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Wired headphones. I’ve never had to start a meeting by trying to mess with my audio settings, or had to think about charging another battery.
Headphones are a "lesser known accessory" ???
How does that sound?
If you like you can enable the audio and hear each time a particle hit the Geiger-Mueller tube, right through the headphones.
I use a 60% keyboard that doesn’t even have dedicated arrow keys. My caps-lock is configured as the Fn key and, when it’s held down, the JKLI letters are the arrow keys. This (and other macros) are actually really convenient when you get used to them. Unfortunately, it’s hard for me to type on “normal” keyboards because when I end up tiYping thinks like that. My keyboard is a Mistel MD600 split. My favorite unusual a…
This is my favourite hack and I do it too, but I'm never giving up on having 105 keys in ISO format.
Kdeconnect, scrcpy (software): notifications, reply to messages, automute on calls... what MS and apple copied.
Keyboard with QMK or kmonad(software) or other software: e.g. caps works as both ctrl and caps. Easier umlauts. Multimedia keys, shortcuts etc on compact keyboards.
Screenbar: convenient lighting.
Droidcam, camo (software) or hdmi capture cards: again sherlocked, but the original software gives you much more control.
Wacom tablet or sidecar-like: since apple and samsung sherlocked the idea, the original apps dried out a bit. Use a tablet as a wacom contiq. Preferably wired.
Audio interface: use professional mic, headphones with your pc. Also eguitar.
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I have some mid-grade Rode Wireless Go and nice >$100 Samsung lavaier mics I can use when needed, which is faultless, reliable, amazing prosumer gear no one could conceivably gripe about, but honestly the Actis Pro headset I have is probably a better choice for both cases. The Actis has better microphone positioning by far, which counts for so much. I'm interested to test the range versus the Rode, but given that I c…
> I continue to think there's a paranoia & level-of-concern that does not match what modern hardware can do. I think this is related to the fact that most wireless headphones people have experience with are Bluetooth. BT headphones have lag, and, when used in duplex mode, have terrible quality. And this lag adds to the one introduced by the conferencing software. I've got myself a Jabra headset that communicates over…
Portable screen. Didn't know that such exists, till about few weeks ago. Have a small apartment and sometimes have to work at the dining table. Using a big screen is not an option. Portable screen is light, size of the laptop and charges/sends data through one cable. Perfect!
Another possibility: if you own a mac, almost any ipad manufactured in last 6-7 years can act as an external screen.
A Tidbyt: https://tidbyt.com/ It's next to my computer, and I use it for notifications and smaller dashboards: https://github.com/tidbyt/community
Is there anything like this but... not as nice? (and not as expensive) I wouldn't mind having something like this to mess around on but not for $180 USD
If you want it to be wireless you can build it around an ESP32 module or similar.
I am using a Librem Key, USB security token based entirely on free software, to ensure my coreboot is not tampered with.
Can you talk a little more about your setup? How does it ensure your coreboot is not tampered with?