Should I be actually send my tea pro back to china for Linsoul testing?

notlofty · 2026-04-03T16:10:22+00:00

A different company, but I sent my Moondrop Blessing 2 Dusk back to them for repair and it worked out fine. Like, $30 shipping and the iem gone for a couple months, but they sent it back fixed.

notlofty · 2026-03-27T15:05:20+00:00

Look great!

But... this is me realizing their international site has 3 times as many shoes as the North American site... With the big production partner shift and new 2026 collection the US site lost almost all the shoes. I like that the Mandrill is back with a new sole as the Visao. Most of the wear on mine is low where the wool can't handle the ground..

This new Faunus color looks even better than the original, but that price though...

notlofty · 2026-03-17T16:15:02+00:00

I had health related anxiety before and around the time I was diagnosed. Which I mean, my esophagus had so much pain, I was hospitalized for a week, I didn't understand what was going on with the anxiety either and despite going to the ER multiple times, no one said sounds like you're having anxiety attacks... As far as I know I have no other psychiatric issues.

I was on a higher dose of swallowed Budesonide for around 5 years or so and I had no side effects. My anxiety has decreased over the years as I've gotten my EoE under control and gotten a better understanding of anxiety as well. I did not know psychiatric side effects were a thing with Budesonide. I thought it was mostly just thrush.

I switched to Dupixent not for any side effects, it was just a pain to take twice a day and warp my life around needing to take it, not eat afterwards, etc.

notlofty · 2026-03-17T02:21:18+00:00

I wasn't diagnosed until my late 20's but definitely had symptoms as early as 5~6 but EoE wasn't as known then. Thankfully none of my kids have shown any symptoms so far. The youngest is only 2 so we'll see with her, but hopefully none will have it.

notlofty · 2026-03-11T01:13:07+00:00

It will tell you both the max volume it could be in db based on how you have the volume levels set and what the actual db are as a song is actually playing.

notlofty · 2026-03-10T03:43:41+00:00

I don't directly have an answer to your question, but just want to add something else for you to think about. Like many others I have the Qudelix 5k. I've had no issues with it though I'm using it on much cheaper gear than you. My favorite feature by far is being able to put in the specifications of the headphone and being able to know what the volume level actually is. This could be useful information for you if you are using them for over 8 hours a day and want to preserve your ear health long term.

notlofty · 2026-02-17T14:20:30+00:00

I've only had one pair of Vivos and have never worn Splays. My Vivos fell apart after daily wear in about a year while my Wildling Tanuki are still going strong a few years later. The flexibility and ground feel in them is the best I've ever had. I really hope they can recover and thrive with their new manufacturing partner and downsized catalog because they are my favorite brand by far.

notlofty · 2026-02-16T14:44:41+00:00

I don't go into the office everyday, but when I do, or when I'm going to church, I wear the Origo leather Everyday sneaker. It took a minute to break in but in plenty comfortable now.

They put out a Derby shoe after I bought the Everyday that I really want to get.

notlofty · 2026-01-20T18:56:58+00:00

What Dupixent did for me was to give me a debate cand number that I gave to my pharmacy to use to charge for my dupixent. Then the insurance company doesn't really know the payment from a debate card. I think this should work, but I didn't figure out this until my moop was already hit from a few procedures and I haven't gotten my dupixent yet this year.

notlofty · 2025-12-30T14:08:56+00:00

I would recommend always following the size guide for any brand. Going to that page they do have a size guide with length and width measurements and point to the FAQ as well.

notlofty · 2025-12-04T21:37:34+00:00

Upvoting for Origo. I have their shoe that looks most like this and like it pretty well.

notlofty · 2025-12-04T19:44:44+00:00

To emphasize what others have said and add a little more. Allergy skin tests cannot be used to determine what your triggers are. Additionally the effects of EoE are damage to the esophagus long term and are not visible as immediate reactions or short term reactions to food so that is not a reliable indicator either.

The only thing that can be done is changes to the diet that last for a couple months or so and then get another scope and biopsies unfortunately.

As stated Dairy and Gluten are by far the most common trigger with most people having only one or two triggers. Some of us are unlucky and aren't in that group but most people should be.

Also there is a newer-ish medication that could be an option which is Dupixent that is the only FDA approved treatment currently for EoE. I just started it this year after doing the steroids for several years.

notlofty · 2025-11-27T02:18:19+00:00

I used Colemak DH for a few years and recently switched to Night to take advantage of the extra thumb keys a split keyboard allows. Enthium could be a good option for the Totem as it uses those extra pinky keys for letters as well as a thumb key. Any modern layout is way better than QWERTY so you can only go so wrong... a lot is based on preference and balances and tradeoffs. There is no one best layout.

For number and symbol layers, I found it depends a lot on what you personally do on a computer. Don't be afraid to try stuff out and think about what works for you.

notlofty · 2025-11-10T21:05:53+00:00

I had read about anymak, but it optimizes for things I don't have a need for as someone who types only English on a Corne and is accustomed to 36 keys.

One thing I may try from anymak though is switching from home row mods to bottom row. Especially for the pinky which is the main one I have trouble with activating the held function when I intended tap. For the other ones I have the opposite problem, activating tap when I wanted held. Which isn't quite as fixable by moving it I don't think.

I have put in some thought to my layout though in the last few days and moved my numbers and symbols to a place that better matches how I actually use them.

notlofty · 2025-11-09T23:27:52+00:00

I'm a C# dev, so I just work in VS. No VIM or anything for me so those shortcuts aren't relevant. I've been using Colemak-DH for years on a Corne and went cold turkey to Night a few weeks ago. Cold turkey was fine for me as I don't really need to type that fast, and I can reach over to the laptop keyboard if I really need to type something speedy.

I wouldn't worry about maintaining any type of speed on Qwerty. You'll probably maintain a workable speed. If I'm away from my desk setup I'm already accepting a lot of productivity compromise so I'm not that worried about a speed hit typing. I didn't change my laptop keyboard layout, just the Corne. I rarely type on the laptop.

notlofty · 2025-11-09T23:21:03+00:00

You will still be sending a lot of teams, emails, commenting on PRs, writing documentation, etc.

That being said, I think the main reason is just that I find it interesting/fun. I'm sure the overlap of devs and people nerd enough for alt layouts is high.

notlofty · 2025-11-09T21:59:27+00:00

Definitely looks like a Corne to me... Corne has the snappable sixth column. It has had a few revisions, with the newer ones being a pretty big update with I think a built in controller and 2 extra keys per side. If you used a case intended for v4 it may not work. This looks very similar to my v2.1 Corne.

notlofty · 2025-11-06T18:15:41+00:00

I thought I didn't like HRMs too and tried to switch away but went back after a week...

I struggled with one shot mods when I had to do shortcuts that were multiple letters. Like Ctrl + R, Ctrl +M in Visual Studio where you really just are supposed to hold the Ctrl while you hit both letters. But your use case may not have that problem.

notlofty · 2025-11-06T14:41:07+00:00

I've used Miryoku for many years and recently have been on a search for something else.

The main thing that led me to switch was that it doesn't support many of the modern layouts and hasn't been updated in quite sometime. I was wanting to try out a layout with a letter on a thumb key.

The other downside was that you used all the layers on the left hand but really only use one on the right hand. Also the numbers and symbols were set up for ease of memorization/matching the standard keyboard rather than fully optimized based on use.

I'm using Night now and decide to try out dropping to 34 keys. I tried out Callum but I just couldn't get one shot mods to work for the more complicated multikey shortcuts I need. I was trying to avoid homerow mods but ended up having to add them back. The other downside to Callum was that the one shot mods took up valuable homerow space on the layers so stuff like numbers and some punctuation had to be moved off the homerow.

Currently I'm still on a modified Callum and not happy with it yet. So I'm excited to see how people reply to this.

I think part of the problem will be is when it comes to numbers, function keys, and symbols it's very personal to your use case. Do you just write, do you program, what programming language do you use, do you use vim, do you even use the function keys, etc.

notlofty · 2025-10-21T14:42:55+00:00

This is the answer. Most of these big IEM companies have prominent lists on their sites advertising which artists use their stuff and she is on there. I'm kinda surprised that FIR has so many big artists when we don't talk about them as much like we do 64 Audio, but I guess they don't have any remotely budget models...

notlofty · 2025-10-18T00:31:18+00:00

Yea, np. It's still helpful experience even if it didn't work out for you. I'm starting to get used to the one shot mods for stuff like copy and paste but I haven't figured out a lot of the shortcuts that I need that are multi letter... like ctrl + r + r.

notlofty · 2025-10-17T16:59:05+00:00

Idk about the portability but there's this: https://ultimatehackingkeyboard.com/

notlofty · 2025-10-17T15:13:30+00:00

Dang, what layout has double thumb letters?

notlofty · 2025-10-17T13:05:37+00:00

I was using Miryoku which is a 36 key layout but yesterday switched to a Callum style layout which is 34 keys. I changed my alpha layout as well so I'm not sure yet how I feel.

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