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> A lot of things we rely on today are incredibly complex but work quite well and are quite safe. I took the time to run ethernet cable to my home office becau
by snek_case 5y ago
> A lot of things we rely on today are incredibly complex but work quite well and are quite safe.
I took the time to run ethernet cable to my home office because while the wifi works well 99% of the time, I don't want to be in a situation where I'm in a work meeting and it cuts off or starts becoming choppy.
Wireless headphones introduce multiple new modes of failure, like connection issues, and running out of battery. If you want reliability, it's good to stick with safe, reliable technologies, and eliminate potential modes of failure.
Sure, you could also use a wireless keyboard and a wireless mouse while you're at it, but then, between your wifi, your wireless headset, your wireless keyboard and your wireless mouse, the odds of a connection or battery failure happening when you need your computer to work is quite a bit higher.
One of my colleagues uses a wireless headset and it's happened at least 10 times during meetings that people tell him "sorry, we can't hear you, could you check your audio". Don't be that guy, use wired headphones ;)