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Comment · 1 month ago
There are still exceptions to this like .co.uk and many others.
Comment · 2 months ago
Comment · 3 months ago
I think he just means that AI companies are not people.
Comment · 4 months ago
So, same thing as today then?
Comment · 4 months ago
> Then the old Sony Ericssons would be her best option I think.

Definitely not. No chat apps, no proper camera, no email, no video calls.

Comment · 4 months ago
Is there a reason to think that this might not have equally good software for taking pictures? Almost, at least. There are a lot of phones in the market with good cameras (yes, + software).

We won't know until someone tries it.

Comment · 4 months ago
I can see a niche (or two) for this.

My wife hates every smartphone that is currently in the market. They are all too huge for her. She has an iphone SE which was the best compromise at the time, although she still finds it big. She doesn't want to get a new one, because there is nothing on the market of that size. She doesn't use most the smart features. She only uses it for chat with family and friends and getting email notifications (and reading them, but never replying on the phone). She also uses it as a camera. And calls, including video calls. This might be a solution, although for some reason they say "no email app". I'm hoping you can add one later.

And then as a child's phone to keep them off social media, while also having a chat app to actually communicate with them.

Even for me, it's been some years too that I've been thinking that I don't really need a smartphone. I mostly need a device that I can use to make calls and that I can use as a hotspot for connecting other devices such as a laptop when I need to.

The keyboard will definitely not be an issue. I'm old enough to remember teens using those kind of keyboards typing blindly in astonishing speeds, even without T9.

Lack of 5G might be an issue.

The price is steep. I'm not sure if that is going to be a problem.

Comment · 4 months ago
You can't do video calls on those sub $100 phones though.

Don't let the form factor fool you, this is not a dumb phone.

Comment · 4 months ago
They say that it has a 48MP camera so that shouldn't be a problem. I think I saw them comparing it to the iphone's camera even. Remains to be seen of course.
Comment · 4 months ago
goto has its uses in C. This is not one of them though. The resulting code is horrible.
Comment · 4 months ago
> It's difficult for me to imagine what it would take to get a doctoral thesis revoked.

Personal grudges. Academia is full of them.

Comment · 4 months ago
Oh, I stand corrected, thank you. I actually looked and couldn't find it. Indeed they could market it better.
Comment · 4 months ago
No it isn't. Not unless it's free.

This is the main reason letsencrypt is so popular.

Comment · 5 months ago
You don't have to span several centuries to witness that. "και" is pronounced in several different ways in modern greek as well. But that's besides my original point.
Comment · 5 months ago
Haha, right!

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