[OT] Extra time spent

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 6/8/14, 10:46 AM, SomeDude wrote:
> On Tuesday, 3 June 2014 at 18:14:29 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> On 6/2/2014 11:55 PM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>>> I'm also listening to music on the phone.
>>
>> I've damaged my ears from years of loud engines. I've read that most
>> hearing damage comes from gunshots, rock concerts, and earphones. When
>> using earphones in public, one tends to turn up the volume to drown
>> out the ambient noise. Worrying about that, I just don't use earphones
>> in public.
>>
>
> You want in ear isolating earphones. Basically earplugs that play music.
> Since the ambiant noise is greatly reduced, you don't need to play loud
> at all. Some brands isolate more or less well. Etymotics isolate very well.

Yah. One well-known fact about Facebook is it has an open layout which 
can be quite distracting. One less-known fact is it makes high quality 
headphones (both in-ear (Klipsch) and over-the-ear (Sennheiser)) 
available to all employees for free. -- Andrei