ediculous

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TIL about Ivan VI of Russia, named emperor in 1740 when he was two months old, deposed in a coup thirteen months later, then kept a prisoner in solitary confinement for 20 years until his murder. in c/til@lemmy.world
Day 86 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] ediculous@feddit.nl 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is this a collection you made with r2modnan or in the workshop? Mind sharing?

My wife has an iPhone. I have a Samsung S23. Why do videos she texts me look like super low res shit?? Can iPhones not text videos? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] ediculous@feddit.nl 1 points 2 months ago

There's a solution nobody has mentioned yet, which is using an iMessage bridge application (allowing you to message iPhone users over iMessage). If you have a machine running MacOS, I just started using one called OpenBubbles that works great and, unlike other bridges (AirMessage or BlueBubbles), doesn't require you to spin up and run a Mac as a server.

Alternatively, iOS 18 drops this month and has support for RCS, as some have mentioned. This is assuming you use Google Messages...

What book that hasn't been adapted into a TV show or movie do you think deserves an adaptation? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] ediculous@feddit.nl 2 points 3 months ago

There's a book called Robopocalypse where an AI gains sentience and then takes control of basically all robotics/anything connected to the internet to take over the world and I'd love to see that as a mini series.

To Fix CrowdStrike Blue Screen of Death Simply Reboot 15 Straight Times, Microsoft Says in c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
What's the most annoying thing? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] ediculous@feddit.nl 1 points 4 months ago

Man that's always so annoying.

32 percent of Americans believe a military regime or authoritarian leader would be a good way of governing the country. in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] ediculous@feddit.nl 9 points 4 months ago

Sounds like they're just looking for a daddy.

What life hack is so simple yet so effective, you're shocked more people don't know about it? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
Google is switching the Pixel 9 to an ultrasonic fingerprint reader in c/android@lemdro.id
[–] ediculous@feddit.nl 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Don't let your dreams be dreams.

What's was your favourite fast food product that unfortunately got retired and never came back? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] ediculous@feddit.nl 14 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Taco Bell's caramel apple empanada and the double decker.

Apple announced RCS with a whimper when it should have been a bang in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] ediculous@feddit.nl 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I think this sorta misses the point, at least from my perspective. Nobody cares what phone another person has until they try to send that person a picture or a video that looks like it was sent from 2004.

I know that this is only really a problem in the United States, but that doesn't make it any less annoying for those who have to deal with it. I have no interest trying to convince my 74 year old mother and a dozen other friends/family members to install a different messaging app on their iPhone so we can send each other videos that aren't compressed to shit.

Most people with an iPhone just want to use the default messenger cause, frankly, iMessage works and it works really well. You know when that default Messages app doesn't work well? When you're forced to use an antiquated technology like SMS/MMS. Apple knows this and banks on it to sell more products. It's one of many anti-competitive practices they employ.

RCS isn't a perfect solution, but this is a huge step forward in closing a gap that should've been closed a decade ago. Nobody cares what phone another person is using. They do care about having a premium experience with a device they paid $1,000+ dollars for. They're also ignorant enough to blame a green bubble or the believed cause of that green bubble, which is any device other than an iPhone.

United Airlines passengers to see targeted ads on seat-back screens in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] ediculous@feddit.nl 5 points 5 months ago

In my experience, that's only temporary. The screen will always wake up again on United flights.

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People have been cleaning their ears with cotton swabs for years. What other tools are being inadvertently used wrong? (feddit.nl)
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