sometimes I wonder if I could set up a successful competitor to RTINGs that caters to the needs of eccentric weirdos instead of well behaved consumers
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sometimes I wonder if I could set up a successful competitor to RTINGs that caters to the needs of eccentric weirdos instead of well behaved consumers
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sometimes I wonder if I could set up a successful competitor to RTINGs that caters to the needs of eccentric weirdos instead of well behaved consumers
@aeva honestly idk who they're for. Normies go to Wirecutter to get bad products that don't fit their needs as well as is claimed. And serious tech people might like the data RTINGs collects but their rating scales are insane and will do stuff like prioritize having Bluetooth over headphone quality or other wild things like that
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@aeva honestly idk who they're for. Normies go to Wirecutter to get bad products that don't fit their needs as well as is claimed. And serious tech people might like the data RTINGs collects but their rating scales are insane and will do stuff like prioritize having Bluetooth over headphone quality or other wild things like that
@Lunaphied I assume they're for serious tech people who are normies at heart.
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@Lunaphied I assume they're for serious tech people who are normies at heart.
@aeva ah yes. The audiophile demographic
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@aeva ah yes. The audiophile demographic
@Lunaphied @aeva My biggest complaint with RTINGs was for a long time the way they tested Bluetooth latency was terrible.
They had different latency measurements for PC, iOS, and Android... and PC was always way, way worse. But also sometimes the latency was _negative_ on iOS and that told me they were doing something really wrong.
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@Lunaphied @aeva My biggest complaint with RTINGs was for a long time the way they tested Bluetooth latency was terrible.
They had different latency measurements for PC, iOS, and Android... and PC was always way, way worse. But also sometimes the latency was _negative_ on iOS and that told me they were doing something really wrong.
@Lunaphied @aeva I had a suspicion I knew exactly what they were doing, so I asked them exactly how they were testing Bluetooth latency.
They were loading up a Youtube video, in the respective apps for the mobile devices or on Chrome on PC, and measuring the difference between a known visual queue and audio playing over the device.
Which is exactly what I suspected they were doing.
Because the mobile apps have latency correction systems.
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sometimes I wonder if I could set up a successful competitor to RTINGs that caters to the needs of eccentric weirdos instead of well behaved consumers
the major snag is I would immediately get bored of it as soon as I scratched all my itches, and also I don't want to be a product reviewer anyway
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the major snag is I would immediately get bored of it as soon as I scratched all my itches, and also I don't want to be a product reviewer anyway
@aeva same energy as the guy who got hired by a company, fixed the bug he reported a while ago, then handed in his notice.
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@aeva same energy as the guy who got hired by a company, fixed the bug he reported a while ago, then handed in his notice.
@GyrosGeier i've wanted to do that so many times lol
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@Lunaphied @aeva I had a suspicion I knew exactly what they were doing, so I asked them exactly how they were testing Bluetooth latency.
They were loading up a Youtube video, in the respective apps for the mobile devices or on Chrome on PC, and measuring the difference between a known visual queue and audio playing over the device.
Which is exactly what I suspected they were doing.
Because the mobile apps have latency correction systems.
@bgolus @Lunaphied oh my god D:
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the major snag is I would immediately get bored of it as soon as I scratched all my itches, and also I don't want to be a product reviewer anyway
so folks I can't pursue my gonzo consumer product testing and reviews business idea after all, someone else already owns everythingisterrible.com
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so folks I can't pursue my gonzo consumer product testing and reviews business idea after all, someone else already owns everythingisterrible.com
@aeva somethingsarenotcompletelyterrible.com is still available though
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@aeva somethingsarenotcompletelyterrible.com is still available though
@rygorous which things, besides koss headphones
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so folks I can't pursue my gonzo consumer product testing and reviews business idea after all, someone else already owns everythingisterrible.com
hm, my runner up of midwestgarbagevortex.com is still available though
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@rygorous which things, besides koss headphones
@rygorous besides koss headphones and my ergotron monitor arm
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@rygorous which things, besides koss headphones
@aeva Some products that I do not hesitate to recommend to anyone who is in the market for them:
- Get a microplane grater for your kitchen. Brand doesn't really matter. They're inexpensive and you'll neither hurt yourself using them nor need to spend more than 30 seconds cleaning them; decidedly not true for most other kinds of graters.
- MoYu RS3 M 2020 Rubik's Cube. They're like $9 and not the _best_ you can get but really good. If you're not sure if you might like cubing, try this one. -
hm, my runner up of midwestgarbagevortex.com is still available though
If I were to start such a business, I'd probably need to rent an office next to an ewaste disposal facility though because my product testing for laptops and phones would conclude with finding the exact amount of abuse needed to render the device unrepairable for most users starting with ordinary mishaps and gradually escalating to increasingly absurd treatment (this process would be filmed, of course).
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@aeva Some products that I do not hesitate to recommend to anyone who is in the market for them:
- Get a microplane grater for your kitchen. Brand doesn't really matter. They're inexpensive and you'll neither hurt yourself using them nor need to spend more than 30 seconds cleaning them; decidedly not true for most other kinds of graters.
- MoYu RS3 M 2020 Rubik's Cube. They're like $9 and not the _best_ you can get but really good. If you're not sure if you might like cubing, try this one.@rygorous I usually just use a knife to cube things
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@aeva Some products that I do not hesitate to recommend to anyone who is in the market for them:
- Get a microplane grater for your kitchen. Brand doesn't really matter. They're inexpensive and you'll neither hurt yourself using them nor need to spend more than 30 seconds cleaning them; decidedly not true for most other kinds of graters.
- MoYu RS3 M 2020 Rubik's Cube. They're like $9 and not the _best_ you can get but really good. If you're not sure if you might like cubing, try this one.@aeva - Keychron keyboards, which are well-built and reasonably-priced (you can do a bit better if you go more DIY, but if you just want something off the shelf, they're good)
- Lamy 2000 fountain pen, if you're a fountain pen user. Very no-frills Bauhaus style design but it's well-made, well-designed, and a joy to write with. There are nicer-looking/fancier pens if you're more of a collector etc., but if you want a nice pen _to actually write with_, this is great. (Not cheap but it's worth it.) -
@aeva - Keychron keyboards, which are well-built and reasonably-priced (you can do a bit better if you go more DIY, but if you just want something off the shelf, they're good)
- Lamy 2000 fountain pen, if you're a fountain pen user. Very no-frills Bauhaus style design but it's well-made, well-designed, and a joy to write with. There are nicer-looking/fancier pens if you're more of a collector etc., but if you want a nice pen _to actually write with_, this is great. (Not cheap but it's worth it.)@aeva (NB, if you've never done fountain pens before, this is not the first pen to get. But if you know how to use them and like them, it's a good one.)
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