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@Hog said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

Well, that’s enough internet for today.

Sometimes there are things I read on the internet that leave me breathing a big sigh and shaking my head. This is one of those times.

For all of our modern tech wonders, there’s one thing I’m finding to be a PITA nearly every day recently and that is using my bluetooth headset with multiple devices (i.e., my phone, laptop, TV, Switch). I’ll go sit in the lounge and want to watch something on the TV or play some Switch without disturbing anyone else and invariably I’ll find that my headset won’t connect because it’s still connected to a different device. Then I have to schlep my lazy ass into the office like a 15th century peasant to disable the connection on my laptop and go back to the lounge and try again. It happens at least daily.

I don’t know how you’d fix it but I’m kind of shocked it’s this much of a PITA. I can’t imagine Apple users being able to cope with something so complicated so I’m wondering how Apple devices handle it?

Jam

@Hog said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

For all of our modern tech wonders, there’s one thing I’m finding to be a PITA nearly every day recently and that is using my bluetooth headset with multiple devices (i.e., my phone, laptop, TV, Switch). I’ll go sit in the lounge and want to watch something on the TV or play some Switch without disturbing anyone else and invariably I’ll find that my headset won’t connect because it’s still connected to a different device. Then I have to schlep my lazy ass into the office like a 15th century peasant to disable the connection on my laptop and go back to the lounge and try again. It happens at least daily.

I don’t know how you’d fix it but I’m kind of shocked it’s this much of a PITA. I can’t imagine Apple users being able to cope with something so complicated so I’m wondering how Apple devices handle it?

Some days, I park my truck and go into the house or office and try and dictate a text into my iPhone only to realize that the microphone is still in the truck for the next several minutes. ;-)

Gators1

I think the issue is that the Bluetooth standard is dated, not with the devices that connect to it. It isn’t flexible enough to change connections like that.

Jam

@Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

I think the issue is that the Bluetooth standard is dated, not with the devices that connect to it. It isn’t flexible enough to change connections like that.

Well why not fix is you lazy bastage!

Gustaf

@Hog said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

For all of our modern tech wonders, there’s one thing I’m finding to be a PITA nearly every day recently and that is using my bluetooth headset with multiple devices (i.e., my phone, laptop, TV, Switch). I’ll go sit in the lounge and want to watch something on the TV or play some Switch without disturbing anyone else and invariably I’ll find that my headset won’t connect because it’s still connected to a different device. Then I have to schlep my lazy ass into the office like a 15th century peasant to disable the connection on my laptop and go back to the lounge and try again. It happens at least daily.

I don’t know how you’d fix it but I’m kind of shocked it’s this much of a PITA. I can’t imagine Apple users being able to cope with something so complicated so I’m wondering how Apple devices handle it?

Tell us your creepy Canadian fetish porn played loudly in the living room instead of on your headphones without telling us…

Kilemall

I have multiple Bluetooth speakers off the work laptop. The conference/meeting one has precedence for voice/headset, the bigger music/youtube ones for general, and they fall back to the laptop speakers. I just keep the big ones off until I have uninterrupted music time, then can carry it into whatever room. Turn it off, falls back to the conference ones.

Pakoon

I usually use wired headphones with my laptop and PC at home if I don’t want to disturb anyone. When I commute, I use my Sony WH-something noise-canceling headphones.

Tazz

@Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

Or pornhub. It would have been a bigger hit than AI!

Tazz

https://www.acs.org/pressroom/presspacs/2025/march/a-safe-nuclear-battery-that-could-last-a-lifetime.html

A safe nuclear battery that could last a lifetime

Nuclear batteries generate power by harnessing high-energy particles emitted by radioactive materials. Not all radioactive elements emit radiation that’s damaging to living organisms, and some radiation can be blocked by certain materials. For example, beta particles (also known as beta rays) can be shielded with a thin sheet of aluminum, making betavoltaics a potentially safe choice for nuclear batteries.

The researchers produced a prototype betavoltaic battery with carbon-14, an unstable and radioactive form of carbon, called radiocarbon. “I decided to use a radioactive isotope of carbon because it generates only beta rays,” says In. Moreover, a by-product from nuclear power plants, radiocarbon is inexpensive, readily available and easy to recycle. And because radiocarbon degrades very slowly, a radiocarbon-powered battery could theoretically last for millennia.

Pakoon

Tigger will be excited.

Gustaf

Executed?

Tazz

Waiting for some kid to hit it with a hammer

Apr 12

I ditched my laptop for a pocketable mini PC and a pair of AR glasses — here’s what happened

My whole desk setup now easily fits into a backpack and I can take it anywhere

I’d actually wondered about a set up exactly like this. Looks like it could be a winner.

Although I don’t think I’d want to carry four things around with me (ie mini PC, glasses, keyboard and power bank). Maybe if the glasses take off generally then someone will sell keyboards with a battery. Or maybe laptops without a screen?