nekokattt t1_j9ypurc wrote on February 25, 2023 at 3:29 PM

Reply to Amazon has a donkey meat problem by e-r_bridge

shh dont tell TESCO

nekokattt t1_j7vn4pp wrote on February 9, 2023 at 6:59 PM

Reply to comment by wastingtimaway in TIFU by getting a new cat and sending my neighbor over the edge. by wastingtimaway

all the other subs are dumb, ignore them.

some would call it karma.

Ignore people downvoting.

nekokattt t1_j4co40u wrote on January 14, 2023 at 7:50 PM

Reply to UK schools ban physical contact, prevent students from holding hands, hugging by phoenix0153

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-64237779 (reputible resource for this story)

nekokattt t1_j2afgd8 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 8:29 PM

Reply to comment by Lithuim in ELI5 Tidal acceleration of the moon. Does the mass of the moon affect this? by Tegasauras

(where G is a gravitational constant, 6.67430x10^-11 ; m1 is the mass of the first object; m2 is the mass of the second object; and r is the distance between them, i.e. the radius of the orbit).

nekokattt t1_j1jf01c wrote on December 24, 2022 at 9:04 PM

Reply to comment by its-octopeople in ELI5 What is the underlying principle that lets the creators of ChatGPT (for example) feel confident that it will accurately provide answers to questions they themselves haven’t pondered? by onlyouwillgethis

I prefer copper drinks. It has that nice after taste.

nekokattt t1_iu85tge wrote on October 29, 2022 at 8:40 AM

Reply to comment by shemmy in eli5 how does the technology work that allows a computer software to send text messages? by WaverlyAddison

Twilio will also detect spam messages, but carriers do it as well, yeah.

nekokattt t1_iu10039 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 7:20 PM

Reply to comment by WaverlyAddison in eli5 how does the technology work that allows a computer software to send text messages? by WaverlyAddison

They'll usually use a service like Amazon Web Services Simple Notification System, or Twilio. These allow you to send text messages using a web request just like how you load a web page. Then it is just a case of writing a piece of software to decide when to send the request and what to put into it.

Those services I mentioned will send the text message from a number or alphanumeric sender ID (where you see text messages from a sender who is a word or phrase rather than a phone number) into the network of the carrier that the recipients SIM card is registered with.

Twilio will even notify your software if the message gets rejected because it is considered spam, or the carrier doesn't support receiving messages from Twilio, or if they have their phone switched off and the message doesn't go through. It is pretty cool how it works and how easy it is to use!