The times we live in.

I want off this ride.

I can’t think of a place more deserving of a mass-shooting than this room.

At least right now, there is no way the US declares a war of aggression against a former Ally and doesn’t fall into Civil War. It will take a hell of a lot of internal suppression for that to change

A $200 billion army explicitly created to suppress US citizens ought to fix that.

They are.

That’s actually one of the better scenarios.

Currently; it looks like MAGA is building the world’s third largest military force that’s greenlit to operate on US soil kidnapping and disappearing ANYONE without given reason, no legal process, and 0 recourse.

You’ll be fucking lucky if that money just disappears into some billionaires pockets.

Anyone can cosplay as an ICE agent; all you’ve gotta do is remove your license plate and wear a facemask+hat.

Not sure if just ‘haha tech-rhyme, using common error message’ or deeper:

Connection reset by peer = Other party ended the conversation. Immediately after you’d stated you’re queer…

-having no personal insight/knowledge of japan’s drug scene, just my impressions-

Saying you’ve found none in six years, doesn’t make me think there’s none comming through; I immediately think you haven’t been looking very hard.

Finding very little I could understand, but NONE? Na, you need to try harder.

An $11/yr domain pointed at my IP. Port 443 is open to nginx, which proxies to the desired service depending on subdomain. (and explicitly drops any connection that uses my raw ip or an unrecognized name to connect, without responding at all)

ACME.sh automatically refreshes my free ssl certificate every ~2months via DNS-01 verification and letsencrypt.

And finally, I’ve got a dynamic IP, so DDClient keeps my domain pointed at the correct IP when/if it changes.

There’s also pihole on the local network, replacing the WAN IP from external DNS, with the servers local IP, for LAN devices to use. But that’s very much optional, especially if your router performs NAT Hairpinning.

This setup covers all ~24 of the services/web applications I host, though most other services have some additional configuration to make them only accessible from LAN/VPN despite using the same ports and nginx service. I can go into that if there’s interest.

Only Emby/Jellyfin, Ombi, and Filebrowser are made accessible from WAN; so I can easily share those with friends/family without having to guide them through/restrict them to a vpn connection.

You can use cloudflares DNS and not use their WAF (the proxy bit) just fine. I have been for almost a decade.

So hold them in contempt and seize a couple warehouses.

They don’t bat an eye at casual fines; so hit the business itself.

Idk how you’re getting your jack dirty.

Dusty warehouse environment. Even with my phone staying in my pocket most of the time; it collects dust in the ports and has to be cleaned regularly. I’m glad I only have one port to clean now.

Also, if the earbuds aren’t in-ears, aren’t they just clip-ons or headphones?

Sure, but nobody said you can only use wireless buds. If you don’t like in-ear style headphones/buds try a different style.

These used to by my wired earbuds of choice; I swapped the replaceable cable with a usb c one. There’s also a bluetooth cable/adapter you can buy.

I haven’t actually used them much though because I primarily switched to some wireless Raycons 2-3 ago years now. They’ve been fantastic and I’ve gotten so used to being untethered from my phone that I don’t think I’d ever go back.

8-10 hrs of runtime and only about 20min to charge; More often than not, I’m only wearing one anyway, so one charges while the other plays audio. Swap as necessary or listen to both and take an occasional break (which is good for you anyway). They charge in the case whenever not being used, and the case wirelessly charges whenever its on my bedside table, or from usb c if you ever needed it. I’ve yet to kill all three batteries, even with continuous use all day long.

All ‘Aux’ stands for is auxiliary, which could technically mean a lot of different things depending on context; but we’re talking about phones, so it’s pretty commonly known to mean the auxiliary audio/headphone port. Ie; the 3.5mm TRS/TRRS socket used for audio output/input.

What makes it a bad cable?

This is the only audio cable I’ve needed/wanted for a phone in around 5 years. (note, the picture is just an example of the style, not the exact brand I happened to purchase)

For years I refused to even try wireless headphones/earbuds because I was stuck on hurdles like battery life, Bluetooth reliability/range, or the possibility of losing one; but once I actually gave some a try, particularly a good quality set, I honestly couldn’t be happier and have come to prefer them over wired headphones quite significantly (specifically for mobile devices). It was genuinely a mental hurdle more than anything. Once I got off my high horse, stopped hating wireless headphones mostly on principle, and realized they actually fit my needs perfectly; I’ve found the only place I want/need both aux and power connections is at a non-bluetooth stereo.

So now, when I want to charge while playing music at a stereo; this cable is perfect, providing power to the phone and audio to the stereo without some bulky dongle hanging off of your usb c port wearing it out. Since switching to wireless headphones, and buying one of these cables, I have had no desire for anything else.

This particular cable is more intended for connecting to a stereo + charger, so those would be close together.

I’m mainly using it with one of these stereos, but it would be good in a car too:

If you want to connect headphones+charge, the dongle style adapters may be a better fit:

Though you could use a usb or aux extension on either of the shorter ends of the first cable I showed if you wanted too.

Yup, that’s what it’s for.

For months, masked individuals with no police agency markings have been leaping out of unmarked vehicles that have no licence plates, refusing to identify themselves in any way, then kidnapping people off of the streets; and not one of them has faced any true resistance.

What the fucked has happened to America. Is “hey don’t do that”, really all you’ve got???

Admittedly I was very stuck in the ‘I hate phones not having Aux’ camp because I preferred wired headphones for the longest time.

I was given some fairly poor wireless headphones and was pleasantly surprised by those, so I bought a good quality set myself. Now I’ve gotten so used to being untethered from my phone while listening to music, or podcasts, etc that I don’t think I’d go back to wired headphones while mobile.

That just leaves stereo systems, portable speakers, vehicles and the like. All of those, instead of carrying around or leaving an aux-aux cable, swap that for a usb c to aux cable.

Or even one of these:

As OP said, more space for battery. It’s also one less opening to waterproof. It took me a good long while, but I’ve come around to agree a headphone jack just isn’t worth the extra space it takes up. It’s not worthless, but there’s better ways to use the space.

I bought a y-shaped cable for exactly this the other day.

Usb c on one end, aux and usb a on the other end.