There is no reason why applications which choose to implement both types of interfaces can't do so. There's also no reason why users should be limited to one type of interface or the other. Both things coexist completely peacefully on Android. You can connect a mouse to your tablet (or even phone) and treat it like a desktop system with shitty storage (practically all phones, it takes a lot of power to have fast storage.)

The primary use case for tablet computers in olden times was data entry and acquisition, for example the military used their magnesium-case gridpads to do inventory.

Damn.

And going running to HR for petty shit makes you tough? Which planet is that? LOL. There are certain things a man should tolerate or let go out of toughness, and certain things .. actually very few things .. he shouldn't. And when those things he shouldn't tolerate happen, it still doesn't mean running to HR like a lil bitch. At that point it's some man to man shit. That's when it pops off.

They could've instead named this thing "Wut is sequential access and why is it bad!?!?"

Is there a viable path to citizenship from that? Would they let you retire there? Otherwise you'll spent years there and have zero benefit for the things you did and risk you took.

Guaranteed when you try to put your phone back into the sock without paying full attention it will fall to the floor.

The biggest problem with Apple for users probably isn't any of their anticompetitive shit, but rather their bifurcated OS. Software which could be sold on both platforms is commonly only on one or the other. Tablets have enough screen and enough power to do real PC jobs but are prohibited from doing them because Apple wants to sell you both an iPad and a Macintosh. Android-based tablets can run emulators to get around these problems, or run full apps which can run on ARM Linux in Termux or another solution. TBF Google seems to have Apple envy and is aiming to lock down their systems more and not less so maybe they will throw away this advantage.

Do they also provide build tools and allow customers to build and install their own images?

You have to have punishments to stop the people who are stopped by the threat of them. Those people do exist. We don't think about them much because the existing deterrents work just fine on them.

But you also shouldn't waste your time either believing that they will deter everyone, nor that stronger punishments will deter statistically more people. There are always those who think they won't get caught, and those who don't care.

Somehow authoritarians always forget the carrot. The stick isn't invalid, it just isn't a complete solution, and you shouldn't be rushing to apply it in all situations.

What's stopping you? There's definitely people doing this right now. Around a quarter of the continental US is BLM land. Last I looked pig tags were free.

20 minutes end to end? 1. How many trains will they have? 2. how many stops? What's the wait time for train to a given destination? Seems like they will need a hundred trains.

200 meters (650 feet) is waaay too thin. I get claustrophobia thinking about it. Their images show lots of greenery, looks like a forest or something. But it's all bullshit. You can't have a "forest" environment that is a mere 200 meters wide. I do like the idea of high speed rail and rapid 7 minute transit to places for shopping, hospital, dining, movies, water parks, etc. but a mere 200 meters width? That shit is dystopian.

Oh my poor innocent sweet summer consumer...

You actually think HR has anything to do with helping workers. No, misguided one

No, no, no.

HR exists to protect the company _from_ it's employees. If US companies are expanding their HR, then they're preparing for war with their own employees.

You debunked your own comment, there's nothing for me to do here :)

So the judge and the prosecutor have it in for you with your tiny drug charge? You just aren't that important, never have been, and never will be. How long did you serve? Hard time with a rapist named Biff?