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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I have had trouble with it finding addresses as well. I use Magic Earth for driving because it can actually find most all the locations I search for.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 days ago (3 children)

the AI system will analyze their responses, time spent on tasks, and even emotional cues

That means every student is going to be recorded with a camera and microphone? Is anyone else horrified by the fact that the AI software is going to be actively watching and listening to these kids?

Or is it going to analyze typed responses only? (which is still creepy AF, btw)

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 days ago

I agree that it's infuriating! I downloaded an LSPosed module called CaptureSposed that overrides it.

It shouldn't take a specific module hack on a rooted phone with a custom OS with an unlocked bootloader to get this functionality back.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

You don't need to apologize: that user could have clicked your link to the cricut site and easily figured it out. They are being willfully ignorant and intentionally vauge.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Your browser is most likely blocking HTML canvas data. Uploaded photos will often look like colored vertical lines.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

FFVII Remake and Rebirth I think are really good games overall. The [nearly] completely different combat system from the original is fresh and engaging.

The story starts to deviate from the original near the end of Remake, and continues into Rebirth. I also think this is a welcome change (as long as it doesn't stray too far from the original). But for everyone who never made it through the original, I imagine it can feel slow, confusing, and lacking, so I would actually encourage those players (unless you really hate spoilers) to watch a story synopsis youtube video of the original Final Fantasy VII. It will help.

Oh, and for the most part the new games still nail the music. Love love love it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Final Fantasy VII was my first RPG. It had a good (but sometimes difficult to follow) story, lots of quirky characters, Full Motion Video sequences, and a musical score that nears perfection. Hearing those songs today doesn't just remind me of the game, it brings me back to all the emotional moments in the story where I felt like I was actually there, feeling what those characters felt and being there fighting along beside them.

A lot of how I feel about that game may be related to the fact that I was a teenager when I experienced it, but the lasting impression of that experience is why I think it is one of the greatest games of all time.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Doesn't Google Messages require access to your contacts to even run? My experience was that it didn't even ask permission; it just gave itself permission when I first launched it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I learned about Swappa years ago and exclusively use them for buying and selling all my smartphones. I have no idea why they aren't more popular, except for the fact that repair shop resellers use it too, but they are pretty easy to avoid.