• The acoustic seal is much worse than I expected. It always feels as if the units were falling out.
• Transparency Mode is painfully loud, no idea where/how it could be useful.
• Sound quality is fine for iTunes.
• Top notch iOS integration.
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• There are latent bugs in triggering noise cancellation. Sometimes one unit would not activate.
• Active noise cancellation without a good seal means more energy is being dumped into your ears anyway in noisy surroundings. Long term health implications unknown.
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• Improper seal makes the AirPods Pro basically useless on London Underground where very old rolling stock may be used.
• The situation is slightly better on British regional trains where the interior is less noisy (still quite noisy by international standards).
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• When Noise Cancellation is enabled in a quiet room (only fan on) with earmuffs on, the left pod generates a low level, continuous swoosh akin to white noise emitted by an ancient television set when there is no signal. The right pod does not emit any sound.
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What a novel way to troll your friends and enemies! Seriously, Shortcuts have been enhanced greatly in iOS 14 and this is going to be great.
This is even better as you can create a shortcut to open an app when exiting the same app. Infinite loop alive and well. Lock/unlock immune. Apple please don’t fix. 😈
The dot-com bust happened because there was usually no viable business model and speculators were bidding based on future expectations (delusions). But ultimately it was the central bank which deflated the bubble. We are now dealing with survivors of the bubble.
This is not to say that another crash can’t happen (in fact, recent conditions have created an excellent exit opportunity), but rather that there is no further capacity remaining in the system to deal with the potential fallout of such abrupt deflation.
It is more likely in my opinion that the central banks will attempt to keep the whole charade going as long as they are able. In other words, they are going down with the boat.
Can’t fathom why they moved the power cable and removed ability to adjust GPU height at will. The 2020 version looks like a big fat compromise. Won’t be ordering.
Zoom Thoughts 1/n: Yes there are institutional bans and individuals might drop it for Facebook Messenger, Houseparty, or plain old FaceTime. But small businesses made America what it is today. If we come out the other end it will be due to these small businesses.
2/n: Take a good look at what sorts of additives, artificial sweeteners and other unholy ingredients your packaged foods contain. The small print that permeates every corner of society. Then think again about whether average folks give two craps about security.
3/n: I am convinced there are deeper security issues that are architectural. The offshore guys, who are underpaid, could be coerced to insert backdoors. The risk profile will be forever unacceptable to larger companies, but SMEs do not give a toss.