Some of their technology is vastly ahead of ours, other technologies are way behind. The behind stuff is far more interesting. Comms in Star Wars is weird and anachronistic with other tech in the show. Getting clear signals for comms seems nearly impossible.
I also get a giggle out of tech used in the show only to drive plot: like how protagonists can scan ships for life forms but protagonists also only power down ships to evade the eye of a passing baddy ship.
Let’s just say we’re experimenting with silence,” a spokesperson for Duolingo told Fast Company over email. “Sometimes, the best way to make noise is to disappear first."
They use it on their server side to save data, they don't give a rip if we don't use it. If they wanted us to use it, they'd have cancelled it already.
I don't know, but they seemingly do whatever the hell they want already. Tips up to 25k seems like a thing for rich people, not the plebes who already try and reduce the tax burden with cash tips.
Gladly, not sadly.
(Edit: I like Andy Weir books fwiw and will happily read what he puts out next, my comment was rebuking the notion that I am sad to read a book that AI slop hallucinated.)
If you want most commercial apps, yes.