Smell-o-vision already happened

https://youtu.be/N2AmGdxvN7s

I kind of doubt most people were thinking about super delegates in the polling booth. That’s pretty a wonky and most people don’t pay attention to that.

IMHO, it was the super simple stuff that we see in elections all over the world. A candidate gets a leg up if they are well known or is a continuation of a recent administration that people liked.

Dem leadership decided we don’t need to find a good candidate anymore.

People had Warren, Sanders, Buttigieg, and Klobuchar to pick from. Voters picked Biden.

Alternative SMS / RCS apps in iOS would be very nice to have.

That said, people who are buying iPhones are usually buying iPhones because they like Apple’s experiences. People that want more options for default apps tend to be going to Android.

At least with SMS / RCS, people can buy a different phone and explore different clients. When I talk to my friends and family in countries dominated by Line, WeChat, or WhatsApp, I’m kind of stuck dealing with those crappy user experiences. Those companies want to trap me in their user experiences and there are even fewer alternatives if I want to interact on their platforms.

Yeah, this text messaging is very different the all over the world. Different phones, different carrier policies and different apps have resulted in different nations being invested in different platforms.

SMS, and things that piggy back on it, dominate north America. So this will mean more to those users than people in Europe, Asia, etc.

Who is they and who is us?

WHY ARE WE DOING ANY OF THIS???

So people share and promote their coverage, so NBC can sell ad spots.

If you’re commenting on the story, you’re boosting the story, and that’s exactly what NBC wants.

Eric, is a refrigerator running?

This is Mike Hunt - and he’s a rich.

Maybe Lemmy will finally get good mod tools now.

JIAN YANG!!!

JIAN YANG!!!

You the stones to destroy the stones.

It wasn’t my intention to come across as aggressive. Not trying to pick a fight here.

I’m honestly just curious about how some gen AI features are showing for you. If you are able to access them, I would love to reproduce what you did so that I could fiddle with the AI as well. I’m seeing the same bedtime stories on my iOS 17 / 18 devices and my Ventura Mac.

When ask iOS 18 Siri to tell me a story, I get the same handful of stories over and over. Mouse college friends, a spider with the spindly legs, ground squirrels, etc. 🤷‍♂️

It’s dumb, but I think the author was trying to say, “we have an emissions solution for the motor, and now it’s worth exploring where else we need to address emissions for motor vehicles.”

¿Por qué no los dos?

How are you generating stories with Apple Intelligence? When I ask Siri to “tell me story,” Siri pulls from a small library of canned stories. They’re the same on iOS 17 and 18. They’re not generative and I can’t say “tell me a story about dinosaurs who where top hats.”

It really just boils down to people arguing over which is better Judaism or Judaism Special Edition.

Tang is better for sandwiches.

Real OGs go for this seltzer instead.

When instances get big, it gets really hard for volunteer admins to manage communities with controversial content. You end up having to deal with legal BS and lots of reports.

Admins and mods putting restrictions in place has more to do with keeping the community maintainable. Dealing with all of that stuff is tough when it’s after work and out of your own pocket.

I wish folks had a little bit more empathy for people volunteering their time and money to offer a free service. Lemmy.world’s head admin isn’t Zuck. He’s just a regular Joe Shmoe doing this in his free time.