Coffee and toilet paper. For obvious reasons.
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do you use an espresso machine? what kind of beans do you buy?
I used to use a super cheap machine and buy beans mostly from Costa Rica (I visited a coffee plantation there and thatβs how I started drinking better coffee). Currently I only have a nespresso machine that I use with Lavazza pods, but I am researching my next option because I want to get back into making it myself. Suggestions are very welcome!
Darn Tough wool socks. I have 8 pairs and they'll literally last me a lifetime. If they wear out I can go get them replaced.
smell-wise, theyre incomparable. mine got holes after 2 years. good longevity when my other socks' elasticity are gone after a few months of use.
doesn't Darn Tough have lifetime warranty or something?
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Where can you buy these in the Philippines? I've always been looking for ones.
shoes. though not technically expensive because i buy them used (they are expensive when bought new).
cheap shoes will hurt your feet, are easily damaged, and not repairable. the cheapest shoes i had lasted 2 weeks. leather ones can last years with proper care and resole.
bamboo socks. they have better odor resistance than cotton ones.
getting sick of my cheap earphones, on the hunt for a php500-1000 corded earphone.
Have you heard of Sam Vimes "Boots" theory of socioeconomic unfairness, often called simply the boots theory? Sam Vimes is a protagonist in many of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels.
The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. ... A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while a poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.
Do you buy your Bamboo Socks online? Can you point me where?
Smartphones. I always look for the SoC, RAM, and battery before buying them. Anything below 64GB of storage and 6GB of RAM, and above 6nm SoC is a no-no.
I bought an LG C1 display unit that only has 48 hours of use for about 40k last year. I just couldn't look at a regular TV again, lol. The closest thing that rivals it is probably a properly calibrated Php20k Sony Bravia, but even in most scenes, it just doesn't compare. Once you go OLED, there's never going back.
agree. nung nag lg c2 ako last december dahil naka sale sa abenson, di na ko makatingin sa ibang tv na di ko sinasabing, bakit ang pangit ng display mo. Iba talaga color gamut kapag oled. Kahit di ka marunong magcalibrate wala ka ng masasabi.
How's the burn-in with OLED display is it still that bad today?
It still happens despite improvements in tech to minimize it, but you need to be watching static images for an absurd amount of time for it to happen. Tipong all day everyday na news or Cignal TV with their stupid-ass watermark.
A mobile phone. I canβt imagine that I was able to master a T9 keyboard in the past.
Minsan namimiss ko rin iyong T9 keypads, kaya ko mag-text kahit na sa bulsa. Elem/HS days...
Victoria's Marinara. If I google image search '"Victoria Trading Company" marinara' they almost all look correct. The common labels when you search "Victoria marinara" have no chunks and are inferior.
Probably a phone. I used to use cheap android devices. Like dirt cheap 1k ones when I was there. When I left, I use iPhones. And the difference is night and day.
This is not an argument between iPhone and Android. Iβm talking about dirt cheap Android not the top of the line galaxy stuff which is comparable with an iPhone.
Tbf, the entry-level phones from Realme, Xiaomi, and Infinix are decent (the ones between 2-8k). I would avoid them like the plague because I can't live without wireless charging, adaptive 120hz, and some other creature comforts, but for most people, it should be good enough.
Yeah thatβs true. It really makes a huge difference