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Who is referring to getting kicked off HN? I believe the post you're responding to, which said "If you're going to run a platform like this and capriciously threaten to kick people off of it," -- the "it" referred to Google.

Restic is great. The only part I don't like is that you are forced to use a password. For local backups it's unnecessary and if you forget the password all your data is lost.

That's the most minimal description of VS Code...

Why not go to the local pound and taking the dogs on a walk? That way you can feel the satisfaction of providing happiness to less-fortunate animals and not have to worry about owning one.

You are overthinking a lot of this, in my opinion. Sure, people will find ways to stay connected regardless, but you can't deny the ease these services offer in staying connected, making it easier to be more social.

I think you're not realizing the biological foundation of social interaction; it's not merely a product of society.

I thought the federal government was able to from the whole San Bernardino shooting suspect's phone?

I love my Bose ones, they seem to be as good as my wired Senneheiser ones. That's just my opinion though.

You make valid points, I was merely posting that question/pov since I've had Bluetooth headphones for a few years so it hasn't really affected me, and I agree that the industry unfortunately looks like it isn't going back.

I didn't check prices, I just assumed by now we would have access to cheap ones by now since every phone is going Bluetooth only. That's my mistake.

I agree the pairing process can sometimes take a couple minutes, especially if not familiar with the Bluetooth controls on both devices, but I wouldn't call that a nightmare.

I didn't think about the charging aspect, good point. I guess I'm spoiled due to the long battery life of headphones like Bose that I have that never have run out of battery, even on 13 hour flights. But ear buds definitely are a different story. However my Bose's batteries are still running strong years later (they also have a replacable battery) and no, I don't work for Bose, they're just the only Bluetooth ones I've had.

Also I've found AUX cables break over time causing static. Seems comparable to "bugginess" of Bluetooth, but I've never experienced any bugs with these headphones (again I've only owned 2 Bluetooth headphones so I'm uninformed). I'm genuinely curious what bugs Bluetooth headphone connections have, care to elaborate?

Thanks!

Can USB-C splitters charge and output at the same time like the MacBook ones do?

That's a valid point. Out of curiosity, do phones have good enough audio hardware that makes wired sound better than Bluetooth? IMO (I'm no audio engineer) the new Bluetooth standards have pretty good bandwidth that I'd imagine can transmit rather high bitrate audio. Please correct me if I'm wrong, I'm genuinely curious.

Being honestly curious, do android or iOS phones offer audio quality/signal comparable to standalone headphone amps expensive Senneheiser headphones are designed to perform best with? Disclosure: I also own $500 Senneheiser headphones, but use my Bose Bluetooth ones for my phone.

I'd say it's a very fair comparison. Google controls the Pixel ecosystem and Apple controls the iPhone.

Seriously. This argument is getting old. Bluetooth headphones aren't that difficult to find cheap now anyways. Are people really that attached to their old wired headphones?

That would be a lot of extra launch weight just to return the first stage, not to mention the danger of having filled boosters on the rocket the whole launch.

Great video, thanks! Interesting how people are ok with copying others but hate to be copied (in part 4 of the video series). I never really thought about this issue the way that author presented it.

I found a lot, here's one: https://9to5mac.com/2015/01/26/nexus-6/

These guys must have sold investors hard for Google to put 120 million into this. Maybe there is an angle here I'm not seeing.

How is that possible?

It is strange. They were trying to decrease update sizes by using File-by-File patching, for example, but never decided to use the best applicable compression library until an intern came along?

Ism not the original person, but I live in Santa Barbara (about 60 miles away). You can definitely hear the rumble, delayed by several minutes. The launches at the middle of the night are the best since it's so quiet.

This article just displays the author's lack of knowledge of the subject matter he is developing with. Something tells me it was written just to get the company's name out there.

It was a software, not a hardware, update that enabled this feature

I hope you don't mean the "grab a snickers" wording. That is not an Easter egg.

Edit: I'm sorry guys, I guess the file that the install button links to is not the addon itself like the Firefox addon site does, so saving it does not give you the addon. I'm retarded. He does not have tracking cookies, I apologize.

I'm sorry I was wrong. The file that the install button does not link to the addon like the Firefox addon site does, so saving the link is not the addon. I apologize.

Edit: I'm sorry guys, I guess the file that the install button links to is not the addon itself like the Firefox addon site does, so saving it does not give you the addon. I'm retarded. He does not have tracking cookies, I apologize.

He actually is doing this. Take a look at the source code. He has tracking javascript right at the bottom. Its sort of ironic...

I don't really like that he puts tracking javascript in his addons. Take a look at the source of this Facebook Disconnect addon, its at the bottom. Why don't people just write a simple bash script that toggles blocks for the facebook domains in the hosts file?

Not really. Do you even know the mission of the Flock browser?