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Ask HN: Favorite purchases of last two years?
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#42Anova Sous Vide. Cooking perfect Chicken or pork chops every single time is an absolute joy. I don't eat as many steaks but also cooks them just the same.
It's one of my go-to kitchen gadgets, and I cook most of my meals with it.
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#43Surfskate!
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#44Onewheel Pint! It was the ultimate quarantine toy. I saw so much of my city I hadn't seen before and it did a great job of getting me outside in general.
How far does it go? How is the safety? Is it fun?
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#45M1 Air. By far best machine I had
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#46Raspberry Pi for me. Took me a long time to finally decide to get one, but I bought a house about a year and a half ago and I've been having a lot of fun messing around with home automation stuff via Home Assistant. I got a Eufy RoboVac myself and it's not as great as I thought it would be. Although that's partially because of the layout of my home that I haven't found a good spot to put it that it can clean well wit…
Robovacs with lidar are the real MVP. The ones that bounce are fine, but the lidar machine cleans efficiently, and it's magnificent.
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#47I got myself a road bike after a long wait because of the bicycle shortage, and a fatboy beanbag to enjoy the playoffs as lazily as possible.
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#48Oculus Quest 2 - despite the whole Facebook thing, coupling it with awesome games and experiences, it saved me from going mental during the autumn-winter-spring lockdown in Europe combined with the depressing weather of that time. Worth its weight in gold for that.
Roborock Robovac - also worth its weight in gold since the whole lockdown WFH turned my apartment into a permanent office, kitchen, cinema and gym, the floors would get gross fast, full of dust, lint, hair, dead skin flakes, food crumbs and felt nasty rolling on it to do exercises in the morning.
Would have loved to get a new laptop/PC to replace my aging banger, but not in this market.
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#49* Bluetooth bone conduction headset: perfect for the daily cycling workout * Belka DX shortwave radio: one of the best shortwave radio on the market, with a small and portable form factor
I can concur for the bone conduction headphones. Maybe I'm late to the party, but it is the most "mind-blowing" piece of tech I've tried in a very long time. I was skeptical that it would sound good or even work at all, but it does.
I'm using the Aeropex AfterShokz for reference (https://us.aftershokz.com/products/aeropex)
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#50I'm a giant fan of robot vacuums. My Eufy Robovac died last year and decided to upgrade to a Roomba i3. We've got a dog and my girlfriend has very long hair that we would have to cut strands out of the rollers every couple of runs. The new Roomba models have these rubber rollers doesn't catch hair. I'm not entirely what about the design prevents that, but it is fantastic! The i3 is probably $100 more than you'd spend…
I’ve never seen a roller not wrap hair around itself. You sure it’s picking up the hair? Seems like this would be a big feature in and of itself that would be advertised if they managed to accomplish what you’re saying.