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mriguy , 26 days ago to Technology in Apple is bringing RCS to the iPhone in iOS 18 | The new standard will replace SMS as the default communication protocol between Android and iOS devices

OP said “no hardware vendor”, not “ no networked hardware vendor”.

mriguy , 26 days ago to Technology in Apple is bringing RCS to the iPhone in iOS 18 | The new standard will replace SMS as the default communication protocol between Android and iOS devices

“Why does this microwave oven cost $1500?”

“Two reasons. The first is that it has to have a full network stack to allow it to download software from competing appliance vendors. The second is the cost that the manufacturer had to bear to develop software for every single other microwave sold. There are some pretty weird architectures out there, and they had to hire a whole bunch of programmers.”

mriguy , 29 days ago to Technology in How Much Energy Would It Take to Pull Carbon Dioxide out of the Air?

People keep complaining that solar and wind give us “too much electricity at the wrong time”, causing power prices to go negative (as if this is a problem). Having a beneficial process like co2 removal that you can do at any time of day (the co2 isn’t going anywhere) that would soak up all that energy seems like a win win.

mriguy , 1 month ago to Technology in Sam Altman takes nuclear energy company Oklo public to help power his AI ambitions

He can't be worse than the ones that are already our overlords.

Pretty much all of human history would like a word.

mriguy , 2 months ago to Technology in Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles

Not an insane comparison.

mriguy , 2 months ago to Technology in Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles

Are they going to give him his $60B bonus now?

mriguy , 2 months ago to Technology in Tesla slashes vehicle and self-driving-ish software prices as shares plummet

Full self crashing

mriguy , 2 months ago to Technology in You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000

No, the question is why not?

mriguy , 2 months ago to Technology in Meet QDEL, the backlight-less display tech that could replace OLED in premium TVs

Light emitting diode -> smoke emitting diode -> flame emitting diode

mriguy , 2 months ago to Memes in Trolly problem solved any % WR

You are eaten by a grue

mriguy , 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to Mildly Infuriating in I just want to view the recipe

CopyMeThat https://apps.apple.com/us/app/copy-me-that-recipe-manager/id956800243 is great. Give it the url, it extracts the recipe. It not only gets rid of the ads, but also the obligatory family history of how the recipe was brought by Nana from the old country, followed by a tedious retelling of a touching story about her. And optionally saves it to your account so you always have it. And there’s web access so you can use anywhere it and a safari extension on the Mac.

mriguy , 3 months ago to Technology in Playboy image from 1972 gets ban from IEEE computer journals

If you thought that making this comment was a good idea, you may be too misogynistic for life.

mriguy , 3 months ago to Technology in Google just took down IPAs (Apple equivalent of APKs) of popular YouTube tweaks

$99/year is a lot of you’re just doing it to side load. If you’re using all the tools available, it’s not that much.

mriguy , 5 months ago to Technology in Apple to over 100 California employees: Move to Texas or lose your job

I’m not sure people from the Siri team are going to be in high demand.

mriguy , 5 months ago to Technology in CEOs say generative AI will result in job cuts in 2024

So… CEOs will cause job cuts in 2024, and have decided to use generative AI as an excuse.