• arthur@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        It took some models to finally find one that works for me… and the option is to die very early if your apnea is severe.

  • down daemon@lemmy.mlEnglish
    20·
    1 year ago

    does stealing it count? because that would be a boxed copy of redhat linux from best buy in the late 90s/early 2000s. yes, i found a way to steal linux

  • TedZanzibar@feddit.ukEnglish
    14·
    1 year ago

    Anything that takes away shitty chores. People take washing machines for granted these days, but a decent dishwasher is a godsend. Modern ones don’t need anything more than a basic scrape of the dishes as “prep” and loading it before bed to then wake up to a load of sparkling clean dishes is amazing.

    In a similar vein we’ve just got a robot vacuum cleaner that we’ve set to run every night. The amount of dog fur in its bin every morning is eye opening, and other than for the stairs there’s almost no need to do vacuuming ourselves now.

    • AdamHenry@discuss.tchncs.de
      2·
      1 year ago

      Absolutely in favor of any tech that will make life easier. I hated doing dishes every night and the dishwasher in the house I’m renting is broken. I bought a countertop dishwasher called ICUIRE which does not need to be hooked to a water source. I ran that damn thing every day, and not only do I use less water and electricity but I can recycle the grey water into the garden.

      • sim_@beehaw.org
        2·
        1 year ago

        I wish I had known about this when I lived in a place without a dishwasher! I tried an external dishwasher but it was a pain to hookup to the sink every time and the capacity wasn’t big enough make the hassle worthwhile.

        • AdamHenry@discuss.tchncs.de
          1·
          1 year ago

          It definitely can be done Due to the room and the constraints I had. I built it to be self contained. Also took steps to make sure it would not flood or spill over onto the floor. I had a mini washer in my apartment and I had a problem with it backing up into the sink. I am all about building necessities to avoid human contact.

      • TedZanzibar@feddit.ukEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        You need to keep the floor clear and empty its bin, sure, but it’s way less effort than actually vacuuming. We’ve only had it for a couple of weeks but have got into the habit of doing a quick run around picking up toys and other obstacles before we go to bed (though I did specifically buy a model that can avoid those things).

  • Helmic [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    64 ounce Stanley water jug. I throw ice in it and I have something cold to drink all day. It’s beautiful.

    Bidet has been good though now it feels gross to shit at work and my politics demand I shit at work.

    Contact grill, ie a GE brand George Foreman. I can’t fuck up flippimg shit if I’m frying both sides simultaneously. And a food thermometer so my colorblind ass isn’t relying on mom’s shit advice to just cook it until it’s brown.

    This battery car starter / tire infator / phone charger. I have used it with some frequency, but more often I can just roll up and fix someone’s car problem super quick. I even get out of work with it a lot when a customer needs someone to jump their car or fix a flat (also keep a tire patch kit obv).

    All of this is bought from thrift stores. I can only assume most of my shit was originally shoplifted, it’s fantastic. There is just so much good shit being sold for almost nothing, I am the KING of expired Chips Ahoy.

  • jo3shmoo@sh.itjust.works
    11·
    1 year ago

    A Comma 3 to run Openpilot on my Honda Civic. It’s lane keep / adaptive cruise control on steroids. I drive about 40 thousand miles each year for work, 46 miles round trip on “local” days. Having that level of driver assist on the highway makes a life changing difference. I arrive less fatigued and feel more capable of reacting to hazards. Their tagline is making driving chill, and it really has delivered. I don’t know how I did this mileage before Openpilot.

    • intensely_human@lemm.ee
      81·
      1 year ago

      You’re good bro:

      One UPC = one item. For the purposes of inventory reconciliation you are requested to treat all paired, grouped, bundled, etc, items as a unit or group of units where the quantity thereof is to match the number of uniquely scannable UPC codes, or where multiple codes are affixed to a single saleable unit the saleable unit itself may be considered to be the saleable unit.

      – Parapant v Decacards Corporation, 1998

    • beSyl@slrpnk.net
      1·
      1 year ago

      Which ones? Just the standard ones? I am considering buying crocs as an alternative to house/home sleepers. Do you think that would work well?

      • Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee
        2·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, just the standard ones. Yeah I think that’s a great idea. In fact just yesterday I bought some new slippers from the supermarket which turned out to be badly designed chinesium prototype slippers and thought about just having a second pair of crocs for indoors. I just checked and you can even get fluffy lined ones!!

  • Not2Dopey@sh.itjust.works
    10·
    1 year ago

    Bidet. Amazing for a North American, I know RoW has had them for eons. You are so clean that a couple of squares of tp to dry off and you are golden. No more endless wiping.

    • Teppichbrand@feddit.de
      3·
      1 year ago

      I installed something like this next to my toilet a couple of month ago and it changed my life. Costs like 30 bucks, it takes 3 single sheets to dry my clean ass. Whiping shit left to right up and down until it stops sticking feels so barbaric now.

    • pbanj@lemmy.ml
      2·
      1 year ago

      Buddy bought me one as a gift, i turned around and bought him and another friend one and another for us as we have 2 bathrooms. One friend hasnt installed theirs yet but the first one did. “I hate going anywhere but home now” was his response when i asked him if he installed it. My wife and i feel the same way. The first one bought for us was a tushy brand one that was like 200$. The second one and the one ive bought for people is like $35 and works better. Has hot water, and a second nozzle for those with a vagina.

      bidet

    • shectabeni@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      1 year ago

      I long for the day when they are just normal everywhere. Easily one of the best things to come out of the pandemic and those wild toilet paper shortages.

  • Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
    9·
    1 year ago

    we were picking up some free boots for my partner off of facebook marketplace when i asked about the weight bench that was also in the yard. the owner said “someone said they were coming for it, but they were supposed to be here 2 hours ago. you want it?” I disassembled it in the yard and ruined my folding knife trying to use it as a screwdriver, but it was the best decision I’ve ever made. Grabbed some adjustable dumbbells from amazon, have been hitting up marketplace for plates people aren’t using ever since, and I’ve now got a full-body 5x/week workout routine that is 100% the key to my mental and physical health. Best thing I’ve ever done for myself, and getting every piece of equipment that I use today cost about $100 total.

  • StringTheory@beehaw.orgEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    Bicycle. No gas expenses, no tabs, no loan, free parking. I understand how it works and can mostly fix it myself for very little money. I can take quiet side streets and arrive in a much better mood, plus my fat lazy ass gets some exercise.

    • sping@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      It also transformed my feelings about winter, which is long, gray and mostly charmless here excepting the occasional blizzard, but commuting by bike warms me and gets me fresh air and exercise. It makes it much more tolerable. I actually enjoy my commute and look forward to it.

      So many people I work with insist biking is unappealing or borderline impossible while complaining almost daily about their commute. Obviously for some people and some commutes it really is impossible, but I’m not talking about those situations.

      • saigot@lemmy.ca
        2·
        1 year ago

        You’d be very surprised at the impact one person showing uo to every town hall to complain or even just frequent letters can make. I know that can be harder than it sounds, but it is super worth it.

    • saigot@lemmy.ca
      3·
      1 year ago

      I’ll add on and say upgrading to an ebike (and specifically a cargo ebike) really made the difference to me. One would think that it would reduce the exercise, but for me the fact that it allows me to use it in far far more situations meant that I actually get more exercise overall. I consider the faster acceleration to be a safety feature for when the bike lanes run out, and it makes red lights, heavy loads and steep hills less of a mood killer.

  • GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.eeEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    Zoloft Lexapro aka escitalopram. I thought everyone had the anxiety voices like I did. I told myself I was just a worrier. Then it got REALLY bad in my 30’s and even I thought it was getting absurd. My doc asked me “how are you feeling” and I just broke down, spilled my guts. He said “let’s try a small dose.” and after a couple months adjustment, the crazy voices went from 4/5 to a 1/5. They’re still there, but they’re WAY more quiet. I had no idea that this is what normal people think like.

    • beSyl@slrpnk.net
      2·
      1 year ago

      Without trying to bring trauma to the surface, could you provide an example of the voices before medication vs after medication?

      • GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        The one that made me realize something was wrong was a normal, gentle rain. I had this overwhelming fear that the roof was gonna fly off or leak or disintegrate. It was normal weather, not an extreme storm. I couldn’t sleep because the worries were so bad.

        Once I started taking medicine, I realized other things. Not everyone worries they’re gonna be fired every day, that their tires are gonna be flat, etc.

  • mlsw@lemmy.caEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    Self hosting. I’m still a beginner on this but Nextcloud and plex made me way richer than before both economically and mentally

    • zampson@lemm.ee
      2·
      1 year ago

      You selling subscriptions to make up the difference? My server only cost me money so far lol

      • mlsw@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Nope only my family, friends and I are using it. But thanks to plex and all the arr apps I canceled all my streaming and cloud subscriptions. Server is an old dell business pc so it’s not that much power hungry.

    • Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee
      1·
      1 year ago

      Self hosting is awesome. I self host an email server, website, file transfer server, xmpp chat server, Nextcloud (for calendar and contact sync and video conferencing), and a search engine on a single VPS which costs me £4 per month. No previous background in web admin at all!

  • Serdan@lemm.ee
    7·
    1 year ago

    I love my airfryer and may upgrade it to a larger one. I’ve started making my own food again instead of eating fast food every day (depression sucks).