[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

No it works, you just need to go without https security. You might need to allow your browser to do that though.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

Also possibly a pomegranate, which comes from medieval latin for "apple with many seeds". Lots of things were called apples in the past, and many languages still do that, like the French words for potato; "Pomme de terre" which means "Apple of the earth".

Apple just kinda mean fruit, so it's quite vague.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

Maybe the mark is missed for me because no iPhone in existence is marketed as a standard everyday driver. They're always various levels of "luxury" or "pro". More comparable to a Lexus or a Lincoln.

It's also fixed one of the flaws of the original by increasing the time difference. 2005-2024 is a meaningful difference in the market, but 2021-2024 isn't (unless Apple harped on 2024 specifically for some reason).

A more accurate comparison and one that exposes the weaknesses of the original might be a 2024 BMW vs a 2023 Bugatti, a new upper class car vs a recent top class supercar. Fewer of that argument's flaws are due to exaggeration and more are presented in the original, which would be a better exposition of truth to satirize with.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

I find it sad how much one overclock changes gameplay, simply because there's 20 other overclocks and 2 full secondaries that you'll basically never use. I wish special powder was a grappling hook upgrade.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago

I agree, this is poor satire.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago

You could set up your own cloud, yes, but you could also use only 'client' devices, without ever having an off-site computer in the network.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 days ago

Top half? 0-50°C is the top half. The bottom half is -50-0°C.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 55 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

This reminds me of some maps by Andy Woodruff.

They weren't made to find long lines, and picking out a single line can be a tad difficult, but it's very interesting nonetheless.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 52 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 39 points 9 months ago

There are lots of reasons for using a smartphone beyond avoiding engaging in conversation though. Looking things up, sharing contact info, planning another date, paying for the meal/event, even going to a movie can almost require an app.

I'm not saying these would be the majority of the time or anything, but not using your phone whatsoever is more of a limitation than you'd think.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 33 points 10 months ago

And I will continue to assail your hill with; wet is a property that water has.

Wet is simply the surface tension balance of a substance. If a fluid sticks to somthing, it is wet. You can wet your brush, yes, but also wet a soldering iron, or wet every surface with superfluid. Wet refers to the conducting of fluid, capillary action, all the effects of surface tension adhering to something.

How wetting a substance is of another substance is usually measured by the angle a droplet makes upon contact. More sticky (adhesive) and less blobby (cohesive) means more wetting. Cohesion being simply self-adhesion means any fluid with surface tension necessarily totally wets itself, otherwise it's a gas. And since water is a cohesive liquid (with a rather strong surface tension), it is by definition wet.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 35 points 10 months ago

It doesn't matter what the intent is here, the headline is misleading, which is poor journalist integrity. Both malice and ignorance can sink a ship.

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