Chris Remington
Volunteer amateur systems administrator for Beehaw. Stay-at-home dad. Outdoor enthusiast.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Long-time iOS user considering switch to Android - Need advice on $1000 flagships
7·1 month agoWould you, please, explain why you are considering switching from iOS to Android?
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Technology@beehaw.org•Regulating AI hastens the Antichrist, says Palantir’s Peter Thiel
3·2 months agoI used to love that software!
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Technology@beehaw.org•Meta might be secretly scanning your phone's camera roll - how to check and turn it off
91·3 months agoThe general public truly are lazy consumer idiots, aren’t they?
Yes, of course they are!
I agree. I grew up using hard copy encyclopedias at libraries. It is incredible now to have all of this at our fingertips at home.
Can you give an example of an article with an error that you tried to correct?
This was 6 years ago so I cannot recall precisely which pages. However, I just skimmed over about 15 pages that I thought would be riddled with errors. To my surprise, I only found one instance where there was a ‘citation needed’ mark and could find no major errors…maybe a few little splitting hairs examples but nothing serious.
So, it appears that improvements have been made over the past 6 years. On the other hand, I only looked over roughly 15 pages.
Probably the same caution would be true for any encyclopedia. Namely, these can be pretty good starting points but not for serious scholarly research.
My self and others in this field tried for about 6 months to no avail. We gave up…they didn’t want to hear it.
I have studied academic biblical scholarship for over 30 years. All of Wikipedia’s biblical pages are riddled with errors. IMO, Wikipedia is a decent starting point but that would be it.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic
0·9 months agoHey! Thanks for the heads up. This looks good and I’m going to try it out.
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I agree that you may be having this personal experience. On the other hand, I am not and have been using iOS for many years. The difference could be that I intentionally stay very informed about iOS.
I, personally, will not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
However, if you believe that you will have better experiences using Android, then please make the switch.
Back in 2007 (After many years of making a career out of using Microsoft/Windows products) I started using Linux and MacOS/iOS exclusively and have never looked back.
I have very little experience and/or knowledge of Android. So, I can’t comment on that.