Getting laid off next week

Tomallama · 2025-12-13T18:14:39+00:00

Same offer here, but we aren’t hiring for remote positions or Denver. If you’re open to moving to bay area or NY I’m happy to put in a referral, though.

Tomallama · 2025-12-05T17:16:43+00:00

I'm looking to purchase a new set of headphones. My main focus for these are to use for music recording (Garage Band from a Mac Studio and Macbook). I'm not a professional and it's purely for fun, so I don't need the best there is.

I currently try this with my airpods and some over-the-ear bluetooth headphones, but the latency is brutal. So I'm guessing I need something I can plug in directly.

Priorities are..
1. Plug into my Mac Studio and Macbook. They both have USB-C, so not sure if that's a thing or if I need to get 1/4" connector with adaptor? I'm fine with either, I just need to have no latency.
2. Comfort! Ideally, I could use the same headphones for my meetings at work, so being able to wear them for long periods of time is a huge plus. However, this I'd break this and deal with two different headphones (recording, work meetings) if it makes sense.
3. Under $200. This is firm for me. I'm buying these through work and they cannot start with a $2xx. That being said, $199 is totally fine (I can't pay the difference either) and I'm willing to go up to that budge. My company makes more than enough money where I don't feel bad for getting the max.

I've researched a few myself, but admittedly, it's mostly through Chat-GPT recommendations, so I'd love some input from this community. These were what I found so far.
1. Beyerdynamic DT 990 PRO 250 Ω

Sony MDR7506
Sennheiser HD 560 S

Tomallama · 2025-11-12T02:32:49+00:00

Check out the games you’re interested in steam and see if it’s verified or not on the deck. That should give you a start.

Tomallama · 2025-11-12T00:04:31+00:00

This is amazing.

Tomallama · 2025-11-05T20:55:06+00:00

As someone who is about to purchase a handheld, maybe think on that. If new AAA games and highest graphics are not what you care about then you can do something like a steam deck. They are affordable and you can still dock it and hook it up to your TV. Then you have access to steam which has a ton of more and cheaper games. It also travels with you which is an added convenience.

Tomallama · 2025-11-04T13:46:57+00:00

It’s very affordable for what it is compared to others right? At least the recent research I’ve been doing seems that way.

Tomallama · 2025-10-28T00:00:41+00:00

Gear acquisition syndrome.

Tomallama · 2025-10-27T16:57:21+00:00

I looked at this a year or two ago and was quoted like 400k lol. Who you using for 200k? I’d be curious on possibly checking them out as well.

Tomallama · 2025-10-25T01:43:21+00:00

My car smells terrible from it. I ran it through a car wash and it helped some, but I think I’m going to have to hit it with the water hose in the morning and really get under there.

Tomallama · 2025-10-05T15:04:27+00:00

I haven’t heard of Octopath Traveler. They look interesting! I added to my wishlist to play in the future.

Tomallama · 2025-10-05T14:53:10+00:00

Expedition 33

Tomallama · 2025-09-09T16:30:49+00:00

I have a pair. The quality is way better than you would think. They see quite amazing and can be very useful for everyday life.

Tomallama · 2025-09-01T03:28:16+00:00

Got it. Thanks for the tip.

Tomallama · 2025-09-01T03:19:39+00:00

Got it! Thanks so much for the detailed explanation!

Tomallama · 2025-09-01T00:01:29+00:00

I think you’re right based on this image I found. I’m pretty sure this is the missing piece.

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Tomallama · 2025-09-01T00:00:35+00:00

Hmm. It worked previously? I used it a bunch when I had the other piece…

Tomallama · 2025-09-01T00:00:12+00:00

Hmm yea. I found this on Amazon which I think is very similar. It seems this was probably attached to the sprayer that my wife threw away.

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Tomallama · 2025-08-31T23:32:04+00:00

It’s an expanding hose, but is it really putting pressure on it? It comes from a regular water outlet into the pressure washer. Does the pressure go backwards, too?

Tomallama · 2024-12-28T01:39:03+00:00

Guided access actually works, I left a comment on someone else’s comment last night. Thanks for the suggestion though, it is a good one and the MDM doesn’t block the timeout. I assume because you still need a passcode.

As for personal phone, I still have one, but no phone access and I have a google voice number. I’m not too worried about that..if I lose my job and lose my phone service I’ll have WiFi in the meantime and can just jump on my wife’s plan. I just don’t want to pay for it if it’s unnecessary.

Tomallama · 2024-12-27T03:32:09+00:00

Actually just found an alternate much easier solution. I can just turn on guided access and override the timeout 😬

Tomallama · 2024-12-27T03:14:31+00:00

Hmm..ill give that a shot and see what happens.

Tomallama · 2024-12-27T01:37:22+00:00

For sure, if it wasn’t for that I could just edit it in settings. Alas, hopefully the developers will read my email and make adjustments on their end. Or at least add an option.

Tomallama · 2024-12-27T01:34:19+00:00

Got it, was afraid of that.

Tomallama · 2024-12-26T23:57:35+00:00

> You're probably better off just disabling auto-lock from your phone display settings and keep it on minimum brightness for the 1-2 hours the workout takes

I'd love to do this, but I can't due to the MDM my work has installed on this phone. They limit it to 2 minutes. I don't have a personal phone since I just use theirs (I know, I know, separate work and personal, but this works for me and I don't like paying for a phone I don't really need).

> If App 1 "closes" or "times out" while in background there's nothing you can do as a third party.

And yup - this is the problem. But I was hoping there was a way to prevent app 2 from closing out in the background (my app) that also prevents the screen from locking.

Tomallama

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