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Ask HN: I have $1200 to spend on gadgets, what should I buy?

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Re: Ask HN: I have $1200 to spend on gadgets, what should I buy?

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Post by fmax30 »

jacquesm wrote: post #6

Save it for when you need it. Donate it to Watsi. Whatever you feel like but don't buy crap you apparently don't need.

i have saved up 1000$ to buy gaming consoles and equipment (LCDs, Leap motion , games etc). But it is mainly due to the fact that before becoming a professional i was never able to afford the latest consoles and games :P.

Re: Ask HN: I have $1200 to spend on gadgets, what should I buy?

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Post by digitalnomad »

argonaut wrote: post #15
mosselman wrote: post #12

A course on 'stop being an insensitive douche', that is probably where you should start. We have had posts about helping Syrian developers get jobs outside of Syria, people hit hard by economic crisis, people dying. But you don't care, you want to waste $1200 on crap you don't need. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fight_club/quotes/#quote_386... This is an international place to share news about technology and how it…

No. Just no. HN is a forum for hackers to talk and discuss anything that interests them, which may very well include the latest cool gadgets someone wants to buy. In fact, HN guidelines specifically say: Off-Topic: Most stories about politics . HN is not the zero-sum, channel of communication-most-important that you think it is. This is not a zero-sum game. HN is not a place where you badger other people for talking…

Absolutely agreed with Argonaut ^^

Re: Ask HN: I have $1200 to spend on gadgets, what should I buy?

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Post by corporalagumbo »

If it was me, it'd be a toss-up between a combination of: eReader, tablet, and a Nexus 4. Items to increase my learning efficiency (eReader/tablet) and productivity (Nexus 4).

And I would wait til October for the new Paperwhite and probably the new Kobo Arc.

Also I would want to put about 10-20% away into some sort of investment fund unless there were some items that offered a serious short-term productivity increase the money could rather go to. Just a general rule.

Re: Ask HN: I have $1200 to spend on gadgets, what should I buy?

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Post by jacquesm »

fmax30 wrote: post #21
jacquesm wrote: post #6

Save it for when you need it. Donate it to Watsi. Whatever you feel like but don't buy crap you apparently don't need.

i have saved up 1000$ to buy gaming consoles and equipment (LCDs, Leap motion , games etc). But it is mainly due to the fact that before becoming a professional i was never able to afford the latest consoles and games :P.

Savings: something you don't need when you have it and that you won't have when you need it.

Re: Ask HN: I have $1200 to spend on gadgets, what should I buy?

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Post by jacquesm »

mosselman wrote: post #12

A course on 'stop being an insensitive douche', that is probably where you should start. We have had posts about helping Syrian developers get jobs outside of Syria, people hit hard by economic crisis, people dying. But you don't care, you want to waste $1200 on crap you don't need. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fight_club/quotes/#quote_386... This is an international place to share news about technology and how it…

> A course on 'stop being an insensitive douche', that is probably where you should start.

I hope you're not an example of their alumni.

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