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

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And gym at home equipment is completely sold out, at least here in Spain, except the very expensive.

Yeah, weight plates selling for $3-4 per pound. Usually less than $1. Can sell a few plates to recoop home gym. Strange times.

There's the old fashioned way of buying a calf and carrying it around all day. As it grows, you grow strong like bull.

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

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You can make your own yeast: https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/31/21199708/yeast-diy-baking...

You can do this and wait for days and pray you have not created some nasty poisonous culture. Or you can use human gut microbes to generate instant safe yeast.

“Human gut microbes” is a very broad category that also includes e-coli.

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

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Look no further than simple headsets. Wanted to have a light, cheap one from Sennheiser (one of those for 20 €) for homeoffice use. Sold out on Amazon. Estimated delivery mid or late May. And it's like that for all the inexpensive "business headphones". If you want some shiny-blinky-bulky-"gamer headset", Amazon will be happy to send you a dozen till tomorrow morning. It's crazy.

Just wear a gamer headset then.

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

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Monoprice is your friend. Single motors (cheaper) are OOS but dual motors and hand cranks are still available. Couldn't be happier with the dual motor I bought a few weeks ago.

Wouldn't the exercise from a hand crank be part of the point to a standing desk? I had an adjustable drafting table when I worked at Boeing and it never occurred to me that it needed a motor.

The harder it is to switch between heights, the greater the risk the user will leave the desk in the sitting position 24/7 rather than alternating between standing and sitting.

Of course, if the user doesn't need to regularly change between sitting and standing, that might not matter.

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

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can make your own yeast: https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/31/21199708/yeast-diy-baking...

Yeah, I know. But it doesn’t seem worth it to buy a kg of flour just to make yeast for a single recipe ;)

Also in germany, you don't need 1kg, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n9yh5lDvts

I did this last weekend and made a pretty good loaf (my first time).

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

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Yep the 920S has doubled in price. However oddly the high end Logitech models models (4K with face unlock for Windows) are still available.

It had never occurred to me that, during a shortage, the most expensive products would sell out last.

It makes sense now I've seen it happen, but I've always associated food shortages with austerity - instead I'm suddenly buying premium organic free range duck eggs.

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

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Also computer headsets and hairclippers and outdoor table tennis tables etc etc

I'm glad I'm not the only one with a bad haircut during this quarantine :-/

Ever since I started losing hair, I bought a hair clipper to almost shave my head. Glad I did :)

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

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Went to the computer shop to get a few wekcams for our remote workers. The guy said they had 30 cameras in that morning and had two left. I got those two. Its a computer shop I only use as a last resort because they are useless.

Seems to be the case across the board though, I bought some Microsoft LifeCam Studios because Microsoft had some in stock. But couldn't find much else anywhere else.

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