rippersnapper

joined 2 years ago
[–] rippersnapper@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I’ve said this before and will say it again. The only tech companies that should be allowed to buy Chrome are Canonical and its equivalents.

[–] rippersnapper@lemm.ee 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

You compared smartphones to previous tech such as Walkmans, and I explained how they’re nowhere near the same in the extreme case (unsupervised access). No school is gonna confiscate the phones as long as the kids listen. And the kids need to learn to listen to parents and teachers. Discipline is sorely missing in the new generation. Look at that series “adolescence “ to see the real effects of giving kids a smartphone.

And jamming is expensive and ineffective (you’ll end up jamming nearby devices not on school property too).

[–] rippersnapper@lemm.ee 21 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Yeah I think the adverse effect of handing an iPhone to a 10 year old in Atlanta, when that teen is still highly impressionable unrestricted and unsupervised access to the internet is far worse than handing a kid a Gameboy on which they can only game, or a Walkman on which the worst thing they can do is listen to Cardi B.

[–] rippersnapper@lemm.ee 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah I’m a bit tired of bought out politicians dismantling a country from the inside.

Probably the biggest loophole that HAS to be fixed!

[–] rippersnapper@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago

Eh, it’s over a billion people. Most people (who don’t live in cities) don’t know about Trump other than the fact that he’s the president. Even those who have internet aren’t going to see US news cuz their feeds aren’t curated for that.

[–] rippersnapper@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Sell it to Canonical

[–] rippersnapper@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Spinning off AOSP into something like Mozilla would massively boost its appeal. I myself left android cuz of privacy issues (no I can’t use GrapheneOS, I need access to my banking apps).

[–] rippersnapper@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago

They really rushed the AI part cuz let’s face it, iOS hasn’t really innovated in a while. They typically wait for other makers to make a new thing (i.e. the swipe down to access settings in android), then take a few years to polish it.

Samsung and Google have been building AI models for a while, cuz they had access to tons of data. Post ChatGPT release Apple realised it’s suddenly light years behind its competitors. So yeah, this is likely the most half baked product Apple has ever released. Similar Apple Maps, but shouldn’t have advertised entire phones on these half baked feature.

[–] rippersnapper@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago

You can also use ChatGPT without login.

[–] rippersnapper@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The Donald has Hitler levels of luck in that regard.