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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 vertis »

pannSun wrote: post #86
vertis wrote: post #6

It wasn't 2022, but 2020 when my SO got femtolasik (of all places in Estonia). €1700 and a couple of days of discomfort. It's not surgical so the recovery is speedy. Such a massive quality of life improvement as an outside observer (and by her own account as well). The procedure is quite fast, circa 10 minutes, and of course meetings before and after to determine suitability and post procedure care.

It doesn't involve any cutting into the eye, as with regular lasik, just laser?

That's correct no cutting into the eye(s).

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Post by bwb »

duncanc4 wrote: post #65

Steam Deck. I got it to replace playing games on an Intel Mac, as Mac has become a worse platform for gaming (32bit dropped, OpenGL deprecated, no Vulkan support, and now developers would have to support Apple Silicon). The plan was to use it mainly in desktop mode, but it has been really amazing for handheld gaming, that I game more on the couch and in bed with it than as a desktop. Also Proton works really well and…

What do you play on it btw?

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Post by hobotime »

ughitsaaron wrote: post #61

My Celestron NexStar SE6. Initially, I felt nervous about such a big purchase for a hobby that I was still only exploring (especially living in NYC). Even though I have yet to capture a really good photo of Jupiter or Saturn (I’ll get there eventually), it’s really been worth it. It’s given my wife and I a really good excuse to get out of the city regularly (we were married last August, though a wedding doesn’t seem…

A good solar filer will let you see sunspots up really close. It's sounds silly, but the sun itself is fascinating.

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Post by fold3 »

Active noise cancelling earphones.

It's actually not a gimmick at all and perfectly safe and healthy. Passive earphones that have strong isolation like the Etymotics are just not comfortable for me and the isolation doesn't work as well with bass which can be incredibly irritating in some situations.

I'm just annoyed at the disposable aspect of the object. Theses rarely last longer than a couple of years from what I understood.

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Post by karmakaze »

Not driving my car has got to be the biggest improvement to my life. I walk to nearby shops and take an Uber or public transit for longer trips. This more than makes up for the passive exercise that I'd lost when started WfH.

A 60W gallium nitride (GaN) dual USB charger--it's tiny and charges practically/everything I own.

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Post by prawn »

synergyS wrote: post #8
prawn wrote: post #7

Cordless leaf blower. I derive a lot of personal peace from seeing my backyard in order. The corded blower I had was painful enough to use that I always put it off and spent more time than necessary looking at mess. Also switched from using a hiking backpack to a $350 camera bag for my drone/camera gear. Keeps everything in order (3 drones, DSLR, 14 batteries, action cameras etc) and is much more satisfying and quick…

U got 3 drones? I guess that is for professional use?

I have 5 but carry 3 on most shoots.

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Post by karmakaze »

nathell wrote: post #10

A GPD Micro PC: https://blog.danieljanus.pl/2022/08/18/i-love-my-gpd-micro-p...

I looked at these a while back. Really like what they've done with the mouse pad and keyboard layout. I could tolerate a slightly larger screen sacrificing some portability for readability and key spacing.
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