ExLisper

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Most current phones with keyboards are more like micro laptops (where you have to put it down and type with all your fingers) than phones like BB (where you type like on a phone). Last BlackBerry models were not bulky at all and had great keyboards.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

He's not making wrong predictions. He's lying to hype his products and make more money.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Ctrl-C is copy, right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Actually for me Behind the Curve was more about community and fame. For most people it's about belonging to some group. There's a documentary about Star Trek that shows the same thing. For the 'leaders' it's definitely about fame and other benefits and Behind the Curve was spot on here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

5a. Grab a coffee

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yes, you can also do it but I really think it's good to investigate people like this a bit. Couple years ago I spend some times watching the craziest videos about alternative science from my country and I think I actually learned a lot. My take now is that a lot of people pushing those things are actually smart and have a lot of charisma but without proper education. They don't understand science because they never learned about so society tells them they are stupid. This creates growing frustration in them and when they stumble on alternative science they suddenly have an explanation: it's not that I'm stupid, the science is wrong. Alternative science is a lot simpler, more intuitive and they can shine there and become some sort of leader. I notices they all tell the same (obviously made up) story: some guy said my invention is stupid but then I showed him how it works and it blew his mind and he was amazed at how great it is. Showing society they are actually the smart ones and everyone else is wrong is one of their main fantasies.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

You're approaching it wrong. Don't fight them. Fake interest and talk with them to investigate their stupid believes. Try to understand why they believe it, how did they get brainwashed, what defence mechanism they have in place to discredit real science. It can be fascinating experience for you and you will learn a lot about people in general.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What needs to be improved? The standards or manufacturing?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I think it's profit margins. They are all the same because it's cheaper to build phones using the same mass produces components. They could release different phones but they would have to do small batches and would make less profit on each unit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's plenty of other online shops. I avoid amazon and can get 99% of products from other stores. I would survive without getting the other 1%. People use amazon to save 15 minutes it would take them to find stuff in other places. They know the real cost of those 15 minutes saved but they don't care.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I don't. Couple of times I tried to use it it didn't work. I avoid it now.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

So right. The last Blackberry I used with BB OS had micro hdmi port, hardware keyboard and completely different OS that was able to run android apps. Fast forward 10 years and you can't get any of those any more except maybe from some weird Chinese brands.

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