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Thanks, Bluetooth, for the headache


Just spent 2 hrs trying to get a Bluetooth headphones to work--haven't been this frazzled from trying to get something to work on the computer for ages, and this after paying double at Best Buy (compared to online prices) for a driver. I had to quit trying for my mental health--will give it another shot tomorrow. And I thought the days of this kind of struggling to get your computer to do something was in the past!

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Bought Bluetooth headphones for my computer, and ended up just connecting them with the cable.

They're okay for listening to music, but the slight delay in the audio that's inherent to Bluetooth made watching videos too annoying.

Good luck with your setup.

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Spent two hours yesterday with no result. After about 15 minutes today had it working. Haven't noticed any delay in the audio.

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I thought this was going to be about electromagnetic hypersensitivity (the imaginary medical condition).

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I have that imaginary hypersensitivity and I find this comment extremely insensitive and so does my stuffed Baby Yoda toy you heartless monster!

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What I find humorous about people who claim they are electromagnetic hypersensitive is that they don’t realize that candles produce electromagnetic energy. Light no matter its source is electromagnetic energy.

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And X-rays are also EM radiation, but no one is trying to convince people that it's absolutely safe to bathe in a field of them. UV is also EM radiation, great for causing melanomas and burning your retinas.

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Well the energy of a photon is equal to Planck’s constant h multiplied by the frequency f.

E=hf

To ionize the electron of an atom requires the energy of the absorbed (single) photon to equal or exceed the binding energy of the electron. So if you look up the binding energy of an electron in a DNA molecule and calculate the minimum required frequency of the photon needed to ionize it, the frequency you get is in the UV range. So UV frequencies and higher frequencies such as X-rays and gamma rays do pose a real risk. However EM fields from power lines, radio waves and microwaves are much lower in frequency (several orders of magnitude) than visible light and are incapable of ionizing an electron from an atom. No matter how many photons of this frequency you have you cannot ionize the electron. This is a direct consequence of Einstein’s explanation of the photoelectric effect. The only way for low frequency photons to couple their energy with matter is to cause whole molecules to vibrate and cause heat from friction. But they can never ionize an electron.

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28472042/

Sorry you fake science lunatic, but science proved you wrong.

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Sorry but my graduate work was in optical engineering and quantum optics and I stick to the fundamental physics. No meta-analysis where the conclusion itself says “current evidence is of poor quality and limited quantity” is going to convince me otherwise just because it is on an NIH government website. You call me a fake science lunatic but I believe that better describes you. Unless you can prove anything you claim with the mathematical equations that describe photon-atom interactions whatever you claim is likely just bullshit.

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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.708017/full?utm_source=F-NTF&utm_medium=EMLX&utm_campaign=PRD_FEOPS_20170000_ARTICLE

Appeal to authority is not a valid argument. You have NO ARGUMENT because science has proven you're a lying trump voter.


You do realize your entire argument is "ionizing radiation can damage cells, ergo non-ionizing radiation can't damage cells" which only someone who never graduated would claim is a logical argument. Besides, we don't even need to damage cells to have an effect on cells, I mean, this is logic 101.

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What is so imaginary about the proven fact that holding a mobile phone to your ear is marked with an increased risk of cancer? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28472042/

There is plenty of evidence about how human caused EM pollution is affecting the migratory patterns of birds. Is it really so hard to believe that negative health side effects can occur in humans?

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Have you tried turning it off and turning it back on? 🥸

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So bluetooth headphones aren't much good? So far I haven't had them.

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I feel your pain. I spent two hours trying to bind a smart watch to my phone. I gave up.

Ain't technology great ? 💩

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Been there too!

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If it connects to your phone easily it should connect to your PC.

I have a 6 yr old laptop and the bluetooth range is down to a 1ft radius. Not sure if its common problem.

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I spent 2 hours trying to burn a cd with an external cd rom drive on my chromebook, before realizing you really can't burn a cd with a chromebook.

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