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Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by lm28469 »

oblio wrote: post #221
throwanem wrote: post #164

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's nothing wrong with a little Debrox once a month or so. The point is just to keep the wax from building up enough to get impacted, or close enough to affect balance and hearing. I had impacted earwax once, years and years ago. They fix that with Debrox followed by irrigation, which was while not painful still perhaps the most weirdly unpleasant sensation I've ever experienced, and also made my head spin a litt…

> The point is just to keep the wax from building up enough to get impacted, or close enough to affect balance and hearing. What if he isn't impacted in any way? What point is there in zealously cleaning something that's meant to be there? Just washing your ears in a regular fashion during a shower/bath, with your fingers (but not with long nails!) and warm water and soap is enough for most people.

> but not with long nails!

Why would you clip your nails, they're meant to be there /s

There are many things that the body does that aren't useful in any ways, if you have so much earwax that it gunks your audio equipment it probably is time to think about removing a bit more of it

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by 72deluxe »

rev_d wrote: post #230
chrisweekly wrote: post #182

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I still make good use of my 15" 2012 macbook pro retina. Bummed that macos 10.15 is the end of the road for OS upgrades, bc the hardware has held up amazingly well for almost a decade. Including weeks at a time at sea, countless motorcycle trips and flights...

You should take a look into OpenCore Legacy Patcher

I have a 2012 going strong too. Battery has been charged and recharged less than my work 2016 but is in much better health. Upgraded it to 16GB RAM and put a 1TB SSD in it. It has worked flawlessly (it's the i7).

Do you know if there are any issues reported running a 2012 with OpenCore Legacy Patcher? Looks an interesting project I may make use of.

Are there any actual reasons the 2012 hardware cannot run Big Sur?

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by codesnik »

elzbardico wrote: post #100

This is still the strongest apple advantage: design, engineering and build quality. Recently I wanted to buy a second notebook so I could leave my MBPro at home in trips where I didn't want to work, but still had a machine that run linux and windows for some quick idea or even some light gaming. Decided for a Samsung Galaxy Book Pro. Expensive machine, but slightly cheaper than a MacBook Air. good i7 11gen processor,…

I mean, there were some mishaps in apple line too. First macbook airs had faulty hinges. Mine broke, and I was using my mbair as a "mobile desktop", rarely opening it between home and office, because I was afraid it will broke off completely. I had to wait for replacement lid (which was free) for half a year.

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by 72deluxe »

oblio wrote: post #218
elzbardico wrote: post #100

This is still the strongest apple advantage: design, engineering and build quality. Recently I wanted to buy a second notebook so I could leave my MBPro at home in trips where I didn't want to work, but still had a machine that run linux and windows for some quick idea or even some light gaming. Decided for a Samsung Galaxy Book Pro. Expensive machine, but slightly cheaper than a MacBook Air. good i7 11gen processor,…

> This is still the strongest apple advantage: design, engineering and build quality. The thing is, Appple's hype wave is huge. I NEVER see this kind of blog post about Samsung or Huawei or Sony devices. Yet many of their devices are marvels of engineering, too. Look at the tone of this article: > The construction would make an origamist blush. Make we can get an experienced electronics comment on this kind of congra…

Yes, it seems bizarre that the dismissal of various other devices as Chinese (Huawei laptops?) doesn't impact Macbooks, which are also all made in China.

The Huawei laptops look excellent Apple copies from what I can see.

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by throwanem »

oblio wrote: post #221
throwanem wrote: post #164

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's nothing wrong with a little Debrox once a month or so. The point is just to keep the wax from building up enough to get impacted, or close enough to affect balance and hearing. I had impacted earwax once, years and years ago. They fix that with Debrox followed by irrigation, which was while not painful still perhaps the most weirdly unpleasant sensation I've ever experienced, and also made my head spin a litt…

> The point is just to keep the wax from building up enough to get impacted, or close enough to affect balance and hearing. What if he isn't impacted in any way? What point is there in zealously cleaning something that's meant to be there? Just washing your ears in a regular fashion during a shower/bath, with your fingers (but not with long nails!) and warm water and soap is enough for most people.

"Impacted" here means your ear canals are partially or completely blocked by accumulated wax, which can cause infection and also impairs balance and hearing. It's really quite unpleasant, and requires minor medical intervention to safely resolve.

Earwax is meant to be present, sure. It is also meant to drain on its own over time through the ear canal, in order to balance production and avoid buildup. Having something stuck in your ear canal a lot of the time complicates this, because now there's nowhere for the wax to go. If the thing that's stuck in your ear is an AirPod, the wax will accumulate there too, but eventually it will be full. Now you're at risk of impaction, and also your AirPod also doesn't work well or maybe at all any more, because its sound channel is blocked too.

Sure, earwax is "meant" to be present, and isn't a problem absent excess. But humans also aren't "meant" to be deliberately occluding our ear canals for hours every day. There's "meant" to be a balance between production and natural removal via the ear canal, and occluding the ear canal throws that off. If we're going to be doing that, we're wise also to think about how to deal with the problem of earwax buildup that that can cause.

But you don't have to take my word for it! Cedars-Sinai [0]:

> Objects placed in your ear can also lead to impacted earwax, especially if done repeatedly...Hearing aids, swimming plugs, and swim molds can have [this] effect with repeated use.

> You may also increase your risk if you keep putting objects in your ear, such as a hearing aid.

> [You] might be able to prevent repeated episodes. Using a topical agent once a week may help.

You're right that, for most people, regular hygiene should be enough. If your AirPods are getting so full of earwax that they don't work properly any more, I think it's fair to wonder whether the "most people" standard any longer applies.

[0] https://www.cedars-sinai.org/health-library/diseases-and-con...

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by throwanem »

oblio wrote: post #222
renewiltord wrote: post #187

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AFAIK canonical ear advice today is to just not fuck with your ears. Just leaving them be will usually ensure not having to deal with impacted ear wax. It’s not unhygienic to just let it be.

Yeah, I remember something like: "don't stick anything smaller than an elbow in your years".

An AirPod is smaller than even a newborn's elbow. By the standard you cite, we should never use those! But if we're going to anyway, it behooves us to consider what problems that may cause, and figure out how to deal with them before they ramify.

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by ChuckNorris89 »

quickthrower2 wrote: post #224
elzbardico wrote: post #100

This is still the strongest apple advantage: design, engineering and build quality. Recently I wanted to buy a second notebook so I could leave my MBPro at home in trips where I didn't want to work, but still had a machine that run linux and windows for some quick idea or even some light gaming. Decided for a Samsung Galaxy Book Pro. Expensive machine, but slightly cheaper than a MacBook Air. good i7 11gen processor,…

I chose the iPhone because of the “just works” nature but now they’ve made it impossible to get photos off using Windows (disconnects in copy, iTunes or DCIM, tried workarounds, due to heavily walled garden no other app can be used to get 500 photos off). Lots of people online with same issue. If I can take photos and copy them off I might as well go back to androids.

>If I can take photos and copy them off I might as well go back to androids.

You're not supposed to connect your iPhone to a PC via cable like a caveman. You're supposed to buy a Mac and pay for an an iCloud subscription and then everything just works automagically via the cloud. /s

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by 72deluxe »

sundvor wrote: post #179
GhettoComputers wrote: post #169

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Jony Ive’s reign of terror is over. Butterfly keyboard is gone too. Charging DisplayPort Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40Gb/s) USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s) USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10Gb/s) Headphone

The keyboard replacement was the biggest improvement to me in the latest MacBooks. I'm not an Apple person but I do like to keep tabs. Tried the butterfly keyboard and hated it so, so much - and that's not even touching on the function key row. (As a Streamdeck user it would have been awesome if they had kept the touch screen strip _and_ restored the missing row of keys. Missed opportunity there.)

The touch strip turns off if you don't use the keys for a few seconds. So if you are programming and thinking during debugging, you might want to press a function key to step into/over/continue. But the touchbar has turned off, so you need to press another key on the keyboard to wake it up (fn perhaps) and then look down at the touchbar to find the F key because it is impossible to locate as there's no tactile sensation of which key you're pressing.

And then repeat the process a thousand times per day. It's very wearying. And the keyboard is deafeningly loud. A typewriter would probably be quieter.

I say this using a 2016 Macbook for work. Apple replaced the touchbar a few weeks outside the return window that was the result of the class-action lawsuit on the keyboard, which I am very grateful for. The keyboard had numerous keys not working properly (left shift most noticeably) and the touchbar had developed a fault where it would flash a white block next to the power button, constantly.

Apple had to replace the keyboard, the battery, the touchbar and entire top level of the Macbook as part of the repair on the keyboard.

I have a 2012 Macbook as my main machine and that is infinitely better - battery was less dead even though it had more recharges than the 2016; it has ports I can actually use; it has a SD card slot so I can get photos off my camera; the keyboard backlight is actually visible; the keyboard is actually nice to use etc. etc. The only drawback is the speakers on the 2012 aren't great compared to the bass-heavy 2016.

But anyway all is solved on the new Macbooks but I need to sell a kidney to afford one...

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by KarlKemp »

Lammy wrote: post #49

Does anyone have a canonical URL to the previous month's scan of the LEGO mini-figure? I didn't see any navigation on the site unless there's a magic spot I missed or am inadvertently adblocking: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29253441 This month's entry comes off way too much like advertising for my taste, with the flowery language like "magic features" instead of just "features", or the seemingly-unnecessary…

I doubt that they are being paid by Apple. Would we mind expressions of enthusiasm for, say, works of art? If not, what's wrong with such statements for products as long as they are genuine?

The sales figures speak to a specific aspect the writer(s) want to highlight: that it's a difference to produce something like this a dozen times or a few million times.

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by NalNezumi »

elzbardico wrote: post #100

This is still the strongest apple advantage: design, engineering and build quality. Recently I wanted to buy a second notebook so I could leave my MBPro at home in trips where I didn't want to work, but still had a machine that run linux and windows for some quick idea or even some light gaming. Decided for a Samsung Galaxy Book Pro. Expensive machine, but slightly cheaper than a MacBook Air. good i7 11gen processor,…

I don't remember which iPhone it was, but didn't one launch with the problem that the entire phone could be "bent" by having it in the back pocket and sitting down? (or similarly putting some force)

And their reactions to it was "its your own damn fault"?

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