Walt Mossberg

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https://t.co/ZTq8t2mbZz — PolitiTweet.org

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Steve Jobs never claimed the iPad would totally replace the laptop. Not when he showed it to me pre-launch. Not when he launched it. And not when he explained on stage to me and @karaswisher that traditional PCs would stay around for some tasks even as iPads and phones took over. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MarkVenaTechGuy @Apple I read it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@starmike @Apple Then don’t try. By all means, use a traditional desktop and laptop. They’re still needed for some scenarios done by a tiny minority of people. I never said the new personal computers had to replace the old types for every scenario. That’s a futile argument. — PolitiTweet.org

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@josephhurtado @Apple I was sitting on stage with him when he said that. Made sense to me. — PolitiTweet.org

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Despite @Apple’s baffling marketing, of course an iPad is a computer. So is a smartphone. They aren’t “personal computers” in the old sense, but, IMO, they’re really the modern personal computers. They can’t replace laptops for every usage scenario, but they do so for many tasks. — PolitiTweet.org

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If you’re a teacher whose school is closed, or a parent tackling home schooling, you can now get the virtual news literacy curriculum, Checkology, free! It’s from the ⁦@NewsLitProject⁩ and teaches 6-12th graders how to tell fact from fiction online. https://t.co/wRVSRbswEY — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @projomike: Answers to #2 & 5 will be telling. — PolitiTweet.org

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@PsycGrad I should ha e talked to someone like you before posting. Eventually, I did, and, having learned more, thought it was important to clarify. — PolitiTweet.org

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@paulrobichaux no woodshed involved. I merely talked to a close friend who’s a college administrator and learned how hard they’re working to come up with solutions. So I realized that, like everyone, they deserve a chance to come up with solutions before we bail on them. — PolitiTweet.org

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3/ But colleges will be innovative, and I’m sure many will come up with good solutions, on campus & online. We need them to remain in operation and for students to get an education. So, on reflection, I think the best attitude is to wait and see what your chosen college offers.// — PolitiTweet.org

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2/ I should make very clear that I am all for creative alternatives to traditional on-campus experiences this year. When I shared this article, I was thinking of the likelihood that a full, traditional, on-campus year might not be possible due to the virus. — PolitiTweet.org

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1/ Recently, I shared an article by a professor I didn’t know saying that no prospective college student should enroll this fall, due to the likelihood that the Coronavirus will still be with us. I was too hasty. I should have done some checking with college administrators first. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JoannaStern @pkafka @mims Here’s the Maryland rule on the use of parks, most of which are open. Makes sense to me. More at https://t.co/uC0UskwqDi https://t.co/jBUYsdDIVx — PolitiTweet.org

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@sspencer_smb @mims @JoannaStern In our Maryland neighborhood, when we take our daily walks, everyone just automatically moves six feet apart when they pass each other. People respect the rules even outdoors. A droplet from a cough can still travel outdoors. And home made masks are minimally effective. — PolitiTweet.org

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@sspencer_smb @mims @JoannaStern Yes. It’s not about being outdoors. It’s about refusing to observe social distancing from strangers and other rules, even if you are outdoors. Joanna and her wife and child, who live together, flying a kite in an empty field, are observing the rules. But apparently not NJ law. — PolitiTweet.org

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@mims @JoannaStern Transmission rates outdoors can be just as high as indoors if you’re on a crowded basketball court, sweating, sharing a couple of balls, and an infected but asymptomatic person sheds the virus. Then everyone goes home and sheds it further. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JoannaStern What on earth were the cops complaining about? How is that different from the Dad and his kids we saw today shooting hoops on a totally empty court? Or the Mom and her two daughters playing softball on a totally empty field? These people live together. — PolitiTweet.org

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I certainly don’t endorse all her posts. And I still believe that there’s value in being on campus - if a family can afford it. But I do agree that taking a gap year, or an all-online year, in 2020-21, makes sense. Campuses won’t be normal by Sept, if they’re even open. — PolitiTweet.org

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@backlon I’m klutzy enough that I always buy the extra warranty with accident coverage. I *know* it’s overpriced. But think what you’d pay for toilet paper right now. — PolitiTweet.org

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I don’t know this author, but she makes a lot of sense. (h/t ⁦@raju⁩) https://t.co/2H8zO5U4sh — PolitiTweet.org

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This is an awful sign of the times. But let’s go ahead and re-open beaches in Florida and South Carolina, so infections will rise in those states and people will also carry them to other states. Utterly irresponsible! — PolitiTweet.org

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@didier_bonvin @pbaker I never owned an iPhone 8. — PolitiTweet.org

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@stevesi SC: Closed a whole two weeks? Hardly any testing? Let’s inflate the curve! — PolitiTweet.org

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@stevesi Closed a whole two weeks? Hardly any testing? Let’s inflate the curve! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BeschlossDC: Albert Einstein’s U.S. citizenship declaration—he died 65 years ago today: https://t.co/h8H5PeD6vK — PolitiTweet.org

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@SHWeiss01 It’s OK. Just FYI, the @WSJ has many news bureaus around the world. I worked there for decades and never once agreed to take up a post at the Manhattan HQ. I spent almost my whole career at the Journal based in their large Washington office. — PolitiTweet.org

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@pbaker My X and my current 11 Pro easily last all day. Different usage patterns, I guess. Also, whenever I’m on a long conference call, and I’m at a desk and using AirPods, I plug the phone in. There’s no reason for it to be untethered in that circumstance. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jcgarcia24 I have several, but use them so infrequently that I have lost the cables. — PolitiTweet.org

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@SHWeiss01 I don’t live in NYC, if that’s what you mean by “the city” (there are others). I live in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. — PolitiTweet.org