Why did the theme song so suddenly get stuck in my head, and why is George singing the lyrics?

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For now. AI keeps getting better at imitating people, while people keep getting closer and closer to imitating cheaper older AI.

Ok, but you said features not trends or standards.

Apple does not lead in features at all. They are probably among the least innovative in terms of the phone manufacturers. They don't have to because they are the gold standard. They dictate the market.

When they adopt a new feature, it's almost always a feature another phone manufacturer has already created and had some degree of success with. What Apple does is refine and perfect. They will often use different nomenclature and subtly different protocols to make it appear like they innovated, but really it's just a refined and more specialized version of something someone else has already done.

Other manufacturers innovate because they are competing with each other and Apple. Apple gets to sit back and learn from their successes and mistakes. Then they get to issue their stamp of approval on the features and release a finished and polished version of the feature themselves that is more stable, more intuitive and more simplified. That's what they do.

Apple is much more likely to remove features (like the phone jack) and convince customers that they don't need it or it's obsolete. Other manufacturers can then choose to retain the feature, to try to distinguish themselves from Apple, or not. But because Apple has a reputation for being the gold standard and industry leader, this is often a losing game because any attempt to make their phones seem different from Apple makes them only feel cheaper or inferior to average consumers even if it's objectively a better feature.

Also, I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about with the Samsung phones before the iPhone. Do you mean pre-2007? This is first off so long ago that it has no place in the current conversation, and secondly you are talking about two different types of devices. The smartphone space was extremely limited until the iPhone popularized it in 2007 and Androids weren't commercially available until almost a year and a half later. Samsung was not making smartphones at all until 2009 *Edit: I forgot about the Samsung Blackjack. I had the first iPhone, and got it on the first day of it's release. Up to that point the only remotely popular smart phones were blackberries, palm pilots, and then the sidekick and chocolate JUST before the iPhone came out. IPhone's principle innovation was being first to market with a full color touchscreen interface that was designed not to require a stylus for precision and integrating the features of their iPod into it. The original iPhone didn't even use apps until it had been out for almost a full year.

In terms of the smart watch, Apple hardly innovated either. There were several smart watch companies that predate the Apple watch, and when Apple introduced the Apple watch the biggest difference between that and the other options was that it integrated better with the phone's OS. Microsoft, Seiko, Fitbit, Suunto, Fossil, and I think Pebble all had smartwatches before Apple and Apple's really didn't add any especially new features. They did better integration with the proprietary OS that they own and have exclusive access to, but that's about it.

I'm not hating on Apple here just so you understand. There is a good reason they are in the position they are in. Their products are the most well polished and reliable. Their mobile chips are the most powerful and their software is extremely optimized in ways no one else can match. But if you think they do that much in terms of feature innovation, you've been drinking the Kool-Aid my friend. They fall behind even small blip companies in that regard specifically.

Are you really trying to argue that getting rid of the phone jack counts as adding a feature?

Are they?

I feel like this is definitely not the case. Apple trails pretty much the entire industry in features. They just dominate by holding off until the features actually work well enough to be worth it.

Samsung generally is at the forefront of new features, but they aren't always well known or advertised because Samsung doesn't always have full confidence in their reliability.

Also worth noting a slight variation on this theory that is the currently held belief.

Unlike most modern reptiles, dinosaurs were actually warm blooded. Opposite of what they used to believe this actually played against them.

It used to be taught that because they were cold blooded they couldn't handle the cold and that's why mammals dominated afterwards. But this as it turns out is not true, they were mostly warm blooded like modern birds.

Being warm blooded means you have a MUCH higher and more demanding metabolism. Snakes for example only need to eat once a month or so to be completely healthy and they can go much longer if needed. Most warm blooded creatures need to eat pretty much daily in order to remain healthy.

When the meteor hit and the ice age started food became much more scarce. Gigantic warm blooded animals simply couldn't eat enough food to survive. Meanwhile some larger reptiles like crocodiles survived precisely because they don't need to eat much, and can go into what is almost a hibernation like state in extreme cold where they can go a really long time without eating. They just stick their noses out of the water and breathe really slowly and can survive even when the water is frozen for several months.

Great list!

Sir Tenley of Corsica.

I believe it's actually a moose knuckle.

I was going to say though, I could swear my voice gets slightly deeper immediately after a burp after chugging a coke.

How much does Apple pay for these articles?

https://www.eenewseurope.com/en/record-efficiency-of-26-81-for-large-silicon-solar-cells/

It was also built 3500 years later.

It's absolutely fascinating to me how this parallel development happened. There is no evidence of communication between the Americas Eurasia Africa at this time.

For context:

This was built right around the same time Europe started building Castles. Windsor Castle wouldn't be built for another 300 years though.

China was in the Song dynasty and was building really tall Pagodas around this time. They weren't quite ready for their biggest push on The Great Wall of China, that would come about 300 years later, though some sections were already 1500 years old at this point.

Dude, I know this is conspiracy level shit but I'm convinced the singularity already happened about 5-10 years ago. I just think the impact is pretty small so far.

But yeah, bipedal movement and humanoid appearance is probably the least of our concerns. Almost everything is attached to global networks. Our financial industries, our media, or infrastructure. An AI could be fucking our shit up already.

With a basic understanding of human psychology, and AI learning, AI could already be programming US through things as subtle as and innocuous as Google search results or subtle changes to ads we see, and we wouldn't even know it.

I for one embrace our robot overlords and will gladly contribute to our future savior Roko's basilisk. :P

I mean, the F-35 is a 5th generation fighter, and though it's US made, it is available to all Nato Allies, and several countries that aren't even in Nato.

It doesn't quite hold up to the F-22, but it is still a capable 5th gen fighter.

And the the Su-57 is questionable as to whether or not it counts as 5th generation. It's built according to 4th generation strategy, but it's definitely a far more advanced fighter than any 4th generation fighter. It does have some stealth and 5th generation design concepts, it just prioritizes dog fighting and maneuverability. There is still some debate on whether at a certain degree of large scale aerial combat it could become a superior fighter, but this is appearing less and less likely.

Also 6th generation fighters are already far closer than most people realize. Japan should have their first prototype F-3 in 2024, and China and US are both on similar timelines.

Was linkedin ever alive?

It always seemed to me like they were always on life support.

E Pluribus Anus!

It was so cool when there were more than 5 acceptable Halloween costumes. When Halloween was a night for freedom of expression, when you could be mildly offensive, and at least partially free of judgment. That's what Halloween was all about. That's why less conservative people could express themselves, like LGBT people. It's really a shame and hypocritical that they basically shut the door behind them.

There are several reasons.

Back then animated movies and shows were made by drawing directly onto paper and see through cells (basically like clear plastic sheets) this usually included the colors. Today even in the rare "hand drawn" cartoons that still exist, the color is usually done by computer.

The cells were usually the parts that would move or change the most, which is why if you ever noticed in those cartoons, you call always tell the part that is going to move, because the color looks a little different, and smoother.

So with that understanding here are some reasons.

1. Cells don't hold color as well as paper. Everything drawn on them looks a little dulled.

2. The clear part of cells stacked on paper dims the color of the paper below it slightly because there something inbetween.

3. Pigments (paint, markers, inks, dyes, crayons) are not perfect and are duller/dimmer than a computer generated image on a computer screen.

4. Pictures of pictures are never as vibrant and bright as the original pictures themselves. This is a little less true today as filters can boost colors of pictures afterwards, but this wasn't done back then.

5. Video tape used at the time, especially the cheaper video used for animation for broadcast TV has far less contrast and color range than newer cameras, and even those have far less than something made directly on the computer. TVs themselves could not show nearly as much color as today tvs so there wasn't really as much point in trying to go for anything fancier unless it was for a Disney quality feature film.

6. Batman TAS and several shows that followed it broke the mold of animation of the era by drawing on black paper instead of white. This gave it a far darker and grittier look that was copied by a lot of animation that came after it.

It's much easier to put the seat down if you are in a rush to go than to pick up the lid or the seat.

Bending over can pinch your bladder when you have to pee really badly. This is painful, not to mention the complicated action of grabbing only the lid or both the seat and lid as needed. Then lifting them all the way up on a curve to they stay up.

A flick of the wrist on the other hand can put the seat or lid down when needed. Gravity will let the seat fall down quickly. No real effort is needed whatsoever.

Also it is of vital importance no one gets used to sitting on a toilet without looking first. I know someone who once got bitten by a snake that was in their toilet because she didn't look first. Many people have sat in urine or even poo because they don't look before they sit. If you fall into a toilet because you were not looking that is YOUR fault. You were not looking and the outcome could have been far worse than just getting kinda stuck.

For this reason I think the whole argument about leaving the seat up is profoundly self centered of women and wrong. All three positions have benefits.

1. All up is the easiest and quickest position to transform into the other positions and allow for a quick and comprehensive visual inspection before sitting.

2. Seat down is what is needed 60-75% of the time, which makes it a decent default too.

3. Lid down is the worst in that it makes visual inspection worse, it tends to lead to the bowl getting dirty faster, and it takes additional time both before and after use, but especially before. However it is the most equitable and the most sanitary during a flush.

I love it and it's WAY better than the movie it's based on "How to be a Latin Lover".

But I think if you were comparing just the first seasons, Ted Lasso is better in that it's more complex and nuanced.

That said I do think season 1 Acapulco is better than season 2 of Ted Lasso.

I admittedly haven't quite started watching season 2 of Acapulco yet though. For all I know it might be amazing.

Yeah, there is definitely way more going on here than it appears on the surface. I wouldn't be surprised if this is because of CCP posing a direct threat to a higher up at PayPal. Probably arrest their family or something.

I feel everyone needs to be reminded.

#VenMo is also PayPal.

PayPal bought VenMo in 2012. The only real difference between the two is the UI and the social media implementation.

You genuinely can't get an actual landline in my area anymore.

Telecom companies sell you "landlines" but they are really just an overpriced VoIP line. The one benefit is they include a telephony modem with a small battery backup. Old people buy them, because they don't know the difference, but you can easily set one up yourself for much cheaper.