The book Everybody Lies looks at search data and based on that the racism was the same but outwardly admitting it has changed. It went from saying we’re not in polite company to being loud about it.

I feel you, my thoughts on my voice are the same. Berry White in my head, Steve Urkel in the streets. But my wife of 20s lives with it so all good!

This is fantastic! Thank you for putting in the work.

Back in things like Google maps and phone assistant were new there had to be YouTube competitions to see which was better at a given set of tasks. I say that say maybe this is your way to Internet fame?

I remember the hype I felt when they installed a demo unit at the store I worked at. Mario was mind-blowing and I bought one later that week. I had to hide the box is the stock room so it wouldn’t be gone by the end of the release week.

My integrity isn’t perfect… I felt no guilt.

That’s fantastic. Makes me want to pick my guitar up again. I won’t, not yet, but I want too!

I like that, what are you normally playing?

Guitar and Ukulele, it’s been 4 months since I touched either one. But it’s because of a big RFP at work and not anything else.

Boo

Them sure are pretty words. I feel like I’ll get myself in a lot of trouble with a bricked phone.

I’ve heard that about the browser, and does give me pause. I use Firefox on all my devices these days. But GrapheneOS and the like are beyond my desire to try to make work and maintain.

I thought of that and looked through the steps to do it and I’m pretty sure I’m past the age of me wanting to try. There was a day it would have been something I couldn’t wait to do but I’m pretty sure I’m ~10 years past that day.

If it has USB C and a 10x optical zoom I’m almost guaranteed to swap from Android to Apple finally. Google’s BS around making ads part of DRM or whatever was the last straw.

Posted from my Pixel 6 Pro…

I didn’t know that about the browsers, and I’ve never heard of GrapheneOS. I’ll look into it, thank you!

That’s a fantastic breakdown! I appreciate you taking the time to write this out.

The voice transcription worries me. I use it all the time to take notes while listing to audio books on the road.

Say more about what you like about it at much!

I’ve almost swapped to Apple a few times and now with Google and the DRM bit, even though I use Firefox it still grinds my gears.

Come September I may have my first iPhone.

From my Pixel 6 pro

Exactly, with bot accounts and so on. The biggest fun was following the communities that competed and how politics erupted. I kept looking to see if anyone wrote an article on the first one focused on the human condition but I never did find one.

It really was. The second we neat but like you said the magic was gone and people clearly knew how to game it by then.