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Shapillon, in What piece of song lyric you can really relate to?

Break me with that truth

Take all my fractions

Shaping something new

Out of the fragments

Light up this old soul

I was broken, now I’m golden

Fractions - Juniper Vale

How I feel about meeting my SOs and the subsequent years.

uriel238, in What can we do, as lemmy users, to fight fake news being pushed in the platform?
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Post fact-checks (links a bonus) in the comments, which are few enough to scroll and check. That’s where I look for paywall bypasses, TLDRs and will post a screed for additional context if I have opinions that everyone should know.

LegionEris, in Which organism would you most like to be able to conduct an extended translated interview with?

I have so many questions for and about bacteria. Can I choose a sort of akashic universal bacterial conscious? I could pick a family or something if I have to be more specific, but I nerd to know about bacteria.

stolid_agnostic, in For those who have been to Comic Con: Are photo ops or autographs best?

Save your money and use it for something nice that you’ll cherish. Standing in line sucks.

Dagnet, (edited ) in What cheap tool/gadget do you use that greatly improves your daily life?

Boneconduction earphones. They are cheaper than you think and I use mine to listen to music while swimming. Also great for music when you need to be able to hear to things around you (it doesn’t block any external sound, so don’t use in noisy environments)

theskyisfalling,

My greatest purchase of the last decade I reckon. I first tried them 9 years ago and since then I am onto my 6th pair, no because they break easily but simply because I use them for between 8 and 10 hours every single day.

I do a lot of running and cycling and they allow me to be aware of idiots in cars whilst being able to listen to music or books whilst I ride / run. I use them at work with ear defense in so I can still hear what my machine is doing.

They are light, comfortable and really just the best way to listen to stuff for me.

Do you use aftershokz?

SocialEngineer56,

Not OP but I do use AdterShokz! I bought them during Black Friday sale last year and love them! I also do a lot of running and cycling - very nice to have the background song playing while also being aware of my surroundings! I also do a lot of late night walks listening to podcasts - I feel much more comfortable knowing I could hear someone approaching me.

I listen when to music / podcasts doing chores around the house. My wife doesn’t realize alot of the times and starts talking to me and I miss first half of what she said. I told my wife when buying them I’d be able to hear her now! Turns out I listen too loud still and can’t comprehend what she is saying when first talking while headphones are still playing. So… don’t use that as buying excuse :)

theskyisfalling,

I don’t know if that is volume based though as I do exactly the same and even when the volume is down low it is like my brain is tuned into listen on that level and so I miss the first sentence of what is said from an outside source. At least I can hear they are there however!

They really are great for so many applications. I used to do Acid a lot more than I do these days and they were fucking great for a trip and out walking in the woods. I could have them on a good volume to soundtrack my walk but whilst also being able to hear nature around me. Just perfect for trippy walks.

Dagnet,

I use a generic one from aliexpress, even the voice alerts are in chinese lol

momentary,

Any particular brand you recommend?

Dagnet,

No idea, I bought a generic one on aliexpress that is ‘good enough’, wouldnt recommend

crabArms,

When I looked into them, a lot of people seem to speak highly of Shokz/aftershokz. I haven’t used them so can’t make a personal recommendation.

One thing to note is that if you want them for swimming you need to get ones with built in storage bc Bluetooth can’t really penetrate water

momentary,

Thanks for the excellent tip, never would have occurred to me that water would cause a problem for the Bluetooth signal!

Mostly_Gristle,

it doesn’t block any external sound, so don’t use in noisy environments

It’s actually because I work in a high noise environment that I got into bone-conduction headphones. They still work when you’re wearing earplugs.

Dagnet,

Nvr thought of that but wouldnt good earbuds with active noise canceling be better for you?

theskyisfalling,

I don’t think that they would be able to cancel the noise of an industrial environment and it would end up being a case of blasting sound into your ears to try and cover up the noise.

These with ear protection saves your ears a lot more.

Mostly_Gristle,

No, it wouldn’t. When I say I work in a high noise environment I mean that I’m surrounded by enough machine noise that I wear ear plugs to protect my hearing. Active noise cancellation isn’t a substitute for actual PPE. It’d be cool if it worked that way, but sadly not.

Bone conduction works great with earplugs though. The only minor downside is that earplugs make the bass frequencies stronger, so I need to open up the EQ settings and tweak things a bit if I’m listening to music, but that’s not really a big deal. I’m usually listing to podcasts or audio books at work anyway.

Death_Equity,

ANC plays the inverse of the soundwaves. So a loud noise isn’t made safe, it is just made inaudible and just as loud and harmful.

They are not safety products, only sound deadening earplugs or muffs do that.

emptiestplace,

that’s … not how science works

:(

aksdb,

Don’t the soundwaves cancel each other out?

Anyway my bigger fear would be a short hiccup or outright malfunction and suddenly you stand unprotected within loud machines.

dustyData,

They do, but not in the intuitive way one would think. They work because there’s a passive seal around the hearing, thus the headphones only have to cancel the smaller amount of noise that gets into your ear, not the full loud noise outside in the environment. This is why ANC need to have mics inside your ears.

The problem is actually that the louder the noise, the louder the noise canceling would have to be. And at a certain point the passive seal cannot stop much of the outside noise, and if poorly designed, if the speaker tries to cancel that noise, it would be blasting massive soundwaves into your ears. But most consumer speakers can’t achieve that and don’t even try. So after a certain threshold, they won’t work and can’t help you with the noise. And the passive noise block is not even remotely good enough as a straight up earplug. So they are not considered protective gear, at least not the consumer devices, only aviation grade ANC is considered protective gear. But you’ll see that they have massive ear cover,s with huge speakers and drivers, and elastic tensors on the headband to absolutely seal your ears and some truly state of the art audio processing that would make the most snob audiophile blush in envy.

They do make some of those for ground crews, construction sites and heavy machinery, but they insists that they are only effective if paired with a sound baffle earplug.

Death_Equity,

Noise cancelling earbuds or similar do not protect your hearing.

They do not make a loud noise quiet. It does not matter if they are working or not. All they do is make noise seem quiet, you are still being exposed to the same level of noise.

aksdb,

Do you have sources backing your claim?

Here is one backing mine: hillhearbetter.com/do-noise-cancelling-headphones…

Death_Equity,

From your source:

While noise-canceling technology can effectively reduce the perception of external sounds, it does not necessarily eliminate the potential for hearing damage.

In noise-canceling headphones, a microphone captures external sounds, and the internal speaker generates a counteracting sound wave that is 180 degrees out of phase. This process effectively nullifies the external sound at ear level. However, it is important to note that the sound pressure from external noise sources still exists even with active noise cancellation in place.

aksdb,

Yes, but you said “seem quiet”. No. It actually cancels the sound waves. So if it’s quiet, it’s quiet. The pressure is a different problem.

FartsWithAnAccent, in For those who have been to Comic Con: Are photo ops or autographs best?
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They both suck lol, I saw someone I recognized for a show, gave them a nod, they nodded back, and I started to walk over to say hi but then saw a sign asking for $20 a conversation so I just kinda laughed and walked off. I didn’t realize how sad it all was when I agreed to go but that was my last comicon. I did bump into some web comic people and told them their work was great on my way out though.

Player2, in Which organism would you most like to be able to conduct an extended translated interview with?

Surprised I haven’t seen anyone mention something like a very old tree or mycelium network

TurnItOff_OnAgain, in Whats the best Chromebook for the money?

Not sure exactly what you are looking for, but I got my wife the Lenovo duet 5 in sale a while back and she loves it.

itsgroundhogdayagain, in Which organism would you most like to be able to conduct an extended translated interview with?

a capybara. they seem so pleasant.

bionicjoey,

Guinea Big

ensignrick, in For those who have been to Comic Con: Are photo ops or autographs best?
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Neither. It’s a sorta scummy experience overall with the few actors I’ve paid the money for. At least that’s my experience. If they offer an selfie in the autograph line. That’s probably the best experience out of the paid options…

For the official photos. Your rushed through. Actor or whoever doesn’t care your there. Your meeting them for like 30 seconds. Sorta feel like your being taken for your money. ( no way?!?)Actor might say hi how are you? And then your out with an awkward photo.

My best experiences was interacting acting with them naturally by mere chance outside of the con. Or once I waited just for a free autograph with Matt Mercer and that was 200% worth it.

bender223, in Is it actually possible to change your personality

Yes you can. What helped me was to keep asking myself, “what kind of person do I want to be?”

That internal mantra guided me to make different choices to become a different person, a better one, generally. And it’s not even big decisions/choices. It was a lot of little things that I did differently, but consistently.

I’m not saying it’s easy. It’s a process. I had to keep constant, that question, in my mind. Like others have said, habits are hard to break, so it will take some persistence.

Good luck.

ShitOnABrick, (edited ) in What cheap tool/gadget do you use that greatly improves your daily life?
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I would personally recommend the mucai h61 lga 1155 alliexpress motherboard I own one in my own personal rig and have been using it for almost 3 weeks now and it’s been smooth sailing Its £10 less than most other used motherboards and it has an additional m.2/mini pcie slot

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/803f3ca0-304f-4c66-83ad-e4fa06c5e424.jpeg

shalafi, in Which organism would you most like to be able to conduct an extended translated interview with?

My mini (not really) pig. I’d kill or die to know just exactly how smart he is.

NeoNachtwaechter, in What is the most promising pathway to reach universal healthcare?

In the U.S. seems like we’re a long way from that

Not just a long way. No visible way at all.

You need to fix your political landscape first, for example have > 2 parties, and have other than these two ultra conservative parties. Only then will you be able to make significant changes in your country.

__,

You're 100% correct on principle. The problem is that given our electoral system, third parties end up taking votes from viable candidates, and we end up with terrifying people running things.

We can't change the electoral system, because we've never actually had an Article V convention (Constitutional Convention) so we don't know what would happen there. We'd get an entirely new constitution, and it would not be a better one. You've probably seen how dysfunctional our republicans are, I'm not about to let them tear up e.g., my right to free speech or a fair trial.

Given the current makeup of the Supreme Court, what would come out of that convention would be provide zero protections for anything.

But yes, we need third parties. I just don't see a plausible way to get them without taking on an amount of risk that most people aren't willing to take.

GyozaPower, in What cheap tool/gadget do you use that greatly improves your daily life?

A “traveler’s” journal that consists of a cover and replaceable notebook refills. Cheaper than having to buy entire journals once you finish the last one (though uglier, since these refills don’t have cool covers), you can interchange them based on context/what you require and journaling is pretty great by itself.

__,

Seconded - I spent maybe $30 on the journal (might be a knockoff, but it works) and intentionally got one with card slots as well. No carrying a wallet required, self-contained, and when I think of something to do/search/etc it goes in there immediately.

I started with Midori notebooks in A5, and realized I love the paper, but the binding just didn't work for the way I write. Switched to Rhodia spiral bound 80gsm and haven't looked back. Wouldn't call myself "organized" per se, but far more than I ever have been and I no longer lose the random things I think of. or end up with 500 notes on my phone and no idea what's in each.

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