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Until somebody does a teardown of a regular off the lot model, there's no way to be sure.

Next up: porc chops

We're not gonna take it!

notoriously common stupid way of thinking

Why are you being rude to somebody you're trying to convince to put in extra effort to switch services?

Most people like extra daylight when they get off work for completely valid non-commercial reasons, too.

You're entitled to your preferences, but why you gotta be so rude?

I would argue both points.

First, most phones have at least 20GB, which is a LOT of music storage if you're using 320vbr compression, and if you're an audiophile who absolutely positively must have flac for everything, you're already going to be familiar enough with storage to know what size microSD card to get. Add in a synced dropbox/gdrive/nextcloud/whatever folder, and you don't even have to manually plug it in to transfer files anymore, so space is kind if irrelevant.

Second, most people who are mobile are going to be listening with bluetooth headphones, and those who aren't can still use a USB-C to jack adapter, which are pretty inexpensive and ubiquitous now, have passthrough charging solved, etc. For the audiophiles, there are very good USB-C DACs out now.

I guess I'm just confused about where this device fits into my life. If I'm mobile, it's extra stuff to carry that duplicates functions I already have on me. If I'm home, I have fixed audio equipment that is way more versatile.

What's the benefit of this device when you can just put your audio files directly on your phone or laptop already?

I don't like this. Hydraulics, even when vacuum boosted, give great instant analog pedal feedback, are simple, reliable, and very safe with modern ABS systems. Losing that feedback is just one more forced disconnection from the road surface to the driver.

What qualifies as "damaging noise"? Asking because I have a neighbor who has the loudest damn leaf blower of all time.

Please, I ride loud motorcycles for attention from men, as is tradition.

You don't have to like everything. PA is so cynical, it's really not everybody's style. That said, I really like this one because before Warhammer got popular, this kind of conversation definitely happened among the World of Warcraft communities: https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/04/10/i-hope-you-like-text

Tycho's elitist overreaction is just so classic gatekeeping behavior, especially from that era. To me it's funny because he's right, but he's such an asshole about it, and he doesn't really teach Gabe anything, just freaks him out.