Constantly. Usually it takes the form of reducing topics to binary choices and/or purity tests.
I agree, but so does SMS/MMS. I’m only comparing apples to apples as far as the default messaging experience on the device is concerned.
I mean, RCS as a technology is fine. Just needs Google and Apple out of the mix. If it wants to replace SMS, it needs to be a carrier-run system.
You herd the group of cats that are all my friends, family, and work colleagues and get them to use a standard app that’s not Facebook Messenger. 😆 You’ll have to forgive me if I don’t wait.
RCS, seriously? Not sure how that is outside the US, but it’s a total non-starter if you’re not using your phone in a Google-blessed configuration. Rooted? No RCS for you. No Google Play Services? No RCS for you. Don’t like “Google Messages” and want to use any other messaging app? Believe it or not, no RCS for you.
Maybe if the day ever comes where Google is excised from the RCS infrastructure it’ll be a viable option, but as it stands ( at least in the US where I have experience with it), it’s definitely not a replacement for SMS.
but it was removed by automod (?)
This community only allows news articles.
or the Reeves-Stevenses
DS9: Millennium was fantastic. Third book seemed like it had some filler and drug on a bit too long in certain areas, but overall the whole trilogy was great. Arla Rees, though…ugh. lol
Start on TrekLit! Seriously…join me; you’ll (probably) love it.
I started with “A Stitch in Time” because I’ve wanted to read it forever, and now I’ve gone through that plus two trilogies and am on 4 out of 5 books in the “Star Trek: Picard” sequel/interquel series.
Hard copies might be difficult / expensive to obtain since many of them are out of print, but ebooks [dot] com has most of them available DRM-free if you’ve got an e-reader or don’t mind reading on your phone. A couple of the newer ones are DRM-only so I had to buy them and high-seas a DRM-free version lol. From what I’ve noticed, it seems like the publisher doesn’t release the DRM-free version until 5 years after initial release. So, ethical piracy is my solution to that.
Here’s some gems from the one I’m reading now (ST Picard: Firewall). It’s about Seven’s time with the Fenris Rangers
Oh, snap. This meme and the reply to it are how I learned Barbara March died in 2019.
Ha, thanks. It was inspired by this post.
Lursa. She’s always the one with the jowly scowl.
I’ve logged countless hours in Skyrim, always keep Serana as my indestructible pack mule, and cannot believe I’ve never once noticed that lol.
Please tell me they have to give me a paper ballot if I ask.
He does, just not in the I guess fan art one I grabbed for this.
But if the wipers rotate 360 degrees instead of 180 back and forth, does that make them tassels?
Is Optimus Prime the original “boob windows” ?
As much as I strongly (very strongly) dislike AI-generated anything, I can at least acknowledge that there can be ethical uses of it assuming you hold your nose and ignore the very likely unethical means by which the model(s) were trained.
That said, what you described would definitely not be ethical IMO. I see where you’re coming from, I do, but I’ve never been one to fight disinformation/lies with more disinformation/lies. Beyond the slippery slope, it’s still operating in bad faith and not something I could ever consider ethical let alone welcome.
Yeah. I read a bit more since I commented, and Alton Brown doesn’t just approve - he actually helped design it.
The cost of those is definitely why I still have a mono-vection oven haha.
I’m not a fan of single-purpose appliances (microwave notwithstanding), and I recently got a toaster oven / air fryer / grill (so no microwave) and I love it. Haven’t used my full size oven in the 3 months I’ve had this one.
The “Trivection Oven” (as seen on 30 Rock) is a real appliance, and includes microwave heating as one of the 'vections. I believe the microwave heating is just to speed up cooking with the thermal and convection heat for crisping.
Are they a gimmick? Honestly, no clue. I’ve not used one, but the logic checks out and Alton Brown approves.
Such a good show. It deserved better.
No super powers, just a smart woman doing her thing.