Fancy jar of honey from the grocery store for me. Tasted pretty good.

    • BurntWits@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      10 days ago

      Same here, but I must say the platforming is a lot harder than I was expecting. Diagonal pogo is really messing me up. I can’t consistently get past those pogo bouncy fruit ball things and I’m stuck now. Hopefully it clicks soon.

      • Domi@lemmy.secnd.me
        41·
        10 days ago

        In case you’re playing with controller, use the d-pad. Just hold left/right and down and you will always perform the pogo bounce instead of hitting air.

        • BurntWits@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          10 days ago

          I’ve been trying but it keeps breaking my brain for some reason. I’ll keep trying. Maybe I’ll get the hang of it. Thanks.

  • FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    34·
    10 days ago

    My son works at a motorcycle dealer. He sends me a pic of a bike they just got in. A CBR1000RR-RSP. Well after putting on my boots and asking him if it’s for sale, they said they would sell it to me. The person who ordered it had to back out so if I could make it down there it was mine. I hopped on my 2001 CBR and headed to the store where I bought the bike. And to answer the question, YES it was definitely worth it. That motorcycle is the absolute hands down smoothest machine I have ever been on. It’s like riding a stick of butter down a teflon pan. I still can’t believe I own one as I honestly never even thought I would ever even see one in the wild.

    • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
      8·
      10 days ago

      Awesome.

      215 horsepower out of a street legal, featherweight 1 liter NA engine is ‘normal’ now I guess, but it still boggles my mind. And its low inertia! If you sent that thing back in time, engine designers’ heads would explode.

      • FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        10 days ago

        Totally agree. The amount of hp this bike has blows my mind. But the thing like I said is just how smooth it is in the delivery and execution. The shifts are smooth and effortless, and the throttle is just smooth. You can dial in the power you want with different settings, so you can tone it down for things like riding in the rain. It’s so much different than my 01, which was just raw power and no electronic goodies other than fuel injection. I love having both, and have a ton of miles on the 01 which I am looking forward to matching with the new bike.

      • FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        10 days ago

        That’s it. I got a 25 model, but it looks basically the same. They tweaked some internals from 24 to 25, but that’s the bike. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity for me, and I jumped on it. Definitely my largest impulse buy ever. I figure my friends all think I am having a mid life crisis, but it’s just a dream bike of mine that I never would have fathomed I would have a snowballs chance in hell of owning.

  • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world
    31·
    10 days ago

    I guess it was a new camera bag. I didn’t need it, but I wanted it. Turns out, having a bag with a long enough strap to go cross body makes it a lot easier to lug around my camera, a handful of lenses, and my tripod for a few hours while I walk around. Totally worth it.

    • Jack Waterhouse@toot.jack.water.house
      5·
      10 days ago

      Same, just bought two rack mount SilverStone cases for my PCs to consolidate everything. Next up is a 48U Rack mount, saw one on Facebook marketplace for around $200AUD (~$150USD) - what did you get?

      • tired_n_bored@lemmy.world
        3·
        10 days ago

        So cool! I love Silverstone cases, they’re really made for homelabbers. I have a ML05 that contains 6 hard disks (2,5") in the size of a PlayStation. Spent just 30€ (35$) for one on Facebook marketplace, new.

        I recently bought some more Zigbee devices to pair to my Home Assistant: door sensors and a Methane detector

  • AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.netEnglish
    301·
    10 days ago

    I bought a pint for an acquaintance at my philosophy discussion group because he was moving away and this was his last session. I’m pretty poor at the moment, so even a small purchase like this was a lot. It was definitely worth it though, because it convinced him to stay for a while longer than he would have (the group session is held upstairs in a pub, but afterwards there’s usually informal discussions that continue downstairs in the main pub).

    It felt very much like I was performing human socialisation in a deliberate, but nice way. I already told the dude that I would miss his presence at the group, but buying a farewell drink for him was a way of reiterating that sentiment.

    • tomenzgg@midwest.socialEnglish
      3·
      10 days ago

      I guess only tangentially related but, if you like cheesecake and wine (especially fortified wines), a cheesecake with sherry is positively divine.

  • dkppunk@lemmy.world
    17·
    10 days ago

    A New! Nintendo 3DS XL because I did not like the form factor of my Nintendo 2DS (also an impulse buy). I bought a bunch of cheap games and I’ve been playing Pokemon Sun a bit.

    Also bought an e-bike. I haven’t had a bike in a while and I used to walk around the neighborhood or to the store all the time. I moved to an area that the grocery store is pretty far to walk to and it’s very hilly. The e-bike is great for going up those hills. It’s a pedal assist (no throttle acceleration) and I try to minimize how much I use the actual assist so I can get a workout too. It’s been great and I’ve taken it to the grocery store and library a few times. I bought it when I did because I knew tariffs were going to affect the pricing. The company recently said they are raising prices due to tariffs, so I think it was a wise decision.

  • IWW4@lemmy.zip
    16·
    10 days ago

    I bought a whistle that claims to be the loudest whistle on the market.

    It is loud as shit and looks cool on my life vest.

  • Thelsim@sh.itjust.works
    15·
    10 days ago

    A small 8 inch laptop that can fit in my everyday bag. It hasn’t arrived yet, so I’m not sure if it’ll be worth it.
    It’s my usual birthday purchase impulse, the one time I allow myself to splurge for something for no other reason than “I want” :)

    I hope to use it to wean myself off of phone apps and have something that is more under my control while I’m outside.

  • ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com
    15·
    10 days ago

    Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 260. Stuck Linux mint on it (because I’m a Linux noob). £170, cheap.

    It’s pretty great. I just wish I could get a consistent touchscreen experience because I like to fold the keyboard back and use it like a tablet in bed. It works like a charm on Firefox, but outside of that, the touchscreen is hit or miss. I just want it to work like an iPad or Android tablet in terms of navigation (swipes, long presses, etc.)

    Overall though I’m pretty happy with it. Excellent for torrenting and file management and mostly lightweight shit.

      • ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com
        51·
        10 days ago

        I’ve actually already tried Gnome, which definitely works the best with touch. It seems to lack the amount of system settings that the standard cinnamon DE has though.

        • CapillaryUpgrade@lemmy.sdf.org
          2·
          10 days ago

          Sure, default GNOME is pretty barebones, most people use GNOME Tweaks as well for additional settings and some amount of extensions depending on your workflow.

          In principle, i would have prefered that this was all built in, but practically, it works really well, for me at least.

    • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 days ago

      KDE gestures?

      I know they reworked it completely a couple of years ago, but I’m an insane person who uses XFCE in touch mode so I wouldn’t know lol.

      • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
        2·
        9 days ago

        Run a giant LLM in RAM, heh:

        https://huggingface.co/zai-org/GLM-4.5

        Seriously though, I had 32GB, and was having problems with all sorts of media work, complilation, stuff that would grind my system to a crawl constantly from the paging. So I wanted to replace them with 64GB sticks, but the 128GB modules were low voltage, low latency and not that expensive in terms if $/GB… and I realized it was enough space to basically host a reasonable quantization of Deepseek at home, at (as it turns out) close to reading speeds.

        I like having a RAM drive to put certain games on, too. Not that I game a ton these days… Hence dangrous’s meme.

  • ducklingone@lemmy.today
    13·
    10 days ago

    Made a lateral upgrade from GTX 1080 to 6600XT. The performance is more or less the same but compatibility with Linux is much better for gaming. Games finally “just work” and was totally worth it for me

    • AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.netEnglish
      5·
      10 days ago

      My current computer is the one that I helped my late best friend build, and I’m so glad that we ended up going for an AMD GPU. I wasn’t using Linux back then (and neither was he), so it was just a lucky fluke. My switch to running Linux as my main operating system would’ve been far more stressful with a Nvidia GPU, it seems.

    • ptc075@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      10 days ago

      Mildly interesting, as I just did nearly the same, going from a GTX970 to a Radeon 8570. Did not have the same “it just works” experience however. But I blame that more on my lack of Linux knowledge than the video card.

        • Zeoic@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          10 days ago

          You dont really have to, but you would probably bottleneck a new card pretty badly if the cpu is from around the same timeframe as the 970

            • Zeoic@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              10 days ago

              No argument there! I also had a 970 back when it was new. Upgraded to a 2070 and I am still on that one. The 970 was pretty great, even got two of them at one point, then found out how useless SLI was and gave it to my mother lol.

    • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      10 days ago

      I’ve still got a GTX-1080 in service on my “HTPC.” Which…is starting to be a problem, honestly. It’s getting to where that card is too old to support things, like Bazzite’s HTPC system apparently involves things the GTX-1080 can’t do. It’s a kickass graphics card but it’s also a decade old and software has moved on. And I hate that shit, computer hardware outlives itself too damn often. I’ve got a literal pile of perfectly working ten year old computers.

  • alecsargent@lemmy.zip
    12·
    10 days ago

    Bought trackball mouse

    trackball mouse

    My workflow is not as fast as before but it is so much more comfortable, definitely worth it.

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      6 days ago

      I had to reconsider. My thumb joint was grouchy after a few months.

      Edit: my clone reminds me he absolutely loves his neu-logitech-trackpad thing he uses. He likes that it’s got three buttons instead of two and a dinky little rolly-nub, and he wouldn’t part with his without a fight (and he’s trained in pistol, c-7 in ‘party mode’, sword, staff, hands, and impolite words, so he’ll have it even after the fall of society)

      • alecsargent@lemmy.zip
        2·
        10 days ago

        Ah yeah, there no real place to rest the thumb, but since I use my keyboard like 80% of the time it does not matter too much.

      • renrenPDX@lemmy.world
        2·
        9 days ago

        I really like the Kensington Expert mouse for this reason. Expert Mouse Wired Trackball

        I use my index and middle fingers to manipulate the ball (together or alternating scissor-walk like fashion), and ring finger to turn the wheel. Thumb for left click (bottom left button), and ring finger to right click (top right button). The hand doesn’t move at all, with movement all in the fingers.

        It freaks out visitors when they try to use it, but it’s a life saver for click intensive workflows. So much so that I would have a second as a backup. My only complaint for it if I had one is that the scroll wheel can get a little loud with aggressive scrolling in a single direction, like trying to get to the bottom of a page.

    • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      10 days ago

      I’ve been using trackballs for 25 years. What do you think of the M575? I’ve got a fleet of old and tired M570s that will need replacement soon.

      • OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml
        1·
        9 days ago

        I was like you. Both are great your over thinking it. 575 I think has a slightly less rounded curve but trust its nothing to worry about. I swap between both with ease. Matter of fact. I love the 570 sometimes but my hand arch started to get worn out after hours of use. 575 has less of an arch and relaxes the wrist a tad more.

        • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          9 days ago

          I got an MX Ergo. It’s godfuckingawful. The M570 looks back at you so your thumb rests forward of the centerline of the ball. The Ergo looks to the side like a lobotomized beluga so your thumb rests on the centerline of the ball reducing the comfortable range of vertical travel. It also developed a nasty case of leprosy, the skin started to blister and peel, so rubber wrapped devices from Logitech are dead to me forever. I just…I’ve been soldering new click switches into my little herd of 570s because Logitech is really bad at electronics and they used inappropriate switches that wear out prematurely so I’ve been fixing it instead of buying anything else from them because I am a severely petty man but they’re starting to fail in ways I don’t know how to fix.

          • OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml
            1·
            9 days ago

            I’ve got a bad right click on my 570 and it’s years old. That’s part of what caused me to get a 575. That and work I needed something good rather than a traditional mouse.

            Edit: get a 575 you will make concessions but given your ergo trust me it’s worth doing. Retire those 570s!