:tom_scott: I'm at the British Museum
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sitting in a cafe with a sign "please no laptops" while most people are using their smartphone
this feels like a hardware challenge in how far you can modify a smartphone without it becoming a laptop
@eloy you start by bluetooth-pairing a Pokemon Typing Adventure keyboard -
sitting in a cafe with a sign "please no laptops" while most people are using their smartphone
this feels like a hardware challenge in how far you can modify a smartphone without it becoming a laptop
@eloy I've considered taking a keyboard and XR glasses connected to my laptop in my bag to cafés like this before just to see if anyone complains, but it feels a little too "how far can I push a boundary for the sake of pushing the boundary before I get in trouble"
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@eloy I've considered taking a keyboard and XR glasses connected to my laptop in my bag to cafés like this before just to see if anyone complains, but it feels a little too "how far can I push a boundary for the sake of pushing the boundary before I get in trouble"
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sitting in a cafe with a sign "please no laptops" while most people are using their smartphone
this feels like a hardware challenge in how far you can modify a smartphone without it becoming a laptop
@eloy I've been to one cafe where reading the internet on my iPad was forbidden, but an eBook was just fine.
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sitting in a cafe with a sign "please no laptops" while most people are using their smartphone
this feels like a hardware challenge in how far you can modify a smartphone without it becoming a laptop
@eloy@hsnl.social I wonder if combining keyboard+mouse with a usbc dock as well as bringing external display and then remoting into some actual Linux puter is still phone enough to be accepted
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sitting in a cafe with a sign "please no laptops" while most people are using their smartphone
this feels like a hardware challenge in how far you can modify a smartphone without it becoming a laptop
@eloy Is this a trend in cafes? If not, I know that place. My kid and I call it the Grumpy Dad Cafe
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sitting in a cafe with a sign "please no laptops" while most people are using their smartphone
this feels like a hardware challenge in how far you can modify a smartphone without it becoming a laptop
silly, the Google office in London put their DNS IP on the windows
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@eloy I've been to one cafe where reading the internet on my iPad was forbidden, but an eBook was just fine.
@terinjokes love the antique webkits with e-ink displays
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@eloy uhm
Ik heb getwijfeld over België
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silly, the Google office in London put their DNS IP on the windows
@eloy Heh, reminds me of that kind of stuff but written on random building walls during Arab Spring revolts. -
@eloy Heh, reminds me of that kind of stuff but written on random building walls during Arab Spring revolts.
@lanodan haha yes indeed
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silly, the Google office in London put their DNS IP on the windows
@eloy do they hide 8.8.4.4 somewhere else in the building?
