I just saw an ad for phones and tablets for kids. No internet access, no social media (obviously if no internet access), just calling and curated kid-friendly programs. Sounded like a good idea.

Then you have no idea what you're missing out on.

Why are those "most important people" doing those most important things? For their children.

Like the woman who claims to be married to an AI of Luigi Mangione?

Overrated? What could possibly be more valuable?

Aww geez, I opened this article to make a Leisure Suit Larry reference! Well, I don't mind being beaten to the punch. Good one!

I think you've hit on the only real solution - filing an infringement suit. Apple is not capable of enforcing copyrights or trademarks, and they would be fools to try. The legal liability would be insane, and there are established legal avenues to resolve those issues. Is that ideal? I don't know.

Worth knowing, but I can see how it might be difficult for a reporter with a deadline to download each one and sniff its traffic.

Besides, do we really need to guess, or can we just safely assume DeepSeek?

Instead, you have the problem of having to pay for a few hundred phones.

And you don't actually think that having an authenticator on your phone gives your employer access to it, do you?

You do it. He's talking about trying to walk average morons through it over the phone they're talking on. I know exactly what he's talking about, I've had enough users basically ignore the word "Microsoft" and just download the first thing that says "authenticator".

Ugh, yeah, bad idea to let regular employees even know that IT staff have personal phones. One simple text and suddenly you're getting calls on Saturday nights.

Won't that also depend greatly on what their degree is in? If you and I are up for the same IT position, how much of an advantage do you think my political science degree will be?

You gave me a funny notion that turned out to almost be true. I thought to myself, "wouldn't it be funny if that example anthropology student could have made more money running an excavator for anthropologists at a dig site?" Well, very nearly. The pay scales are surprisingly similar. They'll both start in the 40's and average out in the 60's.

Of course, an operator skilled enough to excavate at an archeological site is probably worth a lot more than average.

One of the most (perhaps the most) successful person I know got his GED and became a welder. He made a lot working as a welder. Then he started a few businesses. A few years back, his quarterly tax bill was more than I made that year.

He's way smarter than he lets on, just didn't do well in classrooms.

Those are both things that colleges are for! Professional training and knowledge building.

I think the problems began when they started being used as a means of avoiding the draft instead of learning. Now it's just drinking practice and adult daycare.