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Re: Ask HN: What are your best purchases in 2020?

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Remarkable Tablet. It has allowed my save paper and definitely worth buying it. It just makes things so much easier such as taking handwritten notes and sharing it

I'm thinking of buying it for my girlfriend who's a biologist and uses a lot of paper. What are the pros and cons in your experience..?

Re: Ask HN: What are your best purchases in 2020?

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1) Flexispot standing desk & standing desk monitor arm

2) Wobble stool for the in-between standing and sitting height at my standing desk.

Between 1 & 2 my back health is so much better it is hard to believe. My old home office furniture was horrible. Best investment I made early in the 9+ months now working from home.

3) Elektron Model:Cycles FM Synth. Making happy bleep bloops.

4) Almost to the front of the line to order a Concept 2 Model D rowing machine to lose my 'covid 19' pounds I've gained whilst isolating - set to order on Dec 30.

Re: Ask HN: What are your best purchases in 2020?

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Boox Max 3, 13.3" eInk tablet. Bought just before the pandemic started and has been super useful in reader PDFs and writing notes, and even attending zoom calls(!) without any eye strain.

That looks amazing, but for 6x the time of Kindle, and roughly the same price as a good graphics card, it's a definite NO for me.

Re: Ask HN: What are your best purchases in 2020?

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post #3

Remarkable Tablet. It has allowed my save paper and definitely worth buying it. It just makes things so much easier such as taking handwritten notes and sharing it

I'm thinking of buying it for my girlfriend who's a biologist and uses a lot of paper. What are the pros and cons in your experience..?

If she uses paper and is happy with that system, I would honestly suggest /not/ getting her a remarkable unless she specifically says she wants it.

Digital notes are totally different than writing on paper.

Re: Ask HN: What are your best purchases in 2020?

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post #10

Boox Max 3, 13.3" eInk tablet. Bought just before the pandemic started and has been super useful in reader PDFs and writing notes, and even attending zoom calls(!) without any eye strain.

That looks amazing, but for 6x the time of Kindle, and roughly the same price as a good graphics card, it's a definite NO for me.

Depends on your needs. I am an academic and spend a large part of my day reading math heavy papers and taking notes as I read. A large screen eink tablet is more useful to me than a good graphics card :-)

Re: Ask HN: What are your best purchases in 2020?

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Oculus Quest 2. It makes VR portable and accessible to normies, and allows you to connect to desktop if you so desire.

Also, guns. I'd never shot a gun before this year, and now I own a bunch. They're tight.

And an XSR700. Moved to Colorado this year, and the is no comparable way to taking in nature than riding a motorcycle. It wasn't my first bike, but it did reinvigorate me.

Subnautica. If you haven't played, you should.

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