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  • I agree, but after I tried three FOSS ones that were hard to set up and had very bad voice quality I gave up and tried Guilded which is working great. The most important feature I need is ability to locally mute people which not many apps have for some reason. What would you recommend I use?

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  • Fair point. Sustainability really should be a priority. I don't always return them to the case because a don't use them for too long at a time. But even if I do, charging them for 10% isn't the same as charging them for 100%. (I'm just stating that because the "5 year battery life claim" is absurd).

    If you're a heavy user wired ones will probably be better for you, but I reccoment trying out both. I was really against the bluetooth ones before I bought a pair and now I'm really happy with them. It all depends on your situation.

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  • Yes it does because no manufacturer claims the lifespan in years, they say you get 2000 charging cycles. The 5 year number is derived from 2000 / 365 = 5.48 and that assumes you are charging them fully every day.

    Look buddy, I'm not a battery expert and I can tell you aren't either. You can't get an easy number because the chemistry is complex and the way you use them changes things. When you do get a nice clean year number it depends on many things so making broad proclamations isn't very useful.

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  • It's minimum 5 years if you charge them every day. I charge mine maybe once a week when I use them regularly. So claiming that all lithium ion bateries last 5 years is misleading. Most manufacturers claim you have minimum of 2000 charging cycles.

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  • I carry my phone in my pocket so the wire that's close to the jack bends very frequently and gets damaged. I'm glad you were able to find good wired buds. I searched for years and wasn't as lucky as you. But since I switched to no-name bluetooth earbuds I've had no problems so I'm very happy.

    Are you claiming that the battery stops working after 5 years? As far as I know the maximum battery charge gets lower with time but the device is still functional. It just lasts a bit less.

  • Has anyone experienced a spinal disc bulge, hernia, and/or or stenosis/radiculopathy and how long did it take to recover?
  • Yup, strengthening the back muscles is the most important part. I got rid of my lower back pain by sitting like this for half an hour (sometimes more) after I wake up: https://lowbackpainprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/how-to-sit-to-relieve-back-pain.jpg

    At the start it's a bit hard before the necessary muscles toughen up, but after a couple of days it's no problem at all and that sitting pose is quite enjoyable. Thats the only lower back strengthening I do daily and for the past six months I feel the best I felt since I injured my lower back so I highly recommend it.

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  • Don't know where you pulled the 5 year from. I've got mine for longer than that and I have no problems with the battery. Also, didn't notice the lower fidelity, but I mostly listen to podcasts so I not gonna dispute that claim. Why I bought the bluetooth earbuds was because no matter how much I paid for wired earbuds (up to 120€) none of them survived more than 2 years. Approx after a year one would stop working and some time later the other would die too. So yeah, if you enjoy the shitty ultra thin wires that's great, but in my experience even cheap bluetooth earbuds work minimum three times longer than wired ones.

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  • They seem nice and not too pricey. Their website said they have Hall effect sticks. Shouldn't those be more durable and longer lasting than regular sticks?

    For how long did you use them before you started having issues with the sticks?

  • Motherboard makers apparently to blame for high-end Intel Core i9 CPU failures
  • Interesting. I've got an i9 an Valheim was regularly shutting down my computer after 5 - 10mins. No BSOD, it would just shut down.

    After I abandoned Windows and installed Linux not only does it not crash now, it even runs much smoother in my giant castle. So I assume it also has to do with the OS.

  • That's some big inflation
  • How are they being body shamed? I don't see anybody saying one is better than the other. Some people like bigger boobs, some people like smaller boobs so there isn't a correct answer. I can see them being objectified sure, but I wouldn't call it body shaming.

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  • The number of pedofiles in the population is so small it wouldn't make sense. It's like tailoring your policy based on urination fetish peoples desires. It's not going to get you enough votes to make it worthwhile and it's going to cost you votes from the people that aren't pedos which is almost everyone. Disclaimer: I'm not from US and don't care at all for US politics so I'm not rooting for any team.

  • Why do some games keep crashing high end computers?

    For example V rising used to crash my computer after 10-20min every time without exception until I lowered the graphic quality and disabled unlimited FPS (I set it to 60). Now it works without crashing.

    I have a Gigabyte Geforce RTX 4090 that should be able to bear the load of the best graphics settings.

    I tried doing the same in Valheim, but it keeps crashing particularly inside my megalomanic castle and the surrounding village (which could be part of the problem). But it also likes to crash while doing mundane stuff like walking through a forrest.

    I see many other people having the same issues - they have a high end GPU and some games just keep crashing their computers. And as a counter point, my friend has a low end computer and he never had any crashes with V rising or with Valheim.

    So my question is what is causing the issues here? Both games are made in Unity. Is the problem in Unity, developers, the GPU or the combination of all?

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