• Redredme@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    Semi professional wifi(networking) at home (TP link omada or ubiquiti) and just buying excessive amounts of access points in my home.

    Fuck you, low wifi signal. Fuck you, crashed router.

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    22 days ago

    Putting more than 256MB of ram in a Windows XP machine. People think that the jump from HDD to SSD was big, but imagine Windows actively using the HDD as virtual memory. It would grind your PC to a halt. Going to 512MB made your computer feel like a Ferrari.

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    22 days ago

    Bought a dishwasher.

    Life changing improvement. Don’t be afraid to use the pots and pans setting for everything.

    You don’t need fancy soap and remember to top up the rinse aid.

    (Also every 6 months run a special cleaner through it)

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      22 days ago

      I bought one but didn’t have a data plan. Jumping from WiFi to WiFi still felt like magic. It was a laptop that fit in my pants.

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    22 days ago

    The best recent one was a Faraday bag for my phone.

    I use it as a step counter but didn’t want to be checking it often nor tracked all the time, and the faraday bag blocks signals from the outside and minimizes my phone as a nuisance AND helps curb the urge to check it all the time while still counting my steps.

    Overall, though, I’d say a USB powerbank. I’ve had it for three years and only used it a handful of times, but when I’m in an airport or road tripping, it’s nice to have an easy way to recharge my devices.

  • KammicRelief@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    noise canceling bluetooth headphones (Sony XM3s, in my case). They are always near me. Thousands of hours and I haven’t even changed the earpads yet. I don’t know how I lived without them.

  • Count Regal Inkwell@pawb.social
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    20 days ago

    How do you define “technology”. Because if it means “any human invention” then I have to give it to my squatty-potty. I have Crohn’s Disease and “quality of pooping life” is a very important factor. And it’s just a lot comfier when your legs aren’t falling asleep due to an unnatural position.

    If it has to be something from “the tech industry”, then my very first smartphone, circa 2012. After decades of oldschool cell phones, it was a real game-changer. Doubly so because I’m in Brazil, where texting was never really a thing, so for the first time I had access to the likes of WhatsApp and could be in touch with my mates, whereas previously the cell was really just for calls, which is to say, emergencies.

  • ooli@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    Microwave, I never had one, because, I never wanted to eat ultra-processed microwaved food.

    But now , I use it all the time:

    1. to reheat my tea
    2. cook my vegetable (since I learn they retain more element being microwaved than cook)
    3. I can stock on pure frozen product, tuna , salmon, raspberry… and eat them when I want without being afraid of spoilage.

    So now all my meal are more healthy just because of microwave, which seems counterintuitive, but is true.

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      21 days ago

      I never understood the thought process that led to microwave cooking being unhealthy. Vibrating the water molecules to steam cook isn’t bad.

      Maybe it’s the types of instant foods that are available? Those also exist for ovens though and don’t seem to carry the same stigma.

  • Fleur_@lemm.ee
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    19 days ago

    Mac book Pro, I got the M3. Massive improvement from all the previous laptops I’ve had. Don’t have to put up with Microsoft bs, don’t have to tinker with it as I would with a Linux OS. Hardware is great, build quality is great. Can do everything I need for university on it, can play all the games I want to on it.

    Personally I’m well past the mega corporations own the world and know everything about me doomer stage of my life and am okay with selling my soul to apple for a good laptop.

  • Applesauce@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    Bidet. Not even the fancy ones. Like the cheap ones that are no more than $20-30. Every poop, I’ve got a squeaky clean butthole.

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    22 days ago

    Constant Glucose Monitors compared to the archaic finger stick monitors was like getting a blow job after spending a lifetime hacking it with sandpaper.

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    20 days ago

    Back in the day, a smartphone was a major upgrade. They continue to improve which is just amazing. I came from an age of wall phones and dial-up internet.

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    22 days ago

    Going full homelab with a rack, battery backups, and 2.5gb backhaul on my home network. Absolutely game changing from an appliance management standpoint where any one node can go down for any reason and there’s a backup and replacement on hand in minutes with built in redundancy. Not to mention the learning and experience opportunities when setting up hardware and software services. Sure is sweet to have data redundancy and protections!