davemark

davemark, 3 hours ago to news

Final demolition today on the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge.

Sad.

But progress towards a new bridge and reopening the span.

Good luck @mlanger, hope you make it out in time.

https://mastodon.world/@mlanger/112427539603787665
#News #Baltimore #Infrastructure

davemark, 4 hours ago to movies

On Warner Bros (Greta Gerwig?) filing a copyright takedown on this patriarchy discussion:

"you made the fucking movie to get a message across and to get people talking and someone posts a thoughtful video essay about the central issue of the film and you fucking take it down?"

https://kottke.org/24/05/patriarchy-according-to-the-barbie-movie
#Movies #Copyright #Patriarchy

davemark, 1 day ago to art

The original of this New Yorker cartoon sold (last year?) for $175K.

Amongst my all-time-favorites, the caption comes up a lot.

See also, "the Turing test".
[Via Kottke.org]

https://news.artnet.com/market/new-yorker-cartoon-highest-price-auction-2381602
#Art #Cartoon #Comic

davemark, 1 day ago to apple

"The decision came after the executives Craig Federighi and John Giannandrea spent weeks testing ChatGPT. The product’s use of generative artificial intelligence, which can write poetry, create computer code and answer complex questions, made Siri look antiquated"

Amazing to me that it took 3 wks of ChatGPT to convince Apple that Siri was "antiquated".

Whole bunch of folks have been screaming this from the rooftops for years. 😐

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/business/apple-siri-ai-chatgpt.html
#Apple #Siri #AI #ChatGPT

davemark, 1 day ago to movies

FANTASTIC bit of video: 🍿🔥

• An homage to the Montblanc pen

BUT WAIT:

• It's done by Wes Anderson and friends
• Filled with Anderson's amazing style and movie making technique
• Clever as hell

Wonderful...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUSRyAha37w
#Movies #Pen #Film #Photography

davemark, 1 day ago to apple

Your iPhone Low Power Mode automatically kicks in when your battery is down to 20%.

You can change that number,

Here's how...

https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/set-iphone-low-power-mode/

#Apple #iPhone #Battery

stux, 1 day ago to random

It's not done yet but I'm getting closer :ed_grin:

Like in the Helldivers game I want the "dismemberment" aspect with enemies, for now only bots but i also have bugs soon :blobcatgiggle:

Still a lot of work but it's a start :blobcatgamer:

Player can smash pieces of bots that fly off. My game dev project in Unreal 5

davemark, 2 days ago to apple

New Dalrymple Report is live!😎

Apple honors Jim and embraces ACDC, some Eurovision numbers, all the #AppleEvent shininess, and lots more.

Dig in, and thanks for listening. 🙏🏻❤️

https://www.loopinsight.com/2024/05/10/the-dalrymple-report-ipad-event-apple-financials-and-acdc/
#Apple #TheDalrympleReport

davemark, 2 days ago to apple

"How to switch profiles in Safari on iPhone" from Apple Support:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xbbnhfUOKM

If you don't see this interface on your iPhone, go to Settings > Safari, scroll down, tap "New Profile" to add one.

Not something I need, but I do like knowing this exists.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xbbnhfUOKM
#Apple #iPhone #Safari

davemark, 2 days ago to movies

New "Lord of the Rings" movie coming in 2026:

• Peter Jackson to produce
• Andy Serkis to direct
• Working title is “Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum”

Presumably, Andy Serkis will still do the motion capture acting and voice work for Gollum?

Or will AI have taken over by then?

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/lord-of-the-rings-movie-2026-release-warner-bros-1235997102/
#Movies #LordOfTheRings #LOTR #Gollum #AI

davemark, 2 days ago to streaming

The bundles are coming:

• Disney+, Hulu, Max mash up their original content with content from ABC, Fox, TNT, TBS, CNN, Discovery Channel, Food Network, & more

• ESPN, Fox Sports, Discovery are combining forces for a sports channel bundle

So we went from cable bundles, to cord cutting, to paying for internet and more bundles.

This does not feel like a win for consumers. More like a shuffling of the deck.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/08/disney-warner-bros-discovery-bundle-streaming-services.html
#Streaming #Sports

davemark, 3 days ago to apple

This rendition of the much maligned iPad Pro "Crush" ad is GENIUS.

If you've not seen the ad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntjkwIXWtrc

And here's the "fixed it for you" version:

https://twitter.com/rezawrecktion/status/1788211832936861950

Via @gruber

#Apple #Marketing #Ad #iPadPro #iPad

davemark, 3 days ago to apple

"Marvel Studios and ILM Immersive Announce 'What If...? - An Immersive Story' Coming Exclusively to Apple Vision Pro"

Vision Pro is 💰

If it was cheaper, this sort of content would def drive me to buy in.

And the M3 Macs, the M4 iPad Pro definitely are in line ahead of Vision Pro for my limited budget.

https://www.marvel.com/articles/culture-lifestyle/marvel-studios-ilm-immersive-what-if-an-immersive-story-apple-vision-pro-exclusive
#Apple #VisionPro #iPad #iPadPro #Mac

davemark, 3 days ago to apple

From @gruber :
"As for the “ACDC” codename, if I didn’t know any better, I’d half wonder if Jim Dalrymple took a job on Apple’s silicon team."

You KNOW we are going to talk about this on this week's show. 😄

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/08/wsj-apple-acdc
#Apple #TheDalrympleReport

davemark, 4 days ago to apple

Look how amazingly skinny the new iPad Pro is.

Of all the pics I've seen, IMO this one does the best job at conveying that skinniness.

Makes me want one, just for the skinny.

https://twitter.com/greengart/status/1787855238772220150
#AppleEvent #Apple #iPad #iPadPro #Design