Ordinary life improvements 2018-2025

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aappleby · 1d ago

I'd add "Cheap prepaid smartphones are actually good now".

$50 will get you a totally usable 6-ish-inch screen Android phone with an almost-up-to-date OS that can do all the internet things you need. You don't even have to activate them with the cell carrier (much like the slightly more expensive $90 device I'm typing this comment on).

smagin · 2d ago

Gwern wrote a post about his everyday improvements in 2018, I thought I'd write a follow-up.

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The UI future is colourful and dimensional (flarup.email)

Ordinary life improvements 2018-2025

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