Do you have any experience or opinions on the quality of programs like the Michel Thomas Method? I don't really have the time or resources to spend on language learning at the moment, but if I could prepare for next year or the year after with an audio tape on a commute, it might help a bit if the learning device is suitable?
Rags will be like “oh it’s ‘presumed’ this and ‘alleged’ that” for rich assholes in the spotlight, but when it comes to car wrecks, it’s automatically classified as an accident. A little oopsie. No need to look any further into it besides the wholly truthful police report. The words crash and accident have very different legal meanings. This is just a presumed accident, but a definite deadly wreck.
Oh, those millennials who would rather go buy OTC medicine than spend their entire bank account at the doctor? The same millennials who would rather wait in line for self-checkout than having to go to a clerk because they don't want someone looking at their Preparation H and Compound W? These corporations expected all these socially awkward OTC fans to ask for assistance to open the security shelf? Not to mention that Walgreens is so understaffed, they'd have to wait in the line at the front to ask the only employee to unlock the shelf for them. Did these corporations think about this for a single second?
I have been using an open source 3d printed design for a bit and they’re the most comfortable headphones I’ve used. All the components together cost around $150 if I’m remembering correctly (not including the cost of the 3d printer and soldering iron). Adding an in-line mic shouldn’t be an issue if this project seems doable for you.
So we’re to show no authority against billionaires and their enforcers (police) and validators (law workers/politicians) because it might go too far? Slippery slope claims tend to just reinforce the status quo since it stops people from doing anything functional. The status quo is definitively authoritarian.
Not saying that it has to, but is there an example of “without being generally authoritarian” out there in the wild somewhere? Because imo every country on earth uses authority to uphold some class structure and my country, even if we had all the things we wanted to make us happier (affordable housing, free medical care and education, public transit, etc) it would still show authority over the global south to maintain itself.
Do you ever have the issue where FLAC files play at a slower speed than they're supposed to? Maybe I just need to update firmware or something (though I haven't been able to access the fiio forum to download it in a couple days which is super frustrating)
Whoops. It was an adblocker issue. I updated and it's all good now. 😅
My father in law is the very model of a modern major liberal and often inserts his opinions about human nature and how evil the enemies of Amerikkka are any chance he gets. I keep saving comments by cowbee to use as responses to him and the last few times I’ve done it, it has stopped him in his tracks, immediately changing the subject. I swear, there’s something about how cowbee responds that works really well on a certain kind of people.
I have a modded iPod video as well as a Fiio Snowsky Echo Mini. Both work pretty well for me, though both have obnoxious flaws. The iPod can technically play FLAC files through the Rockbox OS, but it's wildly sluggish with high-bitrate songs, sometimes even crashing the device in the process. The Echo Mini has an issue with some(?) FLAC files, playing them about 20% slower and at a lower pitch than it's supposed to, but only for a couple japanese albums (I can't find anyone else online with this issue, so it might just be something affecting me). Playlist management is kind of a pain on both, but the scroll wheel of the ipod is vastly superior to the buttons on the Echo Mini.
Do you have any experience or opinions on the quality of programs like the Michel Thomas Method? I don't really have the time or resources to spend on language learning at the moment, but if I could prepare for next year or the year after with an audio tape on a commute, it might help a bit if the learning device is suitable?