[–] 40 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Because they sound better.

Basically every podcast on the planet opts for 1 of 2 microphone choices, both of which are industry standard in radio.

They both offer excellent audio quality for ~$500.

When your working in an audio medium, people will notice if your audio quality is sub-par a lot faster than if your video is sub-par in a visual one.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 days ago* (1 child)

    He said they resorted to switching off the Wi-Fi connection to the refrigeration units to restrict outside access.

    Remember that the 'S' in "IoT" stands for "Secure"

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  • [–] 10 points 4 days ago (7 children)

    It does make some sense at that scale.

    If you're managing 800 freezers, not only would you want statistics like that to catch any malfunctions, you might want to be able to control temperature or defrost cycles just for efficiency reasons.

    They should be properly secure though. Infrastructure like that should only be accessible over a VPN while using a company managed computer.

    Guaranteed there was someone in IT that flagged this as a potential risk and was told it would be too expensive to correct. Now there will be a push for inproved security for a couple months before middle managers start seeing all this unnecessary spending eating into their bonuses.

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  • [–] 16 points 4 days ago

    I did it about a decade ago after the promise that it would improve the quality of orgasms. Instead, after the first week it was like I was 13 again and ready to go at any point.

    It doesnt feel any better when it's over, it's just more to clean up.

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