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The iPhone's Last Stand?

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Re: The iPhone's Last Stand?

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Post by swiftcoder »

infecto wrote: post #30
mschuster91 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Smart glasses aren't well-liked by the mainstream population. The term "glasshole" exists for a reason.

Never have even heard of the word before.

The term is nearly old enough to have a driving license - google glass came out 14 years ago

Re: The iPhone's Last Stand?

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Post by technothrasher »

Forgeties79 wrote: post #34
wiseowise wrote: post #20

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> brother, we are all walking around with a supercomputer in our pocket thats capable of accessing the sum total of human knowledge and yet we're still stuck with people who think the earth is flat. And even more people believe there's an old man on a cloud judging everyone, so what?

I’m not religious but there’s a significant difference here. Burden of proof is on the person making the assertion in both cases, but we can’t prove without a doubt that god doesn’t exist even if we don’t feel there’s enough evidence to suggest he is. There is, however, concrete evidence the earth isn’t flat, so no matter who the burden is on it’s demonstrably false. Put another way: You can concretely observe withou…

I don't think you've thought through what you're trying to assert. A god could make you believe anything they wanted to about the earth. So if you cannot disprove a god, then you cannot disprove the theory that the earth is flat.

Re: The iPhone's Last Stand?

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Post by al_borland »

Having watched Microsoft try and fail to launch countless new ideas into the market over the past couple decades, I have 0 faith in their ability to deliver something people actually use. Others, often Apple, seem to succeed where Microsoft had previously tried and repeatedly failed.

Re: The iPhone's Last Stand?

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Post by jstummbillig »

wiseowise wrote: post #2

iPhone's last stand? More like Microsoft's last stand. Nobody wants their garbage hardware and software outside of enterprise shmucks more interested in filling their pockets with fat contract money than delivering value. > The reason is obvious when you think about it: enterprises are paying for their employees’ time, so of course they are willing to pay for tools that make those employees more productive Is that wh…

The anger is real, but it's misguided (as anger mostly is). The benchmark is reality. Everyone is more "TikTok addicted kids" than not and the analysis is quite apt.

Re: The iPhone's Last Stand?

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Post by thunky »

cultofmetatron wrote: post #11
wiseowise wrote: post #2

iPhone's last stand? More like Microsoft's last stand. Nobody wants their garbage hardware and software outside of enterprise shmucks more interested in filling their pockets with fat contract money than delivering value. > The reason is obvious when you think about it: enterprises are paying for their employees’ time, so of course they are willing to pay for tools that make those employees more productive Is that wh…

> What a callous view of people. Who's your benchmark? TikTok addicted kids? brother, we are all walking around with a supercomputer in our pocket thats capable of accessing the sum total of human knowledge and yet we're still stuck with people who think the earth is flat.

> brother,

Why am seeing "brother" a lot recently?

Re: The iPhone's Last Stand?

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Post by infecto »

swiftcoder wrote: post #41
infecto wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Never have even heard of the word before.

The term is nearly old enough to have a driving license - google glass came out 14 years ago

Ahh maybe that’s it. Old slang that’s not used often enough these days.

Re: The iPhone's Last Stand?

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Post by infecto »

sigzero wrote: post #43
infecto wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Never have even heard of the word before.

Then you haven't been paying attention.

Maybe you are in bubble? Looks like it’s really old slang and I have not heard that word in the last decade in Silicon Valley or elsewhere.

Re: The iPhone's Last Stand?

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Post by sanex »

thunky wrote: post #47
cultofmetatron wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> What a callous view of people. Who's your benchmark? TikTok addicted kids? brother, we are all walking around with a supercomputer in our pocket thats capable of accessing the sum total of human knowledge and yet we're still stuck with people who think the earth is flat.

> brother, Why am seeing "brother" a lot recently?

Tiktok addicted kids, brother.
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