Maybe it's just me but I don't like hanging things on my arms, it's uncomfortable and distracting.
Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)
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Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)
#202Can someone recommend something close to this but with a countdown timer? I use that a hell of a lot more than a stopwatch.
I love the G-Shock squares if you want to stay with casio. The solar charging one that syncs to atomic time automatically runs about $90 (Model: GWM5610-1). The battery powered, manually set time runs about $40 (Model: DW5600E-1V). They keep such good time, and the batteries last for over 5 years in most cases, and can swap out in a few minutes for a few bucks, that you'll have to decide if it's worth it. I also like…
My trusty DW5600E has been running for 9 years on its first battery.
Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)
#203The "cheap" Casios run on the fumes of their old fame and retro nostalgia. I'd say the modern day equivalent would be a $20 waterproof fitness band like a Xiaomi Mi Band. They are basically uncompetitive today, unlike they were initially. Here they are literally more expensive than a band with a color display, bluetooth and various sensors.
Only that your Bluetooth band needs to be charged several times a month.
Honestly I think I'm charging this band once a month. Which doesn't seem like such a hassle. Indeed, my Casio still runs with the original battery but it also has almost no features and was 3x as expensive than this band.
Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)
#204Large fraction of world population has not learned to express themselves trough mindless consumerism. Cheapest Casio is enough "It shows the same time as expensive watch."
Buying the cheapest Casio can also be a status signal, similar to the CEO of Goldman Sachs wearing a Swatch. Buying a truly cheap watch is a signal of 'I don't care' (which may be true, or may be affected), whereas getting into expensive watches can get very complicated. There's plenty of stories from investment banking about the signals that watches send, from my understanding people are more likely to poke fun at a…
Signalling is not problematic itself, it's the unnecessary cost of signalling.
Signalling with low price saves money and time. It's a good thing.
Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)
#205I bought a gshock about 16 years ago when going through military training - during the time I had two other watches stop working. The watch has been in some harsh conditions and has taking a beating, its worn down to the point you can no longer read the text captions, but you can still read the time perfectly, all functionality works, even the light, and its still on the original battery.
My main issue with G-Shocks is that the actual time digits are tiny in relation to the case size. Most of the face is covered with clutter.
I don't understand why all of these cheap watches have so much text shitting them up. I've already bought the watch, you don't need to sell it to me anymore!
Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)
#206Earlier quoted context omitted.
Historically USB chargers have consumed power when connected to the wall socket, even when not connected to a phone. Some phones have even displayed an alert "Disconnect power supply from wall to save energy" when you unplugged the USB cable from the phone. Do modern USB-C chargers suffer from the same drawback and so shouldn’t be left plugged in all the time?
I'll have to plug in a power meter to check, but I'd assume the ghost power draw is negligible.
It ends beings negligible, when you start to have 10 devices sipping 0.5-1W each.
Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)
#207These are great! For less than $10 each, I’ve bought a bunch of them and left them scattered around my apartment and various other places so I can always find a watch. If it’s starting to take me too long to find a watch then the watch density must be getting too low, so I order some more.
Another, but much cheaper trick is to always leave the alarm on: then you have around 10 seconds of chance every morning to find it, if not - then better luck next day!
Imagine the symphony of 50 Casios playing the same tune, scattered around the house :D
Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)
#208These are great! For less than $10 each, I’ve bought a bunch of them and left them scattered around my apartment and various other places so I can always find a watch. If it’s starting to take me too long to find a watch then the watch density must be getting too low, so I order some more.
I call this Object Saturation. I don't do it with watches, but I do it with charging cables, socks, and toothbrushes. (Of course, I avoid buying things, so I don't buy them.)
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Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)
#209Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've done this with laptop power bricks. I'm laying on my couch right now, with my laptop plugged into a brick perched permanently at the end thereof. There are two more at the table (sometimes work and personal laptop are up at the same time), and one on my nightstand, and one in the kitchen for when I'm using a recipe from online or just youtubing while cooking. All my old Thinkpad bricks with the gray round plug h…
I do this same thing, except now with USB-C chargers it's even better. Charge my laptop or my phone. There's some great charger bricks that go on sale for ~$10, so I have a lot of those.
> There's some great charger bricks that go on sale for ~$10, so I have a lot of those.
Is it against HN norms to put a specific recommendation here? I'd love to know some reliable chargers in that range.
Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)
#210Used to say I couldn't afford a watch I would wear. Then I got the modified F-91W ( https://n-o-d-e.shop/ ), now I wear a watch. Having a dumb watch gives me one more reason to leave my phone behind or off.
What do you do with the NFC tag in those watches?
I don’t have one in my watch, but I have used NFC tags to do lots of things. I have one in my car that turns my phone into car mode, opens maps and my podcast player. I have one on my nightstand that turns my phone silent for the night and turns off a bunch of smart lights around the house. So really, you can do whatever you want with them. It depends on your imagination and what would be useful to you.