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I hope this is ok to post. As some of you know the Animal Rescue that I work for is in the process of constructing a new facility. Today, we launched - IrishStephen Jun 8, 12:19 1
- excellent -- nm - Andie Jun 8, 12:23
Apple Music: Launching this month with iOS 8.4 and on OSX/Windows. Android in the fall. $9.99/mo or $14.99 for Family (up to 6) -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 12:17 4
- I'm apple stupid - will the new streaming music work on my Ipad Air 1st gen? -- nm - Pippy the Low Sparrow Jun 8, 12:18 3
  - I don't believe so. I cannot install iOS 8 on my 1st Gen iPad -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 12:19 2
    - 1st gen iPad Air should be fine though. -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 12:20 1
      - reading is fundamental -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 12:21
I hate the 2:00-3:00 coma that sets in every mon-fri. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 8, 12:12
Kitten TV: "No dialogue, no actors — just kittens." -- (link) - Beaker Jun 8, 12:07 1
- Ohhh they could do a GoT crossover show (Thrones spoils) - Jovian Jun 8, 12:11
Seriously, so far this is Ping 2.0 -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 12:05 9
- But is it Hooli Nucleus? -- nm - David Jun 8, 12:14 3
  - I love that Baghead thinks he will just sail to Japan. -- nm - Jovian Jun 8, 12:17 1
    - I love that he switched from Bighead to Baghead because one guy didn't say it right. -- nm - David Jun 8, 12:19
  - It actually makes the songs *larger* -- nm - prayformojo Jun 8, 12:15
- June 30th. 3 month free membership. $9.99/mo or Family up to six for $15/mo (that's better than Spotify) -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 12:10 2
  - According to the press release it is the "Entire Apple Music catalog" -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 12:11 1
    - Unless I'm missing something, this basically will kill Spotify in my house -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 12:14
- I stopped paying attention because it's clear that it's basically Spotify. -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 12:07 1
  - I haven't even seen anything about what music is available to stream, cost, etc. -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 12:08
Lifetime has posted the first 4 episodes of UnREAL on their site. - GregW Jun 8, 11:59 1
- One of my writers group is on the staff. Watch so she can keep her job! -- nm - tristafe Jun 8, 12:04
Shocker! Claw machines are rigged -- (link) - oblique Jun 8, 11:59 [youtube]
IOC approves 4 new Winter Olympic events -- (link) - Beaker Jun 8, 11:57 8
- Those first two sound *incredible*. -- nm - David Jun 8, 12:16
- :( - I liked Snowboard Parallel Slalom. -- nm - Diva Jun 8, 12:05 1
  - I think it's too short an event for TV purposes. -- nm - David Jun 8, 12:18
- Mixed doubles curling! -- nm - Kim Pine Jun 8, 12:02 4
  - You and me against the world, Dollface. - David Jun 8, 12:15
  - *volunteers to be a team with Anna Sidorova* -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 12:09
  - YEAH!...nm - x Jun 8, 12:05
  - I thought of you guys when I saw that this morning. -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 12:03
Wait, so Apple's innovations for 2015 are an OS that has multitasking, a streaming music service and integrated apps? -- nm - decline Jun 8, 11:57 2
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  - really 1%, but that's in just an hour. -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 12:05
I would like an ice cream cone. Mint chocolate chip, sugar cone. You? -- nm - Andie Jun 8, 11:57 12
- years ago, I and my family went to Myrtle Beach on summer vacation several summers in a row. there was this shopping mall .. . - call me Ishmael Jun 8, 12:17
- I'm a dish kind of person, and mint chocolate chip rules. Also, tell me you have had this. -- (link) - Shaun Jun 8, 12:07 1
  - i have not. but i will. -- nm - Andie Jun 8, 12:20
- that works for me -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 8, 12:04 1
  - me too -- nm - Pippy the Low Sparrow Jun 8, 12:05
- choc chip cookie dough -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 12:02
- I'll take an flavor of ice cream, as long as I could eat it here: -- (link) - prayformojo Jun 8, 12:00 3
  - I want to go to there. -- nm - Diva Jun 8, 12:24
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  - omg, it's so gorgeous. -- nm - Andie Jun 8, 12:01
- peanutbutter ripple on a waffle cone please -- nm - decline Jun 8, 11:58
- vanilla -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 11:58
Yep, this is pretty much what I'd probably do. -- (link) - Will Hunting Jun 8, 11:57
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- "Music in 2015 is fragmented" - oblique Jun 8, 11:51 2
  - But this one has Trent Reznor! -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 11:51 1
    - Apple Ping 2.0 -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 11:52
Storm chaser's "shot of a lifetime" -- (link) - oblique Jun 8, 11:46 2
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  - The only thing missing from that picture is Miss Gulch on a bicycle. -- nm - 99 LuftBarons Jun 8, 12:13
Music gets the one more thing treatment? -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 11:45
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Now the Apple Watch: The part where I stop reading -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 11:29 1
- Stop reading. Start Watch-ing. -- nm - Mop Jun 8, 11:30
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- what are they doing specifically, and what is it that they're doing that other teams can't? -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 12:04 1
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- That's what happened when the Reds did it in '57. -- (link) - Ender Jun 8, 11:31
- Any time you can elect Alcides Escobar as a starting all star you have to do it. -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 11:27
1.3GB free space needed for iOS 9 vs. 4.6GB for iOS 8. Now that's an improvement -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 11:19 7
- Yeah, but how much bigger will the OS itself be? - spamlet Jun 8, 11:23
- that's taking out a lot of code right there. -- nm - decline Jun 8, 11:21 3
  - After the 8.0 update they went to modular updates for the OS rather than downloading the entire image. - spamlet Jun 8, 11:25 2
    - ^^ My wife's 4S is perpetually out of space. It's the smallest model but it's pathetic now -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 11:25 1
      - I went cheap with a 16gb 6 and only 11gb is free after the OS. - spamlet Jun 8, 11:27
- All iOS 8 devices getting iOS 9 (interesting) -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 11:20
- ReplayKit for game developers to record gameplay as video and share it -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 11:19
They're talking about campus closures because of *HEAT*. Yeah, that's happening. -- nm - Mop Jun 8, 11:13 10
- in Oregon? what's the tempature high there? -- nm - Remlik Jun 8, 11:15 7
  - Forecast highs of 95 deg. F. around much of Western Oregon. Cooler at the coast, but could hit 105 deg. F. out in the high dessert. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 8, 11:19 5
    - Mmmm...high dessert. -- nm - Shaun Jun 8, 11:43
    - You know what we call that here? May through September. -- nm - David Jun 8, 11:21 3
      - We're a gentle people out here in Oregon. We aren't use to heat and harsh sunlight for days on end. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 8, 11:28 2
        
        means bean counters figure AC is not required for the 3 or 4 days a year it gets hot - zeitgeist Jun 8, 12:07
        
        No wonder your sports teams are so soft. -- nm - David Jun 8, 11:34
  - 78° F -- nm - decline Jun 8, 11:16
- Hot hot, and how wet? -- nm - Max Jun 8, 11:15 1
  - very/awfully -- nm - prayformojo Jun 8, 11:17
the iPad is being elevated to a whole new level...with the keyboard? -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 11:01 8
- iPad getting split screen multitasking ala Windows 8 -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 11:04 3
  - Or the Galaxy Note? -- nm - Mop Jun 8, 11:06
  - Bascially catching up to the Surface. -- nm - pmb Jun 8, 11:06 1
    - but only on the iPad Air 2 -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 11:08
- Just wait til they unveil their plans for.....an external monitor! -- nm - prayformojo Jun 8, 11:02 3
  - But what I could really use is some sort of motion input device, with maybe a couple of buttons. -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 11:26
  - dun, dun, dun! -- nm - David Jun 8, 11:05
  - 23" Apple branded external monitor! Only $600?! Sweet deal. -- nm - Shaun Jun 8, 11:04
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- that is grounds for a beating -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 11:56
new app: News. *yawn* -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 10:53 10
- But I'd imagine that Flipboard is a tad nervous right now. -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 11:00 2
  - I'm not sure how this would be better than Feedly for me -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 11:02 1
    - It won't replace RSS feeds. But for magazine/newspaper style readers...uh oh. -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 11:04
- I'm guessing this is a time filler since the AppleTV stuff fell through. -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 10:57 1
  - znufrii will be happy. 30 free articles daily from the NYT -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 10:59
- Have you figured out how to get Echo to perform audio reminders yet? - David Jun 8, 10:54 4
  - you mean like have her wake up and say something at a particular time? -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 10:56 3
    - Right. -- nm - David Jun 8, 11:05 2
      - I can test this when I get home but I assume you're not finding that these commands work? -- (link) - oblique Jun 8, 11:08 1
        
        What keeps happening for me is that it signals the app rather than provides audio cues. - David Jun 8, 11:12
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- they should make a cool graph like that one with the days between hurricane landfalls, but for Triple Crown. That'll confuse people! -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 10:54 1
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Apple Maps will finally get transit directions. - spamlet Jun 8, 10:50 5
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  - It's used 3.5x more than any other map in iOS. - spamlet Jun 8, 10:56 2
    - The power of the default option -- nm - Roger More Jun 8, 11:29
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  - I don't. Waze for directions. Google Maps for finding things nearby -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 10:53
Animated evolution of various brand logos -- (link) - prayformojo Jun 8, 10:49 1
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Passbook is dead. Long live Wallet. -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 10:47 1
- Store loyalty and credit cards will be part of Apple Pay/Wallet. -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 10:48
Ok, if I may brag a little...just got a text from my oldest, he got his ACT scores in the mail today - 29... - Jim Jun 8, 10:46 7
- Toit like a toiger! -- nm - 99 LuftBarons Jun 8, 11:14
- Awesome! -- nm - David Jun 8, 10:54
- ding !! :) -- nm - call me Ishmael Jun 8, 10:52
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- Man, it's a good thing they took after Carrie. - spamlet Jun 8, 10:47 1
  - He can take after whoever he wants if he can find 2 more points when he takes it again as a Senior. - Jim Jun 8, 10:53
- very nice -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 10:47
3 lbs of pork shoulder in the crockpot - good times coming. -- nm - Meg Jun 8, 10:41
MacGuyver, wiseasstronaut -- nm - tristafe Jun 8, 10:39
"I dunno. They can call an Uber." -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 10:35
a link to the HBO Inside the Episode of Game of Thrones.... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 8, 10:33
83% of iPhones are on OS 8. 12% of Androids are on Android 5.x -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 10:30 11
- And? -- nm - Ender Jun 8, 10:37 1
  - No agenda, just an interesting data point. -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 10:39
- Looks like Siri is basically getting Google Now type features -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 10:35
- Truthfully it's a bit misleading. They have what? 5 models of iPhone realistically (6, 5s, 5, 4s, 4) vs how many android? -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 10:33 7
  - I think that's the point, actually. So many that most people will NEVER get the latest updates to the OS. -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 10:39 5
    - Android updates, with the exception of Nexus devices, are controlled by the carriers too. -- nm - Shaun Jun 8, 10:44 1
      - And, in any case, are more modular, meaning that most of the actual updates are pushed out via the individual service modules rather than the OS itself -- nm - Ender Jun 8, 10:46
    - realistically the missing % is probably iPhone 4 users. With OS9, 4s will probably be SOL. While they typically extend the OS to 1 or 2 generations, - oblique Jun 8, 10:42 2
      - I'd imagine it is. But 10% locked out vs 75% is a big difference. -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 10:43 1
        
        I'd be curious to see the adoption % for devices by year of release. My guess is for years 1-2, Apple and Android are probably pretty close - oblique Jun 8, 10:47
  - A plethora -- nm - eag Jun 8, 10:38
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- and I may own a Navajo rug woven by one of his relatives -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 8, 10:49
- Anyone who can read his will becomes the sole heir to a fantastic hidden treasure. - Max Jun 8, 10:37 1
  - 1'st phase Chief Blankets -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 8, 10:50
- So very true :( -- nm - Meg Jun 8, 10:35 1
  - The only Burger King I ever visit is this one.... -- (link) - Meg Jun 8, 10:39
- ditto. they are going to be gone soon. Also - it speaks to a different era. you could never do this sort of verbal encryption now. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 8, 10:30 1
  - "Google translate this please" -- nm - Remlik Jun 8, 10:34
I see your SCoM violin cover and raise you the GoT theme. -- (link) - Shaun Jun 8, 10:25 [youtube]

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