I’m an engineer and technician. I pride myself on being able to trace down a wire in the nastiest of control panels. That hot mess would make me pour sweat if I had to service it.
He also admitted to Billy Bush and a camera crew that he grabs women’s private parts, and suggested that they let him do it because he’s famous. Additionally, during that same confession, he admitted to kissing women without permission, citing he can’t control himself.
You know I'm automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait.
And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.
Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.
When the tape was released, Trump said it was “locker room talk”. Which is literally not the point at all. The fact that you talk about abuse in only selective settings doesn’t absolve the abuse itself.
Additionally, in a 2023 deposition regarding a defamation lawsuit, Trump was questioned about the tape, and in response to whether stars can grab women by the genitals, replied:
But what’s your wired use case? Are you mostly sitting at a desk working or sipping your favorite drink and listening, or are you using those headphones while traveling/out and about?
For a home/desk setup, I ended up buying a small, fairly inexpensive external DAC/amp specifically for high-quality lossless listening. It works great with my iPhone/iPad and my PC. It’s small enough to take with me (fits in the palm of my hand), but it does start to feel inconvenient when you’re traveling.
When I’m out and about and still want wired, I usually just use the USB-C to 3.5 mm adapter. And honestly, once you’re walking around with background noise, the main advantage of lossless is mostly lost anyway. It’s hard to hear the difference between lossless and a good high-bitrate codec unless you’re really in a quiet environment and actively listening.
Also, on the technical side: a 3.5 mm jack is analog, so the “quality” isn’t about the jack itself, it’s about the DAC and headphone amp behind it. Many built-in phone jacks (when phones have them) aren’t that great compared to even a modest external DAC.
If you’re talking about Apple Music “Lossless” (up to 24-bit/48 kHz), the small USB-C to 3.5 mm dongle is typically enough and it’s easy to just leave it attached to the headphone cable.
If you’re talking about “Hi-Res Lossless” (up to 24-bit/192 kHz), a lot of built-in jacks won’t support that full rate, and you generally need an external DAC anyway. So if you’re chasing hi-res playback, the presence of a built-in headphone jack matters less because you still care most about the DAC/amp quality and capabilities, not the hole in the phone.
That’s why I don’t see a built-in jack as a must-have, it takes space inside the phone, and for higher-end wired listening you’re better off with a dongle or DAC/amp anyway.
At first we were hesitant, but once we went outside, people liked our style, stopped us in the streets, and wanted to take photos with us," one of the men said.
Which is why the Taliban has a problem with it. If you can invoke a positive emotion in someone, you can influence change.
Go back to sleep