On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 10:02 AM Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > (3) In the thread about improving communication, I mentioned that the > easier it is to make comments, the more likely it is for people to make > poor-quality comments. In my experience, posting from a phone is one of > those tools that encourages poor-quality comments. > > It is each person's responsibility to either use a better communication > tool (better does not necessarily mean more convenient) or to manage > their own use of the tool better. I've seen too many people blame their > tools for their own repeated mistakes: "I can't help it, it's my phone, > it makes it too hard to do the right thing." Who is the master, them or > their phone?
Let's see. * You don't usually get much, if any, choice of operating system * Even if you can get a terminal app, it doesn't get true access, especially not root * "Jailbreaking" your phone - that is, getting actual access to it - generally voids your warranty You don't own your phone. It owns you. I don't carry a phone. Terrible UI, locked-down device, the ONLY thing it has going for it is that it fits in your hand/pocket. I'd much rather carry a laptop (running Debian GNU/Linux). True, my mobile connection still comes from a device I don't have control of, but it's JUST a network connection, using standard 802.11 to communicate with the laptop. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
