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  • This article doesn’t specify, but based on the previous 25% offer, I’m guessing this new and improved proposal is also structured over four years.

    New information to me is that the union initially sought a 40% increase. Kind of silly to think that when 90% of your workers decline an offer - any offer - that adding an extra few percent will get you an agreement.

    I wrote this before when the union declined the 25% bump, but it bears repeating:

    If Boeing were to pay the 40% the union is looking for upon returning to work, and committed to annual salary increases that were double whatever inflation is moving forward, they would have 32,000 employees that would never strike the rest of their careers.






  • I wear a set of these every day, for hours at a time. I started writing what I thought would be a concise comment that turned out to be not concise. I tried to break it up because no one likes a wall of text.

    Shokz customer service and hardware quality:

    I got my first headset, the Trekz Titanium model, from them in 2016 before they rebranded to ‘Shokz’. The company replaced them twice under warranty. The third pair held up until I broke them in 2022, and I ordered the new OpenRun Pro model.

    This new headset is significantly lighter, and lasts longer than the original version I had. Obviously they’ll only get better in five years, but I’d say there’s no need to wait. The quality is there. Honestly, I’m surprised they don’t charge more for them.

    My usage and experience:

    They focus a lot of their marketing on athleticism, which is probably the number one use case for most people. That said, I use them both when I drive and when I work to take calls, as it’s clearer both for me and the person I’m speaking to than other, single ear, headsets I’ve used before.

    As far as music quality, it is a Bluetooth headset so audiophile fidelity can’t be expected, but I like them since at mid volume they won’t bleed sound to other people yet I can still exchange a few words with someone without having to pause anything and slow down a brief chat.

    If you’re a podcast listener, these things are fantastic. I listen to about two hours of spoken word content each day, and I couldn’t wear in ear or over ear headphones for that long. That’s just preference though.

    Charging:

    A change Shokz made at some point was to move from a micro usb charger to a magnetic one. It’s fantastic. I have a cable affixed in place on my dresser and my desk, and it’s as simply as Apple’s Magsafe charging system if you’re familiar with that. I just put the headset down and it’s charging - don’t even need to turn it off.

    It also recharges in maybe twenty minutes, which for something that lasts me all day every day, is pretty great.

    To sum up, I’ll be buying another pair when my current ones kick the bucket, and another after that.








  • I’m a third party in this chat, not Anivia@feddit.org.

    Your initial comment here was pointing out that a component of a computer build is as expensive as an entire console. Valid point, though it does ignore that the component you had in mind is superior to what Sony’s put into their machine. It’s not really an apples to apples comparison. More like an apple from the grocery compared to picking a basket of apples from an orchard.

    You seem to be pointing out that higher performance per dollar is possible with a high end computer. This is correct.

    Anivia on the other hand was only saying that for the same money or less as a Playstation 5 Pro, you can get more performance by spending your dollars on a computer instead of a console. This is correct.

    You two seem to be saying the same thing: Sony’s console is overpriced for what it is, and a better experience can be had going with a pc.







  • Not exactly related to this article but, I looked this judge up on Ballotpedia, and found this funny little tidbit.

    Judge Merchan handed the Trump Organization a $1.6M fine in that tax case a couple years ago. The District Attorney for Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, said:

    “While corporations can’t serve jail time, this consequential conviction and sentencing serves as a reminder to corporations and executives that you cannot defraud tax authorities and get away with it.”

    What a head of cabbage. As if a couple million dollars is anything to these corporations. These fines need to be double digit percentages of revenue before they get viewed as anything other than a line item on the expense report.