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Paid for a colon repair to fix diverticulitis. 10/10. Can eat fajitas again.
Had to pay, because American.
I recently was diagnosed with Diverticular Disease, I wasn’t sure such a procedure existed. Is it a rather daunting procedure? How was the recovery? I am rather intrigued, as this is quite debilitating.
Yeah, it’s VERY common. Most people just need to watch what they eat, keep high fiber up, and they’ll be fine.
I got to the point where diverticula kept perforating and that would send me into the hospital to be on aggressive IV antibiotics for several nights.
The surgery is all laparoscopic these days. I needed opiates for the first 2 days, but was on ibuprofen after that. Not too bad of a procedure. Basically just played Nintendo Switch for a few days while I got served food in bed.
Rich* American
FTFY
I think it cost me like $50. Maybe like $300-$400 if you account for all the doctors visits and medication around it. Lucky to have a job that has a good healthcare plan with a not-for-profit HMO.
You sure are - my insurance is great, as they go, but for profit and they force me into Caremark.
Also lucky HMOs evolved into something different than they used to be, where anything other than primary care requires a referral, that you could only get if the doctor changed the right incanttion under the right phase of the moon, after sacrificing a meerkat.
Kinda screwed up that I - and probably you - could go out and get more money at a new job tomorrow, but the insurance keeps us pinned down. Not that I hate my job, but some choice would be nice.
Glad you got it taken care of, I can relate very much to “vast health and quality of life improvements, but only because I have good insurance. “
I’ve been really confused at why people hate HMOs. My company has two options and the non-HMO is way more expensive. The only downside to the HMO seems to be very strict rules about out of network coverage but all our doctors take it so it’s not really an issue. I’ve also never needed a referral and they’ve never gotten in my way on aging, at least so far. But the hate makes sense if they used to be worse. I’ve only had a job with insurance for like 5 years.
That’s a rich American. Believe it or not.
A 14 TB HDD to throw on my Plex server. Went with a cheap option from serverpartdeals.com.
I was using a 4 TB for the longest time and had to go through and delete stuff every month.
Those recertified drives are an amazing deal!
So glad you just mentioned this - I’ll have to take a look!
Just don’t put anything important on there without a backup. You never know how good the refurbish is on those.
I’m eventually gonna set up a proper RAID array with them to prevent data loss.
Remember RAID is not a backup! RAID is for increasing uptime and only happens to help protect data (in some cases) as a side effect. Make sure you have backups of anything important or irreplaceable on that drive, preferably offsite!
It’s definitely not going to store anything important - that’s all done by Backblaze.
It’s more for convenience so that I don’t have to download all my shows again if a drive fails.
This is the situation I’m in but also using a QNAP which I’m going to decommission in favour of a proliant, but of course I can’t just swap the drives because of QNAPs damn proprietary FS
My purchase of the month (and year) is the proliant. I’ll never touch QNAP kit again.
A high quality desktop easel for my girlfriend’s art. It makes her feel more competent and professional which increases her confidence in her her art, and the amount of joy she gets from making it, which, in turn, makes me happy
This is so awesome! Thanks for sharing it!
Steam deck!
Ooh, how do you think it compares to the Nintendo Switch? And what about to a Windows gaming laptop?
I’m asking because I’ve seen pretty mixed reviews on this.
The steam deck is amazing. It’s better than the switch because you can do so much more with it. Gaming laptop? Dunno, that is different, you will get better graphics I guess, but the form factor of the deck is great.
eBike fo sho, it’s not even a good one but I haven’t driven a car in months.
Speaking of, here’s a shameless plug for !micromobility@lemmy.world
Thanks for that! I also got an ebike this year, sub $1,000. Gets me to work and back, local grocery stores, and is fun! I’m voting to increase my city’s biking infrastructure.
Which bike, may I ask?
I bought an eFatbike almost exactly a year ago and have already put almost 4000km on it. In my case it’s for recreational use though.
eFatbike? That seems counter-intuitive. You’d get far better range by downsizing tires.
Yeah, but with skinny tires you can’t do this
If you ride it in winter, more power to you.
I have an MTB aswell with 2.5" wide tires, but that’s imposible to drive on snowy trails, so my intention was to get eFat for winter riding, but it completely supplanted my MTB.
That’s awesome then.
Riding in sand and/or snow are pretty much the only reasons, I guess that and it absorbs a decent amount of bumps if you have shitty roads.
Which bike?
ENGWE EP2 Pro: I wouldn’t recommend it just because the company really seems to suck at support - they just keep asking for videos of stuff but never actually repair or reimburse for repairs. They also have their own subreddit (r/ENGWEbikes) where they post weekly AMAs but ignore all questions: Probably just a bot set to post once a week.
If you’re in the market for an ebike: I strongly recommend stopping by your local bikeshop and finding something from them so you don’t get screwed over by some shitty corporation and can actually get service and repairs.
If you’re looking for something cheap and don’t mind buying from a Chinese company, Lectric and Aventon are OK choices but if you can afford it, you’re better off buying something a little more quality from a company like Tern, Specialized, Riese & Müller, or Trek. If you’re looking for a lot of bang for your buck, conversion kits are probably the way to go.
I got a kickass drill press. May not seem that interesting but when you step in front of that puppy, fire it on, crank that lever down and put holes of all sizes in any and everything that’s not bolted to the ground, you feel the raw power and adrenaline pumping through your veins. Your conciousness is immediately elevated to that of a hindu goddess and you begin to lift from the ground, effortlessly floating 2 inches off the ground as all turns bright white extending into infinity. Also, your wife gets super pissed.
A new, cleaner drill press is high on my list. I have an old greasy one, but a decent one for woodworking is becoming necessary
Wood worker here. Clean up the old one. It will work better and last longer than any new tool.
Ah, it ain’t that old unfortunately! It’s ok, but nothing special. I do a lot of metalwork, so it makes sense to have a dirty one and a clean one. The dirty one has channels in the table for coolant too, so that’s definitely staying in the metalwork shop, and if I can find a small a small radial arm drill then I’ll build a nice big table for that with a proper fence for that.
I’ve always wanted a drill press even though I have no real practical need for one. They are fun.
I bought a house. It’s not my first house, it’s my fourth, but it’s my favorite by far. It’s smaller than any of them, it cost more, but it met all my criteria.
Congrats! Is it a newer or older one? What do you like about it most?
It’s about 25 years old. It’s only 1300 square feet with a perfectly flat yard. Perfect for me and my dog… and my son on those weekends where I get to have him with me.
Sounds wonderful! Cheers to your cozy home :)
Food. It has also been my only purchase this year.
flex :)
I’m not sure this counts but paid off all the cars, credit card, and medical debt. Only the mortgage left. Paying bills has never been this easy! And all the extra cash is pretty great too.
Nice! A paid off car is like having a rich forgetful relative that sends birthday cash, but every month.
Source: I have one of these two things, but I bet it’s nice to have rich relatives, too.
I’d love to have rich relatives too! How do we make that happen?
Absolutely counts - you purchased freedom, and flexibility. Those might be the most valuable things a person can spend money on, IMHO.
We bought a modest playset in the backyard. It cost a lot but the value of having kids play outside when we can’t orchestrate a trip to the park yet keep them away from screens while we can get stuff done around the house is priceless
A huge selling point when we bought our house was that it had a nice wooden playground in the back. Our daughter was 3 when we bought it and we got a good 8 years of use out of that playground. It wasn’t the only reason we got the house by any means, but it definitely was one of the factors.
My daughter is almost 3! Little man just turned 6. They love it. Never thought I’d be that guy with something like that in the backyard but now I understand.
Probably this clone of RSP1 from AliExpress for just €20:
Direct image linkSeems more sensitive on HF than direct sampling with RTL-SDR and has up to 10MHz of bandwidth. But due to software support, RTL-SDR still wins. This only works well with SDR++, or if I had Windows, probably SDRUno, since that’s official software for SDRPlay devices. But I am too lazy to bother with Windows.
What’s it do?
SDR is Software Defined Radio
Allows you to read and capture radio signals. This has a nice summary of the different radio bands and what travels over them.
https://terasense.com/terahertz-technology/radio-frequency-bands/
Baldurs gate 3.
First game I’ve paid full price for since they came on cartridges. No regrets, just finished it about three hours ago.
Finally bought a proper L-desk for my home office. Prior to that I was using a basic folding table with a keyboard tray attachment.
A proper desk is a game changer. I recently upgraded to a rather large standing desk and the extra realestate and ability to stand during meetings has been amazing. Sure beats the old ikea desk i had.
In the same vein but in the opposite direction…I’m very short and the standard desk is too high for me, my feet often dangle and my posture is crap. But I found the height of a camping table is PERFECT for me. They start out shorter than average tables/desks to begin with, and the one I got has adjustable legs so it can go even shorter than that. I can put it at the perfect height without struggling.
So for the first time in my adult life, I have a desk that actually fits.
My best purchase was a gift for my 13-year-old daughter- a record player. She’s into a lot of different music, but almost all of it from the 80s and before. Her favorite musician is Todd Rundgren. We were able to find 3 albums of his in a local used record store too, which I consider part of the purchase even though it wasn’t until a little while later.
A nice bicycle. I’ve easily ridden 2000 km this year on it, improving my fitness, saving me money on transportation and providing me lots and lots of entertainment.
The only problem is that I’m hooked now, and I will definitely be upgrading to an even better bike. Oh well.
Same here! No idea how much I’ve ridden this year but probably 100s of miles. Not looking forward to the upcoming winter. Might still try to ride but between the ice and cold, it may be a bit more difficult.
May I ask which bike?
I got myself one of the Trek hybrids. It’s a nice choice for an entry level commuter bicycle, but now that I’m hooked I’m in the market for a road bike with some higher quality components.
