Usually “I’m an expert” gets followed by “here’s why your question is stupid and I won’t answer it”. Non-powertripping experts just answer the question, or ignore it if it really is dumb.

It’s a non-market way of doing things, so sure it fits the definition, but labels are dumb, and the people who really like labels are worse.

You’ll also notice that you still have to pay for whatever device Linux goes on, which is a strong hint about the economics at play.

I don’t have hard data, but it seems self-evident just from my personal experience. And going back to the original point, it’s a nation of 400 million.

Yeah, occasionally. Honestly that’s fine, the annoying thing is when they assume everyone else is, too.

Yup. It was after something else little me was actually trying to watch. Couldn’t unsee.

Yeah, I haven’t noticed an unusual amount. Lemmy is still mostly Americans, and then maybe Brits and Germans. Just anyone that can speak English and has had broadband long enough to acclimatise to nerd culture, basically.

Now tell the AI to generate one weird trick and the doctors that don’t want us to know about it.

What is this from?

Interesting. I’ve tried Linux phones, they’re not a bad idea per se. It looks like Waydroid is literally just emulating LineageOS, though, so I do start to wonder what the point is.

I suppose one advantage would be you can actually hack your system a bit, instead of having everything locked into the ROM.

And even this improvement wasn’t universally appreciated: some people found error messages they couldn’t ignore more annoying than wrong results, and, when judging the relative merits of programming languages, some still seem to equate “the ease of programming” with the ease of making undetected mistakes.

This guy was writing in the year x86 was first introduced, and I still feel like I see this attitude around.

(He manages to shoehorn in a “kids these days” paragraph too, though)

Yes, but quality takes actual skill to measure, instead of just a diff.

(Although I guess lines are still better than time in office)

Hmm, was the boss hoping to turn that into a “why do I even pay you” moment?

If you don’t care about installing any particular mobile software, that would work.

LineageOS is the current game in town otherwise, unless you want a Pixel, in which case there’s options like GrapheneOS.

Honestly, that’s great, but you might as well cut to the chase and switch ROMs as well. Google isn’t going to budge.

They can also do the aiming, which is helpful if it’s a drone whizzing around. The operator just pulls the trigger.

It’s a big development, and will have a lot to say about how 21st century warfare works, but if you were expecting Terminator you’ll be relieved.

I can’t tell if they haven’t thought through what that would mean for them themselves, or they know it’s BS but it’s still good for marketing.

I’m very anti-Zionist, the other guy wasn’t. 'nuff said.

I’d go through yours for things to misquote, but you’re a month-old sockpuppet.

Sure. Please explain that to whichever mod is the Zionist. Maybe I’ll actually speak out against it again, then.

I was trying to debunk someone pro-Israeli, so…

That actually got me a temp ban here once, as well.

It was even a nuanced “both sides are human” take, not Hamas is awesome. I know, I wasn’t expecting it for that either.