Crazy to think there was a time where they used to represent the complete opposite.

I was going to write a comment, but honestly, I remain speachless.

Why is that?

I think what the commenter is trying to get at is the name sounds like something that would brand a powerbank you'd buy on Amazon.

If so they'd be wrong to think so.

Migaloo:

https://www.queensland.com/nz/en/places-to-see/experiences/n...

Fun fact: I was incredibly lucky to spot if myself off the Whitsundays (Queensland, Australia)

thunderbolt 4 switch.

How's that meaningful? (just interested in your line of thought).

I don't want to be that guy, but here we go: get a pair of AirPods if you haven't yet. I'm in the same situation as you and it - oh no, that guy again - changed my life.

Wouldn't airpods be more likely to be swallowed by the toddler than over-ear headphones?

There are over-ear AirPods.

Why airpods specifically? I recommend the Truthear Hexa, like 1/3 of the price with better tips and far superiour audio quality

Yep definitely getting the AirPods this Xmas time. I prefer the earphones because losless but our kid is just everywhere.

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Anyway, it's a teenager who's taking his first steps into the world of computing. Obviously he has some irrelevant hard opinions :)

> teenager who's taking his first steps into the world of computing

Her steps. And you're off by a few years with the first steps.

People have options about Google ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ it's ok

So Chrome essentially blocking out clients on “Web Integrity” is an acceptable opinion but a simple script to nag someone to use Firefox is not okay?

Knowing how Google shortlives their products time after time, I'll pass, thanks.

I got all excited thinking of the potential of keeping this at the bottom of someone's pack given it's low weight, until I remembered how much I despise people flying drones on top of my head whenever I'm out in the outdoors, looking for a peaceful place to connect with nature.

Yeah this. In the middle of bloody nowhere in Central Asia completely off any beaten track and there was wanker with a drone buzzing around.

Exactly how I feel. For me, I think the best use case for drones, if I were to get one someday, is for shooting sports/events where the prop noise would be drowned out by an already noisy environment.

Like motocross, or a basketball game, or a car meet.

There's no way I'm taking out a buzzy drone when out on a quiet hike or at a typical campground. Just kills the calmness.

You’re not legally allowed to fly a drone over people without authorization.

We all need something to do given we do not have a purpose in this world, except for bearing children maybe. People love to philosophise about the meaning of life and find all ways to be sad. There isn't - keep yourselves busy, anything!

I'm surprised at how few people have read "Candide" by Voltaire. It came to the same conclusion and was written when the US were still the colonies. I'm sure there were earlier works that would have said much the same thing, but it was so playful in its takedown of organized religion that the jokes still land centuries later.

Philosophizing and trying to figure things out is "keeping busy." Philosophy, when coupled with writing and teaching, is a very active pursuit. It has nothing to do with depression and depends on soberness of the mind and cultivation of perception.

That's nonsense. Onwards from 35 it becomes exponentially harder for a woman to become pregnant, let alone the complications the child may have.