This is exactly the kind of awesome thing that Pebble could do better than the incumbents by thinking about users and not how to trap people in your walled garden. Can't wait to get my pre-ordered Core Time 2!

Although I won't be connecting it to an iphone

I only check bsky occasionally and whenever I do somebody says something like that, and I'm all "what the hell kind of context am I missing?"

I'd say yes. I've bought two now (one for my other half) and we both use them most days. Me on my commute, her as a console equivalent for playing games without the hassle of Windows.
Being able to boot Linux is a bonus.

The Placebo version is absolutely the best. I'll join you out back and await the end.

Lots of water, and day dreaming about what it's going to feel like when it happens, and then being glad there will be a general anaesthetic. You really should be very nice to the anaesthesiologist when you meet them.

After the clawing they develop the ability to use tools, like a crow.

I'm not sure I want to know, but I have to ask what? Are people wearing fake bald caps and going to Pitbull concerts? Is that really a thing?

Interviews only test for your ability to pass interviews, rather like IQ tests only test your ability to pass IQ tests, and school exams test... Actually I've no idea what they test. Ability to fit a bell curve?

It's like Snowcrash except instead of a virus it's Twitter

I always check for X when looking at a book. "X is for xbox" gets put back on the shelf.

It won't make any difference to the world, and I still feel angry about their info grab. But I did it anyway.

I was actually fine about giving them my email (I have spam filters) but why do they need email *and* phone number?