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by dougmwne 4y ago
That is fair. We are veering into metaphysics or religion if we talk about what exists there today, or even if there could be any relationship between our “today” and their “today”. By definition there is no causal connection. I’ll get back
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by dougmwne 4y ago
Here’s the important point I think you are missing. You are looking in TIME, not in space. When you look very far away, you are looking back to the beginning of time, back to a singularity where all matter and energy existed at a single poi
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by dougmwne 4y ago
I will echo this. I don’t know if we will ever reach AGI, but several goalposts seem to have already flown past and we are still moving at top speed. I think it will take a decade or more to integrate the AI capabilities we have today into
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by dougmwne 4y ago
I think this is an insightful take. My first tablet was 7”. Most phones are 6” now. The extra size of a 10” tablet does not buy much extra functionality and we all basically have “phablets” now. And in the end, these big smartphones did end
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by dougmwne 4y ago
I have a guess, just based on some observations. I believe Google is significantly ahead, but has no internal pressure to disrupt their own search product. I think this state of things was fairly clear since around 2015 when key SV VC folks
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by dougmwne 4y ago
I have terrible wax issues from before I used in ear headphones, mostly from swimming. I have found an earwax cleaning kit called Earwax MD and it works great for me. The peroxide based kits didn’t remove my wax and I needed to do periodic
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by dougmwne 4y ago
That was a manufacturing defect with the first gen. I had a pair replaced for free.
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by dougmwne 4y ago
I just gave a pair to my mom who uses hearing aids. She was able to enter her audiogram in them and use them as both backup hearing aids when her regular ones are on the charger or in for repair and as headphones that match her hearing need
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by dougmwne 4y ago
Yes, there is a licensing cost that only a few manufacturers will pay.
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by dougmwne 4y ago
I suppose you mean that you have cauliflower ear? That seems like most IEMs would not work for you.
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by dougmwne 4y ago
You lose enough of the features that I would not use them with Android regularly. Most importantly, the only high fidelity bluetooth codec they support is AAC, which most Android devices do not support, causing you to fall back to SBC. You
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by dougmwne 4y ago
That is an advertised feature, so I assume that the lawyers have looked into those health claims as somewhat defensible. First, they do seal, so even if it's not as tight as a foam earplug, it is something. Second, there's the ANC
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by dougmwne 4y ago
There are 3rd party tips you could try.
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by dougmwne 4y ago
I'm not aware of any evidence of that, though for me I rarely notice my tinnitus unless I am in a quiet space. It is almost never quiet for most people in most cities, so I can understand someone noticing it for the first time while us
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by dougmwne 4y ago
It's very dependant on your ears and the eartip size you use. I personally would not bike with them, because as good as the passthrough audio is, there could be small differences in localizing sound that could really cause trouble on a
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by dougmwne 4y ago
Just tried these for the first time from TJ's and you are absolutely right!
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by dougmwne 4y ago
Airpod Pro 2 They are basically bionic ears. Headphones, headset, earplugs, hearing protection, hearing aids, extendable ears, and more. Wish they could act as universal translators, but I suppose that's still yet to come.
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by dougmwne 4y ago
Not sure which world you are living in, but most people under the age of 70 are already there 100%. The world has been forsaken and we live in a world of screens and ads. The corporate dystopia raises our children, mediates our relationship
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by dougmwne 4y ago
You are missing the forest for the trees. Ask yourself, why do we spend so much time looking at 6 inch rectangles? In its final form, this will be a perfect 2D and 3D display of any size accessible using any form of input attached shortly a
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by dougmwne 4y ago
I am very much not talking about willpower. I am saying it is NOT about willpower. And sure, there is an energy equation here thermodynamically, but it is unhelpful. It would be something like: Calories in * X = Calories consumed * Y + Fat
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by dougmwne 4y ago
I am short term skeptical, but long term VR/AR are going to absolutely dominate computing. The moment you can teleport across the country with a photorealistic "retina resolution" avatar is the moment this product category is
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by dougmwne 4y ago
Yes, your instinct is correct, you have vastly oversimplified it in an unhelpful way. The body is not an energy equation to be balanced. The desire to eat is driven by our hormones and these are not easily overridden by willpower. In fact,
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by dougmwne 4y ago
Boo hoo. US cities are abysmal. Chronic underfunding of public transit and bad zoning policies that make it illegal to build dense means that we have some of the most unlivable and exclusive cities in the developed world. People are speakin
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by dougmwne 4y ago
Here’s my take on it. I am a pretty light drinker. I think it’s nice, but not amazing. Half of my enjoyment is just culinary, trying different tastes. But anything can become a habit, from leaving dirty dishes in the sink to buying too many
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by dougmwne 4y ago
Plus you need to clone your BDFL to keep the party going. Apple’s adaptation of Foundation had the right idea.
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by dougmwne 4y ago
The crowd isn’t wise, it’s dumb as rocks and social media was a generally terrible idea except for the heavily weeded gardens. AI is more likely to save it than harm it.
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by dougmwne 4y ago
I remember it pretty well. The gigabyte of storage was a big deal at the time. It seemed like an impossible amount to provide for free at that point in computing history. It was also invite only at the time when that growth hack trick was a
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by dougmwne 4y ago
For me it has absolutely destroyed my mental model of what tasks computers are capable of. I used to have a very good idea of what a pile of handcrafted algorithms could do, now i am like the general public and it’s all witchcraft to me. Th
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by dougmwne 4y ago
I think part of the reason this is a big deal is that it breaks HBO’s brand. They have always been seen as a prestige channel that had a catalog of original programming you’d never see anywhere else. Westworld appeared to be part of this or
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by dougmwne 4y ago
I disagree. There’s a ton of profit margin on the table selling driverless rideshares and licensing the tech to other automakers. While Google will be able to serve a few ads during the ride, that will amount to a few cents of ad revenue vs

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