Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy

In comp.os.linux.misc Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> wrote:

not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) writes:

Videos on YouTube of how they make things in some of those
countries are facinatingly backwards in terms of tech, though often
clever in their own way.
>
Smartphones seem to be universal though. Somehow the one piece of
tech I choose to live without is the only luxury that people in the
poorest countries appear to always seek out.

 
In the poorest countries, it is the phone that matters, not the
'smart' part.

I'm not sure. Documentaries show people in shacks tapping away on
social media. Indeed sandal-wearing workers in dusty factories
upload those "how we make x" videos to YouTube.

Landline service is spotty at best.

Landline service isn't so hot here in rural Australia either these
days. Nor mobile coverage now that 3G is being turned off.

--
__          __
#_ < |\| |< _#