Yep. I really love the retro futurism of it all. Their little computer terminals are a cool design.
Silo is starting up again this month.
I recommend starting with the original series or Star Trek the next generation. Picard and Discovery are probably the worst places to start.
That’s actually a great name for a band. (Or a drag queen.)
That doesn’t say the API doesn’t work. That says the API that dev chose is for when your device is going to run heavy background tasks (processing). This API is designed to run when the device has plenty of battery or is plugged in and isn’t doing anything else. That’s not unexpected, nor is it any different from Apple apps (you don’t want spotlight indexing or photo recognition to fire when you’re low on battery or in the middle of playing a game).
Uploading photos isn’t a heavy background task. There’s gotta be a way to do upload it as you take the photo. And I’d think sending new photos to an app would be done by a push notification or would work similar to receiving new emails in the background from the many third party mail apps that do this.
Again, I want to see what the suing devs claim and what Apple counters with.
This makes me think about the TNG episode where they originally tried to backdoor pilot a Starfleet Academy series — it was the one where Wesley and his cohorts break the rules flying shuttles or something and someone gets killed (and they lie about it). I have to wonder how that series would have turned out if it had been picked up.
I really doubt this had anything to do with it. Why would dems give a shit if Cheney was like “for gods sake vote for anyone but Trump - at least Kamala is sane”?
Probably a good idea. I wouldn’t want to deal with all the political arguments between relatives.
It’s strange that there would be so much documentation for an API that reportedly doesn’t work. Including a 2019 WWDC session explaining how to run in the background for more processor intensive tasks.
https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2019/707
There’s even a recent step by step post on Medium explaining how to implement short or long background tasks. Doesn’t say anything about it not working.
https://medium.com/@dbabic_38867/background-tasks-on-ios-c27366723b6d
If it really doesn’t work then I’d imagine the lawsuit will be won handily. It’ll be interesting to see what becomes of this.
Why are you baffled? When you nominate a clown to lead your party, you get a circus.
It’s amazing that they are considered street legal in the US.
Let’s see if Musk’s Trump cheerleading managed to trick any MAGA-ites into buying these.
It will depend on if Zuck has done anything to piss him off. If so he will probably give the FTC the go ahead. That’s how he operates. It’s not about what’s good for the country. It’s about quid pro quo.
They never should have let meta buy Instagram in the first place. 🤷♂️
And of course none of these are available in North America.
Austin Energy pushing “hydrogen”
As its end-of-year deadline approaches, Austin Energy is busy crunching numbers, hoping to finally nail down a much-anticipated update to its Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan. Utility staffers have spent the past month in and out of Electric Utility…
This is just greenwashing the original plan to add another natural gas power plant. What a scam. “Oh it could eventually run on hydrogen too. In five years. Maybe?”
Trump/Musk sweepstakes winners are “spokespeople” and not selected by chance
A lawyer for Elon Musk 's political action committee told a judge in Philadelphia on Monday that so-called “winners” of his $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes in swing states are not chosen by chance but are instead chosen to be paid “spokespeople” for the group. GOP lawyer Chris Gober also said th...
Thousands of bats to be displaced by I-35 expansion
The expansion of Interstate 35 through Austin is set to displace more than 100 homes and businesses. But an even larger community is being forced to relocate: thousands of bats that roost in the highway’s bridges. While the Texas Department of…
This project is such a waste of money.
Plex remote — web or app?
Are there any good iOS apps for rating songs while they play in Plex on the TV? I can’t find a way to rate songs using an AppleTV and its remote.
I did try the Plex app on the phone, but you have to leave it as the frontmost app or it will disconnect by the next time you open it (app flushes/sleeps). If it doesn’t disconnect then instead you get a mismatch of what’s playing and what can be rated (album art/track name/rating pane don’t match). There’s also no widgets from the app to do this from on iOS.
Or is there a web app I can run on the server and connect to from the phone’s web browser to rate items as they play?
Comcast considering spinning off cable networks
Comcast may spin off cable TV channels into new company and seek streaming partner for Peacock.
Yet more Broadnax cohorts coming to Austin
Carrie Rogers, whose office oversaw the city’s legislative agenda and the charter amendment process, will leave Dallas and join her former boss T.C. Broadnax...
Isaiah Bradley’s backstory
Finally got around to watching “Falcon and The Winter Soldier” and it would have been so much better if Isaiah Bradley’s story had been the first episode, or a stand-alone movie. Instead it’s just told in exposition. If you go read his backstory, it is a pillar of the F&WS plot. Disappointing that an interesting chapter of this universe is confusingly meted out in bits and pieces across episodes. Here’s hoping his “prequel” eventually gets told.
As an aside — am I really supposed to believe Falcon doesn’t get paid the big bucks and can’t afford to pay to fix up his sister’s boat?
No city grant for Zilker Summer Musical this year
The theater organization is seeking to raise $300,000 by December.
Police “G files” now public
More than a year after Austin voters OK’d a measure to make them public, the so-called “G-files” of police officers accused of misconduct are now available to the public. Disclosure of these disciplinary files was a sticking point in discussions…
Most CapMetro stops don’t have a bench
A new audit by the transit agency finds 53% of the agency's 2,500 bus stops lack a bench. More than two out of three bus stops have no shelter.
Or shade.
I am also reminded of how CapMetro spent money to rip out the perfectly fine existing shelters and benches to replace them with the newer, flimsier ones.
Council rejects Texas Gas rate increase
Despite reining in its initial proposal, Texas Gas Service has still failed to win over City Council in its endeavor to raise prices for Austin ratepayers. The utility faced backlash this summer with news of its plans to aggressively hike…
Feature request: show clipboard on paste
So I know we can post text and images using the link button, but it would be nice to confirm what’s being pasted before uploading. A show clipboard, or a small preview of the clipboard would be nice.
Currently when pasting an image into a Lemmy post, it only shows a Lemmy URL before committing, not the image. Kind of unnerving when you’re thinking “did I copy the right image for this post, or is it about to upload something I don’t want it to?”
Fun 5th circuit case about nuclear waste in TX
This time, they’re imperiling America’s ability to store nuclear waste.
Cancellations and renewals - Oct 2024
Renewed
- Criminal Record
- Palm Royale
- Dark Matter
- Sugar
- Billy the Kid (third and final season)
- The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives
Canceled
- That ’90s Show
- UnPrisoned
- Black Cake
Linked article also includes ratings news.
Texas electric grid to finally connect to US grid
The DOE announces $1.5B for four transmission projects – including connecting the Texas grid to the rest of the US for the first time ever.
Part of the larger federal grid infrastructure updates announced today.
Wrestling comes to HBO/Max
AEW’s weekly shows will livestream on Max.
The Zaslavification continues.
Apple renews “Sugar”
Surprising. I didn’t think this one had much buzz. Also felt like a one season show.
Rosemary differences?
So I had to pull up some huge rosemary plants in the front yard to have some plumbing work done. I noticed that the rosemary I’ve bought to replace it has completely different leaves. The old plant was more like an evergreen with oily needle-like leaves. The new plant has soft flat leaves but still smells like rosemary.
Are these two plants actually related? Are they both edible? The “evergreen” One was fairly hearty and grew quickly. Will the other variety act the same?
