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Raycon earbuds. Use them everyday for work, decent wireless earbuds, would recommend.
The Stuffler waffle maker and whatever can opener I have.
Thanks Tyler!
I'll say it, Blue Chew. Never really had a problem getting hard but it takes my partner a lot longer to get off than me, so I wanted to make sure I could last long enough for them. No regrets, great decision.
Runner up is a Purple mattress. We tried soooo many mattresses and couldn't find one we truly liked. My partner suggested trying Purple. I was first against it because I felt like it was just marketing but agreed because of their return policy and we've gone through sooo many mattresses at that point. It ended up being our favorite by far and kept it.
I have a groove belt. It really is as advertised. A true BIFL belt. Even has a lifetime guarantee without restrictions. I could send in the one I have now just to get a different color if I wanted.
Edge 2
Somehow, still nothing
Proton Mail and VPN. I saw them advertised a lot when I was first getting into Linux, and it seemed like a great way to start the arduous task of degoogling my life. Its been several months now and my only complaint is setting up the VPN on Linux desktop, it works great on android ootb and the email and calandar service have everything I need. I can even easily share calandar invites with my wife who is still on google everything
Ive really wanted to make the switch for a while now. I just dread updating all online services to the new mail... How bad was that in your opinion?
It is a conversation subject at job interviews for some reason. Gmail and outlook are so ubiquitous that having something else seems to really jump out at people.
Not OP but I've recently made the switch to Proton. You can set up a forward from your old mail provider to Proton, and then it's just a case of going through things one by one to change them, but all your email will still be in one place. You can also import all your historic email in the background.
I just went through my password manager to identify which services were most important to me to proactively switch them over, which took a couple of hours. Now I just check emails that come in and whether they were sent to my Google address or Proton address, and from ther either switch them or unsubscribe from their mailing list.
So yeah it's not effortless or anything, but it's probably not as bad as you're thinking.
Those are good tips, thanks
Also, since Google is free, you can just keep it open forever on the off chance that you miss something (which you almost certainly did), and then like the above person said, just doing it slowly over time. Takes a while but you don’t have to do it all in one sitting.
Though I would recommend getting a personal domain and using that with Proton (or literally anyone else at that point). That way you never have to update emails with services again since you can just port from one provider to another.
Yeah, being tech savvy I really should get my own domain
I've pretty much made up a rule for myself that I won't buy anything I've heard advertised on podcast
I have the same rule, but that Chumba Casino app sounds so legit that I might make an exception!
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Have you had a bad experience with a product you bought? Or you just don't like that they're sponsoring content you consume? 😂
Most of it is just garbage and the gen z version of this "as seen on tv" bullshit. Why people buy from influencers is beyond me.
I've near-perfectly insulated myself from all advertising, with podcasts being the only exception. As a result, I've become extra sensitive to ads and find the ones I'm forced to listen to in podcasts especially irritating. I can tolerate them at the beginning of an episode, but I hate being interrupted by them. Now, the only thing I associate with brands like Athletic Greens is these interruptions, so I simply decided to avoid them. Just yesterday, I ignored SquareSpace for the same reason when researching how to set up a homepage for my business.
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