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by meepmorp 3y ago
Maybe it's not an identical thing when you get into the details.
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by meepmorp 3y ago
I'm guessing it's because this was a jury trial and Apple's wasn't.
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by meepmorp 3y ago
It's possible for competitors to build replacements for iMessage, too. In fact, in many parts of the world, those competing apps are more popular than iMessage. You can go to the app store right now and install these competing apps, us
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by meepmorp 3y ago
> if you want to run existing software against a database (as opposed to greenfield development deliberately targeting Marmot) you need to understand what will happen in different cases. A great point, but from the readme in the Marmot r
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by meepmorp 3y ago
Yes, it's basically an SMS replacement, with at least as much carrier control.
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by meepmorp 3y ago
> lock people into the ecosystem. Other messaging services are available on iOS. In much if the world, iMessage is barely used. This is not lock-in, at all. If anything, this is lock-out - it's a service that Apple provides to its c
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by meepmorp 3y ago
Instead of a conspiracy or coordinated campaign against Elon Musk, what if a lot of people have come to think that he's a douchebag and upvote links about him saying/doing what they see as douchey things? Maybe he's actually
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by meepmorp 3y ago
Maybe, though not all untrue things people say are lies. The death of a child can really fuck people up, and distortions of memory aren't out of the question. This is one situation where I'm personally willing to be charitable
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by meepmorp 3y ago
> Musk's public response was “My firstborn child died in my arms. I felt his last heartbeat, I have no mercy for anyone who would use the deaths of children for gain, politics or fame.” It's worth noting that Musk's ex-wif
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by meepmorp 3y ago
> I think you can make a case for targeting Columbia in particular, even to the exclusion of other schools. Said case would be a court case because such a law would be a bill of attainder, which are explicitly unconstitutional.
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by meepmorp 3y ago
Si vis pacem, para bellum. The reality is every country needs to be prepared for military action, even if they don't initiate it themselves. The world is a hostile place, and wishing for peace is great, but it's not a substitute f
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by meepmorp 3y ago
iMessage does not send SMS or MMS. SMS messaging is a feature of the mobile network, and they're sent directly from the device to the carrier SMSC without going through Apple's servers. You might be confusing iMessage with Message
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by meepmorp 3y ago
SMS is a feature of the mobile network and those messages are handled directly by carriers, without any involvement by Apple.
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by meepmorp 3y ago
Sure, I guess. Seems like performative outrage, but at least it'd send a signal to people that they should stop talking to you entirely.
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by meepmorp 3y ago
> why would anyone use them? They look nice and produce a pleasant, warm light; I would also guess many people aren't aware of their impact on air quality. Surprisingly, different people have different opinions about what matters in
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by meepmorp 3y ago
> Apple knows of such limitations and does nothing to improve the situation. Why would they? It's not their problem, nor does it seem to be a big deal for their customers because they're not clamoring for a fix. > In fact th
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by meepmorp 3y ago
> The downside being that they need a Mac and iPhone to run. Then why would anyone use BlueBubbles? If you already need the hardware, and presumably an Apple account, what advage would there be? Legitimately curious.
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by meepmorp 3y ago
> It's just apple degrading the performance for who is not on an iPhone. The reason the video looks like ass is because MMS messages aren't meant to be very large. While (iirc) there isn't a hard limit, the recommended max
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by meepmorp 3y ago
From the device to the carrier SMSC. Edit: to respond to your edit Apple is blocking 3rd party access to their own services. Google blocking access to messages delivered via an 3rd party isn't at all the same thing. And the optics of i
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by meepmorp 3y ago
SMS is handled by carriers, so google couldn't really block messages from iPhone users specifically. And that's not considering what an incredibly bad move it would be for them if they could somehow reject only iPhone texts.
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by meepmorp 3y ago
> Its become like a racial slur the blue vs. green Take a moment to say this out loud to yourself, so you can hear how fucking ridiculous it sounds. Notwithstanding the trivialization of actual racism, it's just a throughly silly st
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by meepmorp 3y ago
> What’s next a retractable Gatling gun? If you need a high rate of fire and are space/weight/power constrained, you might be better served by using a Gast gun design, like the GSh-23. You don't get to the same max rate of
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by meepmorp 3y ago
Well, not always https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_genocide_denial#Chom...
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by meepmorp 3y ago
We're living in a simulation, and it's buggy af.
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by meepmorp 3y ago
> Despite the environment being -320 or +320 Celsius You do have a point - 47 degrees below absolute zero is probably too cold for life
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by meepmorp 3y ago
> X CEO Linda Yaccarino said the company sees this becoming a “full opportunity” in 2024. “It would blow my mind if we don’t have that rolled out by the end of next year,” Musk said. Something something full self driving any day now.
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by meepmorp 3y ago
Tucked away towards the bottom, among the speculation that this could somehow tie into ad revenue sharing: > The company also lost a deal with Paris Hilton’s 11:11 Media, which would have seen the celeb tout live audio, live video and li
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by meepmorp 3y ago
Don’t feel bad - it’s not especially obvious. I only thought about it because I’m already familiar with the project.
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by meepmorp 3y ago
They do collect other languages - there’s a setting for it in the annotation section, and the dataset downloads let you choose other languages. e.g.: https://commonvoice.mozilla.org/nl/listen
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by meepmorp 3y ago
No, and for a decade at this point.

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