Dieter Bohn

@backlon.com

Currently working at Google. Formerly Verge, Android Central, PreCentral, iMore, etc. Posts about bikes, tech, and whether or not today is Friday.

Made a little video showing how fake call detection works on Android. It's actually quite clever in how it works to solve a real problem. (Of course my favorite part is that it takes advantage of RCS technology. 😅) youtu.be/ZHTOLbHbnQY?...

How Android Protects You From AI Voice Cloning & Fake Calls

Caller ID spoofing and AI voice cloning have gotten so advanced that you can no longer trust your eyes or your ears when a family member calls in an emergency. In this video, Dieter Bohn explains how…

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Me: electronic shifting is nice I guess, but I'm happy with mechanical for the most part and like that I don't have to remember to charge another thing. Me after re-indexing Di2 once: Wait, what? This took literally one minute. What? WHAT? what. wut. I .... I am converted.

It is only when all hope is lost and you are staring the inevitable emptiness of the universe in the face that you can be truly free. You realize meaning is impossible yet still created through absurdity. Give up on thought and act with purpose where no purpose exists. All is folly! Skol Vikings

Emily Leiker@emleiker.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Big day for the Vikings tight ends continues: McCarthy finds T.J. Hockenson as the Vikings offense stays out on fourth-and-goal. Hockenson motioned pre-snap and bounced off a defender at the goal line to stay upright and score. Vikings, 31 Commanders, 0 4Q | 11:26

14 unanswered points. The Minnesota Vikings are BACK*! . . . . (*to giving fans hope they can compete before ultimately crushing their dreams at the end)

I'd like to say vikes gonna vike but the essence of vike is to make you believe it's worth having hope in the first place. So what the vikes have viked is the very concept of vike.

Maybe it's because I replayed Hollow Knight again last month and Got Gud (lol I did not), but I'm not finding Silksong to be that much harder? Or maybe: when your video game skill is like a 5, the delta between 8 and 10 difficulty is harder to perceive?

Lazy / stupid question: is there a bank that lets you link your credit card to your checking account for ATMs? I swear I had this, long ago: a credit card that, when I put it in an ATM, let me choose to withdraw from checking, savings, or credit. I'm sure the reason I don't today is shenanigans