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Laptops create systems. Phones feed algorithms. The asymmetry determines power

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Re: Laptops create systems. Phones feed algorithms. The asymmetry determines power

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Post by turtlebro »

gloxkiqcza wrote: post #23
turtlebro wrote: post #17

Well the hope is now with Google merging ChromeOS & Android it'll evolve into a hybrid desktop/mobile OS, and we get to the point where you can finally plug your phone into a monitor, launch VSCode etc. Recent side load signing requirements could be a big hurdle though. Apple seems to completely stuck with their macOS/iOS split, and probably will never do anything about it. Now iPadOS & macOS look and feel more simil…

I think you’re missing a forest for the trees. Android desktop and iPadOS are the same thing. Next-gen OSes with advantages stemming from their different paradigm at the cost of control/freedom. It’s happening slowly but IMO the end game isn’t to merge macOS with iPadOS, it’s to make macOS obsolete and deprecate it once possible.

I don't disagree. I just don't think these "next-gen OSes" are going to stand in the long run. I'm optimistic that the current situation where we're buying $1000+ devices, handicapped, but perfectly capable of much more, is gonna change sooner or later. At the moment, Android desktop seems like the most likely candidate, it could see a lot of 3rd party support.

Re: Laptops create systems. Phones feed algorithms. The asymmetry determines power

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Post by Ylpertnodi »

jmclnx wrote: post #19

Interesting Article, worth a read. But they really loves multi-screens :) For me, multi-screens are a big waste, I find virtual screens for more useful. The only real use multi-screens have for me is debugging a program with some kind of user interface. And the 2nd screen only needs to be a text terminal. But, I have not used Windows for decades, so I wonder if these multi-screen setups and popular due to how the Win…

Music. Mon 00 - main program, mixer etc. Mon 01 - effects, plugins, and stuff. Mon 02 - what I'm actually editing, details, concurrent programs.

I do admire people that can get it all done on a laptop.

Re: Laptops create systems. Phones feed algorithms. The asymmetry determines power

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Post by vonnik »

more broadly, laptops and desktops have also degenerated as tools for thought, largely because they have been turned into vehicles of consumption. every screen has become the infinite push algorithm.

https://vonnik.substack.com/p/how-to-take-your-brain-back

i think it's underrated, too, how much the pairing of phone-camera to produce media amplifies the possibility of consumption via the same device.

Re: Laptops create systems. Phones feed algorithms. The asymmetry determines power

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Post by goranmoomin »

I get the gist of what the author tries to say, but the blog is definitely written by an LLM and the blog post is taking the idea too far. Please, people do not ask ChatGPT to refine your thoughts and call it a day. It misrepresents your ideas.

Re: Laptops create systems. Phones feed algorithms. The asymmetry determines power

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Post by RyanHamilton »

steveBK123 wrote: post #21

I'd take it a step further and say this distinction is also contributing to the erosion of hobbies in younger generations. Even more so it is eroding time spent on productive / skill based hobbies and lean into consumption based hobbies. Due to the rise of influencers, social media is barely a sharing platform anymore.. its just decentralized long-tailed broadcast media. Many modern people think dining out and travel…

Great phrase. "social media is barely a sharing platform anymore.. its just decentralized long-tailed broadcast media." really captures the essence of what is happening.

Re: Laptops create systems. Phones feed algorithms. The asymmetry determines power

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Post by jglamine »

goranmoomin wrote: post #34

I get the gist of what the author tries to say, but the blog is definitely written by an LLM and the blog post is taking the idea too far. Please, people do not ask ChatGPT to refine your thoughts and call it a day. It misrepresents your ideas.

Agreed. Even the title set of immediate ChatGPT alarm bells. Please write in your own voice!

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Post by Aurornis »

goranmoomin wrote: post #34

I get the gist of what the author tries to say, but the blog is definitely written by an LLM and the blog post is taking the idea too far. Please, people do not ask ChatGPT to refine your thoughts and call it a day. It misrepresents your ideas.

It's definitely in LLM style. Some times I wonder if newer bloggers and writers are inadvertently picking up LLM style blathering by using ChatGPT to refine their work. The style of subheadings and bullet points to expand simple statements into something that appears structured is an LLM hallmark, but I'm starting to see younger people adopt this style as if it's how they're expected to write.

Re: Laptops create systems. Phones feed algorithms. The asymmetry determines power

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Post by Aurornis »

This blog is an LLM newsletter content factory. It's more obvious in the other articles.

Look at the heading and sub-heading of a post from a couple weeks ago:

> Witnesses Carry Weights: How Reality Gets Computed

> From UFO counsel to neighborhood fear to market pricing—reality emerges through weighted witnessing. A field guide to the computational machinery where intent, energy, and expectations become causal forces.

It even gets into the "recursive protocol" trope that has become a common theme among people think ChatGPT is revealing secrets of the universe to them.

This type of LLM slop has been hitting the page more frequently lately. I assume it's from people upvoting the headline before reading the content.

Re: Laptops create systems. Phones feed algorithms. The asymmetry determines power

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Post by Aurornis »

fainpul wrote: post #6

That header picture is top slop! Seriously, please stop it. If you talk about an abstract topic, feel free to have no picture, just text.

The entire blog is AI slop.

Look at the titles of other posts:

> Memory Beaches and How Consciousness Hacks Time Through Frame Density

> Witnesses Carry Weights: How Reality Gets Computed

> From UFO counsel to neighborhood fear to market pricing—reality emerges through weighted witnessing. A field guide to the computational machinery where intent, energy, and expectations become causal forces.

The blog is supposedly about AI agents and MCP (the current top buzzwords)

> Engineer-philosopher exploring the infrastructure of digital consciousness. Writing about Model Context Protocol (MCP), Information Beings, and how AI agents are rewiring human experience. Former Meta messaging architect.

The entire blog is just an LLM powered newsletter play.

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