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  • melroy@kbin.melroy.orgtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Audiologists raise concern over headphone use in young people
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    4 days ago

    We’re not allowed to protect our ears because “CONSOOMER FIRST” priority.

    If you exposed to loud noises in your work environment (depending on the exposure time and loudness dB level), you should indeed protect your ears. In fact, by law your company should protect their employees from loud noise exposure and use proper hearing protection (so not the cheap stuff either).

    If they don’t meet these standards, you have the right to report the issue to workplace safety authorities or your company’s health and safety officer. Employers are legally required to conduct noise assessments and provide adequate hearing protection, such as high-quality earmuffs or earplugs rated for the specific decibel levels in your work environment.

    Trust me, if you are indeed exposed to loud noises can lead to irreversible hearing damage. I don’t care so much about hearing loss, but Tinnitus on the other hand is killing my live. My Tinnitus has had me in its grip for years now. I can’t commute to work anymore, I can’t just go and do fun things anymore, hack I can’t even join a birthday party when there are too many people. It is really suffering. And there is NO cure. #Tinnitus

  • melroy@kbin.melroy.orgtoTechnology@lemmy.world•PassMark sees the first yearly drop in average CPU performance in its 20 years of benchmark results
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    11 days ago

    I actually just recently upgraded to new hardware, but you’re right I myself (as a programmer) was actually using not long ago 15 year old PC. Well the motherboard, case and PSU was 15 years old. I upgraded the GPU along the way, twice in total. And I added more ram. And 2 years ago I upgraded to the CPU for 10 euros/dollars using some used server Xeon processor that was compatible with my PLGA1366 socket.

    So actually depending on your needs and small upgrades, you can use old hardware for years. And yes I was still playing games on this 15 year old desktop PC. I just recently upgraded like I said, because mainly I was limited to only SATA 2 and USB 2.0 connectors, so … that. And yes my CPU became the bottleneck for my GPU as well. And I was not able to use NVMe drives of course or anything modern to that regard.

    EDIT: And my fuses always tripped when I switched on the old computer. Awh well, after 15 years it was time to upgrade.

  • melroy@kbin.melroy.orgtoTechnology@lemmy.world•PassMark sees the first yearly drop in average CPU performance in its 20 years of benchmark results
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    11 days ago

    Anyhow, you’re right something is not going great. Although I upgraded to a great Threadripper platform now and we do have great AMD laptop processors. It could have multiple causes:

    • Doing below 4nm, 3nm, and 2 nm will give more and more issues, we are basically hitting a wall. Since quantum effects are increasingly becoming an issue at these small scales. Especially with high NA.
    • Monopoly of AMD in the CPU market, Intel is lacking behind. On the long term this could mean less innovation.
    • Inflation; due to costs rising, people are less willing to invest that much money on their (new) computers and hardware. Since the article refers to “average results of all Windows PC tests across the globe every two weeks”. It could be as simple as people having less purging power to all buy new chips. And most people are just “fine” with using 5, 10 or even 15 year old hardware as their daily driver.

    Disclaimer: I’m working in the Lithography sector at ASML.