thread temperature/humidity sensor has been pretty great for me so far. For $10, it has a nice pixel display that turns on with you press it, and it paired very fast and easily to HomeKit for me. The standard AAA battery will probably last a long time using Thread -- we'll see.

Re: Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?

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Post by ricardolive »

Claude Code Pro ($200, but worth every penny), Tech Talks Weekly Plus, Pragmatic Engineer subscriptions.

Vertical ergonomic mouse (Logitech Lift in my case). My wrist pain disappeared within a few weeks after years of problems (knock on wood).

Kindle Paperwhite (used for Drowsy silk sleep mask. It's truly a "buy it for life" item, and it's made a huge difference in my sleep quality.

Re: Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?

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Post by andyjohnson0 »

Soundcore Liberty 5 noise-cancelling wireless earbuds. £75, so $100ish.

Saved my sanity when the infrastructure team decided to set-up a rack mount server in my office "just for a few days, honestly" and I spent two weeks listening to the system fan spooling up every (count them) seventy five seconds. The sound quality is pretty good too.

Re: Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?

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Post by mr_o47 »

coffeecoders wrote: post #121
mr_o47 wrote: post #46

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How's your experience has been with the mouse

It's been fantastic. The mouse puts my hand in a natural "handshake" position, which has cut down on the wrist strain I used to get after long hours of work or browsing. I'd highly recommend giving it a shot.

thanks for the review I will definitely try it. I have hesitated to buy those since they are very huge

Re: Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?

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Post by Tomte »

rurp wrote: post #197
LeafItAlone wrote: post #126

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I’ve tried most of the coffee making tools and fads, including the above mentioned recipe. I’ve spent thousands and hours and hours of time chasing the feeling others like you describe. It was so easy for me to go back to a cheap drip coffee maker and pre-ground coffee. I realized that I’ll never appreciate the flavors and process as much as the investment would call for.

My dad is adamant that coffee beans should only be ground right before use because the resulting coffee tastes so much better. I, on the other hand, can't taste a bit of difference; there's no way I could pick out the pre-ground coffee in a blind taste test.

Me too. I actually bought a selection of freshly roasted beans from a local roaster, and when I came back I said that I could not distinguish the Peruvian one from the somewhere else one. The roaster was shocked.

I‘d love to have better taste, but I‘m saving so much money, I do not really care.

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Post by daemonologist »

ortusdux wrote: post #50
jjcm wrote: post #35

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+1 to wool undergarments. I prefer Unbound Merino to Smartwool for shirts, though Smartwool's socks are better than Unbound.

How do Darn Toughs compare? I've managed to wear through 8 pairs of costco wool socks without loosing any, so the idea of a lifetime warranty sounds promising.

They last longer than the others (though I have still put holes in many pairs) and as mentioned have the warranty. I prefer the fit of Smartwool but still wear almost exclusively Darn Tough for the durability.
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