Based on the wording AirPods Max 2 looks to have the same limitation as AirPods Max (USB C) where using the wired audio means the mic is not usable.

Really quite annoying from the "damn convenient" aspect as well.

The Apple Beats Studio Pro should meet this reasoning for $170 (on Amazon, $350 on apple.com - guess that explains the AirPods Max pricing) & the battery lasts twice as long. I have 2 near my Apple TV just so everything plays nice together.

The Beats Studio Pro doesn't use the H1 (or H2) chip, so is notably missing automatic device switching, if that's a thing that's important to you.

The sound is worse

From the wording it sounds like there will still be the annoyance of not having a mic if you're using lossless wired audio.

It looks to have near identical design to the initial iteration from 5-6 years ago ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

As a note for others looking at the Bose side:

On the Bose Quiet Comfort Ultra 2 I've found you can disable voice prompts for "Connections & Calls" and "Battery Level on Startup" but not for everything e.g. "USB Audio" and "Bluetooth Audio" will play each time you switch the source.

> People want to find the missing episodes because...

Speak for yourself!

They seem to have been pleased with the results:

> “It has to be worth it for the pleasure it’s brought me to see them,” Levine said. “Doctor Who runs all night in my bedroom, complete, nothing missing.”

Ah I mean others disliked the results.

Make up your own mind I suppose, I doubt you will find them rewarding: https://youtu.be/rQabMPpdQnk?si=Fm9Yqj7EwAjYp5np

Well heck - many don't even like the originals at all :p. On the contrary I found these much more enjoyable than the audio and stills! Of course I'd prefer more of the original copies be found... but for now the AI ones fill the gaps in my collection instead of the audio reconstructions.

Chromebooks themselves can actually be great machines for hacking (in the traditional sense, not the modern security/jailbreaking sense). E.g. https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439?hl=en is arguably better than a direct typical Linux install because it's an isolated environment which won't break the main function of the device as you tinker.

As the page notes though, the real problem for kids is the devices are of course locked down:

> Important: If you use your Chromebook at work or school, you might not be able to use Linux. For more information, contact your administrator.

I mostly agree. Just one thing:

> (in the traditional sense, not the modern security/jailbreaking sense)

As far as I can tell, the two senses have pretty much always existed side by side. Nothing traditional vs modern about it.

The more common "modern" definition popularized in the ~90s lacks the non-malicious meaning regardless which side of the "did hacker originally include both usages or not" debate one sits on. That doesn't mean the original definition ever went away though of course!

Much like Android, Chromebooks are considered a different target even though they use the Linux kernel. This release will be for a generic Linux desktop binary rather than specific 1st party systems.

The given origins for these phrases seem to be considered a modern myth:

https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2019/07/a-pot-to-piss-in.html

https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/piss-poor-pot-t...

Serves me right for collecting facts from Instagram memes.