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It also applied the same profile to both ears, which matters for some. My hearing loss is highly asymmetric.
Does it still do that? I understand it had problems with asymetric hearing loss earlier.
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I still mourn the long scale. A billion is obviously a million millions.
It is less intuitive for me as an outsider that a trillion would be a million million millions instead of a billion billions
For anything bigger, you'd use 'scientific' notation anyway.
> Since WiFi and a microwave operate at the same frequency (2.4GHz), we ran our leaky microwave at full power to block out any persistent network signals in the air. Incidentally, WiFi tries to intentionally avoid this interference. Microwaves output no power during the zero crossing of the AC line that's driving it, and in this interval, there is no signal in the air to jam things. WiFi listens before sending (so as…
Whatever the theoretical analysis tells you, I've been able to reproduce a microwave interfering with a wifi signal with at least one microwave and router. I've had other times where it didn't have a noticeable effect though.
> Since WiFi and a microwave operate at the same frequency (2.4GHz), we ran our leaky microwave at full power to block out any persistent network signals in the air. Incidentally, WiFi tries to intentionally avoid this interference. Microwaves output no power during the zero crossing of the AC line that's driving it, and in this interval, there is no signal in the air to jam things. WiFi listens before sending (so as…
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I still mourn the long scale. A billion is obviously a million millions.
It is less intuitive for me as an outsider that a trillion would be a million million millions instead of a billion billions
I think an exponential system would do better to have a different naming scheme.
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It's all too early to tell, but we'll know after a week or so. The battery life thing is not seeming like a big problem, since the existing device needs batteries changed every few days or charged every night. As for the sound quality, a few of our grandparents have tried it, and while they say it sounds 'different', it's not necessarily bad. Grandma was actually quite content even with just the old EQ settings that…
The hearing test on one of the images shows a ‘profound loss’. Does the hearing aid feature work for such a significant loss, or does it disable for any result beyond moderate loss?
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The hearing test on one of the images shows a ‘profound loss’. Does the hearing aid feature work for such a significant loss, or does it disable for any result beyond moderate loss?
The feature only works when hearing loss is mild (26–40 dBHL) or moderate (41–60 dBHL). We had to repeat the test a few times to get it in the range and enable it. https://support.apple.com/en-in/120991
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Thanks! In germany we use the long scale, and this is the first time it clicks. "Eine Billion" is Million² bi -> 2 "Eine Billiarde" is 1000 * Million² "Eine Trillion" is million³ tri -> 3 "Eine Trilliarde" is 1000 * Million³ And so on Yes I knew what a million, milliard, billion, billiarde and so on are, but it never made click that the long scale makes so much sense.
I feel like at that point, I would rather just use scientific notation (10^x). I also like the easy suffix for thousand (k), million (M), billion (B), trillion (T), quadrillion (Q) for written conversation. $10B revenue, 5k liters, 300M people, etc.
Hey! I'm Rithwik, one of the authors of the article, happy to answer questions etc!
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I feel like at that point, I would rather just use scientific notation (10^x). I also like the easy suffix for thousand (k), million (M), billion (B), trillion (T), quadrillion (Q) for written conversation. $10B revenue, 5k liters, 300M people, etc.
Your 'suffixes' are a hodge-podge. Might as well stick with SI prefixes (like you are doing with the 'k' already?)