Teacher in Ghana has no computers so he draws Microsoft Word on the blackboard

Re:Teacher in Ghana has no computers so he draws Microsoft W... by y4mi on Saturday March 03, 2018 @02:42AM (#16508367)

> c) how long batteries last if you only ever use 5% of their capability

not very long if they're alkaline. And its doubtful anything but their phones got li-on batteries in ghana, the markup probably isn't worth it. And there probably are hardly any phones. so mostly no li-on batteries anywhere.

but i've never been there, just economically speaking.

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Re:Teacher in Ghana has no computers so he draws Microsoft W... by Symbiote on Saturday March 03, 2018 @04:16AM (#16508543)

I haven't been to Ghana, but I have been to Senegal, which is supposedly poorer.

Maybe a third of the people had a smartphone, most people had a basic phone. The smartphones were $100 Chinese Android things.

I felt perfectly safe wandering round with my 3 year old smartphone out, since I'd clearly taken less care of it than the average Senegalese would have.

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