Message-ID: <67240c19@news.ausics.net> From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc References: <199392d0-9628-8177-2f3b-35b23a721dd4@example.net> <086607f1-2283-f7fb-ddf9-ac4766b06530@example.net> <3RPUO.364883$v8v2.299927@fx18.iad> <6723f0c1@news.ausics.net> User-Agent: tin/2.0.1-20111224 ("Achenvoir") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.31 (i586)) NNTP-Posting-Host: news.ausics.net Date: 1 Nov 2024 09:00:42 +1000 Organization: Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net Lines: 25 X-Complaints: abuse@ausics.net Path: csiph.com!news.bbs.nz!news.ausics.net!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:228364 comp.os.linux.misc:60289 In comp.os.linux.misc Scott Lurndal wrote: > not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) writes: >>Videos on YouTube of how they make things in some of those >>countries are facinatingly backwards in terms of tech, though often >>clever in their own way. >> >>Smartphones seem to be universal though. Somehow the one piece of >>tech I choose to live without is the only luxury that people in the >>poorest countries appear to always seek out. > > In the poorest countries, it is the phone that matters, not the > 'smart' part. I'm not sure. Documentaries show people in shacks tapping away on social media. Indeed sandal-wearing workers in dusty factories upload those "how we make x" videos to YouTube. > Landline service is spotty at best. Landline service isn't so hot here in rural Australia either these days. Nor mobile coverage now that 3G is being turned off. -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _#