Same... can't read anything if I can hear someone talking, even if I don't want to listen to them. Music and noise-cancelling headphones make it all better. I can't understand anything if more than one person is talking at the same volume. Maybe that's just normal and I'm bad at lip reading, though.
As far as anecdata, I've worn noise-cancelling headphones at least 40 hours a week for the past 18 years. Granted, my formative years pre-date noise cancellation, but I haven't noticed any impact to my hearing or audio processing. Pretty sure I'd be listening to music much louder without noise cancellation.
Aligning visual content with the words being spoken can be helpful in cases like this.
I agree that I have taken care of my hearing despite doing what I want for the most part.
Now with small aliens roaming the homestead, being able to tune it out to access the well developed trained focus mode is useful.
At the same time, I'm not sure if anyone's using apps like Brain.fm or Endel to help keep some noise going to the brain, just not silence.
I have used brain.fm for a lot of years when I'd remember to (meaning I needed it), and recently started experimenting with Endel, which has been more useful than I anticipated.
> I can't understand anything if more than one person is talking at the same volume. Maybe that's just normal and I'm bad at lip reading, though.
I want to say it's normal, but it's also known as sensory or auditory processing disorder and it's not uncommon in neurodiverse people. Learning some lip reading or just observing someone's mouth movements helps me in those situations, but it's far from ideal.
Hand scan doesn't work for me in Chrome on Windows (waiting for first frame), but it did load on Edge. Stuck in the hand poses. What does this mean: "Stretch out your hands, point your fingertips towards each other, and rotate your palms downwards." I tried everything I could think of, but it won't advance.
For those of a Windows persuasion, PingoMeter is indispensable: https://github.com/EFLFE/PingoMeter Ping one host periodically, display RTT in a bar graph in the system tray with optional alerts. You'll never have to type "ping 8.8.8.8" again.
I have one bound to an AutoHotKey script that switches to Teams and mutes/unmutes my mic, since Teams doesn't have a global mute hotkey. I used the others while filming to switch OBS scenes/camera layouts. I'll probably set them up as app launch hotkeys now.
I just finished a 4-part video series on designing and building a custom 4x4 keyboard - no prior knowledge needed other than basic soldering skills. It goes through the details of designing the PCB in KiCad, getting it fabricated (and even assembled if you like), designing the case parts in OnShape, getting them fabricated or 3D printed, and finally building and flashing the VIAL firmware to run it all. My goal is to make this an approachable project for the adventurous newbie. Enjoy!
This is exactly what I do. I believe you have to click "set up for work or school" first before you get the domain join option, but it works fine for creating a local administrator account.
I did this unintentionally in college once by switching the keyboard layout to Dvorak, which for some reason persisted across logins. I came back later that day to the same lab and the station I had been using was marked "Out of Order". Huh, that's weird. Sat down at the station next to it. Next day both of them were marked "Out of Order". Oh, huh. Is there something weird with the keyboard? I might know what happened...
Kind of the opposite... I enjoyed hobby programming in high school, but my only experience with it as a career was seeing what my dad did as a programmer in a large company. Too many meetings and architecture review boards for my taste, so I was looking for something else in college. Then I discovered what it's like building tools for researchers and realized I could enjoy programming for a living, and that it all depends on the team size (small!) and the context.
As far as anecdata, I've worn noise-cancelling headphones at least 40 hours a week for the past 18 years. Granted, my formative years pre-date noise cancellation, but I haven't noticed any impact to my hearing or audio processing. Pretty sure I'd be listening to music much louder without noise cancellation.
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