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What things did you purchase that enhanced the quality of your life in 2022?

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Re: What things did you purchase that enhanced the quality of your life in 2022?

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Post by jansan »

usrusr wrote: post #98
jansan wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I bought a hand cranked coffee grinder several years ago. After a while I got a little annoyed by the work it took to grind some coffee, so I made an adapter for my cordless drill. This made grinding coffee a lot easier when I needed a quick cup of coffee.

Hey, don't tempt me into buying a cordless drill! (I really like that approach of extending the utility of that device, but I think I can resist)

There's nothing like the face of your friends when you pull out your Makita drill, connect it to the top of your vintage style coffee grinder and start grinding at 200rpm. This alone is worth purchasing a cordless drill (the bigger the better).

Re: What things did you purchase that enhanced the quality of your life in 2022?

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Post by ivansavz »

agomez314 wrote: post #49

A Home Gym - got a new squat rack, a used set of bars and weight plates and an incline chair and it's a game-changer for my physical and mental health. I can just go downstairs and go at it! Getting twinkle lights to add warmth to our house in the cold, cloudy winter months of Pittsburgh - noticeable change in moods for our family where it doesn't feel depressive all the time but instead conducive to reading and stud…

+1 for twinkle lights. It's getting dark very early these days (Canada) and I was not feeling very productive after sundown. Why would I go back to my desk? But then I added a $12 christmas lights set all around the walls, and now looking forward to evening sessions. The ratio of joy per dollar is amazing!

(No twinkling though; just steady state on)

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Post by greenyoda »

FiReaNG3L wrote: post #40

CO2 meter - small appartment, both of us working from home since COVID, windows shut at all times because of air quality / heating, found out we were living at very high average CO2 levels, instant fix for weird mental fatigue opening the windows whenever the levels are too high.

Do you have a model that you can recommend?

Re: What things did you purchase that enhanced the quality of your life in 2022?

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Post by arepublicadoceu »

gpetukhov wrote: post #3

1Password password manager. The single best purchase. Should've done it earlier.

On that note: my best “purchase” was moving from 1password to bitwarden. Every interaction I had with 1password support over the years left a sour taste in my mouth. It was gaslighting in the purest corporate sense.

I finally broke the shackles and moved to bitwarden. Now I’m paying 10 usd for their premium service and that’s because I want to support the product. I don’t even use or care about any of their premium features.

Re: What things did you purchase that enhanced the quality of your life in 2022?

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Post by danuker »

hackerman123469 wrote: post #26
danuker wrote: post #21

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LastPass was broken into this year. I will never use an online password manager. I use and recommend KeePassXC.

The passwords in LastPass were still kept safe and the breach could never impact that because of how it's stored.

When cloud suppliers can update the proprietary software at will, there is no guarantee they won't add a parallel sync mechanism that is not E2EE.

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Post by fallinghawks »

I've been struggling with insomnia for a couple years now and discovered sleep podcasts. They're typically people reading stories or talking for anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour or so. They've truly helped me get back to sleep easily when I wake up in the middle of the night. Also bought a pair of Bluetooth headphones in a headband. I had to add a little foam for better cushioning. Another unexpectedly helpful item was covering the top of my head with a small blanket.

Re: What things did you purchase that enhanced the quality of your life in 2022?

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Post by TeMPOraL »

simonsquiff wrote: post #92
thiht wrote: post #87

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You should not use boiling water for tea as it will burn the leaves. It’s good for herbal tea and infusions but not for tea. As a rule of thumb, you should never go over 80°C for green tea (preferably 75°C), or 90°C for black tea. If the instructions on your tea say 100°C, it’s either not tea, or very bad quality « leaves » (more like scraps)

Black tea is what most of us kettle owning Brits drink, and apparently 100c is what you want. In fact it's a selling point of some boiling water taps that do true 100c rather than 98c of competitors https://www.billi-uk.com/perfect-temperature-hot-cold-drinks...

I don't know what you should or should not do, but I can tell you this: I drink black tea a lot, and I can easily tell whether one was made with water taken straight from the electric kettle after it automatically disengages, vs. one minute later, vs. from "hot" water from a coffee machine or a watercooler. The first one - straight after it finished boiling - is what tastes best to me.

Re: What things did you purchase that enhanced the quality of your life in 2022?

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Post by lapaz17 »

mschild wrote: post #16

Water filter for my tea water. Our local water is quite hard and there is a stark taste difference. Walking treadmill for my desk. Usually sit all day and would then try to get in some movement in the evening. I now walk around 7k steps during meetings and other non-focus periods of my work. Also great when playing some games in the evening. Setup Homeassistant paired with smart wall plugs which measure usage and tur…

Beware, treadmill is harmful in the long run.

Re: What things did you purchase that enhanced the quality of your life in 2022?

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Post by MitPitt »

lapaz17 wrote: post #109
mschild wrote: post #16

Water filter for my tea water. Our local water is quite hard and there is a stark taste difference. Walking treadmill for my desk. Usually sit all day and would then try to get in some movement in the evening. I now walk around 7k steps during meetings and other non-focus periods of my work. Also great when playing some games in the evening. Setup Homeassistant paired with smart wall plugs which measure usage and tur…

Beware, treadmill is harmful in the long run.

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