I bought an Axe: Council Tool Wood Craft.
Ask HN: What did you buy or considering buying this Black Friday?
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#42I went on slickdeals.net to see if there was anything worth picking up and I was interested to see that a lot of the “most popular deals” were actually various discounts for services or digital goods. The rest were deals for smallish electronics accessories (chargers and such). It’s possible that website has built a profile on me and was showing me what it thinks I’m already interested in, but nonetheless it struck me that people don’t really go after material goods the same way they used to. Perhaps “Black Friday” doesn’t really work when there isn’t the opportunity to upsell on other items after the person is already at the physical store.
I also went to Costco to pick up regular food type stuff and was surprised to see it relatively empty (I expected to have to do battle over my 2 dozen eggs and etc). Even employees seemed to be surprised at the low turnout. Free alpha on consumer sentiment I guess?
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#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
haha, I don't know what peristaltic is, but I'm happy for you!
It's basically a rubber hose, and rollers that squeeze the hose to push liquids through. The motor runs the rollers. Also means that the liquids don't touch the motor.
Very common in medical equipment that works with blood in fact
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#44I bought a new splitting axe, because my hatchet wasn't quite enough to keep up with the wood needs camping in the mountains during winter.
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#45A really bright LED light (190W) to help with winter and spending so much time indoors working.
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#46Samsung frame TV, they're about 33% off this week from the typical price. I know it has mixed reviews with the tech crowd but everyone I know that's gotten one for primarily aesthetic reasons loves it. I have an open floor plan apartment with not a ton of wall space, so I'm optimistic it will be a good way to have a TV when needed without making the TV such a focal point of the room. I'm also looking forward to getti…
it's a nice TV, though I prefer the video quality of LG screens. Samsung's tv OS though is better than LG's in general, although it could be much better. Enjoy it :-)
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#47A waffle maker! I like waffles but I can’t make them at home — an obvious shortcoming :(. Please share recommendations!
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#48New WiFi 6 router bc my previous one was about 6 years old and started crashing
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#49> I'm personally considering pulling the trigger on the 15' Macbook Air M2 to replace my current 15' Macbook Pro Intel
I made this jump when the M2 MBA came out. It’s amazing. The only thing you’ll miss about the Intel MBP is the built-in white noise generator.
This year, I bought some GaN bricks and USB-C cables. Prices were somewhat better than normal but not amazing.
One trick for getting more out of Black Friday is stacking an Amex offer (I used a $20 off $100 at Untuckit) with retailers’ sale pricing.
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#50Rice cooker.
are those better than an electric pressure cooker?