I hope enough interesting people stick around to keep the threadiverse fun.
Kbin's an alpha product. It'd only just been released when Reddit went Hinamizawa on us, and despite the alpha snags it seems to be serving lots of us pretty well already. It's amazing for an open source project to have this much interest and excitement out of the gate, and I hope that continues… maybe not at the same pace, though. ernest needs coffee, but ernest also needs sleep.
This comment thread is behaving very strangely right now: comments with the same ID are showing up multiple times in different places, and I just received a notification about a reply that I don't see in the thread.
Although my first anime was back during early childhood (back when anime programme block was a regular thing in Indonesian television). Vulcan just really started following anime seriously during junior high school back in 2012 (classmates are into Attack on Titan and Sword Art Online during that time, and we often chatted about...
That's pretty amazing, and also makes me a little jealous because it's been out of print ever since I got into Leiji Matsumoto. I'm of the generation that was introduced to the Leijiverse through Rintaro's Galaxy Express 999 movie. I think appreciation's been gathering the last few years (we've had multiple manga releases, and Discotek brought out the entire GE999 series) so there's hope yet!
A couple of school friends were obsessed with Bubblegum Crisis. It took a long time for them to get me to watch any anime – the Patlabor movie was the first thing I saw – but I'd been hearing them talk about it (and post on forums, and maintain Geocities fan pages, and draw and draw and draw) for so long that I was practically brainwashed by their enthusiasm.
And yet: it was years before I saw Bubblegum Crisis itself. 🤣 I think the first fansubbed series I got around to watching was a terrible DivX copy of Angelic Layer, which still has a place in my heart. (The first e-sports anime! CLAMP! A toy tie-in you'll wish could be real!)
Thanks for the reminder! I saved a bunch of interesting and useful stuff with that interface, I should definitely grab it all before I go.
I'm still conflicted about deleting my accounts tbh. I shared a few useful things on Reddit, and even followed up on questions that I'd later answered for myself. Someone might find it useful, and it seems a shame to take it back just to spite a corporation.
I downloaded all my old comments and I'll certainly use them as a resource here if the same questions come up again. It'll be a while before kbin.social shows up in search engines the way Reddit does, though.
Blockchain technology hasn't contributed anything of lasting value, and too much money, energy, and good will has been burned by people trying.
Its most popular applications are cryptocurrencies, which are used for gambling, money laundering, and for collecting payments from ransomware victims. Someone once bought a pizza with them, but since that time their transactions have become too slow and their value too volatile to exchange them for anything so concrete.
Various attempts have been made to use blockchain technology for public or shared databases, but it turns out to be worse than all the other faster and much simpler existing solutions in that space.
Others have attempted to bolt it on to various business and social systems, but it hasn't provided any practical benefit there either. It remains a slow and cumbersome alternative to every problem.
Its unique superpower is that it can be used to make contracts between parties that have no trust in one another and no social or legal system of enforcement, so long as your definition of a contract is sufficiently narrow, can be reduced to terms understood by the world's slowest logic engine, and is perfectly encoded the first time around and doesn't require any adjustment thereafter. If one or more of those conditions fail, you'll find yourself turning to the social and legal systems of enforcement you thought you didn't have.
It's interesting: Vision Pro is the first headset with so many features intended to reduce isolation – EyeSight, Breakthrough, AudioPods – but it seems to get this criticism much more than others. (It's not just you: a lot of people feel this way, and Apple's attempts to address the issue don't invalidate the viewpoint.)
I wonder if it's because Apple's marketing is the closest most people have come to seeing a headset used in actual public spaces or in everyday life, as opposed to seeing it in the isolated rooms and workspaces of Meta, Microsoft, and Sony's marketing. By drawing attention to their workarounds, Apple's also drawing attention to the issue.
It reminds me of the increase in public concern about stalking after Apple released AirTags – the first keychain tracking device with features intended to combat stalking. Tile had been on the market for years at that point, but it was Apple that received the criticism because they'd drawn awareness to the issue.
I'm also old enough that I remember these same concerns being raised about personal stereos, and it was certainly true: earphones are still my favorite way to shut out my surrounding environment, especially somewhere noisy like a bus or train. But it's not as though the older generation complaining about them were engaged in empathy-expanding conversation with each other: they'd bury themselves in books and newspapers in the surrounding seats.
Yeah, a lot of the hands-on reviews talk about the apparent permanence of objects in Vision Pro – that they don't shift about like objects in ARKit and other implementations. That alone would make a huge difference for applications like this.
Weirdly torn on this: I live a few hours from the nearest Apple store, so it'd be nice if I could replace my phone battery without going through all this, but I also like the fact my phone is a decently robust and waterproof little brick with few moving parts or breakable pieces. It's practically a tank compared to the last battery-replaceable smartphone I had.
If I had to replace my battery as frequently as I did with early smartphones then I'd willingly trade some of the durability for a user-replaceable battery, but I've had an iPhone 12 mini since its launch – about two and a half years – and its battery still gets me through the day just fine. iOS Battery Health says its maximum capacity is 87%. Maybe next year I'll need a battery replacement, and that'll do me fine for another three years. I'll be extremely pleased, but also quite surprised, if the phone lasts long enough to need a second battery replacement after that. Is that a repair we should really be optimizing for?
If someone sets up a Kbin/Lemmy community for iOS/macOS beta discussions let me know and I'll add it to the sidebar and pin a sticky for the beta period!
I have the 4x4 stock calendar widget on my first Home Screen to quickly scan my day in the morning.
The widget I use most often is probably the dense 4x2 Carrot Weather one: it's split down the middle between hourly and daily forecasts, which is helpful for quick chore & dog-walking decisions, especially when deciding whether to put something off until tomorrow because it's too hot/cold/rainy.
I guess that clinches it. I'm AFK right now but later today I'll be checking out PowerDeleteSuite (thanks to @solidgrue for mentioning it in this thread).
When people talk about Zeta's OP, I always have to check whether they mean this one or the original Japanese opening. Replacement international soundtracks usually make me sad, but Saegusa did a great job here. I like them both.
Why do you find that such an important factor? Is it just about the principle of having a choice, or is there a particular third party app store you consider essential?
I don't think it's meant to seem concerning, just interesting, and a different perspective on Apple decisions that affect device transfer and repairability. These days I really don't worry about Apple making ends meet.
This bit could become a problem:
Since 2012, the Indian government has mostly blocked imports of used iPhones over concerns about e-waste and domestic production. Apple repeatedly pushed to overturn the policy in the years that followed, according to reports, but the government held firm. With no old iPhones coming into the country and few new models being sold, there's a limited number of phones that can be refurbished.
It's easy to imagine scarcity further incentivizing iPhone thefts and expanding illegal import markets. Those are problems that would exist anyway of course, but it could make them worse.
A little ant was crawling on my trackpad and as I tried to get it off, it crawled inside :( It's one of those bluetooth trackpads that are separate from my laptop. Can this thing be opened without breaking it? I'm guessing no, but maybe someone here has some insight.
There was a good amount of discussion last week, so I'm not quite ready to pull the plug on the idea. Maybe in a few weeks I'll set up a form for people to submit their own questions and link to it from each QOTW thread.
A lot subreddits end their blackout tomorrow. Will you go back to Reddit, or continue with kbin and the Fediverse?
I haven't used Reddit at all since the blackout began. Even if they change course, the Fediverse is growing on me, and I think I'll stay here....
/kbin Issues (codeberg.org)
How did you get into anime?
Although my first anime was back during early childhood (back when anime programme block was a regular thing in Indonesian television). Vulcan just really started following anime seriously during junior high school back in 2012 (classmates are into Attack on Titan and Sword Art Online during that time, and we often chatted about...
Reddit communities with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely (www.theverge.com)
This will get interesting.
What is a technological advancement today that you wish never existed?
For me, I would choose computer viruses.
Question Of The Week: What's an app you'd like to try in visionOS?
Can be an app that exists on other platforms or a new idea, as long as you don't mind sharing....
EU law requiring easier iPhone battery replacement inches closer to enactment (appleinsider.com)
The European Union is moving closer to enacting a law that will require smartphones like the iPhone to have easier battery repairs.
Where’s the iOS beta 17 discussion happening?
I’m used to a large number of posts regarding iOS beta testing at this point in the year after WWDC....
Question Of The Week: What are your favorite iOS widgets?
What first or third-party iOS widgets do you find especially useful?...
Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts (www.macrumors.com)
As some subreddits continue blackouts to protest Reddit's plans to charge high prices for its API, Reddit has informed the moderators of those...
Zeta OP - Greatest Gundam opening song in history (youtu.be)
Japan to open up Apple and Google app stores to competition (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Japan is joining the EU in requiring mobile platforms open up for third party software, and allow third party payment processing....
Apple’s biggest competition in India? Used iPhone sellers (restofworld.org)
“We give them the same phone, in the same brand-new condition,” says one seller.
Stupid Question: Can the Magic trackpad be opened?
A little ant was crawling on my trackpad and as I tried to get it off, it crawled inside :( It's one of those bluetooth trackpads that are separate from my laptop. Can this thing be opened without breaking it? I'm guessing no, but maybe someone here has some insight.
Question Of The Week Suggestion Thread, WO Jun 18
Suggest questions here for next week's Question Of The Week thread....
For reasons no one can fathom, McDonald’s has released a new Game Boy Color game (arstechnica.com)
Grimace's Birthday was developed by Krool Toys, a Brooklyn-based independent game studio.
Apple’s Original Vision Products Were a Line of CRTs (512pixels.net)
The Apple Vision Pro may be ushering in the era of spatial computing, but like many other Apple products, it's using a name steeped in history.