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Alice McFlurry :bc:
Alice McFlurry :bc:
@Alice@beige.party  ·  activity timestamp 23 hours ago

Apple's iOS has a new feature where it shows live progress of your travel/flight near the top of the screen so I apparently have 16 minutes until my plane crashes.

Screenshot of the top of an iOS Home Screen with a little black section displaying a tiny blue plane that is diving into the ground, marked by a 16 minute countdown timer.
Screenshot of the top of an iOS Home Screen with a little black section displaying a tiny blue plane that is diving into the ground, marked by a 16 minute countdown timer.
Screenshot of the top of an iOS Home Screen with a little black section displaying a tiny blue plane that is diving into the ground, marked by a 16 minute countdown timer.
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MarjorieR
MarjorieR
@marjolica@social.linux.pizza replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 hours ago

@Alice where/how is it picking up that information? Is this a US thing?
Here in Europe we are told to turn our phones/devices to flight mode for the entire flight. I did once travel on a Air NZ Heathrow to LA plane that had free satellite wifi but that is the exception.

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Alice McFlurry :bc:
Alice McFlurry :bc:
@Alice@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@marjolica I was just on WiFi on the plane.

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MarjorieR
MarjorieR
@marjolica@social.linux.pizza replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

@Alice yes Flight mode would turn off phone and mobile data, wifi and Bluetooth which is a bit heavy.
A lot of people use Bluetooth for the headphones - and I see lots of those in use so clearly not everyone is using flight mode. Not sure how many aircraft have internal WiFi which could potentially be used to update on arrivals time - clearly the Air NZ flight I was on, which connected to a Satellite, must have have as I remember using it.
Seemingly these says its all a bit of security theatre: it won't crash the plance but seemingly a lot of phones connecting to cell towers can lead to a nasty buzz in the pilots ears.
Personally I just turn off the mobile phone radio.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/airplane-mode-when-flying-why-pilot-answer-b1263021.html

The Standard

Pilot reveals what really happens if you don't put your phone in airplane mode

A commercial pilot explains the real reason phones must turned to airplane mode during flights - and it’s not what most passengers think
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paul
paul
@amiserabilist@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 11 hours ago

@Alice

[Intro]
Cheer up Alice, you know what they say?
Some things in life are bad
They can really make you mad
Other things just make you swear and curse
When you're chewing on life's gristle
Don't grumble, give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best
And...

[Chorus]
Always look on the bright side of life
(Whistle)
Always look on the light side of life
(Whistle)

[Verse 1]
If life seems jolly rotten
There's something you've forgotten
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing
When you're feeling in the dumps
Don't be silly, chumps
Just purse your lips and whistle - that's the thing
And...

[Chorus]
Always look on the bright side of life
(Whistle) (Come on!)
Always look on the right side of life
(Whistle)

[Verse 2]
For life is quite absurd
And death's the final word
You must always face the curtain with a bow
Forget about your sin
Give the audience a grin
Enjoy it - it's your last chance anyhow

[Chorus]
So always look on the bright side of death
(Whistle)
A-Just before you draw your terminal breath
(Whistle)

[Verse 3]
Life's a piece of shit (Oooh)
When you look at it
Life's a laugh and death's the joke, it's true (Oooh)
You'll see it's all a show (Oooh)
Keep 'em laughin' as you go
Just remember that the last laugh is on you (Oooh)
And...

[Chorus]
Always look on the bright side of life
(Whistle)
Always look on the right side of life
(Whistle) (C'mon Alice, cheer up!)

[Outro]
Always look on the bright side of life
(Whistle)
Always look on the bright side of life
(Whistle)
(Worse things happen at sea, you know?)
Always look on the bright side of life
(Whistle) (What have you got to lose?
You know, you come from nothing
You're going back to nothing
What have you lost? Nothing!)
Always look on the bright side of life
(Whistle)
(Nothing will come from nothing
You know what they say?)
Always look on the bright side of life
(Cheer up, ya old bugger
C'mon, give us a grin!
There y'are, see?) (Whistle)
(It's the end of the film)
(Incidentally, this record is available in the foyer)
Always look on the bright side of life
(Some of us got to live as well, you know?) (Whistle)
(All right, that's the lot, let's get this place knocked down
The whole show's dismantled in three weeks
Who do you think pays for all this rubbish?)
Always look on the bright side of life
(They'll never make their money back, you know
I told 'im, I said to 'im, "Bernie," I said, "they'll never make their money back.") (Whistle)
Always look on the bright side of life

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Negative12DollarBill
Negative12DollarBill
@negative12dollarbill@techhub.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 12 hours ago

@Alice Are we sure it's not a very very low-res trailer for Die Hard 2?

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Ludwig Vielfrass
Ludwig Vielfrass
@lerxst@az.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 13 hours ago

@Alice look on the bright side: you at least don’t need to feel guilty if you weren’t saving enough for retirement.

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Alice McFlurry :bc:
Alice McFlurry :bc:
@Alice@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 13 hours ago

@lerxst I always knew I was going to get Darwined before retirement, anyway.

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GLC
GLC
@glc@mastodon.online replied  ·  activity timestamp 13 hours ago

@Alice

That's actually the AI telling you that it's taken control of the plane. Apple's answer to Copilot, a new feature.

Try voice commands next time. "Fly the plane straight, Siri." "I'm afraid I can't do that, Alice." Etc.

Merry Christmas.

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Alice McFlurry :bc:
Alice McFlurry :bc:
@Alice@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 13 hours ago

I really don’t want to be nitpicky about this because I did find it helpful to be able to see my plane's progress while in the air, but the whole downward tilted plane thing is pretty weird.

It's a long black bar. Just make a cute little plane flying at a 0 degree angle moving across the black bar from left to right. Done.

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Leigh Garland
Leigh Garland
@toychicken@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 11 hours ago

@Alice I worked for some airlines briefly, and can confirm that symbol is the 'standard' for landing. (Gets used on tickets and airport signage) I always thought it looked crashy too. Planes don't land nose down!

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rifter
rifter
@rifter@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 13 hours ago

@Alice I assume they just used the 🛬 utf-8 symbol, and in apple symbology it looks more crash-y than average

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Geoff Coffey
Geoff Coffey
@gwcoffey@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 13 hours ago

@Alice Alas there is a big black screen-less sensor array in the middle of that black bar which is cleverly hidden by the black bar.

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Alice McFlurry :bc:
Alice McFlurry :bc:
@Alice@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 13 hours ago

@gwcoffey Just make it disappear in that section and flash a bunch of warning messages instead.

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Michelle Hughes
Michelle Hughes
@MegaMichelle@a2mi.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 13 hours ago

@Alice

The diagram clearly shows that the plane will level out, do a 90 degree roll, and crash into the battery indicator.

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Vive Levant
Vive Levant
@Vive_Levant@masto.bike replied  ·  activity timestamp 20 hours ago

@Alice I read 16 meters !

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quadrivial 💛🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽
quadrivial 💛🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽
@quadrivial@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 23 hours ago

@Alice according to my watch it's about 10 minutes from now. Which is until you have a safe landing that is. No crashy-crashy. 🙏🙏👍👍

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Alice McFlurry :bc:
Alice McFlurry :bc:
@Alice@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 23 hours ago

@quadrivial Saved by a water landing!

Screenshot of the top of the iOS Home Screen showing a flight that has leveled out for what I can only imagine is an emergency water landing
Screenshot of the top of the iOS Home Screen showing a flight that has leveled out for what I can only imagine is an emergency water landing
Screenshot of the top of the iOS Home Screen showing a flight that has leveled out for what I can only imagine is an emergency water landing
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Dusk To Don :raccoon:
Dusk To Don :raccoon:
@dusk@todon.eu replied  ·  activity timestamp 22 hours ago

@Alice @quadrivial

“In the unlikely event of a water landing, you can find sunscreen under your seats, and enjoy these bouncy slides that turn into boats!”

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Adriano
Adriano
@adriano@lile.cl replied  ·  activity timestamp 23 hours ago

@Alice but now you know. And Knowing Is Half The Battle!

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ADHDean, Creeping Horror Ed.
ADHDean, Creeping Horror Ed.
@adhdeanasl@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 23 hours ago

@Alice Please do not crash. Thank you.

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Will 🇯🇵
Will 🇯🇵
@wilpercy@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 23 hours ago

@Alice safe landing and happy Christmas, Alice. Thanks for all the great photos this year. 📷🌲

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