What modern things do you hate/dislike?
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0b11011001
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I live in an area where I can use what I want. That includes gas blowers, and even target shooting, when I feel so inclined.
0b11011001
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Huh?
I detest cell phones and tablets.
I bought one on Amazon. It was one in a sea of super cheap hand soap dispensers and it functioned just as you'd expect -- not even a year and it went into the trash after I scavenged the pump and motor.
I then bought one that resembled those found in restrooms, something a bit more on the industrial side. That was in 2018, and it's still working just fine. Got another one for the bathroom two years ago.
When I fill them it's a ratio of 1:2 soap to water. The time between filling them is a very very long time. I'm not someone that constantly washes his hands, but throughout the day I'd guess I do 5-8 times. I just refilled both dispensers after about a year of use. 4 rechargeable eneloop AA batteries last the whole year too.
I save a lot of money on hand soap with them too. They aren't pretty and won't suit those with stylish bathrooms or kitchens, but they're durable. Just don't let them sit unused so long the soap dries in the pump.
0b11011001
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To me, a smartphone is just a portable computer. It is a computer I can carry in my pocket.
There's no confirmation response from the unit; no click, no sound, no nothing.
Also, why the hell do I have to swipe the damn phone in order to answer a call, TOTAL BS.
0b11011001
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There can be. I can have an audible click when I type or a haptic response when I am typing and the phone is in silent mode.
For me, neither is needed, as I can see what I am typing on screen.
As for swiping to answer a call, that is no different than having to go through the motion of picking up the handset in an analog phone. But if I am using a smartphone as a computer and receive a call, all I have to do is tap a button to receive the call. If I choose to ignore the call, I don’t have to do anything. That is far more important to me.
Siri is not activated on my phone. I don’t talk to inanimate objects.
Once in a while I'll use the browser on the phone for a quick answer but generally I am allergic to small screens. Its not the device itself, just the small screen. I need, prefer, two large screens, full size keyboard, desktop PC for anything I do with a computer. For portability, should it be needed, the phone is quite capable.
In an analogue phone when you pick it up it's ready to go, many times I swipe my phone to no avail; aggravating as hell.
0b11011001
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I have never had this problem. I swipe, and the other person is there, waiting to talk.
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Not sticky, but well moisturized. I hate the feeling of dry skin.Then you have stickier hands than I do
My hands have been too dry to get my finger prints scanned. But they keep a bottle of oil nearby for those occasions. But I have never had that problem with a phone.
DesertRatt
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IF these phones were simply "telephones + nifty computer applications" - I would feel fine about using them. BUT, the nefarious goons that sprung this on the public designed them to be trackers, reporters, spies, and of course completely and purposefully NOT PRIVATE and fully hackable by those with certain skills.
The companies making them, promoting them, and profiting from the unethical use, are a nuisance and hindrance to mankind.
The companies making them, promoting them, and profiting from the unethical use, are a nuisance and hindrance to mankind.
DesertRatt
All Bark, No Bite!
Here's another example of "built-in early failure." Pretty much every microwave oven I have owned in the past 20 years or more, has used a CHEAP MEMBRANE KEYBOARD on the front to control it. This cheap, piece of crap, will always wear out and fail, long, long before the klystron tube or other electronic parts fail. They all fail the same way: the outer layer stretches from constant finger depressions. The inner "foam spring" that is supposed to return the outer plastic after being depressed fails from simple degradation that foam undergoes. Sooner rather than later, the pressure needed to make a contact becomes more than your finger can deliver. Out to the trash goes another otherwise working microwave.
0b11011001
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Please. Anything is hackable, the smartphone no more so than that computer that could be spying on you.
I don’t really care if they know where I am at/doing. I am not breaking the law.
If you want to move around anonymously buy a smartphone with cash, use a pay as you go card, and only use cash to refill it.
BTW, when you are out on the street, you have no reasonable expectation of privacy, according to the 4th amendment. See Katz vs. United States.
To top that off, there are plenty of cameras at intersections, ATM machines, and on your neighbor’s front door.
Hmmm. Been pressing (indestructible so far) glass panels on my combi oven/microwavs for quite some time.
Is that a Euro thing?
Membrane keyboards have unfortunately reappeared on some recent instruments and studio gear that I like. ^@%^#$%^#$^&#$%^!!! WHY?
DesertRatt
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My first premise is that I have unalienable rights, such as the right to life, liberty and pursuing my happiness. Achieving that assumes the right of privacy as primal. Privacy of thought, of action, preferences, place, purpose, and time. The Republic has NO CHARTER to surveil it's lawful citizenry, and when needed to prosecute specific crime, must obtain judicial approval for that surveillance.
My second premise is that, if "freedom" is to have any legitimate meaning at all, it must begin with privacy as policy. It's not a demand I make, it's one of my unalienable rights in this Republic.