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Re: Ask HN: Favorite purchases of last two years?

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Post by guythedudebro »

krat0sprakhar wrote: post #657
slimbods wrote: post #647

A very basic but effective home gym: A barbell and 140kg of bumper plates, Squat/bench stands, bench, slam ball, dumbbells and a small range of kettlebells. The whole thing cost about the equivalent of a year's gym membership but have lasted two years so far and show no sign of wear. Being able to lift something heavy on a regular basis over the last year has been a massive boost for my mental and physical health. Yo…

I wish I could do this! But alas, living in an apartment in the city this will remain my pipedream.

Nonsense, just get rid of your couch / tv area. No distractions :)

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Post by adamredwoods »

hawski wrote: post #601

Disclaimer: I'm generally cheap. Pilot G2 pen - I bought it after someone recommended it and it is indeed a pleasure to write with it. Ryzen 5 2400G - it has a good enough GPU to play some nice games with Steam Proton. In future I would like to make a Mini-ITX build for it. Canon EOS M100 with pan cake lens - it's almost as small as a compact, but has big APS-C sensor. I bought a used body. I noticed lately how my ol…

Nice.

Years ago I bought an old Sony Rx-100 Gen 1 because I wanted a good camera that I didn't mind if it got stolen or broken, and it was a great purchase. The Rx-100 had a nice large 1-inch cmos that could pick up great dynamic variations.

I'm ready to move up now, was looking at the Sony a6000 but I will look at this one, too.

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Post by Rendello »

danShumway wrote: post #674
hairofadog wrote: post #154

* Shoes: VivoBarefoot Magna Trail II FG ( https://www.vivobarefoot.com/us/magna-trail-ii-fg-mens ). If you enjoy barefoot shoes, these things are fantastic. * For the table saw, this sawdust bag ( https://www.homedepot.com/p/Bosch-Table-Saw-Dust-Collector-S... ) does a surprisingly good job for $11, and this set of Dado blades ( https://www.homedepot.com/p/DIABLO-8-in-x-12-Teeth-Stacked-D... ) has saved me a ton of t…

I'm always very hesitant to recommend "barefoot" shoes since everyone's feet are different and I know some people who have had horrible experiences with them. They definitely are not a magic solution for everyone, and for some people they'll be actively harmful. But for whatever it's worth, switching to VivoBarefoot (Primus Lite) resulted in a massive decrease in foot pain for me. My shin splints basically vanished.…

> I know some people who have had horrible experiences with them.

I'm getting mine in in a couple days. What issues have you seen people have most with them, out of curiosity? (I'm assuming the use case was for running and not the hiking stuff in one of the sibling threads)

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Post by elric »

ultra-jeremyx wrote: post #299

Cold climate mini-split heat pumps * I live in northern New England and used to heat exclusively with wood in the winter time. Very cozy, but hard to maintain a consistent temp throughout the house. The new cold-climate models can operate at 100% capacity down to an ambient temp of -13F outdoors. One in each bedroom, the living area, and home office makes it easy to dial in the optimal temp for the space. No more loa…

What do you use for heating water? I'm tempted to switch to mini-split heat pumps for heating, but I'd also like to have hot water. My house is very small and there's basically no room a big hot water tank.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite purchases of last two years?

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Post by Wistar »

happynacho wrote: post #182

Will probably get hated on but I bought a dog (yes not adopted, there wasn't this breed available). Made WFH much better. As for material things: * 4K monitor (BenQ PD2700U) makes everything much sharper and my eyes are less tired. *Ergonomic chair (Steelcase Leap) my back definitely appreciates it.

BIG fan of the PD2700U. I also have their SW2700PT. Just great monitors.

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Post by hawski »

slimbods wrote: post #647

A very basic but effective home gym: A barbell and 140kg of bumper plates, Squat/bench stands, bench, slam ball, dumbbells and a small range of kettlebells. The whole thing cost about the equivalent of a year's gym membership but have lasted two years so far and show no sign of wear. Being able to lift something heavy on a regular basis over the last year has been a massive boost for my mental and physical health. Yo…

If one wants to go cheaper I recommend the body weight fitness subreddit. But I really just followed their wiki and mostly the "old" routine.

https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/wiki/kb/recommend...

and I follow this one, except I do something out of new routine instead of L-sits: https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/wiki/kb/recommend...

The only thing that is necessary is a bar for pull-ups and around an hour of your time two or three times a week.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite purchases of last two years?

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Post by Sohcahtoa82 »

k__ wrote: post #357
ChuckNorris89 wrote: post #48

Oculus 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 fl…

Any Quest game recommendations? I have one, but I barely use it right now.

If you like Poker, I'd recommend Pokerstars VR. It's all fake money, so generally everyone's there to have a great time and it's fun to chat with the other players. I tend to play at around 11 PM to 2 AM Pacific Time, so I often find myself chatting with Australians, New Zealanders, and Europeans.

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Post by LegitShady »

Ipad Pro (2018) - bought refurbished from apple, really love the hardware, wish it had some form of adblock - I can't watch youtube on it because I get an ad every 2 minutes. Lovely with procreate or other art apps.

Arturia Microfreak - A small paraphonic digital synth with an analog filter and a neat mod matrix that has been endless fun playing with. Needs something to add effects, though, like a pedal or digitally in your daw.

Bowflex Adjustable Dumbells - with gyms closed and without room for a bigger home setup, these have been really great and were about as much money as multiple dumbells I would need to replace them.

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