Where iPad trumps Android is that the way it handles hi-res and different music sample rates; everything with Android is re-encoded (up or down sampled) to the same output, iOS recognises sample rates and outputs accordingly (better hardware/OS integration I guess). This is why LG phones (and DAPs like the Walkman) are so popular, because they have a specific DAC for audio. Some apps like Tidal can now bypass the internal phone DACs now, finally, but require an external DAC I think.

@JeniRizio It certainly has its uses. Arguably that type of AI has been around for a long time, we just didn't call it that.

@DadeMurphy It used to be a lot more excessively sandboxed back in the day, before everything went the way of streaming or cloud based. Hardly anything is stored locally anymore so people (like me, I guess) can't claim it's a 'walled garden'. I've not even bothered to look if there's a file manager (there wasn't one with iPad 1). 98% of everything I use on Android I can use with iPad; can't say the same voice-versa, but hey, it's a hell of a lot better than it was last time I used one.

So, I've fallen further to the dark side and bought an iPad. 😁 Actually, I love my AppleTV, and my first tablet was the first iPad.

Got tired of my creaky kindle HD, which I had to sideload apps to make it functional for my needs. Samsung seem to have the monopoly, and I'm less keen on Android as a tablet. MS Surface? Fuck that; been there!

Only thing missing for iPad is something like NewPipe for YouTube (yes, I know, slum it and use a browser with ad block). 😂

@LiberalLibrarian Seconded. Been using it for a few years now. Among the highest payers to artists, too. No podcast, audiobooks, or any of that social bollocks.

My uncle from my father's side is 102:

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/uks-oldest-miner-wales-102-28714673

Of course my type one diabetes would choose the first day back in work to be a complete prick. It's not like I've got shit to do; emails and people to be annoyed by.

@rpardee It's definitely on the list. Didn't know there was a move first, until I looked to see if the series was available on DVD.

Seen divided options of new series of True Detective, and of the new showrunner; I try to avoid anything with Matthew McConaughey and Vince Vaughan, so can't speak for that, and having not watched the other ones, but I'm enjoying this Jodi Foster one.

... I am enjoying 'The Bear', but with the dynamic range compression and volume a bit lower...

On stuff I've watched:

* Bradley Cooper: outstanding in 'The Maestro'.
* 'Nepolian': good acting, but if didn't care about any of the characters...
* 'The Bear': Unlikable people shouting over each other and a nice guy who likes making desserts.
*'Halo' S02: That's better.
* I'll watch anything with Noomi Rapace.
* 'Gladiators' feels cosy, like the 90's show, with every passing week.
* How the smeg did 'What we do in the Shadows' slip under my radar for so long; it's brilliant! BAT...

@Susandoyle Also a diabetic on a day trip. 🤘

Want Sora AI can do is both incredible and scary, but the first thing that came to my mind is the possibilities of fixing and upscaling old shows, like enhancing the visual FX in Babylon 5 to hi-res 16:9, since a proper redo like Paramount did with TNG is likley too costly for Warners to consider.

Well, we got through the Mission Impossible movies. They were okay; some better than others.

I picked up the Babylon 5 blu-ray set on sale (I already have it on VHS, DVD, iTunes, and Amazon Video).

I love B5, but rubbish fiddly packaging, no extras, not even a booklet. I ended up swapping 'The Gathering' and series discs with the old DVD ones with room to spare for their bonus discs.

Authors ‘excluded from Hugo awards over China concerns’

Leaked emails reveal organisers of leading science fiction and fantasy awards flagged works of a ‘sensitive political nature’

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/feb/15/authors-excluded-from-hugo-awards-over-china-concerns

Cunningham's Law: The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it's to post the wrong answer.

@00pi Has to be prog rock, though. 🤘