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siracusa, to random
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I spotted this car on the road, and my daughter asked why I thought it was cool. After I explained, she said, “Why would a company name a car 9/11?”

freediverx,
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@siracusa
🤣

freediverx,
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@siracusa
How many years would you have to hold off buying a car to rationalize the purchase of a Porsche in the future?

dangillmor, to random
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Democrats ask America's most corrupt Supreme Court justice, Clarence Thomas, if he would be kind enough, pretty please, to explain more about his corruption...

He is, of course, not explaining anything -- and daring anyone to do something about it.

https://newrepublic.com/article/181627/clarence-thomas-rv-loan-democrats-letter

freediverx,
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@dangillmor

stroughtonsmith, to random
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No doubt about it, ChatGPT upended Apple's roadmap. True disruption at work.

"Apple executives are said to be concerned that AI threatens the iPhone's market share because it has the potential to become a more compelling operating system with an ecosystem of AI apps that undermine the App Store. Apple apparently fears the ‌iPhone‌ becoming a "dumb brick" compared with other technology.”
https://mastodon.social/@macrumors/112418294057786439

freediverx,
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@stroughtonsmith @macrumors

https://www.wheresyoured.at/peakai/

freediverx, (edited )
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@stroughtonsmith @macrumors
Wait, this story is from NYT's Brian X Chen, the same guy who declared that nobody needs to upgrade their iPhone for camera enhancements since you can just use a flash in low light?

https://archive.is/REJ31#selection-695.178-695.293

arstechnica, to random
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Apple’s plastic-free packaging means pack-in logo stickers are going away

Pack-in Apple stickers go back at least as far as 1977’s Apple II.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/apples-plastic-free-packaging-means-pack-in-logo-stickers-are-going-away/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

freediverx,
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@arstechnica
Stickergate

aral, to random
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I don’t know what’s worse, that a worm ate part of R.F.K. Jr.’s brain or that it died after eating it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/rfk-jr-brain-health-memory-loss.html

freediverx,
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@aral
Are we sure it's the worm that died?

daringfireball, to random
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TikTok Sues US Government Over Forced Divestiture and Potential Ban
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/07/tiktok-sues-us-government

freediverx, (edited )
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@daringfireball
Must be nice to pontificate on privacy abuses by foreign-owned companies while applauding the same behavior from US-based companies and the government agencies they're in bed with.

This is what you get when your mindset revolves around “us vs. them” rather than “right vs. wrong.”

freediverx, (edited )
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@daringfireball
Is there a betting pool on the date when Gruber has his Joe Lieberman moment and comes out of the closet as a MAGA Republican?

mvario, to random
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Cable News Viewers Have a Skewed Attitude Toward Gaza War, Survey Finds

https://theintercept.com/2024/04/30/gaza-israel-palestine-cable-news-poll/

freediverx,
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@mvario
“Americans who get their news primarily from cable are the only people who believe that Israel is not committing a genocide in Gaza”

clive, (edited ) to random
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"ALICE" is the acronym for "asset limited, income constrained, employed" -- basically, folks who have jobs but ones that don't pay terribly well, and possess little wealth

Research shows this cohort of the American population is growing ...

... and they're stuck in a bad spot, policy-wise: They earn too much to quality for low-income government support, but too little to be comfortable amidst the big soaring costs of housing, health care, education and transportation

https://archive.is/UD8q2

freediverx,
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@clive
The only reason "ALICE” has fallen in Florida is because of all the folks who've fled due to unaffordable housing, coupled with all the newcomers who are the reason behind the unaffordable housing costs.

film_girl, to random
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The only time I’ve ever been what one could call a “responsible” consumer in my entire life was my refusal to buy an Apple Vision Pro. https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/27/24142810/apple-vision-pro-ebay-low-prices

freediverx,
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@film_girl
I'm actually feeling bad for the early adopters on this one…

stroughtonsmith, to random
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Why any manufacturer would cede their entire UI to a ‘partner’ like Apple baffles me 😅

'Next-generation CarPlay’ just hands the [car]keys to your kingdom to a mob boss
https://mastodon.online/@9to5Mac/112354762255985450

freediverx,
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@stroughtonsmith @9to5Mac
Competitive strategies aside, am I the only one who finds this mockup... underwhelming? It's not just aesthetically bland, but also functionally dubious, given the information they chose to prioritize. Air quality? Time zones?

dangillmor, to random
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"My Dinner with Andreessen" will help you understand how toxic the Silicon Valley billionaire crowd has become. https://americanprospect.bluelena.io/index.php?action=social&chash=ed57844fa5e051809ead5aa7e3e1d555.2690&s=cdaeb39801506c81595dd2c142301827

freediverx,
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@dangillmor
I didn't think my opinion of Andreessen could possibly sink any lower, yet here we are.

daringfireball, to random
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Senate Passes Bill to Force Sale of TikTok
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/04/23/senate-tiktok-bill

freediverx, (edited )
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@daringfireball
Another bad take from the increasingly reactionary Gruber. Let’s see how long before TikTok gets bought by Palantir/Peter Thiel and Gruber celebrates that as well.

On a related note, I’d love to see a parody account simulating daringfireball bad takes in previous historical times.

siracusa, to random
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This is what I’m saying. https://youtu.be/NaaJRGYSyGo

freediverx,
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@siracusa
I liked part 2 better than part 1, mainly because part 1 had so many scenes where the casting or dialog choices were distractingly inferior to the Lynch version. Also the pacing was better.

sdw, to random
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this is some bullshit

freediverx,
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@sdw
NYT is the new Fox News.

daringfireball, to random
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★ Face the Critic: Ian Betteridge Edition
https://daringfireball.net/2024/04/face_the_critic_ian_betteridge_edition

freediverx,
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@daringfireball
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film_girl, to random
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Apparently Apple Music for Mac has rabid fanbois (they are all men. All of them) and they are on Threads?! Of all the truly shitty products to stan, you want to defend Apple Music on the Mac?! I’ll defend Apple Music on iOS, even tho sync is a shit show, but on the desktop?! Man normies are weird.

freediverx,
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@film_girl
Apple Music is trash on every platform (iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS), and I say that as a subscriber. Infuriatingly bad user interface, seemingly designed by people who don't actually listen to music. In fact it seems designed by people who long for the days of listening to music on commercial radio. Almost as bad as the Apple TV UI.

freediverx,
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@film_girl @waltman
Putting aside your own music library, consider for a moment discovering new music from artists you follow. Sure, AM can show notifications for each new release. But amazingly there's no way to see a list of latest releases from artists you follow in reverse chronological order. And then there's the convoluted, disorienting, and illogical navigation throughout the app.

daringfireball, to random
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Google Fires 28 Employees Who Disrupted Workplaces to Protest Israel Cloud Contract
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/04/18/google-fires-28

freediverx,
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@daringfireball
Holy shit, you really seem to be on a mission to outdo every bad take with an even worse one… all while demonstrating a shocking lack of self-awareness for overpaid blogger who hasn’t held a real job in over a decade.

christianselig, to random
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I think I've narrowed down my small backpack search to the Aer Go Pack 2, Aer Pro Pack Slim, and the Fjallraven Ulvo. Any opinions, particularly around how small they pack and how well they protect your laptop, gimme 😛

freediverx,
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@christianselig
I'd recommend ordering them all to check them out in person, then return the others.

freediverx,
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@christianselig
High shipping costs?

christianselig, to random
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Anyone I know have the Aer Go Pack 2? How is the laptop protection? I figure it's minimal but is it passable?

freediverx,
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@christianselig
I have two Aer sling bags. Though I can't speak for the laptop protection on their larger bags, I highly recommend them in general for their excellent materials, design, and quality.

daringfireball, to random
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★ European Data Protection Board Goes There, Rules Against Meta’s ‘Pay or OK’ Model
https://daringfireball.net/2024/04/edpb_meta_pay_or_ok

freediverx,
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I think the world has had its fill of unbridled capitalism and measures like this are long overdue.

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