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[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Stand mixer. It's so much easier to mix things now and I make less of a mess.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Oh, I forgot that in my list - I upgraded mine to a model that can handle my 2 loaves of sourdough dough (about 2 kilos) and it's glorious. Had wanted one for a dozen years, finally started watching the prices and got it last year when it hit the lowest I'd seen.

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[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A temperature controlled pod for my bed. I used to sleep so hot all night long, constantly moving to find the cool part of the bed.

Now I keep it like as cold as can be all night, and my sleep has improved 10x. Plus my partner likes it warm so her side is nice and cozy. Both of us are happier for it.

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[–] Presi300@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

My NAS, having access to all my files anywhere at any time is great

[–] Sergebr@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

An iPad. I felt like a total idiot buying one but it changed my life. I’ve done hundreds of drawings, hundreds of music sketches, read hundreds of books on it, I surf the web on it, and my computer is relegated to professional and specialized tasks.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Yup same. I’m usually anti apple and someone basically gave me their iPad and told me to just try drawing on it,

It fucking owns drawing.

Later when I had to replace it I tried the other brands (my usual is to try asus first) but none could touch the responsiveness of an iPad screen for drawing.

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

A robot vacuum with a mop and self emptying/mop washing base (I live with two dogs in the PNW where mud is constant for 6 months of the year).

[–] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

A controller frame for my phone. I'm now carrying around a DS, N64, PS1, SNES, and GBA with me everywhere I go. I'm looking forward to adding Gamecube and PS2 and 3 to the list in the future. I can also play PC games in my bed, but can't quite take that around with me because it's streaming from my PC.

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Apple Watch

No longer would I have to get out my phone to pay for something, or pause music, or adjust the Temperature. The early models didn’t have health sensors but I still get excited every September for Apples announcement to see what sensor they add next

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[–] forgotaboutlaye@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I got a Garmin fitness tracker. I really wanted a smart watch, but don't want to have to charge it all the time.

I got the Instinct, and ended up turning the notifications off right away - i just wanted to see the stats on my sleep and step count. It also encouraged me to start running and exercising more.

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[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Last January I got a new laptop that blows my desktop out of the water in terms of specs. I was dumb and decided to get a budget desktop because of all the USB ports and the disk drive it has. It was something like $300-400USD. My current laptop was roughly $1000USD before tax.

Had to remove the complete spyware win11, but otherwise it's been a great laptop (minus the few times I've either somehow broken MXLinux or broke KDE Plasma). Totally better than my old laptop as well considering I don't need to constantly charge my new one to keep the battery from dying and it doesn't have a lot of damage.

[–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Going to get roasted for this, but Alexa devices. The video versions play Netflix, YouTube, Hulu etc and have much better sound than the standard little speaker orb version. They all sync together so you can stream music in each room that has one like having a whole house stereo system.

Being able to verbally add something to the grocery list at any time is a game changer. People aren't taking advantage of that feature as much as they should IMO.

[–] runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

The shopping list feature is the most used part of my Alexa, followed by morning weather report while I feed the animals, and then occasional music.

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