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The naming could be better for sure.

Funny you mention Apple because they are proof that taste can be king. Yeah they also kidnap their users into their ecosystem and make smart business decisions, but what really dif…

I was on a NYT page and used Firefox mobile's "Summarize" button... it spit out some sort of unrelated cooking recipe. I'm guessing this type of bot interference will become more a…

> For years I heard people arguing that wider aspect ratios were preferable because they afforded a wider view > Now we're being told the opposite. I agree with you, but I must als…

Only if the media is published in that format.

I was asked to zap some characters which I did. Then I realized I zapped the wrong character... and that's when I realized I'm in a text editor and I have no clue how to type text …

I'm all for the people who want to use nerdy software like Vim to do things in their own special way without ever touching a mouse, but I'm amused thinking, how dense is the UX of …

Are you saying demystifying music is as important as understanding physics?

I don't think I want a scientific theory of music. That would take the fun out of it. I like music that matches my tastes while still managing to surprise me. What else do I need t…

Because one is a clear intent to mislead while the other has plausible deniability. "It was there in case of robbery."

Casio also has cheaper "wave ceptor" models that do this. If you get one from Japan you can get a nice-looking rectangular model.

The good news is if you're doing Do Not Track you're probably in a good position to block cookie banners too.

> on Mac, for example, it’s simply Option + Shift + Hyphen And on Windows it's Alt + 0151 on the numeric keypad, which means you a) must have a numeric keypad and remember the numb…

> Leadership encourages this because from what they can tell, there is no downside. This was my big fear before we saw price increases. Now I'm pinning all my hopes on AI being too…

> In comparison, tech sisters advocating for an absolute right to privacy seem to be a very rare, and maybe mythical, species. Care to amend your statement? I don't see any qualifi…

I finished the article. My own bad prediction: If FOSS "dies" it will continue to thrive in 3rd world countries, where no one bothers to administer punishment for the heinous crime…

I had to stop reading halfway through to respond. > In comparison, tech sisters advocating for an absolute right to privacy seem to be a very rare, and maybe mythical, species. Eve…

Genuine question: if the LLM possesses the ability to use Secretive to retrieve secrets are you not back to square 1? I'm not familiar with Secretive but if it's just another way t…

The games industry will push us even harder toward streaming everything.

The company was acquired days ago. You think this was implemented since then?

"The US ambassador had Belgian police stop our reporting" Or reworded: "Belgian police stop our reporting simply because some foreign ambassador asked for it"

We are about to see this increasingly frequent commentary put to the test.

> lowbrow Microsoft tactics It's funny you say this because when I read the solution my first thought was that's such an Apple thing .

I'm probably a good candidate to direct a platoon of agents. I'm a generalist and I think in terms of business requirements. But I'm not sure I want to. Coding captures my imaginat…

> they should be more rigorous about carefully defining the knowledge objectives of the class, thoroughly breaking down complex skills into components, and doing lots and lots and …