Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022

Re:Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022 by littledev on Friday January 06, 2023 @09:57AM (#34275290)

The Zendure Passport III worldwide travel adapters changed my reality in 2022 (~$70). It sounds boring, but man. I've had many worldwide plug adapters in my day, and many chargers. But the Zendure has a 65W USB-C fast charger in it, plus 3 more USB-C and a single USB-A. When I travel (and that includes "traveling to the coworking place"), I used to bring:

* A plug adapter

* My big ol' laptop charger brick and cord

* A medium-sized USB-A charger for phone, headphones, power bank

* A USB-C charger for iPad, Kindle

* A small power strip because I had to plug several things in

Now I just bring the single Passport III adapter. Done. It has a single power outlet pass-through, but I haven't even needed it because the only thing I ever plug in is chargers.

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Re:Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022 by iLoveOncall on Friday January 06, 2023 @10:27AM (#34275706)

This couldn't read more like a paid ad.

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Re:Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022 by advisedwang on Friday January 06, 2023 @11:54AM (#34277216)

This is a thread of product recommendations, a list of features and why you like a product is definitely appropriate.

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Re:Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022 by propogandist on Friday January 06, 2023 @09:32PM (#34284486)

it's only a matter of time before all these threads and those on reddit are ridden with ChatGPT based posts pushing products (and more). It's now possible to write up convincing sounding content and copy with a product placement woven in with little to no effort.

Then the poster just needs a couple of aged accounts to publish the posts, and a handful of botnets to inflate vote counts to boost visibility. It can be extra convincing with some shill bot accounts that post (controversial) replies which spark more organic interactions. These comments may then trigger ranking algos to further boost visibility, to drive more platform engagement.

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Re:Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022 by Graziano_M on Friday January 06, 2023 @07:37PM (#34283541)

I went to buy this months ago and when I saw that it had a tipping field in the check out it left such a bad taste in my mouth I just went with another brand. Tipping!? To use their online shop??

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Re:Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022 by jjcm on Saturday January 07, 2023 @12:40AM (#34285565)

Thank you for this suggestion - just picked up two.

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Re:Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022 by economist420 on Saturday January 07, 2023 @04:55AM (#34286721)

I just bought this, it's great, only issue is it sometimes is too bulky to fit into some sockets.

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