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Comment Re:People want an OS (Score 1) 99

by brian1442 on Wednesday October 02, 2024 @06:40AM (#64833239) Attached to: Microsoft Copilot Can Now Read Your Screen, Think Deeply, and Speak Aloud To You

Make all of this extra shit optional installs.

Done! (Copilot Vision is part of the Copilot subscription, which is an option you pay extra for. So if you love Copilot, you're already paying $20/mo and want more value. And if you think it's a heaping landfill, great, just don't pay for it and you won't have it!

Submission + - Pagers explode injuring thousands (reuters.com)

Submitted by Smonster on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @11:12AM

Smonster writes: More than 1,000 people, including Hezbollah fighters and medics, were wounded on Tuesday when the pagers they use to communicate exploded across Lebanon, security sources told Reuters.

The wave of explosions lasted around an hour after the initial detonations, which took place about 3:45 p.m. local time (1345 GMT). It was not immediately clear how the devices were detonated.

Large numbers of “wireless devices” simultaneously exploded across Lebanon in an apparently coordinated attack that caused hundreds of injuries, Lebanese health officials said on Tuesday, a day after Israeli leaders warned that they were considering stepping up their military campaign against Hezbollah.
In other footage, an explosion appeared to knock out someone standing at a fruit stand at a market area. Lebanon’s crisis operations center, which is run by the health ministry, asked all medical workers to head to their respective hospitals to help cope with the massive numbers of wounded coming in for urgent care. It said health care workers should not use pagers.
The Lebanese Red Cross said more than 50 ambulances and 300 emergency medical staff were dispatched to help in the evacuation of victims.

The Lebanese Red Cross said in a statement that 80 ambulances were responding to “multiple bombings” in southern and eastern Lebanon, as well as in Beirut, the capital, and Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces Directorate asked people to clear the roads so people could be rushed to hospitals.

The blasts appeared to be the latest salvo in an 11-month conflict between Israel and Hezbollah that began last October, after Hezbollah began firing into Israeli territory in solidarity with its ally, Hamas. The conflict has largely remained contained to exchanges of missiles and rockets, but for months, leaders on either side have warned that it could expand into a war involving ground forces.

Submission + - Hezbollah members wounded in Lebanon when pagers explode (reuters.com)

Submitted by schwit1 on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @11:06AM

schwit1 writes: Hezbollah calls it biggest security breach in war with Israel
Iranian ambassador to Lebanon reportedly injured
Lebanese Red Cross dispatches over 50 ambulances, 300 medics
Injuries to limbs, face and eyes

Comment Is the iOS app included in this web traffic drop? (Score 1) 24

by brian1442 on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @06:50PM (#63660162) Attached to: Booming Traffic To OpenAI's ChatGPT Posts First Ever Monthly Dip in June

TFA only mentions website traffic. I wonder if iOS app users are included? For me personally (who still uses ChatGPT a lot every day), I’m prob 90% using the iOS app now.

Comment Re:Pathetic... (Score 2) 1008

by brian1442 on Sunday June 12, 2011 @07:39PM (#36420590) Attached to: Apple Store Employee Attempts To Form Union

Last time I checked, the competition for jobs at Apple Stores was pretty fierce. If they're not getting a fair wage, then they should quit and get another retail job. And if they economy is bad and they can't find another job, then they should be happy about their current job and not complain. And if they don't like working retail then they should study for a new career that's higher paying. The people working in the retail store don't have anything to do with Apple making billions of dollars per year. (Yeah, sure, Apple needs retail staff, but like I said, if every single Apple Retail employee quit today, Apple could have the jobs all filled by tomorrow, and in two weeks the store's sales would be the same as they are today.)

Comment Wasn't this app obvious? (Score 0) 549

by brian1442 on Friday June 10, 2011 @01:07AM (#36396968) Attached to: Apple Rips Off Rejected App, Says Wireless Sync Developer

An app that does wireless syncing for iTunes is pretty obvious. Sure, Apple didn't have it before... but come on.. it's not like that dude invented the concept. And for the name.. it's called "Wi-Fi Sync." I mean if all the Apple Haters out there think that Apple's use of the term "App Store" is too generic because it describes what it is and therefore not trademarkable, then doesn't that also apply to an app that does wi-fi sync which is called "Wi-Fi Sync?" Congrats to the developer for selling so many copies via Cydia, and certainly there's a market to make and sell features that Apple hasn't made yet. But you can't possibly think that Apple got the idea and the name from this guy.

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