Textra doesn’t mention RCS. And I have no idea what the deal is with the first one, it’s ‘not available in my country’. I’m inclined to think either it’s lying and just means MMS or it’s tied to a specific carrier and talks directly to their servers, like the old Verizon messages app which did RCS that way.

Y/Ask Later

“We sent a letter to the US address you applied with, but didn’t receive a response”

As far as I can tell that’s still impossible, so they are just lying or it’s a different RCS (like retail custom solutions). Also that search shows SMS apps that don’t mention RCS.

Perhaps fanatic.

What about convection? There’s been at least some mixing, right? So I’d guess the average age of a nucleus from the core (ignoring fusion) would indeed be less than from the surface, but I would think it’s less difference (on average) than the raw math. If there’s enough mixing it could be very little difference at all.

Yes you are! Such a good boy!

Serious question: How can you tell?

I recognize a certain type of Hollywood hot, like Chris Hemsworth is full of muscles and to me seems likely to be seen as attractive. Same with Henry Cavill, etc. But I know that stereotype from being exposed to it, nothing innate like when I see a beautiful woman and immediately feel how attractive she is.

And besides that one stereotype, I can’t tell a hot guy from average. For example, when Ryan Reynolds was named People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive in 2010 it caught me completely by surprise, I had no idea. Similarly when people talk about George Clooney as a paragon of male attraction, I wouldn’t have guessed that before hearing about it. (I don’t at all doubt that it’s true, I simply don’t experience it myself.)

Character from the movie Ghostbusters (1984)

Note that the game was released the next year, so they totally could have included this reference IRL if they had wanted.

‘capsizing’?

Yeah I thought the headline was about polling methodology issues.

You’re thinking of Hedy Lamarr. That’s Madeline Kahn.

It also happens to be patching a financial vulnerability.

When was this originally published?

I’m a little surprised it gave the right answer. Although those are relatively common numbers, so it does make sense that it would.

That’s a reason why I much prefer the term “machine learning” (and cringe a bit at even that) to AI for anything short of AGI.

I do certainly think it’s a great achievement to have computers able to ‘hear’ and ‘see’ for example, but I don’t think that was ever properly “intelligence” on its own.

And don’t get me started on pathfinding/combat algorithms for NPCs in games.

Eventually dead, from multiple potential causes. Especially with no lid.

What’s Unwound?

It’s pretty metal though:

“There’s a world outside your window
And it’s a world of dreaded fear
Where the only water flowing
Is the bitter sting of tears
And the Christmas bells that ring there
Are the clanging chimes of doom”

Almost certainly a Kubuntu live cd for repairing and/or upgrading some old laptop’s install.