I have a pair of Fairbuds, I’ve had them about a little over a year. I’ve been meaning to write a review but I have not come around to It yet. But the short and sweet is, They are neat. I love the repair ability of the hardware but they feel like a “beta” product due to the software/firmware. Within 2 months of getting them I had sent them for warranty service. That after doing all the troubleshooting available without a second pair available.

The reason for the warranty service was that the left earbud just stopped responding, this after; randomly disconnecting, complaining about low battery(even with a brand new battery), randomly lowering volume until completely silent(only the left earbud, device volume did not change).

Came back after they replaced left earbud, now it worked but still have the same issues before, except now it responds. I want to say that they work most of the time. But things bugg out way to often to say that with confidence. I’m pretty sure all the issues are software or firmware relates but since no new firmware has been released since I got them I can’t say for sure. I would not recommend them, based on my experience to someone who isn’t in it for the support of the fairphone project.

Clear and honest communication.

Preferably if possible well before, if we are talking about in a relationship/friendship/coworker. Most people can empathise. But empathy is ultimately based on our own experiences because that’s all we know of, and this goes for all feelings.

Even if the person is not aware of your responses to what ever situation it might be, but it is one that “triggers” a stress response etc. As Clear and concise communication as possible in the situation is always best. But I would refrain from framing the persons unconscious behaviours or normal bodily functions in a way that makes the person feel responsible. Unless they have actually tried to agitate. Since their response most likely would be a defensive one, and thus not helpful for the situation and future dialogue.

So my recommendation would be something along the lines of: I’m feeling really stressed right now and need to collect my thoughts. I need a moment alone.

And try to leave the situation if you can, before asking others to leave.

Try to use broadly relatable language such as stress and anxiety. If it is a person that is not familiar with your need and responses, to help them empathise.

This isn’t a silver bullet, but it will lessen the risk of confrontational responses.

The door is not locked. You can go through it. I don’t know the specifics regarding how the door ended up there but It was intentionally placed there as a art installation. Since it is a national park / nature reserve it would have been illegal to just leave it. Also it is attaches to concrete foundations

This is a art piece(Skåneledsdörren) in Klåveröds nature reserve in Scania Sweden. The door was originally a prop in a movie. The place is amazing and part of a trecking path that goes across the “skåneleden” a nature track going through large part of Scania. This picture is taken about 100meters from the parking and info sign.

We call them “Smultron” in Sweden and they are just what strawberries where before cultivation. My garden is full of them.

Yeah those seem worse!

That looks linke something H.R Giger could have come up with.

The seed from European Beech(Fagus sylvatica)

This intrigued me, but I can’t find any information about this. Except that on smaller productions especially back in the day, actors and actresses often worked in the prop department as well.

Ouf… I do that sometimes when writing guides or argumentative articles/texts. As a “this is relevant now for for this, but I will explain further later” or “this is relevant now, and I must explain it now so everything makes sense”. Especially if the subject does not require a section of its own, but its understanding is a prerequisite to understanding the wider point.

I wear a Casio prefer it to “smart watches” and sometimes you want to know the time without taking out your phone. Like when driving.

Veraiously?

My first and only interaction with Prego. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqrEEocY0fo

I’ve seen enough posts related to etymology or historical use of words where they, either misrepresent the facts to fit a narrative or just make shit up, that I try to look it up my self. I also find etymology fascinating so that helps.

In this case they are absolutely right.

Both Mr and. Mrs,ms are derived from master and mistress (teachers) and both of those words stem from the Latin word Magister.

Edit: fun fact the English verb stick is the same word as the noun stick and comes from the same origin the Germanic word stik which also meant a piece of wood and to pierce/adhere or sharp. But wait it’s older than that the Latin word stigare also means pierce. And share the same ancestry, namely indo-european. Turns out we humans have been talking about sticks for a long time.

Happy to hear that! It’s in my opinion an important part of a technical guide or how-to, to not only show the steps required to perform the task at hand. But to also help wonderers looking for solutions to tangential issues. As well as give enough explanations that next time similar issues need solving perhaps a guide won’t even be needed.

It’s probably only a matter of time.

Valid criticism!

I have a 2015 13" Macbook Air with 4gb ram, and a new battery running, Mint with i3 wm and except for a few very unoptimised webpages I don’t experience any significant lagg when browsing. streaming 1920x1080 video without issues(the screen resolution is 1440x900 so no need for more) sure I only use it for writing on the go and minor surfing, anything heavier like video editing or Blender I do on my main desktop or my lenovo legion. This whole - anything less than 16gb ram is garbage in current year. Does not take into account that a lot of consumers and middle managers actually don’t do anything heavy on their computers.

Honestly curious, what makes them bad?