• Can’t have the wifi and hotspot on and the same time
• Can’t record calls
• Can’t make homepage icons small
• Can’t remove the default keyboard
• Worse apps

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There is a polish on their platforms that is best in class

As someone who was an Android user and tried switching to an iPhone, I see lots of weird bugs and behaviors I never had with Android. Sure, the OS is slightly better, and rarely crashes, but everything else is a little bit worse.

Literally every Google app is better than Apple’s. Be it Google maps, keyboard, mail, calendar, etc. But because they aren’t made for iPhone, there’s all kinds of little bugs, mostly visual/UI related.

And then there’s all these nonsensical decisions that make my life harder. Hotspot can’t run with wifi on, you can’t record your calls (very useful when talking to banks, government, etc.), can’t even arrange the icons in “home” screen to fixed locations or make them smaller.

I finally figured out that when Apple fans talk about polish, they just mean it looks pretty and feels high-end. Which, sure, I can concede that. But that’s not what I actually care about.

Anyway, rant over, sorry to take it out on you!

So I guess you’re still using it?

It’s too early to know what was the cause of the intelligence failure. But I wouldn’t be surprised if it was because Iran introduced new technology and protocols, that went unnoticed below the usual chatter.

Israel Defense Forces say women and children have been taken hostage.

Odd phrasing. Hamas confirmed it, and there are videos and photos proving it to be the case.

There is something a bit contradictory in saying that there is a level above us that we are not aware of, but by taking drugs we can become aware of it. If it’s a separate layer than ours, how can we move towards it while remaining ourselves? And why can’t we go lower, and become aware of the consciousness of our organs or cells?

The way I see it, our consciousness is like a hot air balloon, always floating upwards, but our brain (specifically the ego) tethers it to the here and now, so that we can survive in the physical world. What psychedelic drugs do is loosen the rope, weaken the ego, and let us float higher. If you get high enough, you experience “ego death”, which in this metaphor just means that you can’t see the ground anymore.

(in contrast, some drugs, like cocaine, make the ego even stronger)

It’s all pretty much from the same ridiculous kung-fu movie, as far as I could tell. There’s even some similarity in the plot.

I think it holds up, especially if you watch the original movie it was based on.

Kung Pao is one of the dumbest and most underrated comedies. It’s not exactly sci-fi, but it does have aliens and intelligent cows.

I watched it over ten times, and I don’t regret a second.