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Re:The phone ban has had a big impact on school work by ruthmarx on Monday October 14, 2024 @03:06PM (#41840764)
Fair enough. I guess I'm just incredibly skeptical of your claims. Certainly I can get you've never used Windows as your primary OS, but that's quite a different claim from never having used it, which is the specific claim I was saying some people make. And it strains incredulity to believe you've never clicked on any Twitter links because of how prevalent the platform is.
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Re:The phone ban has had a big impact on school work by exe34 on Monday October 14, 2024 @05:15PM (#41842107)
oh I did use windows as my primary OS, it was Windows 95/98/XP on desktops, which started my hatred of it, and then I was stuck on a very poor laptop and windows mistake edition for 3 months before I switched to Linux for good.

yes, I've clicked on Twitter links the same way I've clicked on ads, by accident.

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Re:The phone ban has had a big impact on school work by ruthmarx on Monday October 14, 2024 @06:41PM (#41842943)
> oh I did use windows as my primary OS, it was Windows 95/98/XP on desktops,

So you're definitely not in the amp of people who never claimed to use Windows, which is the group I was comparing you to.

> Yes, I've clicked on Twitter links the same way I've clicked on ads, by accident.

That's what I'm skeptical of. Twitter sucks, but sometimes it's literally the only place the source of a story is, like if Elon makes a newesworthy post or something. I'm not saying you had an account or anything, but literally never clicking on a link, hundreds of which have been submitted as HN stories alone, beggars belief.

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Re:The phone ban has had a big impact on school work by exe34 on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @02:55AM (#41845693)
> like if Elon makes a newesworthy post or something

hahahaha! thank you! starting my day with a belly laugh is a great privilege!

but seriously, just because most of the tech bros admire him, doesn't mean I need to hear every idiocy that comes out of his deranged mind.

even when it's something truly interesting - I watched the space x double landing on YouTube a few hours after it happened several years ago - I don't need to be informed of every single thing the instant it happens.

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Re:The phone ban has had a big impact on school work by ruthmarx on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @12:01PM (#41849962)
> hahahaha! thank you! starting my day with a belly laugh is a great privilege!

That's a really weird reaction. Like, yeah, he's a clown, but he has still made tweets that get discussed in thew news and here on HN.

> doesn't mean I need to hear every idiocy that comes out of his deranged mind.

Elon was just one example. Plenty of other tech people, hackers, politicians etc post important stuff on twitter. I mean, juts search HN for submissions with twitter or x.com as the domain. There is no shortage of submissions, and it beggars belief you have never clicked on one.

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Re:The phone ban has had a big impact on school work by exe34 on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @01:18PM (#41850778)
$x has released llm $y: I google for the gguf.

$x has achieved $y. well good for them.

I really don't understand the obsession with the idea that I must somehow be interested in something just because somebody else said it. I've been offered free newspapers before - I told them thanks, but I don't have a cat.

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Re:The phone ban has had a big impact on school work by ruthmarx on Friday October 18, 2024 @12:23AM (#41876318)
> I really don't understand the obsession with the idea that I must somehow be interested in something just because somebody else said it. I

That's not the point I'm making. The point I'm making is Twitter has been too ubiquitous and important for you to have never clicked a submission at this site or a link to it somewhere, and not just accidentally.

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