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SigmaLance t1_irdurjh wrote

Reply to comment by optimus314159 in Apple’s New AirPods Are Telling Users to Replace the Batteries Already. Too Bad That’s Impossible by speckz

They don’t stay in my ears at all. I’ve never had any luck with Apple headphones even when they were wired.

My Beats X on the other hand are great. I regret buying the EarPods, but had hoped they would work out with the included different sized tips. It’s a shame too because I enjoyed their sound.

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Powerman293 t1_irdjmrn wrote

Reply to comment by Grass---Tastes_Bad in Samsung announces 36 Gbps GDDR7 memory standard, aims to release V-NAND storage solutions with 1000 layers by 2030 by Avieshek

No I am just curious. The enterprise side of computing seems very interesting to learn about. I find it can be much more interesting than the current desktop space where 2/3 companies play in the CPU/GPU space.

I am interested in learning where this stuff goes outside of the normal consumer perview.

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ymmvmia t1_irdhkmt wrote

Reply to comment by optimus314159 in Apple’s New AirPods Are Telling Users to Replace the Batteries Already. Too Bad That’s Impossible by speckz

Yup, I have the Sony's and wear them, spent 300 bucks on them. I wish I could return them at this point but it has been WAY past a return window. They are horribly uncomfortable, I get gigantic headaches and earaches. Finally switched to comply foam tips which are awesome and helped both comfort and none of the tips maintaining seal, but the shape of the actual bud and weight of it still cause pretty bad pain after about 30 min to an hour. Plane rides are completely unbearable. The weight of the buds STILL, even with proper fitting comply tips, will cause them to slip out over 15-30 min. Sound quality ain't everything folks. And I say that as an amateur audiophile with expensive speakers and headphones. Comfort, especially for a earbuds which you might want to wear the MOST, needs to be probably the highest priority.

As an android user I WISH I had the option for airpods, as many people rave about their comfort AND everything else features, noise canceling and sound wize. But they are super gimped on android tho I know Linus from linustechtips uses them anyway.

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Jaohni t1_irdfkqr wrote

Reply to comment by oscardssmith in Samsung announces 36 Gbps GDDR7 memory standard, aims to release V-NAND storage solutions with 1000 layers by 2030 by Avieshek

So, imagine you have one lane to transfer data from memory to a processor. You're probably going to clock that lane as quickly as you possibly could, right? Well, that means it'll have the lowest latency possible, too. But, if you added a second lane, you might not be able to totally double bandwidth, because you might not be able to clock both lanes as high as just the one, but maybe you get 1.8 or 1.9x the bandwidth of just the one...At the cost of slightly higher latency, in this case, 1.1x the latency.

The same idea is basically true of HBM versus GDDR. GDDR essentially has overclocked interconnects to get certain bandwidth targets, and as a consequence has lower latency, but with HBM it's difficult to clock all those interconnects at the same frequency, so you get higher bandwidth and higher latency overall. Because it's less efficient to overclock those lanes, though, HBM ends up being less power hungry (usually).

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optimus314159 t1_irddque wrote

Reply to comment by beegreen in Apple’s New AirPods Are Telling Users to Replace the Batteries Already. Too Bad That’s Impossible by speckz

I’m someone who loves good tech, regardless of where it comes from. I own and regularly switch between Mac, PC, and Linux computers. I have owned both Android and Apple phones, sometimes even using both at the same time.

Over the years, as I have purchased and tried out whatever the latest and greatest headphones were available, I have accumulated over 20 pairs and easily $3000-$5000 worth of various headphones/headsets/earbuds. Bose, Audiotechnica, Sennheiser, Logitech, Astro, Apple, etc…

I love gadgets and electronics. In fact, one of my alt Reddit accounts was actually an admin/mod on /r/gadgets for quite some time.

My problem is that I have very small ear canals, and all of the earbuds that rely on ear canal pressure to stay in (the vast majority of earbuds on the market) are painful and uncomfortable for me.

The thing I dislike the most about Apple AirPods is the fact that their batteries are not replaceable. I really wish they would put the batteries in the stems and then make the stems so they could be screwed on or off to easily swap out the batteries. That would be awesome.

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optimus314159 t1_irchssg wrote

Reply to comment by Zaphod1620 in Apple’s New AirPods Are Telling Users to Replace the Batteries Already. Too Bad That’s Impossible by speckz

They aren’t superior. The Sony earbuds are big and bulky and are not comfortable in my ears AT ALL.

Apple AirPods are the ONLY earbuds on the market that fit my ears comfortably, AND stay in, and sound good.

Edit: I’m ignoring all the Apple AirPod knock-offs, because they don’t count.

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Drewafx t1_ircbxsq wrote

Reply to Google Pixel Tablet previewed again with novel wireless charging speaker dock. by RenegadeUK

man i thought we'd have AR glasses from google by now

guess that's scrapped for good now

tablet can't replace phone nor computer but somewhere in the middle when you're not at the desk or outside

living room speakers for audio, AR glasses for visual

free to lay back or move around, head and back not stuck slouching in front of screen etc

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