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A Kodak luma mini projector. Absolute dog shit ui and the worst speaker I've ever heard completely ruin the entire experience.
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Micro usb to hdmi that I didn't know wasn't compatible with my phone
Old crazy HP pisser of dad died a slow dead, needed a new one. I sent him a link to the Local online tech retailer, filters all set to bottle printers. One day dad wrote me, he was just in (i think Fust? Some local tech retailer), they only had HP printers, i should come set it up. Still crazy behavior in Cups but at least a laser this time. Half a year later, he bought new toners of 500$ for the 300$ printer "it's the last one i need before retirement, i swear!".
Old crazy HP pisser of dad died a slow dead, needed a new one.
I hate those HP pissers! It’s hard to get the stains off the floor.
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I once bought one of these weird gaming 'keyboards' where you only have the keys around WASD on it. Used it once, thought it sucked and never looked at it again
This worst purchase but entirely my fault. I bought a thrust master t3000 kit off of a website I had found because it was like 200 bucks cheaper than anywhere else. I get the thing in the mail and it’s the EU plug so I had to order another servo motor that was for US outlets
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A Logitech MX Ergo trackball mouse.
I've used thumb ball mice since the 20th century. I replaced a Microsoft branded one with a Logitech M570, that started to get a little old in the tooth so I saw this "premium" mouse they were offering.
Worst HID I can think of. it really wasn't that ergonomic, the ball was at such an angle that you don't get much vertical throw, the Forward button is hard to reach, the customization software is insipid, the hole to push the ball out is too small, and then the coating started to perish. It has this rubberized coating that just...started failing. It's disgusting to touch now. Only reason I don't throw it out is there's a lithium battery in it.
Oh, even techier: I bought a pair of ESP32CAM devices. Little ESP32 dev boards with a camera on them. That's a surprisingly powerful yet low power microcontroller, with onboard Wi-Fi, attached to a microSD card slot and a 1080p camera. On paper that's a cool idea. I think they both overheated and died.
- First generation Samsung Android Watch (Just plain useless)
- Asus Transformer TF101 Tablet (Bloated UI)
- Acer C720 Chromebook (a bit better after installing Xfce over ChromeOS)
- Fiio M11 DAP (it's chunky and I just never use it)
Not sure if it qualifies as tech, but a hybrid water heater. Was twice as expensive, sometimes provided only luke warm water and finally the compressor gave out prematurely. Should have just bought a normal one.
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Lenovo Daydream VR camera. Worked ok at first, but was soon after abandoned by Google and Android dropped support for it as well. These days an expensive brick. Oh and the battery became a spicy pillow as well 🤦
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