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Re: Tell HN: Toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and now web cams

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Post by post_break »

flanbiscuit wrote: post #160
post_break wrote: post #147

Also bidets, nintendo switches, instant yeast, powdered milk, etc. I actually snagged some wine yeast on amazon and I'm on my third loaf of bread. Bidet was the best "waste of money" I have spent in a long time. My TP usage has been slashed.

yeah i finally got on the bidet (attachment) wagon and the ones I wanted on Amazon were sold out (the were the top sellers). I ended up ordering from a company that did not sell on Amazon and was cheaper than a Tushy. (Tushy has since lowered their price but it's still slightly more expensive) https://myomigo.com/products/element Has not arrived yet so I can not say if I recommend it yet or not but from the research…

I got a $35 one on amazon before it doubles in price and then sold out. It’s a knob with power, woman mode, and clean mode. It’s about the cheapest thing ever and the wife laughed at first but now she uses it. I honestly get sad when I forget to use it lol.

Re: Tell HN: Toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and now web cams

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Post by erikig »

smoyer wrote: post #306

WebCams were actually quite scarce in early March ... I looked everywhere on-line as well as quite a few physical locations.

So were headsets - while most people were stocking up on toilet paper, it seems companies were buying all the Logitech H390s they could get their hands on.

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Post by tetek »

fab1an wrote: post #151

It's incredibly annoying that you can't use your APPLE iPhone camera as a webcam for your APPLE Macbook, but instead are forced to use the atrociously terrible cam that comes with the Macbook. I've tried workarounds using the excellent OSB, but there's currently no software that let's you reroute video on a Mac (like Loopback does for audio) EDIT: I stand corrected, as user wolfhumble points out below, EpocCam seems…

you can install AirServer that will basically make appletv from your Mac, and then stream from phone over airplay.

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Post by foofoo4u »

Rafuino wrote: post #312

I've been looking for a C290s for a couple months now, which sell regularly for $70 or less. They're now on Craigslist for $140+, and on Amazon for $200+. Can we enforce price gouging on private sellers?

Enforcement by what means? By law? If so, then I would advise against that, given price controls lead to shortages[1][2] and is generally not accepted by economists[3].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_controls#Criticism [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_gouging#Opposition_to_la... [3]: https://economics.stackexchange.com/a/34439/27218

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Post by Spivak »

ghaff wrote: post #296
timonoko wrote: post #155

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Never even heard of "sourdough starter". I use them small dry-yeast packets from Lidl. The point is that human shit and saliva are the surest way start right kind of fermentation of moonshine and hooch if approved products are not available. E-coli and other critters die anyways in the anaerobic process or in the oven. BTW. My "local bakery" is probably in Estonia. In another country that is. Wider Helsinki area is u…

Starters from wild yeast has been how bread was made for thousands of years prior to the introduction of commercial yeast relatively recently. (And, of course, sourdough starters are still used to make sourdough bread.)

Yeah but you’re not a true artisan bread maker unless your starter descended from the first bread makers in ancient Mesopotamia.

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Post by Obi_Juan_Kenobi »

throwaway55554 wrote: post #289
MisterTea wrote: post #162

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A few friends switch to bidets a while ago and wont look back. Personally I just jump in the shower if it's that bad.

I'm particularly hairy down there (not trying to be gross), so I often worry a bidet would just make a mess a wet mess.

Get some cheap clippers, use the ~#2 guard, and deforest that shit.

Crack hair is useful for a lot of things, keeping skin from rubbing, fart silencing, sweat management, etc. But you only need a bit of hair for that to work. 80% of the length can be removed with no ill effect, but dramatic improvement in general cleanliness and comfort.

Re: Tell HN: Toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and now web cams

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Post by jamieweb »

Why would you want a video feed anyway? If you're just having a talking meeting, I don't really need to see your face, and also don't want you to see mine.

Edit: Maybe I'm antisocial, but I have talking meetings all of the time with people I know well, but never feel the need for video.

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Post by tacon »

DangitBobby wrote: post #215
ivankirigin wrote: post #208

Why shouldn’t the price increase with a supply chain disruption and demand boom? Would you prefer a shortage with no incentive to increase production?

If I used to produce 100 units per month because that's how many I could sell, but now I know I can sell 10000 units per month, that is incentive enough to increase production. Notice here that raising the price is not at all required to increase profits. It's just something companies tend to do because they know they can get away with it in high demand markets. And since raising prices to increase profits is not nec…

>that is incentive enough to increase production

Alas, the world is rather more complicated than that. Case in point, this Dallas surgical mask factory that is not running overtime, because the hospitals screwed him over last emergency, and he almost went out of business:

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/watchdog/2020/04/03/if-you-i...

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Post by organsnyder »

pmoriarty wrote: post #269
organsnyder wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's been an article floating around that posits that the same thing is happening with toilet paper: plenty of "institutional" product is available (since many businesses are closed), but not "home" product (since people are not only hoarding but also using the restroom at home more).

Why hasn't this institutional supply been redirected to the consumer market? Same question regarding all the food normally sold to restaurants and companies that are now closed.

First of all, consumer preferences remain different. And some products (such as bigger rolls designed for specific dispensers) aren't ideal. More importantly, the supply chain and delivery models are very different. Retailers don't have arrangements with institutional suppliers, packaging is different (quantities, SKUs, etc.), and—most importantly, I think—everyone is scrambling and operating at reduced organizational capacity, so it's just plain hard.
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