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Ask HN: Best thing you bought in 2020
I bought a remarkable tablet to take notes and it has been my best purchase of 2020
- onecommentman 6y agoA piece of art furniture from a downtown gallery. The surrounding area got hit by riots, and I wanted to support the local business. Had bought pieces from their gallery in previous years. Great price, too.
- sigmaprimus 6y agoI bought this powdered diet energy drink off amazon: ALLMAX Nutrition - AMINOCUTS (A:CUTS) - Cotyon Candy Flavor I have used it to replace drinking beer and have not had any alcohol for over a month now, the stuff is like rocket fuel and I have dropped 5% of my body mass and saved a bunch of money not buying beer. I stil have a long way to go in the weight loss, health improvement department but this stuff was definitely a good buy for 2020.
- AntiImperialist 6y agoNot very interesting but it's definitely the Samsung Note 20 Ultra.
- mraza007 6y agoThat’s a really cool phone but it’s too big but I would say its a solid device but brother got it as a gift
- robodale 6y agoKettlebells. $3.00 USD per pound, but it was worth it.
- robric 6y agoPrivate bird one scooter. I bought it for $1300. Now you can buy them for $800...so now I highly recommend buying it: https://shop.bird.co/collections/bird-one/products/bird-one-jet-black https://shop.bird.co/collections/bird-one/products/bird-one-... It's a solid ride. It's so solid I can't imagine there being any scooter more solid. I first rode a bird scooter while working for a tech startup in westwood, los angeles in 2019. We would go for scooter rides past UCLA. Great times... Now I'm in Pittsburgh with my bird and I'm reminded of those times.
- mraza007 6y agoI always wanted to buy an electric scooter but I’m too afraid to ride a scooter especially in new york
- allthemcodes 6y agoElectric guitar. Bought it as soon as shelter-in-place started and have been taking remote lessons since then. I really enjoy it.
- giantg2 6y agoSimilar here. Bass guitar with Rocksmith. I like it, but don't spend enough time on it to be good.
- allthemcodes 6y agoConsistency is key! Even 5 minutes per day is good. Over time as you start seeing incremental improvements you get addicted to playing and naturally spend more time practicing.
- giantg2 6y agoYeah, I probably average 20 minutes one day per week. I seem to be building decent spacial awareness or muscle memory on some of the more common frets (3-9) and seem to be getting an ear for standard tuning. Songs with different fret positions (12-15 especially) seem to give me some trouble. I think I just need more consistent practice. It's still fun though. Memorizing complete songs will be a challenge.
- nunez 6y agoTesla Model 3!
- dzhiurgis 6y agoSecond Soundcore Motion+ for stereo
- Reebz 6y agoSnoo. It is an expensive baby crib with smart features and an app. The Snoo has added a number of hours per week to our (parents!) sleep schedule and aided sleep tracking. This makes baby’s sleep schedule planning, and just about everything else in life, slightly easier to get through when you have a newborn.
- quickthrower2 6y agoI thought you meant a Reddit mascot
- parentheses 6y agoditto. we rented though
- torstenvl 6y agoMAC santoku knife TwelveSouth StayGo Hub Logitech MX Keys keyboard SanDisk Extreme SSD
- s_chaudhary 6y agoA NAS system and several TBs of hard disks.
- mvind 6y agoHerman miller aeron office chair. Only downside is now I can't sit in cheap office chairs without discomfort..
- soulchild37 6y agoApplecare, My shitty 2018 Macbook Pro with butterfly keyboard has replaced its keyboard 3 times, screen 2 times (soon 3) and battery 1 time during within 2 years
- cutthegrass2 6y agoBean to cup coffee machine: JuraE8 Would highly recommend, especially if you've also become parents this year!
- lukaszkups 6y agoCooler Master SK650 keyboard - got rid from my wrist pains almost immediately (was using typical mechanical keyboard earlier (was higher than SK650 and even I've used gel pads I've got an awful wrist pain)) Exercise bar - no back pains anymore, loosing weight without leaving home and also beat my lifetime chin-up record from 5 to 10 already :)
- p0d 6y agoA solar powered G-Shock watch which updates every night by radio to an atomic clock. It cost £80 and I really like it.
- sunstone 6y agoAnker over the ear bluetooth wireless headphones. $70 and handles bluetooth adeptly, sounds good, very comfortable and convenient controls. A great deal all around.
- runawaybottle 6y agoI’ll add Sony XM4’s. The wireless multi device switching worked really well. The battery life has been great, and Bluetooth range is really good too (pretty much walk all over the house with my phone charging).
- Gravityloss 6y agoAeropress. We bought it for camping but use it every day. When it goes just right, the coffee is very smooth.