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gruber

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I write Daring Fireball, host The Talk Show, and created Markdown.

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daringfireball, to random
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Pixar Lays Off 175 Employees, 14 Percent of Staff, Shocking No One Who’s Tried Watching Their Recent Films
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/21/pixar-layoffs

gruber,
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@bshanks None of them have achieved the cultural relevance of even “A Bug’s Life”. Even if I’m wrong and the movies are great, none are popular. And Pixar’s business isn’t making good but unpopular movies.

daringfireball, to random
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Semafor: ‘As Clicks Dry Up for News Sites, Could Apple News Be a Lifeline?’
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/21/semafor-apple-news

gruber,
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@swingerofbirch I agree but I love browsers and I’m savvy enough to install and configure browser extensions to make the web work the way I want it to. I bet you are too. I think Apple News is well-liked by people who don’t have such expertise.

daringfireball, to random
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Adobe Unveils Firefly-Powered Generative Remove in Lightroom
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/21/adobe-lightroom-generative-remove

gruber,
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@Gregmaletic Ditto.

gruber, (edited ) to random
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My Apple Card is expiring this summer, and the replacement physical card arrived in the mail today. Activating was super-duper easy—just bring it in close proximity to your iPhone and tap a button or two on screen. Done.

But what do I do with the old card? It's titanium so it's not easily destroyed.

I've had metal Amex cards since 2010 or so. When Amex sends a replacement card, they include a return envelope custom made for mailing them your expired card for recycling.

[See thread for update]

gruber,
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Some web searching led me to Apple's "Trade In" page.

  1. Go here: https://www.apple.com/shop/trade-in
  2. Click "Recycling".
  3. Click "Get started” (I actually got started two steps ago)
  4. Choose "Apple Card” for "Device type”
  5. Fill out form with mailing address.
  6. Wait for it to arrive.

All this rigamarole to get a return envelope that Amex has been sending with new cards automatically for 15 years. And the new Apple Card doesn't tell people to do any of this. I had to look it up on my own.

gruber,
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@agiletortoise I love fire so I love the suggestion. (Will titanium burn?)

gruber,
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@digitalqualms Whoops, same here!

gruber,
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Update: So, it turns out, Apple DOES include a FedEx return envelope in the new card's packaging. But I almost threw it away because it just looked like part of the cardboard. Kind of a pain that I can't just drop it in a USPS mailbox, but I wonder how many others won't see that this return envelope is a return envelope and throw it away?

E.g.:

https://mastodon.online/@digitalqualms/112477244179031928

gruber,
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@pmcg @digitalqualms Exactly!

daringfireball, to random
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Microsoft’s New Flex Keyboard for the Surface Pro Tablet
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/20/microsoft-flex-keyboard

gruber,
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@frankly Whoops, fixed, thanks!

gruber,
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@ravi Correct. People seem to care very much about Vision Pro.

daringfireball, to random
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‘Inside Microsoft’s Mission to Take Down the MacBook Air’
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/20/microsoft-vs-macbook-air

gruber,
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@raoufdool Oh, I disagree. You certainly need to take “inside” with a degree of skepticism, but there’s also so much to learn. Even if what to learn is reading between the lines, not the lines themselves.

glennf, to random
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@gruber Altman would have said to Johansson, if he were as big a douche audibly as some people: “I thought you would be flattered.” I can absolutely feel that statement.

gruber,
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@glennf My guess is that they lowballed her, waited until a few days before launch, and then offered a truckload of money they wrongly presumed she would not refuse. Then when she did, said "Fuck it, go ahead anyway.”

Gte, to random
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Remember when OpenAI claimed a founding principle was the ethical development of machine learning technologies? Can’t trust these types even a little bit.

https://www.wired.com/story/openai-superalignment-team-disbanded/

gruber,
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@counternotions @kraigschmidt @Gte 3. Partner for cloud AI computing with Google, who -- checks notes -- just started a jihad against Apple in claims for the “Best AI phones” marketing wars?

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@gruber Re: putative iPhone “Ultra” and its back…

What if the Apple logo gets bigger and is a glass inset to accommodate MagSafe charging…?

gruber,
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@barrylyga That would look ungainly IMO. And would probably negate the advantages of moving entirely away from glass.

daringfireball, to random
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Perhaps the New Ultra-Thin iPhone Rumored for 2025 Is in Addition to, Not Replacing, the iPhones Pro
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/20/perhaps-iphone-17-ultra-in-addition-to-iphones-pro

gruber,
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@Agsystems The port is used for pro camera features. They’d need Thunderbolt-speed data transfer of some sort.

gruber,
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@kaplag You think they should engineer, market, and sell unpopular phones? I wish the Mini had been popular but it wasn’t.

gruber,
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@hova414 They’re not speculating. They’re going by what customers choose.

daringfireball, to random
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Apple’s 2023 App Store Transparency Report (PDF)
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/20/2023-app-store-transparency-report

gruber,
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@badibulgator 1.6 billion weekly app redownloads is way way more than “restoring backup on new iPhone" would account for.

daringfireball, to random
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The Information: ‘Apple Plans a Thinner iPhone in 2025’
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/20/the-information-iphone-17-thinner

gruber,
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@danprovost @rjj I think that’s why true same rumors say the camera module is getting a new layout / position.”

gruber, (edited )
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@danprovost @rjj In fact I’d be willing to bet that if this rumor pans out, this iPhone “Ultra” will have a better camera than the iPhones Pros.

gruber,
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@5tu @danprovost @rjj I could see that, but I can also imagine multiple ways to make a thinner phone but bigger camera protrusions.

gruber, to random
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Kinda weird that Microsoft isn’t live-streaming this event? Name a big tech keynote in recent years that wasn’t live-streamed. I can’t think of one.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/20/24158827/microsoft-surface-windows-ai-event-live-blog-news-updates

gruber,
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@matt I said ‘big’. (Ducks from Humane PR…)

tvaziri, to random
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deeply fucked up that Apple doesn't still sell these puppies

these things are so damn reliable

gruber,
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@tvaziri I’m surprised they don’t picture the remote/mic because I think that’s what people like best about wired earbuds.

gruber, to random
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Had another, more wide-ranging, demo with Apple Vision Pro today. Ask me anything.

Me, sitting on a couch, wearing an Apple Vision Pro, making a pinch gesture with my right hand.

gruber,
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@jenn Just moving windows around, if I recall correctly. Pretty sure I was way more excited the first time I saw boobs. (No photos alas, so you'll have to take my word.)

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