I’ve wanted a tri-fold phone ever since I watched Westworld, but I still can’t help but feel that the time isn’t quite right.

Could be an overheating concern maybe. Some laptops weren’t designed to run with the lid closed, if it inhibits the air flow.

Had no idea. I’ve been using the PS5 version, though.

Every Civ game has a less than complete start until everything is rounded out by expansions. People were saying the same about Civ 6 at first, and Civ 5.

It’s fine to say that Civ 7 isn’t there yet, because it’s honestly not, but I think it’s a bit early to “give up” on it given the usual track record of the series.

Taco pizza

Depends on how far a species advances, I’d guess. It wouldn’t surprise me if advancements set us (and other potential life out there) on a trajectory where it’s possible to just get most nutrition needed via passive intravenous implants, maybe only with a requirement to drink water to maintain fluid balance. Or we just get to the full cyberpunk cyborg option and all you need is an occasional battery recharge or something.

With the resources available today, mankind has the ability to solve world hunger, but that still keeps the dependency we have on various global supply lines for food. Few nations are truly agriculturally independent. Lenin once said that society is no more than three missed meals away from chaos, and I believe the only permanent solution to that issue would be if a society no longer needs to eat.

Chopsticks, unironically. Better than having salt all over your hands.

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I’m using Niagara personally, but I know it’s a radically different experience and probably not something I’d recommend to anyone looking for something comparable to Nova. Niagara is also not FOSS if that is a priority.

I know there are some FOSS launchers out there with similar features to Nova that folks on Lemmy have recommended in the past, but I don’t know them offhand and haven’t used them myself enough to be a judge of quality.

It’s probably not even bad sticking with Nova, because at least to my knowledge they haven’t gone sketchy yet, but it’s something to keep an eye on. Analytics companies typically aren’t very trustworthy, especially when it comes to user privacy.

Just be careful, Nova Launcher is owned by a user telemetry collection company now and the majority of the original dev team was kicked from the project not too long ago.

That was enough reason for me to lose trust in them and switch to something else. If the app hasn’t gotten shady yet, I feel it is only a matter of time.

Lemmy is also primarily used by super nerds who don’t care about sportsball. Not enough normies here compared to Reddit.

Honestly I think it’s hideous. Wish they would take this one back to the drawing board. I prefer the sleek and minimalist push they used to have, but now it feels like they’re going back in a maximalist direction.

My phone’s OS doesn’t need to be a theatrical experience with every press or swipe, it just needs to get me from point A to point B as quickly and simply as possible.

We’re all entitled to opinions.

Some opinions are awful, though.

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I think it’s unfair to say that the US is what dictates the direction and usage of the English language. It contributed, sure, but it’s not because of the US that English is so widely-spoken in the first place. We have Britain to thank for that.

If the US ever adopts a second language to use for trade, it will be Spanish, just by virtue of who its neighbors are and how many native Spanish speakers live in the US already.

It’s basically a reflection of global power. Before English had that standard in Europe, it was French. We still describe such languages as a “lingua franca” even in contexts where that lingua isn’t franca anymore.

Esperanto isn’t anyone’s native language by design, but it meant that there was no major global power which necessitated its use. So it fell by the wayside, which is why English is spoken around the world instead despite being such a poorly-constructed option.

The app on the right in this image looks atrocious. No thanks.

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