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RE Free… nothing really, just being bitter. I’m not a huge fan of a lot of the little tie-ins like Pocket, but I respect the hustle… if not the business plan.

The Amazon review thing they bought is Fakespot™, check it out if you shop on Amazon. Here the Ai nonsense is just some summaries of the reviews it digested… not inherently bad, but the whole experience is painfully slow. Still. Well worth checking out if you haven’t.

Shady dude gets a 📌 for now. Sorry. Time.

If you check out Fakespot you can’t miss it. Have yet to try the browser integration, although I have enabled it for some reason…

Modern cars are surveillance devices on wheels with major privacy risks – new report in c/technology

An exceptionally valid reason in c/[email protected]

[–] sramder 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, probably I’m pretty bad at spelling stuff ☺️

Muay Thai fighter Helena P. in c/kickasswomen

[–] sramder 2 points 2 months ago

I think she’s got the shoes from the intro to True Detective Season 1 😎

An exceptionally valid reason in c/[email protected]

[–] sramder 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

My dudes… Dr. Strange is my new neighbor!

She’s a veteran… but I’m kind of an animal so I figure it should be OK 😎

Also; 2 cats, one of which is definitely smarter than the average bear… the other, is orange.

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Fine work… (self.nosafetysmokingfirst)

submitted 5 months ago by sramder to c/[email protected]

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Fine work you’re doing here… really hope I can hand a lend someday.

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Siri getting dumber lately? (i.imgur.com)

submitted 5 months ago by sramder to c/apple_enthusiast

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Anyone notice siri no longer recognizes common foreign idoms anymore? Either in TTS or Ask Siri… The only concrete example I have is recognizing “Croque Monsieur” since my love for hot ham sandwiches has spanned the ages… but I feel like there’s something more nefarious at work here.

It feels like used to be able to ask for a info about random foreign words and it would at least trigger a web search for something phonetically similar, which would often get me the translation I was after. But lately* the TTS engine is militantly transforming everything into English. Obviously this is more subtle and open to other interpretations, but for example I just asked her what “hikikomori” were which got interpreted as “Hickam Morty,” with top hits for the show Rick and Morty.

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For any medical advice, consult your doctor. (i.imgur.com)

submitted 5 months ago by sramder to c/apple_enthusiast

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Not sure if I just haven’t noticed the standard disclaimer before or if it’s a new “feature” 😬

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Rebel Moon is an Epic B-Movie (self.bmoviebonanza)

submitted 9 months ago by sramder to c/bmoviebonanza

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Okay, it probably doesn’t really qualify because it’s; new, high-budget, directed by Zac Snyder, etc. But hear me out. This hot mess starts with space-nazis vs space-vikings, takes a turn through Star Wars, Oceans Eleven, space-Rome, and a few tropes that defy easy space-hyphenation.

To say the plot makes almost no sense would be generous. I’m loathed to spoil the greater arc here, but the plot does hinge on a village on the edge of space being forced to harvest grain in order to feed a passing army… there’s probably a Kurosawa reference here somewhere, but good movies just aren’t my jamb so I wouldn’t know ;-)

As I stare at the frozen credits at the end of part two and contemplate my life I have to note that there must actually have been footage cut from this movie (you’ll understand if you watch it) because they credit a Snake Wrangler!

So, if you have 4-5 hours of free time this weekend, a Netflix account you haven’t already cancelled, and are allergic to nice weather, I humbly submit, for your consideration: Rebel Moon parts I & II.

………. (All the periods I probably should have used)