Going from Sega Megadrive to PlayStation back in the nineties. True 3d graphics on a home console blew my little teenage mind. Lara Croft. Wipeout. Metal Gear Solid! Good times.
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A kneepad for my NC Miata. Kept digging my knee into the center console. A pad was the best upgrade I've made to that car.
I have an ND2 and I take a 1200 mile road trip annually. I really should get a pad for my driver side door. By the time I get to and from my destination, I'm all bruised up and sore on the outside of my leg.
Lighting system as a wake up tool.
Have now been using a light or lighting system as a morning wake up for over 15 years. It’s life changing.
Lights start off dim and red/orange, and brighten very slowly to warm white. Works every time.
I wake up without the jolt of an alarm at home.
In fact - automated lighting in general - just so good.
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Internal SSD with the operating system on it. No other upgrade I've made to my PC has ever been so substantial.
I have my OS on an NVMe drive and it's one of the best decisions I made when building.
But the jump from SATA SSD to nvme is much less noticeable than the one from HDD to SATA SSD
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Agree with:
Dishwasher (really just toss dishes in as you use them, close and run at night, put 'em away in morning, it's magic. I didn't have one till I was almost 50)
Electric bike (I hate biking but this is like a dream of a bike)
Roomba (wood floors no grit)
And the mesh wifi system that lets me easily see and address the rare hiccups it has.
Electric bikes are so freaking cool.
I hate how they're everywhere in Asian countries.
And in America, it's like a luxury.
Bicycle technology. Suddenly I could travel three times the speed of walking for the same effort.
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.
When I got my first HD tv. I had previously been playing oblivion on Xbox 360 on an crt tv and when I setup the HD I was absolutely blown away by the clarity. I remember my stupid fucking ex-wife trying to tell me there was no difference between the two.
sounds like 10 year old me on the family PC capping my fps at 20 because I couldn't tell the difference between 20 and 40 and it was annoying having it jump around lol
My first very small mp3 player, something from sony. It was amazing.
My first digital camera, just being able to see your picture after shooting them. being able to delete photos was revolutionary.
My first wifi access point, having Internet at home without cable.
My first phone that could load msn messager. Also pretty cool.
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.
The second part sounds like a thing phones should already be capable of, if it weren't for trying to charge for something. Or snoop on me. Or something worse I just haven't thought of.
Enshittification is such a downer. Oh, well, guillotines will fix it eventually, I guess.
I don't know for sure, but we may as well try
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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Setting up my own NAS and offside backup.
Big project for sure, but being in control of my vital backups was important for me. Additionally the up front costs is lower than the subscriptions I would have needed.
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Affordable solar panels and batteries. With this we were able to life off-grid surrounded by nature.
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