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Re: Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022

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Post by bmelton »

stevekemp wrote: post #93

I'm gonna go against the grain here and list non-technical things! I bought some new plants for my home, which makes the place feel a lot nicer. I bought some outdoor-trousers - things that go on top of your jeans - when it is cold they keep me warm, and I can now roll around in the snow without getting wet as a nice bonus. (-10°C here today). That said it was only a couple of weeks ago that I came out of a sauna and…

By 'outdoor trousers' I assume you mean what hikers/backpackers/winter-folk would refer to as a 'hard shell?'

Just came back from an exceptionally cold vacation to Iceland and realized that despite years of backpacking and hiking in temperate weather, I knew not nearly enough about layering for truly cold weather.

Re: Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022

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Post by jdc0589 »

throw_pm23 wrote: post #52

Merino wool T-shirts. Cost about 30€ instead of previously used 3€ cotton T-shirts. Can wear one for about 3 weeks without washing, with no body odor. Much more pleasant to the skin, even for doing sports, driving, etc. Also, warm in winter, airy in summer. Plan to switch most clothing to merino wool.

I really loved mine, but I couldn't justify the cost for how long they last. Gonna check out the place you linked though, because thats a better price that second-hand icebreaker stuff, which is what I had been doing.

the 3 or 4 I have are pretty covered in holes now (no, not moths), I just keep them around for base layers during the winter.

Re: Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022

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Post by gh02t »

rgoulter wrote: post #237

I bought a trackball mouse. (Elecom Huge). I found that it ultimately ends up saving deskspace (since the device doesn't need space to move around). I found the device's size to be more comfortable for my hands than the small Logitech bluetooth mouse I was using.

Did you do the mod to replace the bearings with ceramic? I bought a Huge after seeing praise for it and was kinda underwhelmed with the experience out of box on the ruby bearings (they were sticky), but after doing the (trivial) mod to replace them with ceramics I really fell in love.

Re: Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022

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Post by spacedcowboy »

LandR wrote: post #239
Havoc wrote: post #146

Sodastream. Has significantly increased the amount of water i drink and conversely decreased other crap being drunk High end ricecooker ended up getting more use than expected. USB KVM style switch to change mouse/kyb over between work and personal device

My setup at home is 3 monitors, and I switch between a connected laptop (work), and my home desktop machine. IT means when I finish work I have to hit the switch to change input on each monitor (and with one setup vertically, it can be awkward, and one requires going through a menu, which is annoying). I also have to swap the USB dongles for keyboard and mouse from the laptop docking station to my desktop. Would a KV…

I too have 3 4k monitors at home (in the "office", which is really the shed at the bottom of the garden); all of them are linked to a work machine and my own Mac Studio.

It's not one button, it's 3, one per KVM, but yep - I just tap the button on each KVM (under the monitors) and the desktop changes, the mouse/keyboard work, and the other machine is up and running in front of me.

Even the webcam mounted to the monitor switches over - because it's not just mouse/keyboard, there's a couple of USB ports too.

One thing I'd recommend (because otherwise wiring gets unmanageable) is to bunch together the mouse, keyboard, video cables using some split-sheathing. I have an 8-way KVM for the main monitor (all ports used) and this makes it much easier to figure out what's going where.

Re: Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022

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Post by spacedcowboy »

albert_e wrote: post #187
Havoc wrote: post #146

Sodastream. Has significantly increased the amount of water i drink and conversely decreased other crap being drunk High end ricecooker ended up getting more use than expected. USB KVM style switch to change mouse/kyb over between work and personal device

do you mind sharing which KVM worked well for you? I also keep switching frequently and looking for something similar

I use ATEN. Expensive but excellent. And they do 4K well.

Re: Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022

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Post by LecroJS »

spaceman_2020 wrote: post #154

An air fryer. It’s really a badly marketed product. Its real utility isn’t that it uses less oil, but that it cooks incredibly fast. Essentially an oven on steroids. It’s made cooking so much easier. I usually toss some boneless chicken in with a light coating of soy sauce and cornflour. While the chicken cooks, I prep a basic Asian sauce on the stovetop. The chicken and the sauce are both done within 10-15 minutes.…

Any recommendations for one from OP or anyone else with one they’re pleased by?

Re: Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022

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Post by silverlake »

orzig wrote: post #44

A keyboard tray, that attached to my desk, I never realized how many of my frustrations were just the slightly awkward ergonomics of my keyboard being a few inches too high

I’m surprised keyboard trays aren’t more popular. I use a tenkeyless keyboard to bring the mouse closer, prevents awkward bending at the elbow. However, most trays require a long track attached under the desk. But most desks have support beams that get in the way.

Ergonomics: https://uhs.umich.edu/files/uhs/ergo.pdf

Re: Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022

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Post by nerdawson »

spaceman_2020 wrote: post #154

An air fryer. It’s really a badly marketed product. Its real utility isn’t that it uses less oil, but that it cooks incredibly fast. Essentially an oven on steroids. It’s made cooking so much easier. I usually toss some boneless chicken in with a light coating of soy sauce and cornflour. While the chicken cooks, I prep a basic Asian sauce on the stovetop. The chicken and the sauce are both done within 10-15 minutes.…

> It’s really a badly marketed product.

I think the marketing is really smart.

It's positioned as a new category of product. Oven on steroids won't sell because people already own ovens. It has to be a distinct appliance otherwise it's competing against a full sized oven. That's not the comparison you want a consumer to make.

Re: Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022

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Post by tibbon »

pharmakom wrote: post #11

- all matching socks. No more time spent pairing. - clothes drying racks that hook onto radiators. Reduces drying time and clothes crumpling - wired mechanical keyboard. Wired is simpler than wireless. Quality ones have n-key support - bicycle fenders - digital wrist watch so that I check my phone less.

I made all the clothes hangers in my house match. A simple change, but it felt so much better and more organized.
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