a weighted blanket. now i sleep like a baby :)
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Ask HN: What tiny purchases have disproportionately improved your life?
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#12Varying length of phone charging cables.
Bought a couple of bundles of iPhone charging cables from Amazon that were 3ft/6ft/10ft in length with charging attachment from my old iPhones.
It's such a great feeling to use the phone from any part of my place without having to worry about length of the cable.
I keep a couple of the longer cables in my car too just in case someone wants to charge on a long trip.
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#13A vacuum insulated water bottle. It reminds me to drink more water and it stays cold the entire day.
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#14What a great question! * A very long USB-C cable from an Apple store. I get jealous looks when I break it out to charge my phone. * Scented candles from Aldi. It's such a quality of life boost to have the place smelling nice. They last ages and cost nothing. * A creme brulee hand blowtorch. Surprisingly useful! Excellent for lighting aforementioned candles instantly, without burning your knuckles. * A real P3 respira…
> Scented candles
Generally candles emit fine particulates which is unhealthy.
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#15A dedicated tool created to cut through cardboard boxes, roughly $20-30. When you have gigantic boxes to break down, using a straightedge or knife isn't going to "cut" it. Saves a LOT of time for me as it's significantly faster to use. Using cooking vinegar in place of liquid softener in the clothes washer to remove moldy / gym sock smell from the drum and clothes. Only need to apply once every few washes and is less…
Can you share the name of the tool for cardboard boxes? I would love to buy, I've damaged many surfaces trying to cut down a box using a box cutter.
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#16a phone case wallet, I love having one less thing in my pockets back in the day it used to be 1) phone 2) small digital camera 3) keys 4) wallet Now it's just phone & keys. Lovely!
Link? I'm curious to see what yours looks like.
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#17this isn't super cheap, but relative to the competing products, it is very cheap - A 43" 4K monitor from TCL is ~$300 (they used to be like $220, but I think a new model has supports 120Hz instead of just 60Hz). It's the equivalent of having 4, 23" 1080p monitors, all smooshed together with no bezel. You can see sooo much. It's not as high of a dpi, but I switched to it from a 39" ultra curved widescreen that was ove…
> I can actually find what I need so much quicker instead of trying to trace a single black cable through the rat's nest.
Another way I've solved this with standard black wires is to get multi-color tape and then put tape around both ends of the wire. You can get a 10 pack of assorted colors for like $10. It's handy if you have a rats nest of black computer wires.
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#18Mail processor. I spend $20/month, they receive all of my mail, open it, and digitize it. They discard the junk mail if I want. I never have to visit a mailbox again. I can even register it as my address on my driver's license and for my vehicles. EDIT: The service I use is https://www.sbimailservice.com/ .
Can you share the mail processor that you use? Or how you went about finding one?
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#19A Koshi chime. It makes a simply lovely sound.
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#20What a great question! * A very long USB-C cable from an Apple store. I get jealous looks when I break it out to charge my phone. * Scented candles from Aldi. It's such a quality of life boost to have the place smelling nice. They last ages and cost nothing. * A creme brulee hand blowtorch. Surprisingly useful! Excellent for lighting aforementioned candles instantly, without burning your knuckles. * A real P3 respira…
> Scented candles Generally candles emit fine particulates which is unhealthy.
If you're really concerned, just use a candle snuffer to blow it out and don't huff the fumes