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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by modeless on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @03:13AM (#35436183)
No dongle? The whole thing is a giant dongle hanging off your computer. Headphone cables are far more annoying than mouse cables IMO, and they even affect the sound because it's quite audible when they hit or rub on stuff. Plus I find it surprisingly useful to be able to get out of my chair to grab something while still listening and/or talking. I can even go to another room.
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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by raffraffraff on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @03:34AM (#35436312)
Or take a shit. And then worry that you didn't mute properly even though you triple checked it before walking out of the room.
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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by throwaway290 on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @04:45AM (#35436837)
I once moved to the couch while wearing wireless headphones and accidentally fell asleep at an important meeting. Thankfully I didn't need to speak anymore (I think). A wire anchoring me to the desk isn't the worst idea...
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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by swader999 on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @07:52AM (#35438141)
That's equally on them for running a boring meeting.
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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by red-iron-pine on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @11:12AM (#35440955)
Sometimes you gotta do boring meetings, and sometimes everyone has to be there.

Most of them could be better, have fewer people, be more focused, etc. -- sure, no doubt. But you can't make every meeting into an action-packed saturday morning cartoon.

Like, these compliance forms ain't gotta fill themselves out, and each team has to be there. These JIRA and code-review meets are gonna be lame, but we gotta do em...

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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by throwaway290 on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @12:52AM (#35449450)
true but additionally the meeting was boring to me, and I was more or less a nobody. I am sure it was not boring to others.
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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by modeless on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @12:16PM (#35441990)
Haha fair enough!
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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by throwaway290 on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @04:43AM (#35436825)
I distinguish between a casual voice chat and an important meeting/presentation, casual I often take on the go and use whatever is the most convenient option (definitely not a proper headset... bone conductors more like it). At an important meeting I usually don't walk to another room.

And if you specifically mean the cheapest possible models, yes wired will have cable noise, but wireless will have horrible connection and battery issues, so let's assume we are talking about a good above-average model and in that case you can expect no cable noise.

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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by stinos on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @07:26AM (#35437945)
It's just the typical wire vs no wire trade-off combined with personal situation/preference. I see your perceived disadvantages and advantages, none of which I have had ever issues with which made me want to fix something in my particular setup, and think: as long as I don't ruin the cable my headphones just work on my external soundcard and with my music player (and with every device which has a 3.5mm jack), and I don't have to charge them. Good enough for me. And this might depend on culture or particular job, but if I'm in a meeting I can just say 'brb gonna grab something' and no-one cares.

edit oops there was already a whole comment thread lower on the page essentially saying the same things, sorry about that

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