DeadBeatDad

I used an iPod 5th generation for a few years as a phone (it's basically an iPhone 5 without a baseband chip). I used the Skype app to ring people and send messages.

Whatsapp is not compatible with iPods which I always found annoying. This is because Whatsapp requires a SIM, which iPods don't support.

Skype nagged me to update, which I couldn't since 5th generation iPods are tied to iOS 9.3.5 forever and can't update. The 7th generation iPods however have a later version of iOS and support more apps.

Currently I have two phones. One is a dumbphone for normal calls and SMS (You would be surprised at how much business is conducted with SMS and calls). Then a smartphone which I NEVER use for calls, just use it as a mini 'tablet' for surfing the web and using Maps etc

Everyone going on about lung disease when you can just vaporize it or use edibles. Edibles are tricky since you can either add too much or too little so you get an unexpected high.

Vaporizing doesn't produce harsh carcinogenic smoke and it's the best way to consume cannabis IMHO. By not combusting the plant material, you use less of it to get high and it's better bang for your buck. You can make 25g of hashish last 6 months if you want to.

> "Climate change impacts are contributing to wildfires that are increasingly dangerous and destructive across the Western U.S.,"

It's baffling that here we are in the full motions of global warming, and we can find all manner of distractions to take our mind off it, and divert attention. Yes, there is a movement to halt global warming or slow it down, but it needs more traction. The topic needs to be the frontpage of every newspaper. The world is burning before our eyes.

There is something similar to this: `Spotify granted patent to use mic to infer emotional state, age, gender, and accent`[0]. Not surprising, given how data hungry most tech companies are now. Without data, they are dead. But how much is really needed to serve ADs? Do we really need to be doing creepy things like 'sentiment analysis' or peering inside the brain? How much access is too much access? I think we are slowly learning the threshold piece by piece.

[0] https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/spotify-granted-p...

> Transactions made using cryptocurrencies can provide more anonymity to senders and recipients of money

Well, yes, providing you use something like Monero. We all should know by now that Bitcoin has a transparent ledger and your kids in 20 years time will probably be able to see what you spent your Bitcoin on.

You could train an AI to generate these randomly, something similar to:

https://thischemicaldoesnotexist.com/

https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/