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 (DIR) Post #B6yQy0sVZtIkYZfZke by foone@digipres.club
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       Adhoc poll: what's the most recent technology you've seen and gone "wow I gotta get that" and spent money to get access to, and were at least mostly happy with?Not something pushed on you, not some new framework that was annoying to learn but everything is using it now, not some Next Big Thing that turned out to be a disappointment, or something constantly pushed on you by advertising that you didn't ever want to use, but a "wow that's neat, I need that!" technology?
       
 (DIR) Post #B6yQy5C9WnOLwetJvU by notthatdelta@furry.engineer
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       @foone Dashcams, and by extension, the non-smart, non-AI, non-connected camera glasses I use as a dashcam.I've had at least three incidents that come to mind where dashcam footage saved me from a ticket/insurance claim, including this one (sorry for the language):
       
 (DIR) Post #B6yQy5uSs2pyA5chzk by foone@digipres.club
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       Embarrassingly the first thing I thought was "portable mp3 players" but surely there's something newer. Smartphones? Yeah their reputation is mixed, but having a browser in your pocket is really a game changer.That's still some 16+ years old though.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6yRz9KridcB1x2ULo by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
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       @foone I'd say proper headlights from my bicycle (Bush&Muller in my case but there's other brands). Meaning lens and reflectors so there's a nicely consistent amount of light going to the ground rather than everywhere, combined with a hub-dynamo so there's almost no friction.Plus it also feels ridiculously efficient, thanks LEDs once again.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6yWYz8bVkELe0eBSC by domi@donotsta.re
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       @foone without money involved: HTMX. as in, the JS thing. I still haven’t touched it, but it feels quite coolwith money involved, most-recently discovered: Gravis Ultrasound. @mothcompute sent me a link to the demo CDDA a year or so ago and that sold me so much. Wish I could buy onewith money involved, most-recently released: various miniature devices, like the HAND386/BOOK8086… not that I really bought any of them…
       
 (DIR) Post #B6zXozcHbuhjF7tAoa by vgarzareyna@mstdn.mx
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       @foone chronicler.pro
       
 (DIR) Post #B6zeik13OoEqnhRQK8 by filmroellchen@chaos.social
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       @foone probably my pinecil. still blows my mind that we now have extremely good soldering irons that fit in our pockets, run open-source firmware, and are only twice as expensive as the ultra-cheap ones just a little bit before.once my pebble round 2 arrives next month, i think my answer will change tho
       
 (DIR) Post #B6zej5lYX6uiG0MMDo by domi@donotsta.re
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       @filmroellchen @foone oh yeah pinecil was like that for me too ^^ i’ve had mine for YEARS now, if anything I should get a 2nd one as a spare
       
 (DIR) Post #B6zfAi4YDdLesgPhVw by domi@donotsta.re
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       @foone runner-up: RP2040/RP2350, purely because I don’t remember if that was more recent than anything I listed. at this point i’m convinced that i will go “OHHHH SO COOL, NEED” about any piece of silicon that @wren6991 had anything to do with
       
 (DIR) Post #B6zfLoun7PvvHw98SW by filmroellchen@chaos.social
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       @domi @foone @mothcompute HTMX is so good omg