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bpev commented on Wired headphone sales are exploding bbc.com/future/article/20... · Posted by u/billybuckwheat

toast0 · 2 days ago

You can get phones with headphone jacks still. You have to shop carefully, because it eliminates a lot of options. My current phone is a moto g stylus 5g 2023... to get a headphone jack, snapdragon cpu, and reasonable cost, I had to also accept a stylus that I only use to fidget.

Probably need to start shopping again soon cause updates stop in June.

bpev · 2 days ago

At this point, I'm mostly just praying that the motorola + grapheneos collab will have a headphone jack. I probably won't purchase anything until I at least see what's cooking over there.

Right now, since I buy audio files anyways, I've mostly been relying on a tiny audio player that can also act as a Bluetooth receiver for my phone.

bpev commented on Wired headphone sales are exploding bbc.com/future/article/20... · Posted by u/billybuckwheat

itisit · 4 days ago

> usb-c is too unstable

Would you share more? I've never had an issue with a USB-C cable. Helps to buy well constructed ones with legit specs.

bpev · 4 days ago

I'm talking about this specific context, rather than in general. I find that for usb-c earphones and small dongles/dacs, they disconnect more when I'm walking around with phone in pocket. They also tend to wear down with use much faster than normal aux cables. Usually, they last a few months for me before I start having issues.

And when usb-c phones disconnect just a little, usually the phone will pause the music completely and disconnect, whereas the aux headphones will just keep playing. So if the connection isn't perfect, the usb-c cable becomes unlistenable because I can't walk 20 steps without it pausing.

edit: I've tried many cables and dongles, so if you don't have this problem, it might be just that I move around more? Biggest problem for me is commutes and walking around.

bpev commented on Wired headphone sales are exploding bbc.com/future/article/20... · Posted by u/billybuckwheat

bpev · 4 days ago

Please let this mean that they'll start bringing back the headphone jacks to phones. usb-c is too unstable, and I prefer not having to deal with charging more devices and with pairing shenanigans when switching devices.

bpev commented on Lego's 0.002mm specification and its implications for manufacturing (2025) thewave.engineer/articles... · Posted by u/scrlk

utopiah · 4 days ago

Nostalgia... Lego was amazing decades ago so we want it to remain so. It's not anymore though. The whole raison d'etre, namely infinitely recomposable bricks to be creative, was lost the moment they realized they were a LOT more money in custom sets. Sets become collectible, perishable, trends can form, secondary markets exists, etc. It's simply about the baseline, not the principle. Sorry.

bpev · 4 days ago

It was kinda funny to see the Lego Movie, which puts a bunch of emphasis on breaking the rules and mixing and matching everything, and then seeing them release the sets for the movie. I mean, it makes perfect sense. But it was still kinda lowkey humorous. But imo they're still a great toy; very fun to go to conventions and the like, where people just have giant piles of loose pieces you can buy by weight.

bpev commented on Zed new terms required to be 18 years old zed.dev/terms... · Posted by u/keyle

throwa356262 · 11 days ago

Are people really happy with zed or is this the vocal minority we see on HN?

I have tried zed multiple times and always uninstalled it after a few days because of the ugly font rendering, slow response time (!), high memory usage (!!) and being very buggy in general. And don't even get me started on their AI-first shenanigans.

This is on Linux, maybe it works better on other platforms.

bpev · 10 days ago

I haven't had this experience (on macOS, it is quite fast), but I have read this exact same complaint about rendering/slowness from other Linux users a handful of times. So I think those might be more platform-specific issues. I do see high memory usage, though. So I enjoy using Zed when I want to use AI, and prefer Sublime when I want to fly solo.

bpev commented on Oat – Ultra-lightweight, zero dependency, semantic HTML, CSS, JS UI library oat.ink/... · Posted by u/twapi

bpev · a month ago

Amazing! I recently started building something similar for the same reasons, but more out of frustration rather than out of desire. I'll have to give this one a try and see if it fills the need.

bpev commented on Fairphone 6: cheaper, repairable and longer-lasting theguardian.com/technolog... · Posted by u/montroser

2III7 · a month ago

What's wrong with a USB-C -> 3.5mm adapter? You can even get one with an additional port for charging.

bpev · a month ago

I’ve used many brands of these at various price points (and also usb-c headphones). They work fine for like a month, but the connection degrades over time (maybe it wears out or gets dirty?), and I haven’t found a way to recover stability once it starts to randomly disconnect. It’s super annoying because when it disconnects, the software doesn’t handle it well, and I usually have to unplug it, plug it back in, unpause the music, and hope it doesn’t do it again as I gingerly place it back in my pocket. Basically, I think that USB-c is just not as consistent or sturdy of a port when you’ve got the playback device moving around in your pocket.

bpev commented on Notes on Apple's Nano Texture (2025) jon.bo/posts/nano-texture... · Posted by u/dsr12

user_7832 · 2 months ago

It's interesting to learn MBs also have this. I think my Framework (13) is the first laptop where I noticed such scratches, while my cheaper HP did not have it. Or is it lesser on glossy screens?

bpev · 2 months ago

I think it's more prevalent on thin laptops? because the screen clearance is lower, and they're laptops that tend to be in transit more; pressure pushing the two sides together in backpack or when picking it up in one hand.

bpev commented on Notes on Apple's Nano Texture (2025) jon.bo/posts/nano-texture... · Posted by u/dsr12

bpev · 2 months ago

Re the screen rubbing on the keyboard, I've really enjoyed using the Ghostblanket from UPPERCASE, which is just a small microfibery-kinda liner meant to fit on top of the keyboard when it's closed. Also good for keeping finger oils off the screen.

Dunno how that interacts with the nano texture, but I feel like it's made my MacBook screens last a decent bit longer. There's other brands that also make these kinds of cloths, but Apple lowered the clearance between the keyboard and screen after around the 2016 MacBook? So the old brand I was using stopped fitting.

bpev commented on Show HN: I quit coding years ago. AI brought me back calquio.com/finance/compo... · Posted by u/ivcatcher

solumunus · 2 months ago

There seems to be two camps of people: those who love the coding and those who love delivering value/solutions. I am in the latter camp. The happy consumer and the polished product is what gives me satisfaction, the code is just really a vehicle from A to B. It’s a shame for anyone in the first camp who wants a career.

bpev · 2 months ago

I've also noticed a kind of grouping like this. I've described them as the "Builders" and the "Solvers". Where the former enjoys the construction aspect of the code more, and the latter enjoys the problem/puzzle-solving aspect of code more. I guess it's more of a scale than a binary, since everyone's got a bit of both, but I think I agree that AI is more fun for the builders.

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