Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Is there any OS for commodity tablets that does NOT decide to tie up the wifi connection to download & install updates on a whim during Internet field site surveys & speed trials?

I especially don't want an appliance that would rather do obviously zany misrecognition, think I like the misrecognized thing, and buy things based on it, than admit its ignorance and not worry about it.

Appliances that buy things for me with my money, from no vendor but a single store with surprisingly limited inventory, benefits no one but the single locked-in vendor. That's a terribly high price to pay for convenience.

Will it allow me to store sandwiches made from unauthorized bread?

I don't like this or want this.

I don't want a refrigerator that does something zany when faced with something it doesn't recognize, or demand I justify anything I store in it.

I don't want an appliance of any kind that makes purchasing decisions for me.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/10/report-amazon-designed-fridge-will-use-the-same-tech-as-amazon-go-stores/

#TIL a dialog box that tells you to make a choice and do something, but gives you no choices to make, is called a monologue box. #UIRage

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ed(1) doesn't have anything remotely like an auto-save feature. Instead, during a marathon editing session, type these three lines every few minutes, like just before you drink water or get up to stretch. #Unix #Linux #edIsTheStandardTextEditor

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Feature request standard in Web 1.0 but impossible to implement in Web 2.0 thanks to infinite scrolling & friends: Make the "Back" button show me the thing you just showed me a moment ago. https://xkcd.com/1309/