A bit of an offtopic: lucky (unlucky) to live in a country where winter means temperature around 0 (down to -5/-8 C) I simply put a 210L rainwater collector on my balcony. Best thing ever to be able to take an ice dip from comfort of my home - with an airbike for warm-ups, and a warm shower. I'm not a giant, so 210L is enough to duck and get covered to level of my shoulders. Below €20 and zero effect on electricity bill :)
(not all are computer peripherals, but other comments seem wider than initial criteria)
* whiteboard placed on a painting easel next to my desk (when I don't use whiteboard, I can use the easel it to paint acrylic) - about 90x120 cm. I put my tasks for work, but also pick exercises with checkbox to do during the day.
* AKAI mpk mini - when tired of work, can jump over to Ableton like software and relax
* MX Master 3S - ordered kind of accidentally, stayed as solid replacement of previously used Apple Trackpad.
* wifi/assistant controlled light bulb behind the monitor. Easily to regulate light around my screen - bright when needed, switched to blue in the evening.
* Varier Variable Balans (bought 2nd hand for 20% of original price) - works nicely with electric-standing desk from Ikea.
I haven't tought about it, but now that you mentioned it seems obvious.
It's more of a background color, when I for example watch tv in another part of that room. It gives an ambient so I see shapes of furnitures but it doesn't attract attiention. Also it's subtle dark blue, nothing like the one that shines brightly from your phone straight into your eyes (I think it matters). I also never have problems falling asleep, since I get up early, I fall asleep in a matter of few minutes around 10-11pm.
Correct, our eyes have cells that respond to certain wavelengths ("blue light") and send signals through nerves to the brain, but those nerves aren't attached to the visual cortex, they are attached elsewhere. And that's why "blue light" inhibits sleep. ...I wish I could provide a citation, these details are something I just heard late last week...
Just picked up a MX Master 3S recently. Big thing I love is that you can use it on up to 3 devices, so I can have it on my MacBook for work and then click to setting 2 and switch to the usb dongle on my gaming PC - no need for extra mice/cords!
To me it seems like a lot of people enjoy having things more than being free and not having to worry about getting paid. Also 'spend less than you earn'. As simple as that - yet people struggle to follow this. It also boggled my mind to find that someone with masters degree believed they had money - despite it being cash withdrawn from a credit card. When challenged why do they not pay back their credit card - I heard it's the feeling of empty account, and that money is for -just in case-. Yeah, you are paying % monthly on that just in case, that you could get from a credit card if it really happened. That $ on the account also was affecting that person's spending habits - thanks to the avoidance the feeling of being out of money. Crazy - money illiteracy is real.
I don’t understand. Cashing out a CC, paying fees, avoiding being out of money and having $ on the account - these statements mixed together make no sense to me.
Sorry, I mixed up one thing:
Paid for things with credit card. Got paid salary on current account but not paying back credit card out of fear of having 0 on current account. Paying fees while the money on current account just sits there, making that person believe to not be broke. Ridiculous
When I lived in the UK I went to a dentist who recommended to treat 5 or 6 cavities. I only wanted a check-up as I planned to fix anything in Poland which I regularly visited. There I heard that only 2 were actually something worth taking care of. I thought maybe different countries have different standards for what needs attention.
Isn't it that downloading is not illegal if you own the content already? If you're downloading and uploading at the same time it's different since you might be facilitating a download for someone who hasn't purchased it. That will be different between countries.
Hasn't really been tested in court (at least not all permutations of ways you could do this), and if you torrent it, then you upload as well, and that's illegal regardless of how you slice it.
When chosing a phone there should be a security metric reflecting how much time and money has been spent on security, researches and bug bounty programs. This error looks so trivial! As a long time Google Pixel user, I honestly don't feel the company did a good work protecting me.
