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Ask HN: What are your best purchases in 2020?

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

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1) Valve Index. I had been waiting since the original Oculus for VR to be ready-ish, and I’m glad I hopped in now

2) Affinity Photo and Designer. I rarely use them, not enough to throw money at Adobe and they’re good!

3) iPhone 12. The 6S was more or less broken

4) A libro.fm subscription to get away from Audible

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Fun: Rossignol black ops gamer 118 skis. They shred. Coffee: Kalita 185 pour over coffee maker. Inexpensive, high quality coffee. Also the porlex mini burr grinder. Software: IntelliJ Ultimate/Clion for rust dev. Historically a VS Code guy but jetbrains products are great when you have enough horse power to run them. Speakers: UE mega boom 3. Waterproof & great sound. Book: Victor Frankls man’s search for meaning. Fo…

Kästle TX93 skis, and no mountains open nearby to try them.

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

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Microwave with air frying functionality from Samsung. It’s really, really convenient. Making gratin without preheating is a game changer.

Robot vacuum cleaner. Going for a run and starting the cleaner midrun is quite nice. From cleaning every three weeks to twice a week helps my nose.

Apple Watch, using it instead of the phone cut my phone addiction in half. You can’t be addicted by the watch and it has Spotify, calls and maps, so I never worry about leaving the phone at home. Also makes family time more social.

All these products I was skeptical about first (this is just a toy...) but I’m actually using them heavily!

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

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Or he could gift it and return it if she isn't happy

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

#39
1) Unlimited LTE plan. Allowed us to work from our sailboat for the five summer months of the Covid lockdown, and will likely provide for the same next year (I'm not assuming going back to the office anytime soon)

2) Pressure cooker. Since we're cooking every day now, this makes a lot of meals faster and easier. Saves a lot of fuel when cooking on the boat as well

3) Pantry full of shelf-stable foods. We test-provisioned for longer boat trips at home last winter, which was suddenly extremely useful when Covid hit and panic buying emptied shelves in stores.

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

#40
Eero 3-pack (mesh wifi system). A used Macbook Air from ~2014. A piano. A shirt of decent quality. A good pair of sandals. Another linen dishcloth for the kitchen.

I can’t remember if I bought any new software this year, but I still pay every year for Evernote. Despite its warts I get lots of use from it.

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