The Daily Dad

Things you might want to know, for Jul 21, 2023:

• The latest thing on the Internet is people pretending to be uncannily-looping video game character animations — For years, I was openly disdainful of livestreamers… and now I’m doing it three times a week. So opinions evolve. But this is one of those things I doubt I’m ever gonna get.
• Kristin Cavallari poses in black lace bra — “We got more bounce in California, than all y’all combined…”
• Spectre Long-Exposure iPhone Camera App Now Free, Ushering in Spectre Pro
• TikToker uses AI to reimagine movies, from Gladiator to Barbie, in portrait mode — This is honestly a fascinating piece of work. They had to use shots with static framing —generative AI still isn’t up to the challenge of a tracking shot— but it’s impressive all the same.
• Selena Gomez is ‘irked’ by ex The Weeknd’s show The Idol

• Eagles to Make a ‘Long Goodbye’ With Farewell Tour — I’d almost like to go, but without Glen, it’s not really The Eagles.
• ★ Of Course Apple Has an LLM AI Chatbot in the Works, and of Course the Bloomberg Report Revealing Its Code Name Mentions How the Story Moved the Company’s Stock Price
• A Quietly Big Year for tvOS — Of course, a “big year for tvOS” means they’re making minor changes… set your expectations accordingly.
• Man found after vanishing as a teen 8 years ago was actually never missing — he and his mom were faking it
• Yes, That’s Clara Bow Wearing a Swastika Hat. Let Me Explain.

• The birth of id Software — I suspect John Carmack may be an asshole, but he’s still one of the great software geniuses of my lifetime.
• Reddit is removing years of chats and messages
• What Egyptian hip-hop says about the country a decade after the military coup
• Americans Will Need a Visa to Visit Europe in 2024—Here’s What to Know — I’m finally getting myself a passport, so this was disappointing to read. But the “visa” in question is just an online form-fill and a nominal fee, so… fine.
• Tourist who carved initials into the Roman Colosseum says he didn’t know it was old

• FDA approves first over-the-counter birth control l pill
• AppleDB Offers Useful Database of Apple Devices, Software Updates, Firmware Releases, and More
• “We can’t send email more than 500 miles” — A now-ancient —in Internet Years— story about the fragility of computing infrastructure, and the bizarrely out-of-the-box ways non-IT people view this stuff.