I’ve got 3 on my list.
- BT-PAN Access Point - Kinda ridiculous, but I’d like to have one. I’ve also found a few BT-PAN-enabled dial-up modems, but I’d have no way to connect those up. Some of those could even be connected to USB printers for wireless printing. Not particularly useful anymore, I just find those devices interesting.
- Dot matrix printer - This one isn’t even as ridiculous. I really love that sound and how the text they print looks. Sadly, if I am looking for new ones, a basic 9-pin Epson dot matrix is around €200. But the ribbons are cheap as chips. In fact, often even cheaper. Just imagine casually handing out a document printed on dot matrix to someone nowdays.
- Nano pocket drone - Something like FQ777-124. Maybe a toy like that is a bit childish, but it still can be fun. In fact I already tried to order this one. From 4 different sellers, twice on AliExpress, twice on Amazon. I never got it :(
I’ve thought about a racing drone. I kept with the drone racing league for a while on YouTube and thought that would be a lot of fun.
I even priced out some options (not cheap), but haven’t pulled the trigger.
Just start learning line-of-sight before you go fpv. You need that to land in tight space when you bring it in. Fpv is easier than line of sight.
I’ll look into that, thank you!
If you’re new to FPV flying and unsure I can recommend getting the controller first and practicing in a simulator. it will save you a lot of money since your first crashes won’t cost anything.
Lol that’s a good call. Would the headset/VR make sense too? I know nothing other than the Internet people make it look easy.
it’s definitely harder than it may seem in videos. but I’ve seen people getting the hang of it in a few sessions in the sim. I’d say it you’re okay at flying in the simulator and close to actually buying a real done you could get FPV goggles and practice some more with them. it all depends on how determined you are too get into the hobby.
Good point. Right now I’m mostly focused on reading a bunch this year and my car. But winter is coming and this car doesn’t do well on snow or ice.
Thermal Camera.
They’re just so cool. Super useful for checking the effectiveness of stuff like insulation or heat sinks, and can be used to find hot spots you didn’t know existed.
I just have trouble justifying dropping $300 on something I would only get maybe an hour max of usefulness from before it sits in a box for years.
Seems like the kind of thing that could be rented out like those carpet/sofa cleaners. Except it’s probably too costly of a gadget to trust a layman to handle with care?
I did this but with an infrared thermometer gun. As far as everyday use goes, it’s super helpful for cooking.
I got to use a thermal cam for research out in the desert for a summer photographing rattlesnake ambush sites, it was awesome.
(From what we could tell the snakes in fact did not use thermal cues for their ambush sites, just their eyes. But I got to play with a thermal cam)
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A custom gaming pc built by Digital Storm to replace my HP Omen laptop. I’ve done quite a bit of research. I looked at Digital Storm, AVA Direct, Maingear, Falcon Northwest, and System 76. For a while I was eyeing Maingear, then Falcon Northwest, but Digital Storm has most of the options that I’d want.
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An 85 inch 8k tv for enthusiast purposes.
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A three set bookcase for my room so that I can replace my old bookcase and to better store the books that I have and more.
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A Purple queen-sized mattress with an adjustable base to replace my old bed and twin-sized mattress and also my incline pillow.
I’m curious, if you’ve done that much research into gaming PC prebuilts, what’s keeping you from building your own?
I’d rather leave the actual building to the experts.
There are some pros to prebiilts. Having to deal with a single company for warranty instead of one for every component, for example.
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A mini pc for emulation. I’ve been following the emulation scene for years, particularly for Android over the last 5-6 years. I ride the bus to and from work, so it’s always been nice to have them. For home, I have a Rasobery Pi 3B. It’s nice. But it is a little outdated, and would like a boost in power. Thought about getting the RP5 if it ever comes out.
However, some companies are now starting to really go all in on mini PCs. For more modern PC gaming, it’s not gonna get you the greatest experience. And I have a gaming PC right now. But I find that I prefer to run my emulators sitting on the couch. And now a lot of these minis are able to emulate up to PS3 and 360. Or at least as well as the emulators can work. However, for a model running the specs I want, I’m currently looking at anywhere from $700-900. So it might be a bit longer till I can afford one. Maybe with tax money if nothing else comes up.
Steam Deck + Dock! Definitely consider it!
That was one direction I considered going. On one hand, i have pretty much pretty much everything up to the PS2 and GameCube that can run on my phone, but it would be awesome to have the option for some PS3 games. However, it is a bit of a mixed bag. Some games it can handle perfectly fine. Some of them I would absolutely love to have mobile. But there’s also a few others that it’s not quite there for. I want to say someone tried on the ROG Ally, and it did test a little bit better, so that would be an option as well.
But I also just don’t know how often I would use it. Like I got a Switch when it came out, and I feel like I mostly use it docked at home. It’s big, it’s awkward trying to get it out of its case and get comfortable while on the bus. On the other hand it’s a lot easier to just have a smaller controller I can slap on my phone.
But I haven’t written it off yet. Because like I said, some games would be awesome to have. And a lot of the ports I would like to take with my that they put on the Switch tend to be downgraded visually, so it would look better on a portable PC instead.
An electric maxi-scooter, like the BMW CE 04. I don’t want the BMW specifically, but the US market is extremely limited. It’s really annoying, actually.
And the hardcore computer [email protected] also wants. But I’m not a developer (at least not yet…maybe later). I think it’d be cool to have a super powerful computer just 'cause.
But I’m not a developer (at least not yet…maybe later).
We can do it! Or at least you can, I am too dumb.
- A stand mixer, I’ve always wanted one but don’t have the space or the money.
- A dreamcast, I foolishly sold the one I had and I miss it a lot.
- An iPad just to try Procreate. I’ve seen videos that make it look like the bees knees and it really catches my attention.
I’m with you on the iPad for Procreate. I also just want something I can take to bed or outside so I can draw, and the drawing tablet I have only works on desktop/laptop with too many wires running across, so I usually only use it for graphic work or cleaning up sketches
Indeed, having to carry only one screen to draw on sounds very tempting.
I love my stand mixer! I don’t have room either, but I still carry it back and forth to and from the kitchen to use it all the time. It’s pretty difficult to carry for me but still less work than kneading for ten minutes.
I have a stand mixer that I acutely never use. It’s decent and almost new.
Maybe I can get it somehow to you.
Thanks! I appreciate the intention but considering that I live in Mexico, probably with the shipping cost I could afford a new one, hahaha.
I bet you could find a Dot Matrix font for your injet or laser if you looked around.
As someone who lived through the dot matrix era, I’m just as glad that they are no longer with us. I’ve gotten spoiled by being able to read what I print without eyestrain. :-)
Nah, font still won’t have the real feel. Neither the sound. And if I want to print in high DPI with my printer (HP PSC1315), it takes 20 minutes per A4 page.
A tattoo on the inside of each forearm: On my left wrist, a wine key, all tools fanned out. On the right, a pocketknife, all tools fanned out. I’d specifically want my wine key and my (official BSA) pocketknife.
Yeah one of those little drones is definitely on my list. Also one of those big wide curvy computer monitors. I don’t even know what I’d do with it, I just think they’re neat lol
Edit: Oh yeah, also one of those giant Wacom tablets.
Unless you’re into a wide stroke gestural drawing, large Wacoms may be unnecessary for you. My illustrator wife just sold hers in favor of an iPad with Procreate and Astropad.
Wacom pen displays have great screens and pens, but are unwieldy, loud (fans tend to break, too), finicky and run on weird drivers that may or may not just mess up your day.
Really bad experience for a product costing multiple thousands of dollars.
I have a little 13-inch one, but I literally just want to get a massive one because I think they’re cool. But yeah probably super impractical, I don’t think it’d even fit on my desk lol.
I suppose a newer supertelephoto lens for my camera. I don’t use it enough to actively look for it, but if someone got me an RF 100-500 as a present I wouldn’t say no. Or even a EF Tamron 150-600 G2.
A side by side ATV kind of thingy for going out on the trails in our woods.
- A bike. My last one was stolen off my apartment balcony
- A kayak. Nowhere to put it though, and the balcony is out of the question thanks to 1.
So the thief climbed up to your balcony to steal your bike? What floor do you live on?
Yes. It’s the second floor. I was surprised and not sure how they managed to get down with it. It wasn’t a new or expensive bike by any means, actually an old used one I repaired with salvaged parts.
- The best lock for bike and kayak.
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Where do you live? I might have a kayak to sell.
They have folding kayaks if that would suffice. There’s also some types that break into pieces and slide into each other like cups taking a 12 foot kayak down to like 3 feet.
I’d avoid inflatables in most cases though.
Aren’t the folding ones like super expensive?
$500 for an Oru Lake
$280 for a Tucktec 10’
There are other models but those seem to be the most popular.
They can absolutely get crazy expensive and started that way but have come down in price a lot.
That’s unexpected, thx
Same, I’m also currently looking for a kayak and it surprised me as well since when I last looked there wasn’t one under 1k.
Now of course they are limited compared to a normal kayak but for someone in an apartment that has no other options it would at least get them something until their living arangement allowed them to get a proper one.
And if all you ever want to to is casually hang out on flat water it really doesn’t limit you at all.
I know a guy who has one with stabilising air pockets on the side so it can actually be used along the coast for fishing but that one is super expensive
It would probably/possibly work without them but the issue with folding kayaks on the sea or rivers is more impacts, there’s a lot of rocks in the fun rivers and in the ocean/sea there’s reefs and other abrasives.
Whereas with a rotomolded kayak its durable enough to even be used for rentals in those conditions. You pretty much don’t have to give a shit with a rotomold since they can take a lot of abuse.
I suppose a newer supertelephoto lens for my camera. I don’t use it enough to actively look for it, but if someone got me an RF 100-500 as a present I wouldn’t say no. Or even a EF Tamron 150-600 G2.
A side by side ATV kind of thingy for going out on the trails in our woods.
It might sound dumb, but I thought for a long time if it was worth to buy a tablet or not. Because I suspected I wouldn’t even use it if had it. Then I found a great sale that helped me confirm my suspicion.
I bought a convertible Chromebook some time ago specifically to use as a sheet music reader, because the tablet I was using for that purpose was too small.
If you don’t use it, maybe you could mount it in the kitchen to pull up recipes on. That’s what I would do, anyway
That and a music remote if you have some Bluetooth speakers about the place.
I lounge around and browse Lemmy on mine.
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lava lamps scare the shit out of me… every one I’ve had has blown up. No I didnt futz with them or use the wrong wattage light bulb or anything.
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I’unno. They just blew up. I assume they got to hot some how, blew the stopper like a geyser and had hot wax and whatever liquid all over the ceiling and floor and wall and everything.
3 differnet lava lamps. one actual, legitimate lava lamp, two different knockoff ones.
I have a non-functioning ASR-33, and an almost-functioning DECwriter III.
