davemark

davemark, 35 minutes ago to math

Math puzzler:

What percentage of the image below is black?

Only basic understanding of fractions required here. Thought it was a fun little puzzle.

#Puzzle #Math

davemark, 57 minutes ago to apple

From @markgurman on #Apple and #WWDC —
"The Siri personal assistant will get an upgrade as well, with more natural-sounding interactions based on Apple’s own large language models"

To me, two biggest Siri needs are:

• More reliable understanding
• Context (for follow-up ?s, or fine tune a request)

More "natural sounding" is nice, but not on my list.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-05-26/apple-ios-18-macos-15-ai-features-project-greymatter-privacy-openai-deal-lwni63s3

davemark, 1 hour ago to privacy

10 minute email gives you a fake email that will work for 10 minutes.

• It's free
• Emails sent to the fake email appear on the page
• Reply/forward from the page

Use it for those times you need to provide an email, but don't want to give up yours. An alternative to Apple's "hide my email".

https://10minutemail.com
#Privacy

davemark, 1 hour ago to music

The official video for "The Spark", the Irish kids song that is flying around the web.

Absolute banger! 🔥

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njE3EknkkBY
#Music #TheSpark

ezat, 23 hours ago to random

@davemark Listened to the podcast and just to make you envious, I was AT the Queen in Montreal concert!

davemark, 1 day ago to Games

If you've ever played the New York Times' "Connections" game, pick up a cup of coffee and give this a read.

Chef's kiss, McSweeney's!!!

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-open-letter-to-wyna-liu-the-new-york-times-connections-editor
#Games

davemark, 1 day ago to ai

From @gruber on Google adding AI GIGO (garbage in, garbage out) to their search results:

"They’ve turned Google Search — the crown jewel of the company, arguably the greatest consumer product ever made — into the butt of jokes."

If facts and hard data are required, folding in AI is like a truth diluting virus. Once the AI learns about adding glue to pizza, there's no simple way to exorcise that "fact".

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/24/publishing-ai-slop-is-a-choice
#AI #Google

davemark, 1 day ago to movies

🔥🍿
Trailer for the movie "Hit Man".

• Directed by Richard Linklater, who did "Dazed and Confused", "School of Rock", two movies I really loved, and lots more.

• In theaters now, getting RAVE reviews

• Hits Netflix on June 7 (less than 2 weeks)

Watch the trailer. On my short list.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXwa8DKIK7g
#Movies #Netflix

davemark, 2 days ago to apple

On the rumored Mac foldable, here's a link to the Yoga book 9i, which does what Apple seems to be aiming at.

Follow the link, start clicking through the photos at the top. Seems a bit unwieldy to me, a bulk/weight tradeoff for the extra screen real estate.

Worth it? Will Apple find a way to make the tradeoff work?

https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/yoga/yoga-2-in-1-series/yoga-book-9i-gen-8-(13-inch-intel)/len101y0028
#Apple #Mac

davemark, 1 day ago to apple

Two #Apple things:

1. My watch wants to call 911 when I am drumming (looks like you've taken a fall)

2. Was watching a movie, Siri suddenly piped up wanting to call the suicide prevention hotline. No idea the context, can't reproduce.

Sprinkle some #AI into the mix, the future is going to be wild.

davemark, 1 day ago to apple

New Dalrymple Report is live!😎

Elvis, Alexa, Microsoft's Mac attack, lots more.

Dig in, and thanks for listening. 🙏🏻❤️

https://www.loopinsight.com/2024/05/24/the-dalrymple-report-elvis-alexa-and-macbook-air/
#Apple #TheDalrympleReport

davemark, 2 days ago to Samsung

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"Samsung requires independent repair shops to give Samsung the name, contact information, phone identifier, and customer complaint details of everyone who gets their phone repaired at these shops"

And:

"it also requires these nominally independent shops to “immediately disassemble” any phones that customers have brought them that have been previously repaired with aftermarket or third-party parts"

Crazy.

https://www.404media.co/samsung-requires-independent-repair-shops-to-share-customer-data-snitch-on-people-who-use-aftermarket-parts-leaked-contract-shows/
#Samsung #RightToRepair

davemark, 2 days ago to Samsung

"We’re Ending Our Samsung Collaboration"

iFixit on why they are terminating their "Samsung Repair Hub". An interesting "right to repair" read...

https://www.ifixit.com/News/96162/were-ending-our-samsung-collaboration
#Samsung #RightToRepair

davemark, 2 days ago to ai

Rollup of some of the wildly incorrect answers Google's AI search is surfacing.

Garbage in. Garbage out. 😐

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/23/24162896/google-ai-overview-hallucinations-glue-in-pizza
#AI #Google #Futurology

davemark, 2 days ago to apple

The rumored foldable Mac:

• 14-15" Mac will unfold into 20" display
• M5 processor
• As soon as end of 2025

And maybe NO keyboard/trackpad?

Not getting this. foldability is for portability, yeah? But no keyboard/trackpad means you need to bring your own? Or add bulk with a keyboard case?

It'll be interesting to see how this all unfolds (sorry).

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/23/24163198/apple-foldable-macbooks-shipments-2026-kuo
#Apple #Mac

davemark, 3 days ago to apple

"Amazon plans to give Alexa an AI overhaul — and a monthly subscription price"

Given that Amazon is going to start charging for the AI version of Alexa, I wonder if Apple has this same plan up its sleeve.

Maybe roll AI into the Apple One Premier bundle? Or add a tier, Apple One Ultra?

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/22/amazon-plans-to-give-alexa-an-ai-overhaul-monthly-subscription-price.html
#Apple #Siri #AI #Amazon #Alexa

davemark, 3 days ago to Tennessee

"A judge blocks the foreclosure sale of Elvis' Graceland, after his heir alleges fraud"

A fascinating story, but what got me was the bit about Graceland being valued at $400 million. For 14 acres. That's about $28M per acre. That's approaching mid-town-Manhattan prices.

This how much Elvis was revered? Still an amazing draw? Can't think of any other person whose home has so much value.

https://www.gpb.org/news/2024/05/22/judge-blocks-the-foreclosure-sale-of-elvis-graceland-after-his-heir-alleges-fraud
#Tennessee #Elvis #RealEstate