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  • I really don’t know what to think of this thing. It’s a bit like a combadge from Star Trek with a camera and small monochrome projector. I like the idea behind it, handling most of the utilitarian features smartphones bring without the games and social media distractions. The AI stuff is neat, but I don’t know how well baked any of it is and that’s really going to be what makes or breaks something like this.

    Price is a bit high, and I don’t know how I feel about the subscription–I guess it’s not bad if you think of this as a full cellphone replacement, but that’s a tall order with something this new and dorky. There’s probably a 90%+ chance this becomes short-lived vaporware/abandonware, but who knows. I’d love to see something succeed that gets people’s faces out of their cellphones and back to interacting in person more.






  • Apple deliberately makes it appear that way so the competition looks bad.

    They don’t really advertise the fact that they’re quietly intercepting all of their customers messages to other customers and routing them through a proprietary network.

    And if you dare leave, messages from your old iPhone friends mysteriously won’t arrive unless you proactively deregister your number from iMessage or it eventually expires out.



  • How do you negotiate with someone that just kidnapped and executed or planning to execute hundreds of civilians?

    You don’t. There’s no negotiating with terrorists, it’s too late. There is no good solution. The best Israel can do right now is make every effort to target Hamas, minimize civilian casualties and try to rescue as many people as they can.

    If they go nuts and start trying to exterminate in Gaza they’ll just fuel the next terrorist standoffs and keep this going for several more decades.








  • knotthatone@lemmy.worldtoFuck Cars@lemmy.worldTier list
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    1 year ago

    I’m talking about running stop signs, gunning it at yellow lights, not using turn signals, using turn signals but not turning, swerving into bike lanes and flinging open their doors without looking.

    Infrastructure like protected bike lanes and robust public transit so fewer people feel the need to drive are great, but bad driving is bad driving.



  • knotthatone@lemmy.worldtoFuck Cars@lemmy.worldTier list
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    1 year ago

    I was so excited to finally live in a city where I could actually ride a bike to work most of the year until I actually tried it.

    Drivers are assholes, have no awareness of their surroundings, the rules of the road and they give zero shits.

    Nope nope nope. I’ll walk to the train