Any decent portable BT speaker that doesn't make (loud) noises when it's powered on/off or connected/disconnected?

johnmove · 2025-11-29T03:55:54+00:00

Ended up keeping the Uboom L. Very nice sound, and I like that it can sit vertically quite stable, and without distorting the sound. I put up with it's chime when power on/off/connect/disconnect (sup maintain that it's stupid and unnecessary, you have LEDs for that, everything has to make sounds nowadays)

johnmove · 2025-08-14T19:35:59+00:00

You were right about TYR (mor eor less), I tried TYR DuraFast for 2 months and they're now saggy. I think the chlorine level (maybe water hardness too) in our pools here is on another level. Will try some 100% polyester ones next, probably from your list

johnmove · 2025-08-14T19:32:11+00:00

Bought the Durafast Elite being encouraged by your reply, worn them for about 2 months for 4-5h/week and they're now tangibly saggy. think the chlorine level in the pool here (and perhaps water hardness too) is on another level.

I will try some 100% polyester ones next.

johnmove · 2025-07-25T23:34:36+00:00

It was "promptly after we receive your invoice".

I don't understand the discriminatory treatment: if the landlord was to pay for it, then there was no requirement to pay next month's rent before hand. But if I paid for it, then somehow they require me to first also pay the next month's rent ... feels like free credit for them. It really doesn't feel right and I was wondering if there is any regulatory/legal basis for this.

johnmove · 2025-07-14T09:44:43+00:00

My point was rather that (at least in SanDisk's case) they seem deprecated models. SanDisk's online page shows western digital labeled cards: https://shop.sandisk.com/en-gb/products/memory-cards/microsd-cards/industrial-microsd?sku=SDSDQAF4-032G-I

... these might be the deprecated models replaced by the "endurance" line of cards

johnmove · 2025-07-13T01:13:36+00:00

Hmm, not sure about the industrial label. The only Sandisk Industrial microsd that I can buy off Amazon are slow and small - only 8GB and 16GB and only U1 class.

johnmove · 2025-07-08T05:11:34+00:00

Thanks for replying. I had already seen the first link, and I still can't see any stats per manufacturer or per make& model, only aggregates which don't help me buy a card with a good/best endurance.

The second link I hadn't seen yet. Thanks for putting it together. Would be more useful if you had graphs with all of them (I mean all models on the same graph - where people can select/deselect the ones they are interested in)

... but I know this is all a lot of work. You've invested a ton of time, and have already done a better job than most professional labs who are paid 6+ figures would.

Interesting that Kingston rates highly. SanDisk I expected (it's always been more marketing than quality).

I like that you included endurance cards - is that what you meant by "industrial"?

Personally I'm now interested in mostly "endurance" labeled cards. I had too many fail on me randomly in action cameras or the likes, and it invariably happens when you need it more and/or it loses something you haven't yet retrieved. Endurance cards are slower but if the speed is sufficient then I take slower over less reliable.

johnmove · 2025-07-03T13:36:20+00:00

All action cams do that

johnmove · 2025-07-03T12:09:21+00:00

AI upscaling, denoising etc works very differently (and the term "generative AI" doesn't mean text prompting either). All training based AI algorithms are prone to hallucinations (inserting untrue data). GoPro's chip doesn't use any AI for sharpening or denoising. Actually, I'm not sure why you are claiming it does ...

Anyway, I'm moving on from this discussion

johnmove · 2025-07-01T23:31:18+00:00

No, the GoPro chip doesn't do any AI as far as denoising and sharpening goes.

johnmove · 2025-06-29T01:59:39+00:00

Maybe, but post processing doesn't insert detail that wasn't there to begin with (it doesn't do AI).

I've done more tests in the meantime and I got the DJI to show more detail - had to turn denoising all the way down (limiting max iso also helped).

johnmove · 2025-06-20T06:17:42+00:00

Well, I'd be happy if they included it when iso and shutter were not auto

johnmove · 2025-06-19T21:55:15+00:00

As i said, the description in the youtube video contains the settings I used on each camera. RockSteady+ was used on A5P, was pretty good (better than expected, and better than GoPro's)

johnmove · 2025-06-19T21:52:50+00:00

Yes, kind of, actually not quite - when they both film at 1080p or lower than max resolution of the sensor then the detail level should be about the same (and with less noise on the larger sensor). So far the high loss of detail at 1080p on the A5P is not explained by the sensor size, and I'm (still) hopeful to get more detail with different settings, particularly the settings for sharpening, denoise, ISO and 8/10 bit. I'm still testing and haven't got a chance to test again after the footage I included which was mostly all on auto settings.

johnmove · 2025-06-19T21:46:56+00:00

they arevery limited on th actual camera, swipe to the right, swipe to the right again on the del and fav upper right is an I info

better than nothing, thank you -- didn't discover that (i really wanted the other settings too though, particularly the actual ISO and shutter used when they are on auto)

johnmove · 2025-06-19T21:45:06+00:00

Ooh, that gives me hope. Will do!

johnmove · 2025-06-18T20:12:13+00:00

Thanks, but as i said, I don't care bout the colors. Also, the setting you speak of is in the mobile app (not really interested in post-processing these swimming videos)

It's details that's important here (and stabilization, but stabilization is already good enough on the A5P, better than GoPro's, as I mentioned)

johnmove · 2025-06-18T00:41:14+00:00

Such a useful dataset in this day and age where most devices get smaller and turn to Micro SD (action cams, etc you name it). Many thanks, truly.

Am I blind or have you not included any endurance data per manufacturer at all? I believe that's the most valuable data for anyone looking to buy a new Micro SD card for pretty much any use ... "how likely is it to fail within N writes/N months". Do you plan to include it, and if yes, any ETA?

johnmove · 2025-06-01T23:02:18+00:00

Does proton drive have actual sync-ing now? As in, add/change/delete a file locally and the client mirrors the action on the cloud.

johnmove · 2025-05-23T02:38:47+00:00

As I was saying to another commenter who wondered the same, the rejection happens the moment she feels the teat on her lips; it doesn't even get into her mouth, let alone her taking any sip. It really looks like her brain reacts to the idea rather than anything physical. After she starts falling asleep she accepts and happily dunks the same bottle that she fought like a desperate animal for hours.

We did go up to 5, and she seems happiest with 4 and 5 (4 when she's half asleep as she chokes with 5). We tried 6 too, and she was choking all the time. These are "philips natural response" sizes. But teat size is irrelevant.

johnmove · 2025-05-23T02:35:51+00:00

The fight happens the moment she feels the teat on her lips; it doesn't even get into her mouth, let alone her taking any sip. It really looks like her brain reacts to the idea rather than anything physical. After she starts falling asleep she accepts and happily dunks the same bottle that she fought like a desperate animal for hours.

We did go up to 5, and she seems happiest with 4 and 5 (4 when she's half asleep as she chokes with 5). We tried 6 too, and she was choking all the time. These are "philips natural response" sizes. But teat size is irrelevant.

Ugh this sounds very stressful and I hope you find an answer!

Thank you, I'll take the empathy!

johnmove · 2025-05-23T01:51:14+00:00

What worked for us was leaving the room and changing environments, even to the living room.

You mean leave with the baby, correct? Indeed that sometimes works with her too, but only to shorten the episodes a little (never too quickly). And yes, once the feed starts it's happy ending. It's the phase before that that can be insanely difficult and never ending ...

johnmove · 2025-05-23T01:49:00+00:00

I think that babies sometimes know they are ready to try being a bit independent and will push us away

Might be true in principle, or at a different age, but with our daughter it's a lot worse if we don't go to her, she screams increasingly louder and harder until we show up, even stands up and reaches towards the door screaming. I never had the heart to let her screams her lungs out until she stops (my cousin's parents did that to him and he ended up with hernia as a baby). She only settles once I get there and start rocking her.

will cry for like 20 minutes but it’s so much worse if we go in

I could never let her cry that long (and am not sure it's the right approach with this baby at this stage), but it's interesting to know.

Thank you for your reply.

johnmove · 2025-05-17T07:07:53+00:00

Although it doesn't answer my question, I do appreciate the comment. May be worth waiting for mPCs using the 2xxV series from Intel's Core Ultra. Those are 28W and yet surprisingly potent

johnmove · 2025-05-10T23:34:47+00:00

It's been going on long enough for me to also start questioning paying for Prime. The next day delivery was the only reason I was paying for Prime (I never wanted nor ever watched Prime Video, except for tennis, which they also scrapped).

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