I haven't trusted that disable switch for a while now... I'd always had it disabled, but there was one conversation in particular where it referenced a past conversation - despite memory being disabled - and when I asked it why it responded the way it did, it pretended I was mistaken and told me it has no memory of past conversations, even though I could scroll up and see it in the response.

Just because you flip a switch doesn't mean the switch is _actually_ flipped. Same thing goes for turning off wifi/Bluetooth on iOS.

If it's a software switch, it's closer to a promise than a guarantee.

It's not "_cease_ all motor functions"?

I thought it was freeze all motor functions!

I did a quick ctrl+f through the season 1 .srts and it looks like it's usually freeze but sometimes cease. E.g. S01E10 has both in different parts.

Every day feels like a day closer to, if not already at, a day where discerning customers are the minority.

Are you willing to elaborate on the _why_ or is this a challenge comment, similar to the reddit comment that spurred this project? ;)

Interesting... I've never heard of vodka being used in fermentation, but also I'm unfamiliar with Chinese styles of fermentation.

Are there any resources you can recommend to help speed up the education of someone wanting to learn more about this?

This might help you start but I learned most of it from binging YouTube and Reddit threads

https://blog.themalamarket.com/sichuans-naturally-fermented-...

I'm guessing they mean punctuation in general?

lyrics do not have punctuation.

To add to this, I suspect the data broker industry also has an interest in increasing the legitimacy of the data they sell about anyone they can get their hands on.

I'm not sure how much more work is currently being done on a project I'd heard about in the past, but you might be interested in seeing if you can collaborate/learn from Open Source Ecology:

https://www.opensourceecology.org/

Wow nice to see the website has been updated in 2025. I followed it for years but it seemed to not get much updates.

Folks might also be interested in the Precious Plastic community which has a global network of "microfactories" built around a set of open-source machines made for recycling and reusing plastics

https://www.preciousplastic.com/

https://community.preciousplastic.com/map

Also as far as fundamental machines go, this 2d printer is expected to come out later this year

https://www.opentools.studio/

I'm in a similar boat and am wondering... Is there much that can be done with these iPads beside turn them into e-waste?

You can still browse the internet. Safari still works. I have ancient 1st gen iPad Air and I use it for that; you can still watch YouTube (from the web), it still works fine. Anything that has a web app mostly works.

If you manage to install decent apps in time, you can use these as e-readers or video players. But batteries will eventually fail and all what you'll have will be a fancy fragile chopping board.

I was gifted with iPad 1, Air 1 - first won't charge for 6 years now and data I didn't synchronize are gone, second one needs a serious "warm-up" before charging and while Apple released 12.5.8 in the end of January, it won't get any new apps.

iPad 3rd gen can be downgraded to iOS 8 (which runs slightly better than iOS 9), and dual-booting to iOS 6 is also doable (and actually can run more apps than later versions thanks to the 3rd party mods).

There's a community around /r/LegacyJailbreak dedicated to running old iOS devices.

Thanks, I will look into that.

You can jailbreak it and attempt to bypass app restrictions (e.g. with 3dappversionspoofer). Ymmv. https://ios.cfw.guide describes how to jailbreak.

Why can’t you still use it?

You just won’t be able to download new apps as they bump their minimum.

Wait for a trade in special and take advantage of it. Or use it for safari only.

Use it as a control center for your home automation.

maybe use as a e-reader or watch ripped media on it? if it's jailbreakable i am sure there's a lot of stuff to do too

I don't think it'd need Balatro playthroughs to be in text form though. Google owns YouTube and has been doing automatic transcriptions of vocalized content on most videos these days, so it'd make sense that they used those subtitles, at the very least, as training data.