Re:AI is killing the cheap smartphone
by nickpp on Friday May 22, 2026 @10:25AM
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Not a hobby, but a duty. I lived under both systems and I do not wish the horrors I’ve seen in my youth onto my children. Although at this point, it’s probably unavoidable. It seems that some lessons can only be learned by experiencing them, no warning is ever enough: Russia, communism.
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Re:AI is killing the cheap smartphone
by wing-_-nuts on Friday May 22, 2026 @11:26AM
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Yes, now ask someone from a nordic country about how best to balance capitalism with regulation and social safety nets. I think you'd get a very different answer.
Re:AI is killing the cheap smartphone
by CamperBob2 on Friday May 22, 2026 @02:01PM
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Step 1: start with a vast reservoir of oil revenue and a culturally-homogeneous population
Re:AI is killing the cheap smartphone
by wing-_-nuts on Friday May 22, 2026 @02:37PM
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I must have missed the fact that sweden, denmark, and finland had vast oil reserves. Also Sweden's population is now ~ 20% immigrants.
Re:AI is killing the cheap smartphone
by selimthegrim on Friday May 22, 2026 @10:00PM
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You mean the country that immediately asked for help from a country with vast oil reserves and a famously heterogeneous population (Iraq)?