ribchinski's comments

ribchinski | 7 years ago | on: Zuckerberg didn’t make any friends in Europe today

In every one of the interviews that I have seen, he is cherry picking answers. He never directly answers them and purposefully makes broad statements that cannot be actually proved. This man created the biggest social media to date, which I thankfully do not use, which spies on its own customers, censors anyone who does not agree with the company's political views and sells personal data to anyone who can make a high bid. I wouldn't be surprised if Putin asked him to compile a list of all of the Russian people who talk poorly of him and Zuck just gave that list to him for a quick buck.

EDIT: I also love how he orders the court to stop and then "[He] seemed most uncomfortable at not having his orders instantly carried out."

ribchinski | 7 years ago | on: Big tech products are mostly useless

Especially when there are parenthesis. And when you are in the kitchen, well... it is loud. Accents mess the voice recognition + the sound of the kitchen.

ribchinski | 7 years ago | on: Samsung S9+ interfering with my MacBook Pro's display

Dude, that's actually pretty awesome! But I wouldn't repeat it too much, cause a broken Mac screen is a sad Mac screen.

ribchinski | 7 years ago | on: Big tech products are mostly useless

You'd be surprised, people still own calculators! Also, please, don't call me a nomad. As a programmer, I always have a binary and scientific calculator at hand.

And just because I don't particularly enjoy IOT of Wireless Headphones, does not mean that I am a nomad, mate!

ribchinski | 7 years ago | on: Big tech products are mostly useless

Okay, sorry man. Due to me being a huge computer geek, I refer to most calculators as. "desk calculators," due to my experience with old technology and Unix software. Let's just say that I am part of the earliest Gen Z's. (I came from a second world country, so, maybe that's why I have more experience with older tech.)

ribchinski | 7 years ago | on: Big tech products are mostly useless

Yeah, I see. I don't know, due to my Russo-Ukrainian accent, I have been dissuaded from using voice recognition software since Siri was released.

But, I see how useful it can be when your hands are busy! My home has an ancient early 2000 smart home installed, which can be updated at a pretty big price, so I don't bother. I guess I am just used to my "inconvenience."

ribchinski | 7 years ago | on: Big tech products are mostly useless

Well... I don't particularly agree with everything this guy is saying, but he is right about the internet of things. In my experience, it is quite useless, and it is a danger to privacy. One of the my friends constantly uses Amazon Alexa and Siri for even the most basic questions like, "What is x + y?" which could be easily done faster on a desk calculator. Either I am a person who likes to make things more inconvenient for myself, or I just don't understand modern technology.

ribchinski | 8 years ago | on: Google embraces, extends, and extinguishes

Any company this big needs to have some outside control. They are clearly monopolizing. I thought the US had a law against monopolies, or does it only apply to the railroads?