• There has been a recent cluster of spammers accessing BARFer accounts and posting spam. To safeguard your account, please consider changing your password. It would be even better to take the additional step of enabling 2 Factor Authentication (2FA) on your BARF account. Read more here.

iPhone Duo - who’s getting one?

MC BumSlap said:
Such a badass.
Click to expand...
1000032985.gif
 
BillSmith said:
No reason to gussy up scrambled eggs! Ain't ate'n frog food. My pappy says, thems Frenchmen wave their white napkins in cafes the same way they waved the white flag.
Click to expand...
Those Frenchies saved our ass during the Revolutionary War, so give them that.
 
A larger screen would just encourage me to use it more, thus damaging my neck and thumbs even more than they already have been. No thanks. Smart glasses are the heathier option.
 
Last edited:
Eldritch said:
All Apple software is cancer. I have had to tech support enough girlfriend's phones and one miserable work phone where I know I never ever want one.

I still kind of miss Windows Mobile.
Click to expand...

Windows Mobile was "ok". But Windows PC is garbage compared to macOS and Linux. The only reason it continues to dominate is because 1) gamers, and 2) lazy people who insist on using the same OS they use at work, instead of (gasp) learning a new and better one.
 
Last edited:
The advantage of having to wait 4-6 weeks for delivery is by then a lot of real world reviews will be out and I’ll have plenty of time to change my mind.
The Duo is probably as good as expected but no one really knows yet.
 
I never buy the first generation of anything. Let someone else deal with the bugs.
 
Reli said:
Windows Mobile was "ok". But Windows PC is garbage compared to macOS and Linux. The only reason it continues to dominate is because 1) gamers, and 2) lazy people who keep buying the same garbage they use at work, instead of learning a new one.
Click to expand...
Stuff and nonsense. While I certainly I certainly appreciate Linux, Apple's trash products let you do significantly little without internet access and cloud service log ins.

Anything based on the cloud is mediocre at best.

Sadly, Win11 seems to be pushing very hard to take the cloud based user exploitation model that Android and Apple have been driving, so soon, privacy and end user control of the experience will only live in Linux machines.
MC BumSlap said:
@Eldritch why so miserable?:laughing
Click to expand...

I am not, but I certainly hate anything that attempts to monetize or data surveil any aspect of my typical use of a machine I have purchased. SaaS in general makes me mildly angry as does Walled Garden Software Architecture, so, you know, Apple is like the antithesis of what I believe in.

I want to buy a god damn disc with the software, own it, and never talk to the software producer again. Yes, I am old.
 
I
Eldritch said:
Apple's trash products let you do significantly little without internet access and cloud service log ins.
Click to expand...
I just set up a new Mac Mini, and it's not logged into iCloud at all. Does it ask too? Of course it does, I just said "No".

And everything I use works, including the internet, my local dev environment, etc.
 
BillSmith said:
No reason to gussy up scrambled eggs! Ain't ate'n frog food. My pappy says, thems Frenchmen wave their white napkins in cafes the same way they waved the white flag.
Click to expand...

Gotta wonder if everyone who makes that joke about the French would have stepped up under same circumstances
 
  • Like
Reactions: GAJ
Blankpage said:
Gotta wonder if everyone who makes that joke about the French would have stepped up under same circumstances
Click to expand...
To what stepping do you refer? Resisting the goose steppers?

I will point out the font in which I responded. TrebuchetMS. Use it when I am throwing around my initials.

That said, I've stepped up in my life. Not sure it entitles me to call a Frenchman a frog, an Englishman a limey, etc. but I deux.
 
Last edited:
BillSmith said:
To what stepping do you refer? Resisting the goose steppers?

I will point out the font in which I responded. TrebuchetMS. Use it when I am throwing around my initials.

That said, I've stepped up in my life. Not sure it entitles me to call a Frenchman a frog, an Englishman a limey, etc. but I deux.

We rattled those borscht filled pots.
We're moles, not mushrooms
Don't call us, we certainly won't call you
Sincerely,
Shallow Esophagi
Click to expand...

no comprende
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top