FlyingRobot

I had that problem pop up with my Sony xm4s after a couple of years of use. Cleaned the lens on the inside of the left ear cup and they work perfectly again. Go to sleep, pause music, etc when I remove them.

They aren't phoning home, or at least that is not the issue here. The goggles don't even ship with any kind of wireless capability to phone home, although there is an aftermarket wifi module for video streaming and such.

The issue here is that the bootloader (apparently written by a contractor) was preprogrammed to prevent booting after a certain date. The contractor is claiming this is the result of some kind of license agreement (or maybe disagreement?) with Orqa, the manufacturer.

Honest question. Is a time limited license arrangement normal in other embedded software products? Who would create such a contract and who would sign it?

When I sign up for Office 365 it is pretty clear that I'm subscribing to a service for a period of time. When I buy a hardware product I expect that it will continue to perform the core function for as long as I own the hardware, unless some other terms are made clear.

I doubt that this topic will rise up to be noticed here on Hacker News, but I'm genuinely curious how other non affiliated parties will view this situation.

As a member of the FPV drone racing community I am sad to say that my Orqa goggles have been caught up in a dispute / ransom attack that has rendered my goggles unusable. :(

I had to scan the readme to make sure this story wasn’t about applying machine learning to radio communication.

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Sounds like a good approach to me. Buy for the best action your budget will allow. With VSTs you can tailor the sound to your liking. I don't have a stake in Pianoteq, but if you aren't aware they claim that version 8 is going to be brought to iOS soon.

If you use a decent quality open back headphone, I feel like this is even more true, because the onboard sound becomes irrelevant.

To me even the very highest end digital pianos still sound digital, but they are close enough and the benefits of digital outweigh what you might sacrifice in sound for most people.

I've noticed there is also fierce debate between digital pianos that are based on sampled sounds versus modeled. I believe most Roland digitals are modeled with Fourier series, while all/most of their competitors are sampled (not sure about Nord). That said Pianoteq is a popular after market VST that will bring a very convincing top tier modeled sound to even a low end digital piano.

Looked at those exact brands about a month ago. Went with the Yamaha N1x hybrid. (Which means it has a conventional acoustic action with hammers and everything) so far pretty happy with it. I suggest going over to the piano world forums and doing a dive. The threads on these models are long. Also above all go see them in real life if you can.

I learned respect for my table saw early in my software engineer turned part time woodworker career after a near miss kick back incident. I’ve been using MJ splitters ever since on my old school Delta unisaw.

I'll offer another positive perspective. I've worked as a software engineer within the Department of Energy's National Laboratory System for 15 years, and I really enjoy it. Software is a major element of much of the laboratory's work, and in some cases such as mine software is the main product. We enjoy autonomy, lead projects as PIs, and develop mostly open source software. We are also hiring https://nrel.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/NREL/2/refreshFacet/318c8....