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Re:Corded headphones are making an unexpected return by nicbou on Monday November 15, 2021 @03:00AM (#29224927)
What's wrong with anecdotes
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Re:Corded headphones are making an unexpected return by kelseyr on Monday November 15, 2021 @03:10AM (#29224978)
Especially in response to another anecdote
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Re:Corded headphones are making an unexpected return by croon on Monday November 15, 2021 @03:54AM (#29225227)
Assuming reliable witnesses, Person A's anecdote claiming event X happened is not disproven by B stating they've never experienced event X.

I've never had a harddrive fail, but I still take backups and assume others saying they've had problems are telling the truth.

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Re:Corded headphones are making an unexpected return by nicbou on Monday November 15, 2021 @04:43AM (#29225555)
Who says the goal was to disprove? It's just extra data.
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Re:Corded headphones are making an unexpected return by croon on Monday November 15, 2021 @04:58AM (#29225651)
That an Apple product can work might technically be data, but it's generally assumed from it launching. It would just be noise if everyone chimed in here.
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Re:Corded headphones are making an unexpected return by dylan604 on Monday November 15, 2021 @02:22PM (#29231440)
Clearly, you never owned an 2016 MBP
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Re:Corded headphones are making an unexpected return by dangerface on Monday November 15, 2021 @09:34AM (#29227843)
My phone can connect to the wifi in my house perfectly, but not at my parents house even tho its the same phone, same make of router and both where setup by me.

Wifi depends more on location than the hardware or how you are using it. The anecdote that it works for you is fair enough but pretty useless in this situation as its just a coincidence.

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