waveparticle

verne arase said:

What you have to realize is that the USSR generations just watch television for all their information, and TV is totally controlled by the government.

Younger Russians use VPNs and get information from the internet at large, and most of them are against the Special Military Operation.

The thing both have in common is they all seem to be totally divorced from what their country is doing; none of them thinks that anything they do make a speck of difference in what Putin and the Russian government is going to do. Russian elections are going on right now, and all opposition candidates have been jailed. Anyone who vocally opposes the war has had to leave the country - even calling the conflict a war can get you a 15 year jail term.

Interviews with remaining Russian citizens seem to show that practically none of them is introspective and thinks about the atrocities being committed by Russian forces - they all seem very privileged and think they should have the freedom to travel to other lands, and even the newly minted Russians say that if they're denied travel visas the offending country is an enemy - so the difference between the USSR generations and post USSR Russians may simply be a new coat of paint. Russians seem very naïve, though that naiveté may simply be them being cagy and avoiding persecution.

There are rural and urban Russians, and all the troops come from the more impoverished rural setting.

Of the urban areas, only Moscow and St. Petersburg really count, and none of grunts are from these areas.

Russia is throwing forces in Ukraine as fast as they can, and they come from prisons and anywhere they can get personnel - a big source of troops is the occupied areas of Ukraine taken by Russian in 2014, and men from those areas are being conscripted at an alarming rate.

Anyway, enough of this off-topic post, except to say that Apple gear is a ton more expensive now in Russia than it was when Apple marketed devices legitimately.

nubus said:

crowley said:
Dude, it's a set of animations.  The novelty will last for about 10 minutes.

Yup - a novelty. Just like computers allowing overlapping windows (Apple invented the overlapping windows - imagine not having that novelty...).

It just shows that iPhone 14 non-pro is too much like 13 and 12. Crash detect - don't all modern cars have this? At least in the EU it is a requirement.
Satellite emergency messaging limited to 2 countries? You have to be lost in the US or Canada to get help?
The iPhone 14 is the one to skip while iPhone 14 Pro shows what is ahead. With apps having to be updated you might wait to iPhone 15.

CiaranF said:

Apple mightn’t de done with 2022

But after last nights feeble attempts with “Dynamic Island” “I’m done with Apple. 

I wasn’t impressed. I was even more gutted when I saw their price for a base model iphone 14 pro in the EU. €1339 for a base model when last years 13 Pro was €1079. So after 14 years of accepting your feeble increments every year and putting up with your price increases I’ve decided that I can but an S22U with Watch Pro 5 for less and probably get the buds thrown in too for not much more. 

You’re ok if you’re in the US though. They haven’t increased their price. 

This is the last straw Apple. With your zero innovation and greedy money grabbing prices. 

Goodbye and good riddance. 

pgibtweets said:

waveparticle said:

So iPhone 14 can have multiple phone numbers with multiple cellular providers?

This has been true of iPhones since the XS.