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Did you lose your AirPods?

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Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by ensignavenger »

Forgeties79 wrote: post #309
__s wrote: post #292

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you restrict your diet & make sure to properly cook your food you can greatly reduce your frequency of food poisoning https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2804545

That wasn’t their point and I’m hesitating to believe you actually think it was. This is like blaming people for not locking their door after they’ve been robbed. Yeah, they should have locked their door. But the person who actually did wrong is the person who robbed them. Blaming somebody for not taking extra steps to reduce the chances of something happening to them that is ultimately the fault of another party is…

Pointing out that there are ways to reduce risk of something bad happening does not excuse the fault of a perpetrator. Neither is it victim blaming. This is particularly true when having a bad thing happen to you could occur without any individual acting intentionally, such as is the case with food poisoning.

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by miunau »

About a year ago our cat went up the tree in our backyard and left his snap-off collar with an Airtag in a branch somewhere up there. We could ping it and hear it, but couldn't see it. So it got left up there for a year, rain, shine and hail. A couple of days ago I noticed it on the ground. Still working fine.

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by AdamJacobMuller »

ancientorange wrote: post #159
AdamJacobMuller wrote: post #145

I lost a pair of AirTags on an international flight (in cargo), fortunately I only lost the AirTags, and not the actual bags they were attached to! One of the AirTags actually flew around internationally for a week or so (London, Amsterdam, back to the US a few times!) but sadly after about a week there were no more updates. Someone must have found the AirTag in whatever baggage container it was stuck in and removed…

Why not put the airtag inside the bag? My lost tag is (presumably) attached to my keys at the bottom of a lake. I refuse to delete it from findmy.

It was a pair of scuba tanks in a custom bag which was too small for the tanks, so there was no really secure inside.

But, it was attached to the handles with one of these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B34Y5YZS

There are people who dive down and find lost stuff on the bottom of lakes, and people who go magnet fishing, they still might find your keys!

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by DonHopkins »

miunau wrote: post #352

About a year ago our cat went up the tree in our backyard and left his snap-off collar with an Airtag in a branch somewhere up there. We could ping it and hear it, but couldn't see it. So it got left up there for a year, rain, shine and hail. A couple of days ago I noticed it on the ground. Still working fine.

At least if somebody stole the tree, you'd be able to track it down easier than putting up lost tree signs all over the neighborhood.

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by jq-r »

iwontberude wrote: post #346
foundddit wrote: post #328

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That doesn't turn Bluetooth off. It's deceptive. It simply "disconnects" it, but it'll still connect at a random point in the future. It also doesn't really disconnect it since it'll still detect devices and burn away your battery life. And I experimented with it countless times over a couple years. That's why I said you need to do it through settings directly. Otherwise it won't do anything.

Yes it does. Once you tap that button Bluetooth will remain off.

Yes, but only until the next day.

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Post by floam »

DonHopkins wrote: post #354
miunau wrote: post #352

About a year ago our cat went up the tree in our backyard and left his snap-off collar with an Airtag in a branch somewhere up there. We could ping it and hear it, but couldn't see it. So it got left up there for a year, rain, shine and hail. A couple of days ago I noticed it on the ground. Still working fine.

At least if somebody stole the tree, you'd be able to track it down easier than putting up lost tree signs all over the neighborhood.

Wish I had the courage to branch out into that kind of crime.

"my that is a handsome tree" -> do something bold. now wake up with that tree in your yard the next day and every day after.

that’s true freedom

why track it? if i woke up to discover a freethinking, freewheeling apex man of action took my tree, i would just admire them. and flattered this caliber of person thought i had anything worth seizing. i wouldn’t tell the police. (but if i could track it, i might go visit it to witness the man i wish i was)

if i was my girlfriend i might put a tracker into my finest tree, and leave me for any man that might ever take the tree. i couldn’t blame her. i would admire her

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by nolist_policy »

Fnoord wrote: post #235
b112 wrote: post #207

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Well you're paying for it, the app store fees alone make it worth while for Apple. I do wonder, with the changes slowly trickling down the pipe, will Apple's fees over then next few years slowly diminish? And if so, what of their support quality (which is financed via funds from app store fees)?

Yep, you are paying for it. But with Google Android you pay with your privacy and time. And you get terrible support in return. I've been trying to get a paid game the past days for my kids, a game where you try use bolts to remove wooden planks. It only exists with IAP and/or ads. The ads are terrible and not tailored to children. Nor are all the dark patterns. And you can get rid of the ads. By paying you get rid o…

FWIW there is the Google Play Pass which gets you 1000+ games without any ads or the need for additional in-app purchases. It can be shared with 5 family members too.

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by j45 »

Allowing the lost and found parties to communicate securely (and pseudo-anonymously) through the find my app could be interesting too.

In some cases if it’s lost being able to put a reward message on the screen is valuable too beyond the price of the device.

Apple could also put an AirTag in the AirPod cases for then those go away. Phone relative tracking is nice until batteries die.

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