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What was the best purchase under $100 you made this year?

1646 sats \ 33 comments \ @kr 28 Dec 2023 meta

For the sake of this post, let’s say Bitcoin purchases don’t count.

1426 sats \ 10 replies \ @Coyote_Cosmico 28 Dec 2023

Getting some indoor plants for my desk has been a very asymmetric investment. Maybe a 250x return, or more?

Because I'm now willing to spend a lot more time there, and the extra hours are adding up. I'm a lot happier too, with some green things to look at.

Next up is a second desk, an analog desk - https://austinkleon.com/2011/06/11/interviews/

478 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury 28 Dec 2023

Holy shit, how have I not thought of the "analog desk" idea before?

I do have a desk where I only do things when I'm in a certain "mode" -- no work stuff allowed, but also, only a certain kind of creativity. But I think the A/D distinction could add a lot.

11 sats \ 2 replies \ @Satosora 23 Nov

I like this analog desk idea.

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coyote_Cosmico 24 Nov

Highly recommend it! Problem for me is I've accumulated so many paper notes which I need to digitize at some point. To 'merge the 2 worlds'

I'm not a developer but I've been thinking about trying to create an app that could easily digitize 3x5 notecards for this purpose. Seems doable

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 24 Nov

For sure, I still take a lot of notes with pen and paper. I also have to find a way to organize them.

10 sats \ 4 replies \ @gmd 29 Dec 2023

What plants did you get?

536 sats \ 3 replies \ @Coyote_Cosmico 29 Dec 2023

As far as I can tell:

zebra cactus
common guava
spider plant
fittonia
portulacaria afra

328 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 29 Dec 2023 freebie

I couldn't help but look them all up. You can grow guava indoors?

zebra cactus

https://m.stacker.news/9909

common guava

https://m.stacker.news/9906

spider plant

https://m.stacker.news/9908

fittonia

https://m.stacker.news/9905

portulacaria afra

https://m.stacker.news/9907

536 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coyote_Cosmico 29 Dec 2023

I had to do the reverse lookup to find out what they are 🙂

Not 100% sure it's a guava plant but all signs point to yes, I was surprised by that too. I don't think it's going to fruit unless I replant it outside and give it 3 years!

Next time I go the plant shop I will ask them what I'm getting to be double sure. The Fittonia is not doing well, probably helps to know how to take care of them.

109 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 29 Dec 2023

probably helps to know how to take care of them

fwiw I've learned to opt for the lowest maintenance plants for the light I have available. I always find a way to over/underwater or over/underfertilize or forget my water has a non-neutral ph. Many of the coolest looking plants are the hardest to take care of.

I'm hoping someone will CRISPR some kind of easy to understand communication mechanism into plants at some point or just make them harder to kill.

120 sats \ 0 replies \ @Eobard 28 Dec 2023

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645 sats \ 1 reply \ @benthecarman 28 Dec 2023

Extra laptop charger. One for home, one to take with me

33 sats \ 0 replies \ @m00ninite 29 Dec 2023

In this same spirit, I have a dedicated travel bag with toiletries and a USB charging hub (big enough wattage for all my devices and my laptop). Just a couple things I don't need to think about when I'm travelling

191 sats \ 1 reply \ @kr OP 28 Dec 2023

I bought a tortilla press for $50 this year and made so many tacos from scratch with it.

10/10 purchase.

366 sats \ 0 replies \ @m00ninite 29 Dec 2023

This sounds awesome. I've been perfecting my homemade carnitas lately. Wonder if there are any good low-carb tortilla recipes out there..

150 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 28 Dec 2023

Stacker Sports territory of course. For the low low price of 100k sats. Although it would be over the $100 threshold if it rolled out earlier than December but since I only had to pay for one month this year it makes the cut.

By the way, you should stop by today and join us in relishing in the Leafs defeat at the hands of the lowly Ottawa Senators.

83 sats \ 1 reply \ @kr OP 28 Dec 2023

we’ll see who is laughing when the leafs hoist the cup this year 😅

328 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 28 Dec 2023

It's nice to have dreams.

466 sats \ 0 replies \ @030e0dca83 28 Dec 2023

I bought Baseus bowie ex headphones around $30 on AliExpress. Use it daily and got pleasure daily because of sound quality. Can't get why some great things disappear, now these headphones are unavailable on the market