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davemark, to Games
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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

davemark, to ai
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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

davemark, to movies
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🔥🍿
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

davemark, to apple
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Two 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 into the mix, the future is going to be wild.

black_flag,
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@davemark Not mine because I don't own any of this superficial technological crap.

davemark, to apple
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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/

davemark, 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/

davemark, to Samsung
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"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, to apple
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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

JamesWNeal,
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@davemark Apple's keyboard will be virtual. People who can't learn to touch type on a bare table or in the air will have to get the new Apple Vision Air glasses that will also be foldable - just like my current glasses.

CerebralHawks,
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@davemark I don't think Apple will make a foldable-screen Mac. iPad, maybe. iOS (/iPadOS) already adapts from tall and narrow to wide, so it makes sense that iOS apps would be able to run folded (iPhone form factor) or open (iPad).

I think Macs will continue to be computers, not touch-first interface. Or at the very least, a traditional single screen and physical keyboard clamshell model will continue to be offered.

davemark, to ai
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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, to apple
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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

donkey,
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@davemark Makes me wonder if this is one of those root-out-the-leakers false stories…

davemark,
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@donkey I don't think so. It's been in the rumor mill a long time, just getting slightly more detail from a reliable analyst.

davemark, to Tennessee
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"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

jann,
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@davemark YooHoo... maybe a BIT of that is cos his BODY is on the property - as is Priscilla's, etc...

Own the land - own the remains. 😉

davemark,
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@jann interesting. Had no idea.

davemark, to apple
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"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

mlanger,
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@davemark Would people actually PAY for AI?

I’m more likely to pay to keep it out of my life. Like commercials in streaming services.

davemark,
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@mlanger Great question. It's all speculation at this point, but presumably, when and if pricing is laid out, there will be a compelling case made to shell out for AI.

davemark, (edited ) to ai
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[UPDATE: Added a screenshot]

From Reddit, here’s a test for Google…

Go to Google search, type:

“which us presidents earned degrees from UW Madison”

No quotes. That’s a really really wrong answer. Anyone else see this?

This just unvetted source material? That’d be a red flag for their AI, yeah?

davemark,
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@designatednerd I added a screenshot to my original post. Take a look. For sure that’s the source, and I can understand how someone could make that mistake, this is a bad result on Google part, and I’m guessing it also feeds into and educates their AI.

designatednerd,
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@davemark and this is why I am still very much in get off my lawn mode about AI.

davemark, to poetry
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One of my favorite all time poems, apropos of nothing:

"Because I could not stop for Death—
He kindly stopped for me—
The Carriage held but just Ourselves—
And Immortality."

-- Emily Dickinson

eurobubba,
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@davemark … which can be sung to the tune of the Gilligan’s Island theme, as someone recently pointed out.

davemark,
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@eurobubba I will never not hear that now!!! 😝

davemark, to apple
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👂🏻🎶🎸
Apple Music drops their top 10 albums of all time.

I love a good list, any notable snubs?

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/05/apple-music-reveals-top-10-albums-of-all-time-on-100-best-list/
#Apple #Music #AppleMusic

MisterArix,
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@davemark Recency bias makes the entire list ephemeral and should be forgotten at the end of the current news cycle.

I like what Richard Thompson did, although the sponsor did not

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1000_Years_of_Popular_Music

davemark,
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@MisterArix “malicious compliance” 😃

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