No. Of course you didn’t say that. I said that in response to your “why are all three of these questions us-centric?” Is it that difficult to follow?

The fact that text bubble colors is brag/shame worth thing is kind of scary. Hardware aside, Apple is definitely selling the best Kool Aid.

The only real downside to your purchase is that the S23 Ultra might be on sale by the time these roll out to retail. Otherwise, the improvements are so marginal that I don’t think you’re missing out. Form factor looks new, but it otherwise appears to be much the same as before. And the titanium frame saving 10%…

Gawker is an American media company. They are most likely targeting their largest audience, leaving regional variation to their “.uk” extension. But also, why can’t they be US-centric questions? Granted, I’m sure some of the readers are worldly, but some are not. Giving them local geography questions is a common denomi…

Most likely. Happy Thanksgiving!

There is no conclusive evidence. MSG is often listed as a potential trigger, but no one has been able to prove it. And I get the feeling its classification of “potential trigger” is similar to how drug manufacturers have to list all side effects, including placebo affects.

I personally don’t think it deserves the praise it often gets, but I will acknowledge it is at least well made. The story is basically fan service from start to finish, with as predictable and historically nonsensical of a punchline as one could imagine for such a work. But despite its simplistic plot and cookie…

Black Rain is an excellent movie and captures Tokyo noir so well that I thought it must have been a high profile Japanese production the first time I saw it. 

Didn’t know they made later models. I’m just familiar with the pivot one. It must have been a hard market for this device in 2007, having to deal with the first iphone.

My bad. Meant Columbia lady. 

Was Paramount missing too, or am I blind? (not going through another slide show). 

Agreed. I have flown Ana, British, Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Eva, Korean, and Jal. All of them blow North American carriers out of the water in terms of FA service. I’ve also used Air Canada, American, Copa, Jet Blue, and United for international trips. The service is just so cold, interpersonal, and sometimes even rud…

If Apple had just supported RCS six years ago (around the time it became a thing in Google Messages), this never would’ve happened.

Holy shit! I came to post this, but worried it was too obscure, but meanwhile it’s sitting up top.

Her mistake was just a matter of pricing perception. Tell someone to buy “cookies” for $28, and people flip out because that’s too on-the-nose high for just cookies.

Worth checking local laws/ordinances about them first. My city allows ownership at one’s home, but expressly forbids dual edge blades from being carried in public. Not that one intends on walking around like the Highlander, but this means specific methods of transport to avoid running afoul of the law. Particularly…

There’s a big disparity about the time, money, and amount of disclosure between SpaceX and Nasa’s prior space shuttle program though. I think it was speculated that Nasa spent somewhere near $10.6 billion on developing the space shuttle program, including the recoverable rocket boosters. That’s like $50B today’s…

True. Although, they may have meant the N810 or N900 series Nokia phones that closer resemble this type of slide up to expose keyboard design. The Sidekick was a pivot screen, if I recall correctly.

but that interior looks relatively unaffected by high temps in general.

The core problem with developing AI is that AI will inevitably outthink us, so even predicting complications or serious issues with safety is practically impossible. For every 1 example we might bring up of a potential safety issue, AI will eventually be able to show us 1000 other exploitable areas that would take…