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Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2018 09:48
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2018 09:48
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On 2018-02-09, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote: > On 2018-02-08, ma...@mail.com <ma...@mail.com> wrote: > >> On 2018-02-08, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote: >> >>> On 2018-02-08, Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> >>>> J. Clarke <jclarke...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> One of the (few) things I really like about Macbooks is the way you >>> can press harder on the trackpad to get a mouse click. I find myself >>> trying to do it on non-Mac trackpads (and am briefly disappointed when >>> it doesn't work). >> >> Case, you are viewing pictures that involve lots of pink, and >> stroking your mouse analogue, then you realize that there is a camera >> just above the screen, and it seems to be doing something. > > When you watch your smart TV, it watches _you_. > > Remember when the thought of Orwell's telescreens was terrifying? > Now that they've been deployed, people love them. Go figure. > There was a story that in the UK, people would get a reduction in the cost of a tv when they agreed to be filmed. (Market research) Some people would forget that. and do most peculiar things in front of the TV. -- greymaus.ireland.ie Just_Another_Grumpy_Old_Man
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