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You object to calling them "phones" because they're not often used as phones, yet you want to call them "computers". What exactly do you compute with them? We

You object to calling them "phones" because they're not often used as phones, yet you want to call them "computers". What exactly do you compute with them? We should all be honest and call them "trackers" or "distractors".

jotm 8y ago
Rarely use the phone, often use it to check emails, reply to customers, create shipping orders, manage bank accounts and credit cards, view Reddit and Slacker News. Yeah, you're right. I wish the Android hosts file would fucking block hotspot traffic, as well.
- mverwijs 8y ago
  It does on my Android. This is not standard (on a rooted device, with AdAway installed)?
  - jotm 8y ago
    Hmm what version? I might upgrade lol, still running CM12...
    - mverwijs 8y ago
      LineageOS 14.1, on a Moto G4.
      - jotm 8y ago
        It doesn't have the awesome expanded desktop/screen mode, where the notifications and navigation bars are hidden all the time everywhere until you swipe up or down. This is why I never updated :/
Koshkin 8y ago
Well, the correct name is, of course, "PDA".
- coldtea 8y ago
  It would be that if it was used by people as an "assistant" -- and not to play games, tweet BS, send dick/vagina pics, and watch cat videos...
always_good 8y ago
Wow, that's very stoned-college-freshman level sociotechnological commentary. You must think very highly of yourself for not being one of those stupid Sheeple who don't have anything productive to do with a phone than be tracked and play Farmville.
- apricot 8y ago
  I'm sorry my comment gave you such a bad impression of myself, and I can assure you that I am neither a stoned college freshman nor a vainglorious hipster. As an educator, I have seen the impact of cell phones on sustained concentration abilities, and it worries me.
lupinglade 8y ago
“communicator” makes a bit more sense.
buvanshak 8y ago
You compute what pixels on the screen should assume what color so that you may be entertained....I ll show myself out now..

jotm 8y ago

Rarely use the phone, often use it to check emails, reply to customers, create shipping orders, manage bank accounts and credit cards, view Reddit and Slacker News. Yeah, you're right. I wish the Android hosts file would fucking block hotspot traffic, as well.

mverwijs 8y ago
It does on my Android. This is not standard (on a rooted device, with AdAway installed)?
- jotm 8y ago
  Hmm what version? I might upgrade lol, still running CM12...
  - mverwijs 8y ago
    LineageOS 14.1, on a Moto G4.
    - jotm 8y ago
      It doesn't have the awesome expanded desktop/screen mode, where the notifications and navigation bars are hidden all the time everywhere until you swipe up or down. This is why I never updated :/

Koshkin 8y ago

Well, the correct name is, of course, "PDA".

coldtea 8y ago
It would be that if it was used by people as an "assistant" -- and not to play games, tweet BS, send dick/vagina pics, and watch cat videos...

always_good 8y ago

Wow, that's very stoned-college-freshman level sociotechnological commentary. You must think very highly of yourself for not being one of those stupid Sheeple who don't have anything productive to do with a phone than be tracked and play Farmville.

apricot 8y ago
I'm sorry my comment gave you such a bad impression of myself, and I can assure you that I am neither a stoned college freshman nor a vainglorious hipster. As an educator, I have seen the impact of cell phones on sustained concentration abilities, and it worries me.

lupinglade 8y ago

“communicator” makes a bit more sense.

buvanshak 8y ago

You compute what pixels on the screen should assume what color so that you may be entertained....I ll show myself out now..