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And then there’s also the extra friction. You would need to transfer the video files to the computer before you can even start. If you edit on the phone, all the files are already there, which is nice.

You could wait a few hours for the cloud to finally sync, or you could just go through all the USB-C cables that don’t support reasonable data transfer rates… either way, there are some serious bottlenecks in the process. Once you get past those, it gets better, but I guess all of that is enough to deter many people from trying.

What about kids who edit videos on a phone. Laptops exist too you know, and the editing process would be a lot more enjoyable.

When you see an opportunity, go for it.

LOL. What a classic!

😄 Such a familiar feeling, especially when it comes to software. You go to the official site and read until you fall asleep. Usually, I’ll just skip that and go straight to the relevant Wikipedia site, read the first three lines, and get the general idea of what that thing is all about. Works well with established technologies I haven’t heard of before. Doesn’t work with things that were invented two months ago.

Travel has many facets, and growing, learning, and broadening your horizons are certainly part of it. Those reasons aren’t fake, but I’d argue none of them are the core reason why people think so highly of travel. Naturally, travel often involves conspicuous consumption, spending lots of money, polluting the environment, and general decadence. That’s why people feel the need to justify it—that’s why you hear so much about the secondary reasons.

The advertisement-based business model has turned out to be highly successful, just like the newspapers have proven. However, magazines were a hybrid solution. You would pay for the magazine, but there would still be a few ads. Reminds me of modern Netflix actually.

I’m just thinking that people with extreme tastes might want to visit USA exactly because there’s a good chance you’ll never return.

Some people also visit North Korea. Is that insane too?

Additional info on lockdown mode

Lockdown Mode is an optional, extreme protection that’s designed for the very few individuals who, because of who they are or what they do, might be personally targeted by some of the most sophisticated digital threats. Most people are never targeted by attacks of this nature.

If you’ve identified in your threat model that your phone could fall into the wrong hands, and someone might try to hack into it, using lockdown could save the day. Very least, the hackers are not going to have an easy day.

By providing solutions in an ever-changing dynamic landscape… by utilising cutting edge machine learning… bla bla blockchain… with cloud computing… and high definition whatever… something something profit margins…

That’s an interesting thought, and I would like to add a few things to it.

The whole idea of having ad funded things is fundamentally flawed. It has also become too dominant, and difficult to compete with. Ads are the tool used in this business model, but are they really the root cause of the problems you mentioned? I would say no.

Theoretically, you could still have ads without ruining everything. When other business models aren’t competitive enough, the whole system naturally gravitates to the mess we’re currently in.

I think cheap mobile games have showed that you can charge a small amount of money, and people will be willing to pay up. That way, everything doesn’t have to be ad funded. It’s just that this business model doesn’t appear to be appealing enough in other arenas, and that’s a real problem.

Attitudes have changed a bit since short distance flights aren’t prohibitively expensive any more. However, that’s still a bit of an exception. To many “air travel” refers to flying to a tourist destination once a year instead of attending a quarterly business meeting.

When air travel became available, it was super expensive, which meant that only rich people could do it. Several decades later, it became cheap enough that middle-class people could travel occasionally. Because of that history, travelling got a shimmering magic aura in our minds.

It’s what rich people do, and most people want to be like them in one way or another.

If it’s a generic action movie, millions worth of material damage too. Broken cars, exploded buildings etc.

If it’s a Marvel movie, half the city is usually levelled by the time we’re done with the plot. Who knows how many people die every time the protagonist goes shopping.

The protagonist also gets constantly hunted by all sorts of bad guys, terrorists, global conspiracy organizations, intergalactic demons etc. No thanks!

Likewise, climate change isn’t really a technological problem. Governments don’t motivate companies stop destroying the planet, so they don’t. Obviously, there are some technological issues too, but for the most part, it’s a political issue.

If there’s a way around the legislation, they’ll definitely take it. If you know of an exploit in the system or if you’re best buddies with the local king, laws suddenly cease to matter.

Very interesting… I guess my calculations can be supercharged while still technically remaining in the realm of a spreadsheet.

Hopefully Python still runs with its usual consistency. VBA is a total nightmare in this regard. The code can randomly throw some useless error for no obvious reason. You can run the same code a few hours later and everything works perfectly even though you didn’t change anything. Can’t really use anything that unstable for anything serious.

Yep. Money steers the decision making process. Politics determines how money works, and companies just go with the flow.