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jhoho commented on Wired headphone sales are exploding   bbc.com/future/article/20... · Posted by u/billybuckwheat
w4rh4wk5 · 2 hours ago
Are there recommendations on USB-C to 3.5mm adapters, preferably ones with input and output? My biggest complain with Bluetooth headphones is the astonishingly bad quality when doing voice calls.
jhoho · 2 hours ago
As usual, the Apple design is a great baseline: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/r...

It doesn't provide full volume output under Android, though.

Otherwise, the CS43131 DAC powers some great designs. I can't comment on their durability, though. https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/j...

jhoho commented on Philosoph Jürgen Habermas Gestorben   spiegel.de/kultur/philoso... · Posted by u/sebastian_z
jhoho · 2 hours ago
He regularly wrote essays for "Süddeutsche Zeitung", commenting on the world's political situation. The last one I read was published in November 2025. Sharp as a knive, as always. I'll miss them.

What an accomplished life.

jhoho commented on I ported Linux to the PS5 and turned it into a Steam Machine   xcancel.com/theflow0/stat... · Posted by u/doener
tym0 · 6 days ago
Wonder if the work being done on the BC-250 helped.
jhoho · 6 days ago
I would guess so, as the BC-250 is basically a PS5 with 24 instead of 36 CUs. For the curious: https://github.com/mothenjoyer69/bc250-documentation I would guess that he could leverage the APU support that was merged with Mesa 25.1.
jhoho commented on Why I Joined OpenAI   brendangregg.com/blog/202... · Posted by u/SerCe
brendangregg · a month ago
To answer a few people at once: I did mention compensation as a factor in the post, but I didn't elaborate details, so easy to miss. Comp is important of course, but so are the other factors. It feels like I can't go for a day without reading about the cost of AI datacenters in the news, and I can do something about it.
jhoho · a month ago
You might want to read about the rebound effect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebound_effect_(conservation)
jhoho commented on Radboud University selects Fairphone as standard smartphone for employees   ru.nl/en/staff/news/radbo... · Posted by u/ardentsword
adrian_b · 2 months ago
A camera with optical zoom would be indeed nice.

For me another feature is what disqualifies it. Fairphone 6 would have been otherwise acceptable for myself, as it has quite decent specifications, but it only has USB 2.0.

Other smartphones at around the same price not only have USB 3, but also DisplayPort 1.4 (e.g. from Motorola).

I hate when I see even on many smartphones over $1000, that they save a few cents by implementing USB 2 instead of USB 3, and a few dollars at most by not implementing DisplayPort.

The SoC used in Fairphone 6 supports both USB 3 and DisplayPort, but its designers have saved a few external components by not offering these features.

Pixel is also disqualified for me by the same reason. Unfortunately only some smartphones made in China offer complete features and without excessive locking of the phone.

jhoho · 2 months ago
I second this, although since the Pixel 8(a) they all come with USB-C 3.2 and DisplayPort support. You have to buy a cable that supports it, though.
jhoho commented on Radboud University selects Fairphone as standard smartphone for employees   ru.nl/en/staff/news/radbo... · Posted by u/ardentsword
jhoho · 2 months ago
I'm on board as soon as they include a zoom camera.

But for now it seems like I'll remain with a Pixel and GrapheneOS.

jhoho commented on Brave overhauled its Rust adblock engine with FlatBuffers, cutting memory 75%   brave.com/privacy-updates... · Posted by u/skaul
Dah00n · 2 months ago
They could cut it 110%, so my available RAM grew bigger, and I would still not trust them. They have been caught with their hands deep in the cookie jar too many times.
jhoho · 2 months ago
Can you elaborate?
jhoho commented on Jolla Phone Pre-Order   commerce.jolla.com/produc... · Posted by u/jhoho
amanciero · 3 months ago
Does Jolla do product or update announcements? How to follow them? RSS feed?
jhoho · 3 months ago
Their last announcement is from November 2024: https://jolla.com/press

I guess they'll start PR once the phone is funded.

jhoho commented on Jolla Phone Pre-Order   commerce.jolla.com/produc... · Posted by u/jhoho
pajko · 3 months ago
Based on a Mediatek CPU, so not for me.
jhoho · 3 months ago
That threw me off, too. They probably chose it to keep the costs low. I wonder about the overall impact, though.

u/jhoho

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