Re: TikTok/iPhone Question

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Thanks for all the great info ! ?Wonderful?

John

On May 22, 2024, at 11:03?AM, Beth Phillips via groups.io <beth.phillips@...> wrote:

?Ok, sorry for all the posts, but I just learned something new while trying to troubleshoot. When you are in Safari on the iPhone, if you click on the the AA (Little A, big A) in the address bar it will bring up some other options. One is to request the desktop/mobile site, depending on which you are currently viewing. You can save that setting for individual sites by clicking on the Website Settings option instead and selecting how you want to view the site moving forward. I still think something changed with how Tiktok is being viewed, but at least I can set the site to always go to the desktop version, which is fine for my purposes. Just wanted to share as it looks like some other options such as translating, listening to and adjusting the size of the page are all under there as well, which I never knew existed. Learn something new all the time.?

Re: TikTok/iPhone Question

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Ok, sorry for all the posts, but I just learned something new while trying to troubleshoot. When you are in Safari on the iPhone, if you click on the the AA (Little A, big A) in the address bar it will bring up some other options. One is to request the desktop/mobile site, depending on which you are currently viewing. You can save that setting for individual sites by clicking on the Website Settings option instead and selecting how you want to view the site moving forward. I still think something changed with how Tiktok is being viewed, but at least I can set the site to always go to the desktop version, which is fine for my purposes. Just wanted to share as it looks like some other options such as translating, listening to and adjusting the size of the page are all under there as well, which I never knew existed. Learn something new all the time.?

Re: TikTok/iPhone Question

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So, follow up to this. I found a workaround of sorts, but still not sure if this is something that changed on the iPhone side or on TikTok?

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In the Safari Settings on the iPhone there is an option called Request Desktop Website. Mine is off by default so I assume Safari is pulling the mobile versions of websites I visit. If I turn it on, it looks like Safari goes to Tiktok’s desktop site and everything works as it should. (Turning it on affects all websites, there’s no pick and choose for individual sites.) Turn it back off and the problem pops back up. I compared the URLs in both instances, and they are slightly different. So, I’m guessing I’m being directed to their mobile site and they are now pushing for the app to be installed even though you are supposed to be able to watch videos without an account or the app.

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Like I said, not a fan or heavy user so don’t know the ins and outs, but maybe they are changing things up?

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TikTok/iPhone Question

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Ok, so let me say upfront that I'm not a fan and I refuse to install their app. That being said, my husband will send me cute little videos from time to time and I will watch them. Until 2 days ago he could send me a message in Apple Messages and if I clicked on the video it would open in Safari. I had to do some little thing like drag a puzzle piece in place and they would always prompt me to sign up for an account, but I could always skip over that and just hit play and the videos would play fine in my browser. This still works if I am on my Mac or iPad and open one from Messages. My iPhone, however, ?will open the video in Safari, but when I try to play it, it opens the App Store and wants me to install their app. I tried clearing my history and website data on my iPhone and no luck. I figured Safari thinks it's supposed to open these links in the App Store instead of the browser. Tonight I tried opening the link in Firefox instead and it presents me with the Tiktok logo and then a link to download from the App Store. Has Tiktok begun forcing iPhone users to download the app to view videos now? I'm on a iPhone 12 Pro running 17.4.1. This isn't earth-shatteringly important, but it is annoying.?

Thanks for any advice!

Apple iPad announcement

#1831

Follow the link below to view the article.

Apple announces iPad, Magic Keyboard updates

Harry

Re: Speech to text

#1830

My wife’s name is Sherry and sometimes when I call out to her Siri wants to know how she can help me.

Show quoted text

On May 3, 2024, at 3:47?PM, Bill Rising via groups.io <brising@...> wrote:

Perhaps ‘serious’ sets her off. 

Bill
Surely, you’re kidding
I’m not kidding, and never call me Shirley

On May 3, 2024, at 04:54, Jonathan Fletcher via groups.io <lists@...> wrote:
?That happens to me occasionally, too, Bill. I haven’t figured out an absolute pattern to it, though. One thing I can point to is that a text field is open. It may be that it thought I said “Siri,” but I cannot remember having said it.

?袄冲(ツ)冲/?

Jonathan



On Apr 27, 2024, at 11:03 AM, William Micou via groups.io <derbywiz@...> wrote:

What setting(s) do I have set that causes the phone to overhear a conversation and think that what I want to text? It doesn’t happen every time, but it’s frustrating when it happens.
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Re: Speech to text

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Perhaps ‘serious’ sets her off. 

Bill
Surely, you’re kidding
I’m not kidding, and never call me Shirley

Show quoted text

On May 3, 2024, at 04:54, Jonathan Fletcher via groups.io <lists@...> wrote:
?That happens to me occasionally, too, Bill. I haven’t figured out an absolute pattern to it, though. One thing I can point to is that a text field is open. It may be that it thought I said “Siri,” but I cannot remember having said it.

?袄冲(ツ)冲/?

Jonathan



On Apr 27, 2024, at 11:03 AM, William Micou via groups.io <derbywiz@...> wrote:

What setting(s) do I have set that causes the phone to overhear a conversation and think that what I want to text? It doesn’t happen every time, but it’s frustrating when it happens.
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Re: Roger Miller in Music

#1828

Bill,

I got the album from Apple Music so what you say makes sense.
Thanks.

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On May 3, 2024, at 3:12?PM, William Micou via groups.io <derbywiz@...> wrote:

I just went to Music and searched for that title- nothing showed up. Roger Miller did, as did his albums but not that one. Maybe it wasn’t approved by Apple or they quit paying royalties for it?

On May 3, 2024, at 1:21?PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer via groups.io <hejb44@...> wrote:

King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller.

Re: Speech to text

#1827

Thanks!

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On May 3, 2024, at 4:54?AM, Jonathan Fletcher via groups.io <lists@...> wrote:

?That happens to me occasionally, too, Bill. I haven’t figured out an absolute pattern to it, though. One thing I can point to is that a text field is open. It may be that it thought I said “Siri,” but I cannot remember having said it.

?袄冲(ツ)冲/?

Jonathan

On Apr 27, 2024, at 11:03 AM, William Micou via groups.io <derbywiz@...> wrote:

What setting(s) do I have set that causes the phone to overhear a conversation and think that what I want to text? It doesn’t happen every time, but it’s frustrating when it happens.
Bill

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Re: Roger Miller in Music

#1826

I just went to Music and searched for that title- nothing showed up. Roger Miller did, as did his albums but not that one. Maybe it wasn’t approved by Apple or they quit paying royalties for it?

Show quoted text

On May 3, 2024, at 1:21?PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer via groups.io <hejb44@...> wrote:

King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller.

Roger Miller in Music

#1825

Several months ago I downloaded in Music “King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller.” I listened to the album several times. Today when I went to listen to the album the songs were all grayed out and when I clicked on one of them I received this message:

	This song is not currently available in your country or region.

It happens in Music on my iMac too except I don’t get the message - the songs just don’t play.

Any Idea what’s going on?

TIA

Harry

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Re: Speech to text

#1824

That happens to me occasionally, too, Bill. I haven’t figured out an absolute pattern to it, though. One thing I can point to is that a text field is open. It may be that it thought I said “Siri,” but I cannot remember having said it.

?袄冲(ツ)冲/? 

Jonathan

On Apr 27, 2024, at 11:03 AM, William Micou via groups.io <derbywiz@...> wrote:

What setting(s) do I have set that causes the phone to overhear a conversation and think that what I want to text? It doesn’t happen every time, but it’s frustrating when it happens. 
Bill

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Re: router time

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On Apr 30, 2024, at 6:57?PM, Bill Rising via groups.io <brising@...> wrote:

Anyways, when I look at protocols, Wifi 6 or 6E seem common, and brag about how many devices can be hooked up, but my mom's house is a dumb house (the doors, the lights, and the refrigerator are all dumb as the posts on the porch). Still, I can imagine that soon things might require Wifi 6. I see that there are routers which can only be set up using apps and without web interfaces (something I don't really like), and routers which have security software which gets sold on a rental model [1].

The newer routers coming out now support WiFi 7, but it doesn’t make much sense to buy one of those, unless you have a WiFi 7 compatible device or two. I don’t think any Apple stuff does WiFi 7 yet (??). But, you should get one that knows about WiFi 6e because most devices that came out in the last few years support it, and it is faster than WiFi 6.

Does anyone have suggestions for a router which:
?works well with pretty long range

Many of the better routers can be enhanced with inexpensive mesh add-on boxes, so range isn’t a problem.

?allows some tweaking without needing to dive into really fine details of network protocols

All the routers I’ve recently used have pretty straightforward Web interfaces, with semi-hidden advanced features for those who want to break things.

?can handle streaming on, say, 3 devices at once

Any modern router will handle streaming on at least three devices. WiFi 6 is supposed to be able to handle eight independent simultaneous streams. My home 6e network has at least a dozen WiFi devices connected most of the time, and we’re often streaming a couple of movies or baseball games. I’ve noticed no problems.

Right now I'm leaning towards a Netgear Nighthawk AX5400, since they've been marked down to ~$180. If there is something cheaper that doesn't rely on giving personal information to the giant info-hoovers just to set them up, I'd love to hear.

I’ve had two Nighthawk routers over the years. Both were solid. I’ve not used the AX5400.

Right now, my router is a rock solid Synology RT2600ac. It lives in a closet in the middle of the first floor and covers almost all the house with WiFi as well as a good section of the yard. There’s one small section of the master bedroom that has a weak signal. Unfortunately, that’s where a Roku lives. I cover that with a couple of cheap MoCA adaptors because the bedroom has unused cable coax—why waste it?

The Synology interface is pretty straightforward, if you stay away from the “Advanced Options” buttons. If you’re foolish enough to click “Advanced Options”, there is a dizzying array of mostly unneeded features.

[1] I refuse to call these 'subscriptions'. They are part of the ongoing attempt to go back to feudalism by cashing rent checks for no actual production.

?

L^2

router time

#1822

Hi all,

My mom's router is slowly biting the dust (slurping the dust?). When I bought it, life was simple. It was a Netgear WNDR3400 N600 router which cost a whopping $39. Now, life is way more complicated. When I went looking for routers, I read a lot and learned a little.

Anyways, when I look at protocols, Wifi 6 or 6E seem common, and brag about how many devices can be hooked up, but my mom's house is a dumb house (the doors, the lights, and the refrigerator are all dumb as the posts on the porch). Still, I can imagine that soon things might require Wifi 6. I see that there are routers which can only be set up using apps and without web interfaces (something I don't really like), and routers which have security software which gets sold on a rental model [1].

Does anyone have suggestions for a router which:
  works well with pretty long range
  allows some tweaking without needing to dive into really fine details of network protocols
  can handle streaming on, say, 3 devices at once

Right now I'm leaning towards a Netgear Nighthawk AX5400, since they've been marked down to ~$180. If there is something cheaper that doesn't rely on giving personal information to the giant info-hoovers just to set them up, I'd love to hear.

Thanks for any tips or insights,

Bill

[1] I refuse to call these 'subscriptions'. They are part of the ongoing attempt to go back to feudalism by cashing rent checks for no actual production.

Speech to text

#1821

What setting(s) do I have set that causes the phone to overhear a conversation and think that what I want to text? It doesn’t happen every time, but it’s frustrating when it happens. 
Bill

Mail problem

#1820

Lately, I’ll see an iCloud mail pop up as new, and then disappear before I can click on it. I thought it might be in the junk mail, but nope, it’s nowhere. One example was when I was registering for a product, and it happened repeatedly. 
Anybody else notice mail acting weird?
Bill

Re: NEW SCIENTIST: Why AIs that tackle complex maths could be the next big breakthrough

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Lee, so refreshing to have your comments. This has been a topic you relish.?

John

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On Apr 16, 2024, at 10:32?PM, Lee Larson via groups.io <leelarson@...> wrote:

?On Apr 16, 2024, at 12:53?PM, Jonathan Fletcher via groups.io <lists@...> wrote:

Literature (written and cinematic) is replete with classic if-we-had-only-known scenarios, many of which involve robots or biological experimentation. Typically these involve situations where the “solution” was to solve some other “dire” threat.

Science fiction—one of my favorite topics. There are plenty of science fiction stories on both sides of the conscious AI question. They aren’t always villains.

The I, Robot stories by Asimov from the 1950s and 1960s are pretty much pro-AI. They introduced the famous “three laws of robotics”, which have been much discussed lately. I have always thought The Caves of Steel?would make an excellent movie because it’s a murder mystery which also explores the rights of a human-like robot. The forgettable Will Smith movie shares nothing with the excellent and clever Asimov stories, except its title.

Heinlein’s 1966 novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress?has a benevolent conscious AI as its main character. I think it's his best book.

Philip K. Dick’s 1968 novel?Do Androids Dream of Electric Sleep?explores the “humanity” of an artificial intelligence. It was made into the excellent 1982 movie Blade Runner,?which is a favorite of mine. (It’s one of the rare cases where the movie is better than the book.)

And then there’s HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey. At first glance it appears HAL is malevolent, but it turns out HAL was just obeying its programming instructions. This comes out more clearly in the trilogy of novels written by Arthur C. Clarke, co-author of the screenplay, and in the sequel 2010: Odyssey Two. (The original movie was inspired by Clarke’s story The?Sentinel.)

And we have Data from Star Trek: The New Generation. In particular, watch the episode The Measure of a Man.?(Season 2, Episode 9)

I could go on and on with these.

Of course, there are plenty of evil AIs.

The most famous is probably the cyborg in The Terminator.

One that comes to my mind is from the 1966 novel?Colossus?by Dennis F. Jones. It was made into a not-so-good movie The Forbin Project.?It imagines what might happen when the entire defense of the country is turned over to an advanced AI called Colossus.

Let’s not forget Battlestar Galactica, the execrable 1978 version was reborn as a much better 2004 series. The Cylons are describes as “cybernetic” beings who want to kill all humans.

Then there's?Westworld!?Yul Brynner was a marvelously evil robot in the 1973 film. The 2016 TV series has a mix of good and bad robots.

Going slow should be the cry of everyone on the cusp of any advanced technology.?

Those who insist on moving quickly are the ones who will create the “unintended consequences” results.

I somewhat disagree with this. The perfume is out of the bottle and people all over the world are going to continue down this road no matter what we think. (Mixed metaphor!) I don’t think any slow-down rules in the USA are going to stop militaries around the world from using the best AI they can develop.

Besides, we’re already swimming in a bath of smaller AIs. As I type this, the computer is guessing word completions and correcting my spelling. The Photos app uses some AI to do face recognition. The suggestion algorithms in YouTube and X probably have a generous sprinkling of AI. Most of the best photo-editing programs have a lot of embedded AI to do magical things like removing that unwanted person from the background of your otherwise perfect vacation photo.

AI is with us to stay, but most of it will take the form of invisible helpers.

A lot of the anti-AI grumbling that’s so much in the news comes from people who don’t really understand AI, or people who see that AI might put them out of work. It’s a modern version of the Luddite rebellion.

Watching CSPAN to eavesdrop on Congressional hearings about AI is cringe-worthy. Our Congress-critters are almost universally techno-illiterate.

L^2

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Re: NEW SCIENTIST: Why AIs that tackle complex maths could be the next big breakthrough

#1818

On Apr 16, 2024, at 10:32 PM, Lee Larson via groups.io <leelarson@...> wrote:

Go fast and break things! — Mark ZuckerbergSaid the creator of SkyNet.

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Re: NEW SCIENTIST: Why AIs that tackle complex maths could be the next big breakthrough

#1817

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On Apr 16, 2024, at 12:53?PM, Jonathan Fletcher via groups.io <lists@...> wrote:

Literature (written and cinematic) is replete with classic if-we-had-only-known scenarios, many of which involve robots or biological experimentation. Typically these involve situations where the “solution” was to solve some other “dire” threat.

Science fiction—one of my favorite topics. There are plenty of science fiction stories on both sides of the conscious AI question. They aren’t always villains.

The I, Robot stories by Asimov from the 1950s and 1960s are pretty much pro-AI. They introduced the famous “three laws of robotics”, which have been much discussed lately. I have always thought The Caves of Steel?would make an excellent movie because it’s a murder mystery which also explores the rights of a human-like robot. The forgettable Will Smith movie shares nothing with the excellent and clever Asimov stories, except its title.

Heinlein’s 1966 novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress?has a benevolent conscious AI as its main character. I think it's his best book.

Philip K. Dick’s 1968 novel?Do Androids Dream of Electric Sleep?explores the “humanity” of an artificial intelligence. It was made into the excellent 1982 movie Blade Runner,?which is a favorite of mine. (It’s one of the rare cases where the movie is better than the book.)

And then there’s HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey. At first glance it appears HAL is malevolent, but it turns out HAL was just obeying its programming instructions. This comes out more clearly in the trilogy of novels written by Arthur C. Clarke, co-author of the screenplay, and in the sequel 2010: Odyssey Two. (The original movie was inspired by Clarke’s story The?Sentinel.)

And we have Data from Star Trek: The New Generation. In particular, watch the episode The Measure of a Man.?(Season 2, Episode 9)

I could go on and on with these.

Of course, there are plenty of evil AIs.

The most famous is probably the cyborg in The Terminator.

One that comes to my mind is from the 1966 novel?Colossus?by Dennis F. Jones. It was made into a not-so-good movie The Forbin Project.?It imagines what might happen when the entire defense of the country is turned over to an advanced AI called Colossus.

Let’s not forget Battlestar Galactica, the execrable 1978 version was reborn as a much better 2004 series. The Cylons are describes as “cybernetic” beings who want to kill all humans.

Then there's?Westworld!?Yul Brynner was a marvelously evil robot in the 1973 film. The 2016 TV series has a mix of good and bad robots.

Going slow should be the cry of everyone on the cusp of any advanced technology.?

Those who insist on moving quickly are the ones who will create the “unintended consequences” results.

I somewhat disagree with this. The perfume is out of the bottle and people all over the world are going to continue down this road no matter what we think. (Mixed metaphor!) I don’t think any slow-down rules in the USA are going to stop militaries around the world from using the best AI they can develop.

Besides, we’re already swimming in a bath of smaller AIs. As I type this, the computer is guessing word completions and correcting my spelling. The Photos app uses some AI to do face recognition. The suggestion algorithms in YouTube and X probably have a generous sprinkling of AI. Most of the best photo-editing programs have a lot of embedded AI to do magical things like removing that unwanted person from the background of your otherwise perfect vacation photo.

AI is with us to stay, but most of it will take the form of invisible helpers.

A lot of the anti-AI grumbling that’s so much in the news comes from people who don’t really understand AI, or people who see that AI might put them out of work. It’s a modern version of the Luddite rebellion.

Watching CSPAN to eavesdrop on Congressional hearings about AI is cringe-worthy. Our Congress-critters are almost universally techno-illiterate.

L^2

Go fast and break things! — Mark Zuckerberg

Re: NEW SCIENTIST: Why AIs that tackle complex maths could be the next big breakthrough

#1816

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On Apr 16, 2024, at 10:11?AM, John Robinson via groups.io <profilecovenant@...> wrote:

Thank you Lee for your in depth analysis. What are your thoughts on the use of Ai on deadly biological weapons by bad actors? ?By Ai starting to think & making their own decisions??

I think it’s inevitable AI will be used to perfect weapons of all kinds. There’s not much to be done about it.

I don’t know if you watched Musk demonstration of 3 Robots demonstrating the bullet proof Cyber truck? ?Pretty cool unless a fake. ?Supposedly on another occasion one of the robots disagreed with a human & became aggressive with a human’s arm. ?Musk has been one of the largest proponents of slowing all this down & having government restrictions & safeguards on development, to protect humans. Few seem to agree.?

That Musk demonstration was kind of stupid. I thought the whack with the big hammer was more germane. I’m more interested in having my body panels survive fender benders than gun attacks. Of course, remember the epic failure with the “unbreakable” window a few minutes later in his demo.

I doubt the robot “disagreed” with the person. It was a matter of bad programming or the person being in the wrong place. There are many examples of workers injured, or even killed, by robots in factories. These factory robots are mindless automata with less smarts than an ant.

L^2

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