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by robert_foss 209 days ago
Qcom is a lawnmower, if you stick your hand in, it'll chop it off.
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seemaze 209 days ago
"You don't think 'oh, the lawnmower hates me' - lawnmower doesn't give a shit about you, lawnmower can't hate you. Don't anthropomorphize the lawnmower." - Bryan Cantrill

[0] https://youtu.be/-zRN7XLCRhc?t=33m1s

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graemep 207 days ago
> "You don't think 'oh, the lawnmower hates me' - lawnmower doesn't give a shit about you, lawnmower can't hate you. Don't anthropomorphize the lawnmower."

True for now.

Smart devices might well be controlled by people who hate you. Even if they just do not care about you, its very different from a lawnmower not caring about you.

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