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GeorgeOldfield

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    Comment #48198559

    gemini isn't even that good. just tested 3.5 on usual complex prompts to opus/chat 5.5. meh

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    Comment #47986280

    so we are losing the only point of Android -- sideloading apps -- now it will be literally worse at everything compared to iOS :(

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    Comment #47253485

    that's it boys. apple will take over the ENTIRE market with this. they will be at schools everywhere. only reason to not get a macbook before was the price.

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    Comment #47247712

    my 64GB M1 pro max is still fast AF. faster than my regular M3 in practice i wish the new mbp had 256GB of ram :(

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    Comment #47247681

    I'm interested in the Ultra with 256GB/512GB ram :)))

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    Comment #47088461

    the problem is - these don't work unless everyone uses them worldwide.

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    Comment #47088449

    yeah I think trillions alone wouldn't be enough to replicate Apple's success and market dominance (especially the most valuable demographic)

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    Comment #47023044

    nobody is switching

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    Comment #47023041

    damn you guys are naïve. this is ragebait (not the blog author, the person who told AI what to do...)

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    Comment #47014556

    I'm not saying the author is malicious. These are typical vibe-coded codebase characteristics.

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    Comment #46988083

    Mr. Rand, not just goods and services. also anything that taxes pay for, done by younger people than you. roads laid, cleaned, police, firefighters, public parks, etc. deal or no d…

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    Comment #46986535

    it's fun but PLEASE watch out for malicious code/supply chain attacks from random vibe-coded .sh scripts: downloads other scripts (peon.sh, uninstall.sh) and executes them or place…

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    Comment #46986391

    not this grifter again

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    Comment #46985885

    the upfront cost

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    Comment #46957391

    fine but the tradeoff is you are not getting any benefits or services from people younger than you. deal or no deal?

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    Comment #46957385

    What is very disturbing, apart from the obvious, is the fact that they are using Google generated AI images. take the picture of the kid, put it into gemini.google.com and request …

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    Comment #46939133

    most of them are needed at one time or another. also a mandatory: and yet the macbooks are faster and more battery efficient than any PC laptop with linux/windows

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    Comment #46939026

    skill issue

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    Comment #46938952

    it's real, i have the leak.

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    Comment #46938895

    he's a sophist. not terrible like Jordan Peterson, et al. but he is a sophist 100%

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    Comment #46891005

    i think alcohol is also a gateway drug. anything that creates REAL addiction/disinhibition/escapism (not food). paradoxically i don't think cigarettes are a gateway drug, but weed …

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    Comment #46822405

    why is this nonsense trending here? this is a random blog

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    Comment #46807707

    [flagged]

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    Comment #46795923

    not true because the meta changes constantly. The accounts that are popular for a long time have someone talented at the head.