Microsoft Modern Webcam - $50 and the image quality is great.
3M WR209 Wrist rest - $20
Logitech M310 Mouse - $20
Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?
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#42Pocket operators are really fun to play with when you need a break from work.
Wow that looks like a cool purchase
are they fun to play with like do you get to create your own beats
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#44A nice tea kettle where the temperature is adjustable.
What's it for? It's always better to boil water for tea for hygienical purposes, no?
Some teas steep at less than boiling temperature. And I imagine the tea itself may have more risk of microbes depending on how it is stored, and that the temperature drops way below boiling almost immediately upon pouring out.
I wonder if any studies have been done on this....
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#45Bidet
Weighted blanket
Shoehorn
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#46For work: Vertical Ergonomic Optical Mouse, Anti fatigue mat For home: Bidet For personal: Kindle
How's your experience has been with the mouse
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#47Sleep buds (flat earbuds you can lie comfortably in). Mine were dirt cheap ones built in to sleeping mask off eBay. Def helped my sleep patterns when I started using Audible on a 30 minute sleep timer with them.
Kindle. Reawakened my inner book-worm many years ago. Library in a pocket. Don't use it so much tho since Audible.
Good quality (sturdy and high lumen) compact tactical torch.
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#48I feel like I get a ton of value out of a cheap VPS.
Just having a dedicated IP I can serve small and dumb things from has been fantastic, doubly so now that LLMs can do most of the driving.
https://lowendbox.com/ has a ton of providers, but I personally use vultr (no high or low praise for vultr, but they've been solid and cheap).
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#50Smartwool shirt and socks. no odor absorption so ability to wear without daily washing. Good thermal regulation as well.
+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.