I have the gut feeling that he may very well be too right in the head…

Astonishing

This fits into Google tying Android closer to them, same with the recent move of only making release source publicly available.

They’re regretting having started Android as an “open” platform and want to gain control fast, maybe preparing for the current anti-trust trials they are facing in the US.

It’s so crazy (technically understandable, but still crazy) to me that reliably receiving calls is still such a major issue

Now more than ever we need more work on PostmarketOS, Mobian, Gnome Mobile etc…

Bummer that it’s still so hard to find a somewhat modern, affordable phone that is Linux compatible

Yes, some of the shit he wrote was basically meaningless (the “definitions” before the axioms) and we would just leave it out.

Summaries for complex Wikipedia articles would be great, especially for people less knowledgeable of the given topic, but I don’t see why those would have to be AI-generated.

Öffi has been a joy, it took some time, but I now like the idea of a special app for public transport a lot

Factual and homosexual

I agree this feature should be enabled by default so people tech literate enough can just turn it off would be great for several people I know, just not from Google.

What air phones are you/the reviewer talking about and how do you know you have the same?

Always a 50/50 of someone either actually being very fluent in English or just a fellow German who also thinks its funny to just sprinkle in the occasional allowed German word here and there…

20€/month, Germany, started the plan half a year ago, will be over in one and a half. Unlimited SMS/calls, 35GB (at least, maybe even more, I don’t use nearly as much) data. Got a (carrier unlocked, because we’re not in the US) Pixel 8 Pro with it.

Meil Mitler :P

I don’t think it’s odd, because LLMs are just way faster than any junior (or senior) Dev. So it’s more like working with four junior devs but with the benefit of having tasks done sequentially without the additional overhead of having to give tasks to individual juniors and context switching to review their changes.

(Obviously, there are a whole lot of new pitfalls, but there a real benefits in some circumstances)

Took me some time

This is what allowed Temu and Alibaba and Wish and the like to happen (their business model was to send every single product as a single package worth under 800$, leading to enormous shipping times and waste etc., but they don’t have to pay import taxes).

“Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say”

Snowden

Support your local independent bookstores (if you still have any)!

I don’t know how common bookstores that are not part of large chains still are in other countries, here in Germany we have this thing called Buchpreisbindung (roughly translates to “fixed book prices”) which means bookstores actually have to compete only through presentation and their professional advice. Independent bookstores often have very knowledgeable personal that can give you great advice for free (in case of Germany) or with little extra cost compared to just ordering on Amazon/one of the corporate chains, e.g. at the bookstore around the corner the owner has been selling books for 50 years and has read basically everything ever published at this point.

She has just recommended me Gentleman overboard which is a short, although nonetheless incredibly moving book about a gentleman… well, going over board.

As for the titles/front page design/self-help books: I feel with OOP, but this seems to be what people care about/still feel they have the time to read. One actually very good (although slightly older) book from this rather modern category is The subtle art to not give a fuck.

Tldr go out, search for and support independent bookstores!

The objectively correct answer is maps, of course.