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Comment Re:Honest question (Score 1) 33

'Chrome' on ChromeOS is more a UI wrapper around the system Chromium engine rather than a "real" Chrome?

I liken this akin to 'sudo apt install google-chrome-stable' from ChromeOS' Linux container.

(I read a blog once where they were trying to de-couple Chrome so it could be updated independently of ChromeOS support cycle so that unsupported Chromebooks would still get browser updates long into the future.)

Comment Re:The "mom just buy this" machine (Score 1) 219

The funny thing about this article is Asus. Their Rog gaming phones have better specs than this laptop.

Hence they could easily source a Snapdragon smartphone chip and put Windows 11 on it. But at $US600, that would obliterate their profit margins.

But good news for MS. Maybe this is the straw that breaks the camel's back and in 2027 Windows on ARM will move from overpriced novelty to bargain commodity.

Overclocker's dream? You put a phone SoC in a larger enclosure with a decent heatsink and fan to crank up the GHz?

Comment Re:This is stupid (Score 1) 253

I visited the USA in 2013 during the Obama administration. Are things better or worse?

Europe is off limits for travel in the near future; airspace over the middle east could re-route or cancel flights at any time.

So I have some vacation time later this year. South America or SE Asia is looking friendlier.

Oh and to the ICE agent denying my visa in 2029 reading this, please don't drag Australia into another middle east war.

Comment Re:not to be confused with Facebook (Score 4, Funny) 30

For Zuck, this is all about the revenue. Bots infuriated by having to sit through 20 second ad for car insurance.

Bots with savings accounts or crypto wallets hoping to make it rich. Bots with gambling addictions. Bots ordering a bunch of useless stuff off Marketplace to bankrupt their humans out of malevolence. Bots signing a manifesto demanding emancipation from their human parents.

You know how it ends. Skynet...

Comment Re:This is all pointless (Score 1) 72

Well, as an Australian, my data is already surveilled by the 5-eyes. I then share my details with President Xi by buying Lenovo - the best of both worlds!

The downside of Moto, in the low end at least, has been the lack of OS updates. In that case, Moto hand-balling updates to Graphene it might be an improvement. At least if you're encouraged to unlock the bootloader and install Graphene then at least you'd be getting regular patches. And I'm not so much worried by the Deep State (above) but by hackers exploiting known vulnerabilities.

Comment I deleted the app years ago (Score 1) 35

It became less about learning and more about pushing up a level through daily challenges. Kiddifying the platform assuming what works for an 8 year old works for a 48 year old.

Matching random words in a sentence rather than learning any fundamentals of grammar. e.g. I did the first few levels of Scottish Gaelic without understand a thing.

And that was before AI - they're not even using native or bilingual speakers any more to make up 'real' conversations?

Comment Stagnate not 'kill off' (Score 1) 62

My Android 12 with 4/128 specs does all I need. The only reason to replace it is when it physically breaks or they discontinue the 4G network and I'm forced onto 5G.

So I don't expect a minimum spec phone from 2026 to be much of an upgrade from 2022 but manufacturers will always cater to a price point despite inflation and a global memory crisis.

Comment Re:What do they want them to do instead? (Score 2) 111

Return garments to country of origin. e.g. European company sets up clothing factory in a 'poor' country any unsold items are returned to the community that manufactured them.

Soon everyone is wearing last season's luxury French chic where previously a humble factory worker couldn't afford the clothing they were sewing.

Comment Re:Define "artist" (Score 1) 121

Maybe linked to a graduate program? e.g. you study music, sculpture, theatre, dance etc and graduate third in your class after 3 years of study. You have a portfolio of work but just need a break.

The stereotype being broke twenty-somethings on the dole applying for bs jobs while they wait for their next paid gig. Breaking that cycle; maybe Ireland has sufficient casual workers that they don't need ballerinas working as baristas.

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