• Shiggles@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    There is a distinct type of person, very good at one thing, that is unable to understand that doesn’t translate to the rest of their life. Easiest to describe them as a high int, low wis character.

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        11 months ago

        Still incredible that people bought into “half the features twice the price” Apple products so hard that it corrupted the entire industry

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          11 months ago

          As I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to realize that convenience and simplicity are sometimes a feature. Just Works™ technology has a lot of value (assuming the thing does in fact just work).

          I don’t have any Apple products, but there are plenty of other categories in my life where I’ve paid more for a worse product just because I didn’t have to think at all about the one I got.

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            11 months ago

            Just Works™ technology has a lot of value (assuming the thing does in fact just work).

            And that assumption is unfounded in Apple’s case. My parents have constant issues with their iPhones that you would never get on Android. But my mom is convinced that it’s easier to use than Android despite never having tried Android

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      11 months ago

      Doctors failed to communicate the situation in a way he would grasp that his choices were death or chemo. Maybe a, "that’s your choice? OK, before you go, how world you like us to handle your corpse? So you want a full autopsy to confirm the cancer diagnosis, or would you prefer we didn’t? Is there a particular burial home you have plans with? "

      But in all likelihood there’s nothing anyone could have said to him to make him see reason.

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        11 months ago

        But in all likelihood there’s nothing anyone could have said to him to make him see reason.

        “The CEO after you will mess up the design of apple products”