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I was at a coffee shop yday and made the mistake of sitting next to their huge decked up christmas tree. Wasn't crowded but there was a constant stream of teen girls shooting selfie with the tree. Each one taking literally hundreds of pics to get the 'right' one.
I admire the hell out of these kids. If I had a little more strength in my own convictions, a little more willpower, I would probably go flip-phone only too. Yes, they're kind of posturing and pretentious, but in ways that remind me of myself in high school; I feel like I get them. Your average high school kid is a lot more confusing to me these days. I did have to laugh at this: > "I talked to my adviser, though, an…
Try flip an hour a day and work up. We used to only have landlines and phortress phones, and yet somehow still survived. I always liked how 1984's Goldstein said that in principle Inner Party children did not automatically become Inner themselves.
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Try flip an hour a day and work up. We used to only have landlines and phortress phones, and yet somehow still survived. I always liked how 1984's Goldstein said that in principle Inner Party children did not automatically become Inner themselves.
What is a phortress phone?
a pay phone (phortress, because it was safer to phreak from than a home phone)
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What is a phortress phone?
https://www.google.com/search?q=pay+phone+booth&tbm=isch a pay phone (phortress, because it was safer to phreak from than a home phone)
Things are going to get interesting in a few years when these kids get jobs and can practice their machine-breaking in earnest.
a little more difficult now that no one wears those wooden shoes anymore, though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabot_(shoe)
I admire the hell out of these kids. If I had a little more strength in my own convictions, a little more willpower, I would probably go flip-phone only too. Yes, they're kind of posturing and pretentious, but in ways that remind me of myself in high school; I feel like I get them. Your average high school kid is a lot more confusing to me these days. I did have to laugh at this: > "I talked to my adviser, though, an…
I've been experimenting with a "no phone" protocol for a few months now. It has been amazing. Only occasionally problematic/inconvenient, mostly miss the GPS and music. Most things I used to do on phone I simply do on a laptop. But not constantly grabbing for a phone and staring at a screen... priceless.
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a little more difficult now that no one wears those wooden shoes anymore, though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabot_(shoe)
They'll still stick it to the man when their employer expects them to provide a personal phone for 2FA and don't have one.
It’s not a choice I’ll make (I lived that life without a choice for several decades; I’m good), but I still like that they can.
I've been experimenting with a "no phone" protocol for a few months now. It has been amazing. Only occasionally problematic/inconvenient, mostly miss the GPS and music. Most things I used to do on phone I simply do on a laptop. But not constantly grabbing for a phone and staring at a screen... priceless.
And once the spell is broken, you find yourself staring at people stumbling around, tied to their tiny screens.