alt Hacker News> Great for parties where you rather be home tinkering.
I know this is probably in jest, but when someone invites you to a party it's not because they just want your atoms in the same room as them.
In regards to doom coding: I would chop off my arms before coding/prompting on a phone. Also, think about your cervical, neck etc! I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!
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tracker1 • last Wednesday at 5:21 PM
I'm with you... just with gesture input as it is, I hate using my phone for much beyond a quick comment or two. I can't imagine trying to do anything technical with a phone's onscreen keyboard. Even through an AI prompt... nope, just nope.
At worst, put your ideas into a notes app and then go back to where you are... this is just anti-social and borderline psychotic imo.
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I host weekly friend-of-friend open events where some people show up most weeks, find a nice comfortable spot to doom scroll in for a couple hours, maybe take a nap, leave, sit in their car for a bit, scroll some more, then go home.
I am just hoping they actually took a break from doom scrolling while driving as then at least I can say I had some non zero positive impact on their lives.
5 years phone-free and I do not miss it. People use them as security blankets to avoid having to be present for more than 5 minutes at a time with other people or even just exist in their own heads. I now find this behavior immature and gross but avoiding it would mean not having friends.
A smartphone is like toilet paper. No one wants to watch you use it.