AI is absolutely not needed for this, and is only a liability.

They could say “press 1 if you are calling about X” or even “if you are calling about X, we are already aware of it. If not, you will be transferred to an operator in a moment”.

An automated system like this is easy to implement, easy to audit, and will fail in expected and managable ways.
AI is nondeterministic, and will fail randomly in very unexpected ways.

I miss the comfort of having a single OS (not multiple distros to choose from), and a father who would reinstall the OS when I broke it too much again.
I miss the Macromedia Flash games, bringing games to school on a floppy disk labeled “homework” (then discovering I’d only brought the shortcut).

All of this is just nostalgia, and while I miss it, I’m happier now with my Linux Distro.
I’ve customised the desktop environment, broken the OS and reinstalled it myself (several times), and copied games to another device while forgetting to copy the folder containing my save files.
I guess some things stay the same.

TLDR: Climate change is reducing the amount of available food for the bears.

Are they going to sue to operating system owners next? What about the web browser that offers the steam installer download?

I heard there was a person hired specifically to keep Elon away from the critical areas so he doesn’t try to overrule a decision and destroy the company.

It sounds like a faulty device to me. I recommend reaching out to customer support at a minimum.

I didn’t know you could use different launchers until a few weeks ago. I’m so much happier with Lawnchair.

Yes, microG is on /e/OS by default. I believe my bank uses some of the security features from Play Services that aren’t in microG.

I’m not 100% sure that it can’t be fixed, but it’s such a minor nuisance that I don’t think it’s worth my time to investigate.

Fairphone 6

My bank app will install, but I can’t login unless I also install Google Play Services. The website works fine without.

No issues with other apps. I do prioritise installing from F-Droid whenever possible.

Fewer hours should be a good thing.

Capitalism ruined that by taking the income from the people who were working and giving it all to the already rich people.

With adequate distribution of wealth (such as universal basic income), people will rejoice when their job is replaced by automation, because then they’ll have more free time.

Clickbait headlines to a paywalled article.

Cat on my lap

I once wrote a 2 line, 10 word script that had 9 bugs in it. I’m not overly proud of that one.

You can’t get a refund if you’ve been paying a subscription for a missing product.

I met someone who had been given a PHEV company car. They had been driving it for 6 months, and I was the first person who informed them that their car could be plugged in to charge. They thought it just charged itself while driving.

I doubt this is an isolated incident.

Many companies and councils are trying to look more green by making the switch to EV, but don’t want the “risk” of an actual EV. I believe they are the main customers for PHEVs, and they are also the least likely to recharge them.

I’ve even heard of people deliberately refueling and not recharging because they have a company car for fuel, but would have to pay for electricity themselves.

Things you should know: Your car won’t drive after it’s broken down.

Have you seen typst? It looks to be similar to LaTeX, but based on markdown.

I can only assume that message is because the FP 5 is not compatible with VoIP (not strictly related to the 3G cutoff). If so, that means it is actually unable to call emergency services, and is therefore unable to be used safely in Australia.

The emergency services in Australia have recently switched to VoIP only, and want to eliminate the risk of someone using a non VoIP capable phone as their only phone. This appears to be a general safety issue, not specifically targeted at Fairphone.

The FP 6 does support VoIP, so it should have no issues.

I have a fairphone 6 in Australia with no issues.

Can you elaborate?

Zulip is great for text based communities, but doesn’t have built in voice or video.