They're earbuds. You're going to using them with a phone, maybe a laptop, or even in a pinch maybe a desktop. None of those output enough power to melt through a rubber cable without severely destroying themselves and never working again. OP would be posting "my phone exploded and I'm deaf now" not about the cable having a pimple.

Even my dedicated amp, a Shiit Magni outputs 6 watts with both channels combined, and ain't nobody connecting shitty earbuds to an amp. The rest of the cable is going to sink away the heat from 6 watts before the rubber could get hot enough to melt.

And how much power do you think the DAC in a phone is going to output?

The built in DAC in a phone can barely drive my headphones, let alone melt a silicone cable. They typically output less than a watt. On a good day. Rubbers melting point is 365c and 1 watt isn't gonna do that.

These are earbuds, not big ass speakers. There shouldn't be enough power going through those cables to do melt anything.

You'd have to put it all the way around it, including near the connector. Obviously you can't put it inside the connector, but that's another avenue for noise to get in. Outisde the box of noise with it's own box of insulation is a much calmer place.

It's a good thing you held onto it.

Have you actually used ChatGPT? The vast majority of the time it spits out good enough info. We use it at work frequently to write more tedious code. Ex: It's written approximately 7 trillion queryselectors for me, and as long as I hand hold it it will do a good job.

The biggest problem is when it comes to anything involving human safety. You also have to know that you have to hand hold it to get it to spit out something that's more or less exactly what you intended. But if you use it to draft a custom cover letter for you it's probably gonna do a good enough job, and it's not like anyone is actually reading that shit. It's great at doing basic math equations that involve a lot of conversions for me. It sure as hell aint the end all be all that every tech company seems to be pushing, but it's sure as hell not wrong 50% of the time.

If you vote 3rd party you're still voting against Trump. It's just not in any meaningful wall.

720p is fine, but I'd prefer 1080p most of the time.

It mostly just comes down to bitrate. A 4k video at 1Mbps is probably gonna look like shit. My drone and my go pro shoot 4k footage at 60Mbps h265 and that looks amazing. But if I'm acquiring a fuck ton of movies I'm not gonna download that shit at that bitrate. As long as the video is like 1080p and 5Mbps or higher I'm happy. If the file size is >6 gigs for a movie I ain't downloading that shit even if I can, and that's with a 1gb symmetrical internet connection and a 30TB NAS.

And for those who don’t have ADHD Adderall gets them WIRED.

That's assuming that you haven't already burnt through your supply of fridge beers.

You can also just wrap them in a wet paper towel to get the same effect. Or even better wet paper towel with some ice on top.

To redo the entire UI?

There’s still tax (in the US at least)

My boss and his family did this back in 2020. There’s a great picture of him with a shit eating grin standing behind his work.

I've honestly never felt this. Any time someone is willing to help me I'm more than happy. But at the same time I try to pay it forward and help them, or at least someone else.

Have you tried being zealously masochistic and self-flagellant? Gitting gud is another option.

But really though there's something endearing about a game being ruthlessly difficult with no easy mode slider. I'm normally the type of guy to crank everything down to easy to have a relaxing time, but when I'm in the mood for it Souls games scratch that itch juuuuust right.

The link in the post didn't work for me, but this Internet Archive link works.

https://web.archive.org/web/20240621172354/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13551803/Boeing-CEO-admits-employees-retaliated-whistleblowers.html

I'll do that too, but only when walking. I'm too fat to do that when running.

In addition to that I'll practice Spanish on my phone during my nightly walk/runs. My neighbors must think I'm really weird.

Swap longboarding for running and that’s me.

Nothing beats screaming your favorite song into the warm summer air driving down some nice roads.

Large flat roads are also more efficient. Have you ever driven down a bumpy road? That shit aint efficient. All of your horizontal speed gets turned into vertical speed in a jarringly unpleasant way. That's part of why trains are so efficient because their tracks are so smooth.

Large wheels have nothing to do with a vehicles ability to go off road/on bumpy roads, if anything they're counter productive because you want large soft tires and small wheels for that scenario.