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Re: Into Thin AirPods

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Post by StrictDabbler »

edude03 wrote: post #80

As someone who has lost three pairs of AirPods (including the newer pros) I’ve never understood why Apple allows another device to pair with headphones that are already paired to an iCloud account. Once my girlfriend saw my AirPod maxs lying around and wanted to try them. She put them on her head, tapped “continue” or whatever it said under “not your AirPods” and was listening to music in 15 seconds. Obviously they w…

You answered your own question. They allow this because often members of a group want to share their headphones without fully setting up a "Family Sharing" account.

You can only make changes to your "Family Sharing" account once a year due to demands from the music industry. They were worried about the revenue loss from friend groups registering as families and required that it be difficult to form a family group.

Everything about sharing Apple devices between family members is awkward because the RIAA dictated the structure of Apple IDs when they were first being designed.

Let alone my Apple watch that can only pair with one of my phones at a time...

Re: Into Thin AirPods

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Post by philsnow »

suzzer99 wrote: post #115
yardie wrote: post #71

On a different story: Our son had his iPhone stolen from him at school. He was in 6th grade and put his bag down to play ball when someone must have walked up and rummaged through his backpack. Once he realized it was stolen he called me from his friend's phone. I jumped on Find My and had it down to a house. They turned it off as soon as I pinged and sent a message to it. So, I called the principal and told her, "Co…

I had a guy break into my car and write bad checks to himself with my checkbook that he found in the glove compartment. He had a very unique name, so I was able to pinpoint where he lived, and see that he'd been in trouble with the law for similar stuff in the past. The cops did nothing of course.

> The cops did nothing of course.

Let’s assume for the sake of argument that you 100% found the right guy. Now, consider how the incentives work.

Depending on where you live, the police might already have more than they can handle just dealing with violent criminals. Even if they’re just sitting around with nothing to do, what do they gain by helping you out with this? It’s not the 1940s anymore, the average policeman works it as a job, not a calling, so even though you’re totally in the right and that person is a criminal.. if they do nothing, nothing bad happens to them, and if they go after the guy, they could get hurt or sued.

On the other hand, did you ask a lawyer? That is a person who stands to potentially gain from helping you out.

I feel kind of gross typing this out, but I’ve been trying lately to more often “say the quiet part loud”.

Re: Into Thin AirPods

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Post by jrmg »

blkhawk wrote: post #27
MadSudaca wrote: post #11

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Ringing a doorbell on a house is a good way to be shot.

It is not. How many times has that actually happened?

Gun violence is a real problem I’m frustrated isn’t being tackled, but let’s not get scared to live our lives.

America has over 300 million people living in it. It might be way more likely that you’ll be shot in the USA than anywhere else, and it might also be more likely than it was in the past, but it’s still extremely unlikely that you will ever be shot.

Re: Into Thin AirPods

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Post by StrictDabbler »

Hippocrates wrote: post #110

These must have been the gen 1 AirPods. The 2nd Gen Pros (maybe others) now have a speaker and makes a pretty loud noise from the case. The reason she could not track down these AirPods in crowded areas is because the location reported is actually that of any nearby iPhone, and there can be a significant delay sometimes. That explains why they appeared to be in a trash can for some time. They were pinged by someone's…

Even the 2nd Gen pros are not very good at reporting correct location.

I have a third-party sleeve for mine with a pocket for an AirTag. The sleeve is glued to the charger and the AirTag with RTV. The AirTag reports its position within a foot or two.

A determined thief could remove all that but it's no longer possible for me to lose the charger, or to be in the author's situation where it took me a day to get the search going. I know within minutes if my headphones have left my possession.

Downside: my wife's phone constantly alerts her that I may be stalking her with my headphones, my keys, my wallet, or our shared car.

Re: Into Thin AirPods

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Post by CrimsonRain »

jdlshore wrote: post #127
thenerdhead wrote: post #122

This person sounds a bit unhinged. They create this story of pursuit when they and their partner lost their devices, nobody stole them. The whole story vilifies various people who found or claimed lost gadgets(probably staff or kids). Most adults would just buy a new pair if they lost theirs.

There is a style of writing, fairly common in magazines, where the writer discusses an ordinary event in great detail, then attempts to draw meaning from it. As a reader, you’re meant to enjoy the writing style, humor, and leaps of logic, not take it literally. This is not the greatest example of the genre, to be sure.

In other words, similar to how YouTube ppl stretch a 30 sec video to 10 minutes. Waste of time and totally garbage writing.

Re: Into Thin AirPods

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Post by theshrike79 »

robbiep wrote: post #88
nyx wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The purpose of this story is for the author to recount their experience in an entertaining way that's pleasant to read. Why would you want to use an LLM to summarize it? That'd be like finding an interesting-looking novel to read at the bookstore, then buying the Cliff's Notes instead. I've thus far kept myself mostly isolated from and ambivalent about the GPT hype, but this comment, even if it's somewhat tongue-in-c…

‘I optimise my life so much that I use an algorithm to summarise articles. In so doing, I am oblivious to the art of content creation for the pleasure of it, as well as its converse, content consumption for the pleasure of it’

"I use an algorithm to decide if an article is just purple prose or does it have an actual message."

I read Brandon Sanderson's books. I don't have any issues with consuming long-form text =)

Re: Into Thin AirPods

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Post by vel0city »

Reubachi wrote: post #123
edude03 wrote: post #80

As someone who has lost three pairs of AirPods (including the newer pros) I’ve never understood why Apple allows another device to pair with headphones that are already paired to an iCloud account. Once my girlfriend saw my AirPod maxs lying around and wanted to try them. She put them on her head, tapped “continue” or whatever it said under “not your AirPods” and was listening to music in 15 seconds. Obviously they w…

I could not imagine a worse solution to a user-error. Imagine this same comment but about wired headphones, for example. Since the dawn of time people have stolen and misplaced things. Please don't give Apple any bright ideas about monetizing human clumsiness.

Ugh imagine having wired headphones which were somehow physically keyed to specific devices, sounds like a nightmare.

Re: Into Thin AirPods

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Post by Hippocrates »

StrictDabbler wrote: post #174
Hippocrates wrote: post #110

These must have been the gen 1 AirPods. The 2nd Gen Pros (maybe others) now have a speaker and makes a pretty loud noise from the case. The reason she could not track down these AirPods in crowded areas is because the location reported is actually that of any nearby iPhone, and there can be a significant delay sometimes. That explains why they appeared to be in a trash can for some time. They were pinged by someone's…

Even the 2nd Gen pros are not very good at reporting correct location. I have a third-party sleeve for mine with a pocket for an AirTag. The sleeve is glued to the charger and the AirTag with RTV. The AirTag reports its position within a foot or two. A determined thief could remove all that but it's no longer possible for me to lose the charger, or to be in the author's situation where it took me a day to get the sea…

The 2nd gen pros also have the U1 chip, the same as the AirTag. What's the point in bundling it with an AirTag?

Re: Into Thin AirPods

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Post by CoffeeOnWrite »

UncleEntity wrote: post #169
CoffeeOnWrite wrote: post #158

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> don't know what else would bother you? Like I said, it’s queasiness/stigma about hygiene, not a reasoned thought. This is a common sentiment in the US- we like to buy our sex toys new, for another example, even though they’re usually made of materials that lend themselves to cleaning/sterilization.

Either you do some interesting things with your EarPods or there’s a second-hand market for sex toys I’ve never heard about.

Huh? I was pointing out another example of a consumer product that is designed to be sanitized, but that we nevertheless buy new because of squeamishness around our mucous membranes.

Re: Into Thin AirPods

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Post by sliken »

pawelwentpawel wrote: post #67

I recently had my iPhone stolen while on a trip in Latin America. It seems that it was an organised group with a vast distribution network. I could follow their entire supply chain which spanned through entire Brazil, from south all the way to Salinopolis which is a beach city in the north of the country. Most probably they travelled through the airport with an entire bag of phones stolen during the carnival. Putting…

My kid got her android phone stolen from a gym. Put up a message on the phone saying "this phone is being tracked, reward, call XXX-XXX-XXXX."

An hour later a grandfather called saying his grandkid would be returning the phone in the morning. Kid claimed he found it in the street.

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