Pretty surprising that Hypercard is in the bottom 10 rather than top 10. I think it's because the younger folks don't know it very well.

If you are patient, you could name some money by selling them individually on eBay

Warranty lives tend to be in the 20+ year range and potential lifespan even higher, so .. kinda?

By coincidence I had my solar panels installed round about the time construction started on Hinkley Point C. They've already paid back their installation cost. I don't expect to replace them any time soon.

Historically panels are generally considered to be exhausted after 30 years of service, although even that means they're down to 80% of their original capacity.

The more failure prone component is the inverter, by a huge margin.

You have 20 years after buying them to set up a local supply chain.

What is there to do? Put back the code that worked reliably for nearly 3 decades?

I got my kid's on eBay for $50 during summer break... Looked almost brand new

Cool! My only concern is that Wired has a very long and consistent history of advertising technologies that don't work quite as they say. So let's hope this is real.

BYD is shipping both charging stations and cars with blade battery 2.0 first half of 2026. Both economic and premium models can charge from 0 - 97% under 12 minutes. They are also building these charging stations right now and few hundreds are already operational.

Delta Force is a good movie within the action genre.

My AMD 286 with a sound blaster absolutely destroyed a C64 in games. Gosh, I played Monkey Island VGA and Wing Commander on it.

I’m not sure how well Wing Commander would have run on that machine. It had to have been borderline, slow or choppy. I played Wing Commander on a 386.

That’s also a combination that I don’t remember too many people having. A Sound Blaster and a VGA card in a 286. Yes in some ways with that particular combination, you’d be rising above the Commodore. But it’s a bit unusual.

Is "generally available" the proper wording when Claude is generally unavailable so often these days?

I'm the trendsetter. I've never stopped using wired headphones and, after being made fun of for years despite much better audio quality, cost, simplicity and reliability, the rich finally decided to imitate me. Never let go of your convictions!

Amen! This is the way. Many beautiful women have approached me finally! It shows that staying sane pays off.

I bought a little rechargeable bluetooth transceiver with a 3.5 mm jack on it - Just like having a 50 foot audio extension cord, plus it adds a mic.

Same. I've been using the same apple earbuds since like 2005(?). I still have the original plastic case for them and use it to store them in my backpack.

I bought a nice pair of sony studio monitors (MDR-7506), uh, 30 years ago now, and they're still my daily driver. I've had to replace the earpads, but that's it, they're still fabulous headphones.

Actually, they're so good, they're still making and selling the exact same model.

I'm with you! After I lost my gen 1 AirPods a couple years ago, I paid $20 for a pair of Apple's corded EarPods and used them until they failed (1) a few months ago. They had a good mic + music controls, sounded fine, and didn't need a dongle.

Now I'm down to my Shure IEMs (via an Apple lighting-to-3.5mm dongle) and a borrowed pair of old Galaxy buds - wanted to give wireless buds a try, since it's been so long. I don't like them.

1: emitting an earsplitting screech as they did so - the cable must have gone.

AirPods Pro 2 went through a washing machine cycle and still works. Having cables it’s a pain, need to pass behind your clothes or outside dangling. Can’t charge phone while using wired headphones

Phones used to have a 3.5mm port for a reason: sturdier, simpler and independent. Having dangling cable is offset by wireless having to be charged charged, for some only in a case with a charger.

They still do too.

> Can’t charge phone while using wired headphones

You can with wireless charging!

Which is slow as ffff

Same, but I made the switch to usb-c headphones as needed for my phone without complaining about it. I still use 3.5mm headphones on desktop.

Not following trends guarantees you'll be the trendsetter every 5-10 years.

I've almost caved and bought bluetooth because most stores stopped stocking wired headphones above crap-grade. But maybe I can just wait this out, if wired really is making a comeback.

Yep, same boat. That's why I had kept my pixel 4a for years until is finally kicked the bucket 2 years ago.

> That's why I had kept my pixel 4a for years until is finally kicked the bucket 2 years ago.

RIP I'm sure it was a noble device. My Pixel 3a is currently my wireless router for very German reasons. I worry this will kill off the still-decent battery life, as has happened with my OG Pixel.

I have since allied myself with what I personally consider the devil of consumer electronics just to stay on this boat.

I recently upgraded my 4a to a 10 two months ago. Besides getting security updates again, it feels like a downgrade in every way that matters to me.

Can't lie flat due to camera bulge. No headphone jack. Fingerprint sensor on the front that screen protectors interfere with. No sim slot. Ai bullshit triggers if i keep my thumb to close to where you touch to switch apps. Ai bullshit also replaces the old power menu, which now requires a combo button press.

Such a let down.

Late to this post but I have to ask. People made fun of you? Really? I have never owned bluetooth headphones but I've never heard a single comment about that. What kind of enviroment are you in? Leave!