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MetalSamurai, to random
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Apple plans to update iPhones in-store without opening the boxes
I see the use case for this, but the ability to remotely power up a switched off iPhone, flash some firmware and then switch it off again, all with no physical access, seems… uh, risky? I bet the Cellebrite people are keen to see how this works.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/10/15/apple-plans-to-update-iphones-in-store-without-opening-the-boxes

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Feditext users: please follow https://github.com/feditext/feditext/issues/148 and https://github.com/feditext/feditext/issues/149 for complete native quote post support.

short version: we have a small set of bugs to fix and chores to do before an App Store release, and quote post UI will come after that, in version 1.8.

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@Feditext Can you copy the way @IceCubesApp does it?

MetalSamurai, to random
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This weekend’s YouTube rabbit hole is discovering English (as an additional language) teacher beef videos. English teachers shitting on English teachers shitting on other English teachers. It’s scammers, grifters, pedants, trolls and angry people all the way down. Car crash TV.

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Do I know anyone that can send me a Bluesky invite code? I think I want to write up an article about it and the AT Protocol, but I really ought to see it from the inside first.

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I miss my Palm pilots. I got so fast at writing in Graffiti with the stylus that I didn’t think typing on an iPhone screen could ever be as fast…

MetalSamurai, to fediversenews
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@spreadmastodon @fediversenews I’m seeing more and more posts about the rapid growth of dot social (about 4000 a day according to @mastodon_daily_active_users )

I’m more convinced that what’s needed is a crèche instance for people who don’t want to choose. A highly moderated, deliberately short term home with maybe mentoring or guidance to follow people and find a long term home.

From: @glassbottommeg
https://peoplemaking.games/@glassbottommeg/110233542970482307

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Netflix Loses A Million Subscribers In Spain After Greedy Password Sharing Crackdown

Netflix enshittifies itself and displays ignorance of Laffer curve.

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/02/netflix-loses-a-million-subscribers-in-spain-after-greedy-password-sharing-crackdown/

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Testing bridging in a vain attempt to rationalise my social media presence.

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If you already speak French, this is great. Helps if you also speak Spanish, Arabic, Russian et Quebecois.

https://youtu.be/XHZVBk429N0?si=vrA_NwG4IJ6WMofC

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The unfinished (and unfilmed) script for David Lynch’s Dune II has been found, based on Dune Messiah.

https://www.wired.com/story/david-lynch-dune-sequel-script-unearthed/

MetalSamurai, to OpenAI
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This should be hilarious. An #OpenAI search engine. Search for something and get a statistically probable string of random words back in return. Still don’t understand why LLMs are a thing people have any use for, other than burning the planet faster.

https://boingboing.net/2024/05/10/openai-said-to-be-launching-search-engine-on-monday-directly-targeting-googles.html

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Absolutely certain that this is what Snyder thought he was doing with Rebel Moon. Much slowmo, very wooden exposition.

https://youtu.be/J9X_FmCbrIA?si=lNR7c1Cy4wG31uPa

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Just got a ticket for my first gig in ages. It’s actually #ConquerDivide I want to see, but #TheWarning should be good.

https://www.seetickets.com/tour/the-warning

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And coincidentally a few hours after I get a ticket to see them, this pops up…

https://youtu.be/eSVdGcMp8mc?si=w0Phxnc1VkOhukAw

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Got around to watching #RebelMoon and I knew I shouldn’t have bothered. It’s a po-faced remake of Battle Beyond the Stars (which in turn was a remake of Magnificent 7 and Seven Samurai), but with Snyder’s lens flare, oiled pecs, wooden dialogue and slowmo fight scenes.

MetalSamurai,
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Also, why is Geordie Charlie Hunnam doing a wobbly Norn Iron accent?

MetalSamurai, to bluesky
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The fallout from the announcement of a bridge is your reminder that posting something on the internet will result in people responding with All Of The Takes, many of which will be nonsensical, catastrophising, counter factual or deranged. And yet armies of fans will glom onto seemingly any of them at random and march along with their pitchforks and righteous anger.

It’s the Avenue 5 airlock scene all over again.

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AI could help unearth a trove of lost classical texts

The machine learning kind, not the LLM bullshit fountain kind. Analysing 3D scans of burnt papyrus scrolls.

https://apple.news/A6oNseVDxQiWejYIT7knR3Q

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Rishi Sunak suggests general election in second half of year

Desperately clinging on as long as possible so his mates can continue to milk the public purse and keep that performative cruelty boot kicking til the last second.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67883242

MetalSamurai, to random
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Genuinely LOLing at Nik Nocturnal’s parody radio friendly butt rock banger, unironically commissioned by a US rock radio station. Music industry ouroboros.

https://open.spotify.com/track/1p5TtyMCY3hUkMhOF01hmB?si=qJMa64eHSlyC_esxUzHlRw&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A2hj7tDlhsOO8mZiyh60ZVX

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For context https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0yrD1R2df0

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‘Doctor Who’ Star Millie Gibson to Be Replaced by Varada Sethu After One Season

Is this fallout from taking Disney money, clash with RTD or just something totally fine, but everyone is freaking out because they’re not making any statements about it?

https://variety.com/2024/tv/global/doctor-who-millie-gibson-varada-sethu-1235880343/

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Good News for People Who Like Bad News

Some sadness and some positive news. If you’re late to the False Positive train, it’s a webcomic that I highly recommend. Go and catch up now.

https://falsepositivecomic.com/2024/01/18/good-news-for-people-who-like-bad-news/

MetalSamurai, to random
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Still not convinced the perpetually bewildered Edith Bowman is a good substitute for the progressively inebriated Jackie Bird, TBH #Hogmanay2023

MetalSamurai, to random
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Thanks for suggesting the new single! 🤘

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