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Re:What did Alan Kay and Steve Jobs talk about at the 2007 i... by jasonkostempski on Friday April 13, 2018 @11:04PM (#16835656)
I phrased my comment specifically trying to avoid sounding like I was saying that's the only thing they do. Guess I didn't do it right.

It's awesome that those with limited funds can still get stuff done, and phones are great for consuming information, but I don't think there's much argument against the efficiency gain that hardware keyboards, mice and larger screens with multiple windows give when you get into things that require fine tuning and multi-tasking like drawing, coding and video editing.

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Re:What did Alan Kay and Steve Jobs talk about at the 2007 i... by firmgently on Saturday April 14, 2018 @04:22AM (#16836465)
It read fine to me. I didn't read any implication that young people don't do anything more complicated than social media posts - only that when do they could use a larger device.

(sorry I know posts like this don't make interesting reading, I just know how frustrating it can be when you put effort into writing something to avoid being misunderstood but still get taken the wrong way... so wanted to point out that at least for this reader the negative connotation was not there)

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