Au55ie

joined 1 year ago
[–] Au55ie@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Yes! I do still use the headphone jack. Bluetooth is trash and suffers from extreme latency and is not capable of the same quality of a wired connection.

I recently bought some bluetooth earphones (sony wf-c500) after many years of avoiding it. I was under the impression that things had improved but bluetooth is still as bad as I remember them. The audio latency on windows alone is unreal but another kettle of fish.

The real disgrace is that phone manufacturers removed the MicroSD card slot and then tried to justify it with weak excuses that didn't add up. MicroSD/SD cards have also recently become much quicker but nobody was using a MicroSD card as primary storage anyway so it was irrelevant and a weak argument at best. The only reason why phone manufacturers did remove it was to charge you much more for the large storage capacity phones. I would also say the price increase for that given storage space was and is also vastly more expensive than it actually is. In other words it is a cash grab. Its also of no coincidence that many phone manufacturers also now sell their own shitty Bluetooth headphones.

We can also sight the absence of charging cables/cords and wall plugs/power bricks. Not to mention that people these days are more privacy focused and tech savvy and begrudgingly use android or apple phones as they know with each update their privacy is being further eroded away. Whilst also being undermined by manufacturers with such things as planned obsolescence and them deliberately making it difficult if not impossible to repair your own phone.

...and phone manufacturers wonder why nobody wants to buy a phone anymore. Dumbasses! The truth is there are many more number of reasons why phones are garbage these days.

 
  • Razor: Tatara Muramasa (316L Stainless Steel)
  • Blade: ASCO Super Stainless (Orange)
  • Soap: Kiss My Face Unscented
  • Aftershave/Post Shave: Thayers Unscented Witch Hazel/Myrsol F./extra
  • Brush: YAQI 24mm Moka Express Synthetic

The Tatara Muramasa has delivered a fantastic BBS shave today to remember. Initially I was not expecting this razor to perform well for me as it has had a bit of a love/hate relationship so I did not even bother using anything special for my soap or exert any effort in creating a lather and yet this razor not only gave me a good shave but a great shave. I started off on level 1 with the grain, level 2 across the grain and then finally level 3 against the grain. I really enjoyed this razor today and if it continues to perform this well I will keeping it firm in my rotation for the foreseeable future.

I haven't used any of my Mysrol aftershaves in a long time now and have to say I have missed them. They are definitely fantastic but have become much harder to find for some reason whilst being impossible to buy locally in Australia.

Have any of you used this razor before and if so what is your opinion?

 
  • Razor: YAQI The Final Cut (Brass)
  • Blade: ASCO Super Stainless (Orange)
  • Soap: PAA (Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements) Scentless CK6
  • Aftershave/Post Shave: PAA Fin Unscented/Thayers Unscented Witch Hazel
  • Brush: YAQI 24mm Moka Express Synthetic

I started on setting 2 followed by setting 2.5 then finally setting three. It's likely I could have went beyond those settings but didn't find the need for my use case. The end results is a wonderful BBS shave.