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  • That’s quite a high bar. Can you give a Windows or Mac laptop to your elderly neighbour and not also provide them support?

    I realise that I am only a sample set of one and my mother and father have very different usage patterns but they are both in their late 70s. My mother has an Ubuntu laptop and my father had a Windows one. He requires a lot more support. My mum’s biggest issue is forgetting her password which is hardly the fault of the OS.

    Edit: to be clear I’m not necessarily agreeing with the OP. I have no opinion on the needs of “most users”.










  • What exactly do you mean by an algorithmic system? Your introduction to the form implies you have a pretty broad definition. If that is the case then I think you should also account for a large proportion of your target not being sure that they are actually what you’re looking for. Define your terms. Give examples of what you determine inside the definition and examples of what you determine outside of it.

    All that said, I think the research area sounds really interesting. I look forward to hearing how it goes.