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It's a phrase that's been around for years to mean "poor quality" ( https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/recorded-with-a-potato ). One theory behind the term is that the recording device…

Yes, it's amazing how often hearing assistance systems are either unusable (due to bad sound, e.g. hiss or distortion or volume issues) or just flat-out don't work here in the UK.

Not a bad option for a lecture theatre, but it's worth noting that IR is line-of-sight and can be easily interrupted by people moving or the receiver twisting as you shift position…

There are wifi-based systems (like Sennheiser MobileConnect or Williams WAVECast), and my experience has been universally awful. The latency is so high that if you have any ambient…

It's a chicken-and-egg thing. Not many devices have it, so not many venues install it. Not many venues have it (perhaps because they've invested in other systems), and there's no p…

FWIW, it is also possible to get standalone induction receivers that you can plug headphones into, which can be useful for "is this working" checks (for example https://www.ampetro…

Hearing aids are at a frustrating crossroads at the moment, IMO. In my experience, a lot of the recent hearing aids don't seem to support induction loops. It often seems to be a ch…

> If all you want to send is an array of integers, why should you have to put it into a struct first? If you're sure that's all you'll ever have to do, then sure. But unless you're…

I've been using Ctrl-[ instead of Esc for so long that I forget that a lot of people don't know about it. This may not be convenient on non-English keyboard layouts. More alternati…

Ah yes, I forgot they do that. That's a really helpful idea, thanks! I'm based in Herts/London, so a bit out of the way for a casual meet :-)

Is anyone aware of similar resources for learning BSL (British Sign Language)? I've done a couple of in-person courses, but I'd really like to learn more vocabulary at my own pace.…

To add to this — I suffer from Ménière's disease, which manifests for me as variable hearing loss. Some days are bad, and I can hardly hear/understand speech even when someone is r…

The app for my hearing aids allows my audiologist to make remote adjustments, so I don't even need to visit their office for straightforward changes. I really want to reverse-engin…

My (Phonak) hearing aids had a multi-week ramp-up to full power, in order to give my brain time to slowly adjust. Dealing with things like the occlusion effect ( https://en.wikiped…

Interesting; I learned a slightly different set of associations with mnemonics for the sounds as well. 0, 2, and 3 were the same as this system: 0 = the word zero has an s/z sound …

I think it's important to highlight that it's definitely about context rather than ownership when adding a name or bug number to a TODO comment. "// TODO(dmi): update after moving …

I had exactly the same situation while at a startup, which got spotted by myself ("Woah why did my taxes jump?") and my employer ("What's this weird tax code?"). Getting it fixed w…