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  • You’re telling me in 2023, kids are using “Droid” again to refer to Android?

    I hadn’t heard that since they literally first came out.

    Also, this isn’t surprising. It was assumed that younger generations, those growing up with PCs, Tablets, Smartphones, etc, would become inherently skilled with their use. Turns out that was entirely false because it also turns out people don’t want to learn what they aren’t interested in. So if you don’t care about anything more than TikTok, Insta, and Snapchat, then you don’t learn anything more than what is necessary to operate them. And Apple makes this very easy in terms of not needing to relearn even an iota between their models. Android cannot say the same.









  • Just. Be. There.

    You’re a parent, so you know how this is going to work. By the seat of your pants. Medical and Psychiatric needs are beyond your control. I know you say that it’s a need but it’s simply not one you can provide other than it coming from you directly. It’s just not something you can unilaterally do. You can try and get in contact with counselors at their school, but that’s about it. So focus on what you can do and that is be there. Harvard released a study about 8 years ago that had the statement that every successful child had ONE invested, stable adult person in their life. Not parent, aunt, uncle, brother, sister, grandparent. Person.

    It sounds to me like you’re pretty dedicated to being that person. So I’d say the best thing you can do now is to just be you, and don’t stress about the things beyond your control. If you can continue to just be willing to invest this much effort you’ve shown already then you’ll be the best thing going for this child.



  • Listen, I get that Lemmy has a rather unproportionally large user base of Linux users. I like Linux for what it is, I really do. But if you think the job would have been easier by handing users who couldn’t operate Windows a Linux laptop you’re lost in the sauce. And honestly if you think ChromeOS isn’t used in professional settings then you really have no business attempting to suggest a ChromeOS alternative for what is usually the largest Tech Departments, in terms of number of end users, in the majority of Cities and Counties across the U.S.


  • Unfortunately there isn’t an alternative unless you live in a swanky community with a school system that has money thrown at it.

    The problem, at this point, is mostly inertial. Google was poised at the right time. Surface SEs are a thing now, but how do you pivot a system that has 5000+ Chromebooks to SEs? Why should you if there is overwhelming support for what you have?

    People who use Chromebooks are also really slow and aren’t technically savvy at all.

    I don’t see how you can support that statement at all. It’s not like I didn’t work tickets for student devices, it just so happens that the overwhelming majority of my tickets that weren’t physically damaged Chromebooks were to support faculty devices, which were all Windows.



  • Bobert@sh.itjust.workstoAndroid@lemdro.idPhones should have 2 USB C ports
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    1 year ago

    Then within few weeks to months after the jack removal and introduction of AP, the market got flooded with them. Don’t tell me it’s a coincidence.

    You can crawl the way back machine though and find that this just isn’t really true in an appreciable way. Yes, after 2016 we start to see more and more wireless headphones but is that because of the iPhone or because Moore’s Law means standards increase, production gets cheaper and form factors get smaller?

    It may sound like a good thing to have so many choices, except you’re losing the original choice of whether you want it in the first place.

    I don’t disagree with you at all which is why I still make it a point to only buy phones exclusively with 3.5mm jacks still included.

    And I’m sorry, but the whole idea of “true wireless” is fucking terrible.

    That’s just, like, your opinion, man. That’s totally subjective and your taste. The ability for me to put earbuds in under earpro is masterful. That I can do work and keep my phone somewhere off to the side and out of harms way is beneficial to me. That I don’t have to worry about routing a cable through my clothes to prevent it getting grabbed by moving machinery and parts is a definite benefit.

    And I’m sure absolutely none of that applies to you and that’s okay! It’s why I still advocate for 3.5mm jacks because my use, and your use, is totally different and deserve different accomodations.


  • Bobert@sh.itjust.workstoAndroid@lemdro.idPhones should have 2 USB C ports
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    I honestly don’t think it made a noticeable difference in terms of selling AirPods, it simply reduced cost.

    I only buy phones with 3.5mm jacks on principle, and yet I stilled jumped at the chance to get Pixel Buds cheaper when I got my 5a because of how convenient they are. The decision between wired and wireless is now nearly exclusively because you prefer either fidelity or convenience over the other. Not whether or not your phone supports them. Besides, if you’re picking fidelity you probably scrutinize much more on a phone than headphone jack or not.