Remember LK-99?


nostr:npub1mmcjk3s9hp4gkgv38greyr7sqs3ynkpkugmtdv297qe6qeugep9qaz43g5 Easy for you say, you haven’t lost $8 billion suddenly.


TIRED: Billionaires shopping for a doomsday bunker in New Zealand

WIRED: Billionaires shopping for a pliant biographer


Sydney Opera House Redesigned for its 50th anniversary.
By AI in the style of 10 famous architects.

https://www.yankodesign.com/2023/10/06/sydney-opera-house-gets-redesigned-by-10-iconic-architects-using-ai-for-its-50th-anniversary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sydney-opera-house-gets-redesigned-by-10-iconic-architects-using-ai-for-its-50th-anniversary


Retailing, as the lord intended.
(Galaxy by iPhone.)
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“40 trailblazing companies that, in their own ways, beat the West.”

https://restofworld.org/2023/rest-vs-west/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds


nostr:npub1wnrunntxcsr3x8s3wk4lnqr9j2snm5q8lx3lg9rfdw0da2z4huds630szh Specifically in the 8-9 old boys and girls demo?!


Are you old enough to fondly remember how Silicon Valley parents were hiring teachers and nannies to make their young children fluent in Mandarin?


nostr:npub1mc4a7c5z3jl85kf7gznhnv4cmd5z5vfvdv9pf0zkxmx7jsycyf0ss476r4 What if she talks to herself frequently?!


nostr:npub13zapmxxcwrpdu2wvrvz5q05jeyxkknkycq6rzrdyzc2wgyufjn7qxusu3u Since pets can’t defend themselves, I can’t very well comment on that.


I'd have definitely sued Apple.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/10/05/woman-named-siri-has-had-to-change-her-name-since-ios-17?utm_medium=rss


What if I want to wear my apparently now obsolete Apple Watch Gold Edition around my neck, where do I get a band-compatible, 18-K gold lanyard?!


nostr:npub1zc3npj72uz7fgf99xpdmpyqmfvx00l06g3ykyknzp6ftrqluqy4st7k7fp Has to be.


Is it surprising that France hasn’t yet blamed American BigTech or NYC for Parisian bedbugs?


We were promised flying cars, and then…

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon: “Your children are going to live to 100 and not have cancer because of[ AI] technology, and literally they’ll probably be working three-and-a-half days a week.”


FACT: Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy is still the best dressed GOP representative.


nostr:npub1jjqptjtv5jgsgdsplfs8ndnwt44zn0gv2jcsut77t37pgcahxuss6aksgt And they’re charging $3,500 for this?!


nostr:npub1hvdfn5ne7zvks3ztfewr00vdjv3kve4nddht43p8fjepc8rn6yasz69sq9 Is there some new news?


nostr:npub1jjqptjtv5jgsgdsplfs8ndnwt44zn0gv2jcsut77t37pgcahxuss6aksgt We asked for flying cars!


nostr:npub1g037q3k99l94t33zqm0fcpqf2ssmz387lkuj28rntzpcfmnzukmsm3he74

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/172/682/671/055/714/original/3698010de599f89b.jpg


FACT: There isn’t any tech, biz, or design problem that can’t be blamed on Apple.
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I know I'm going out on a limb here, but have you tried to replace the guy who has already screwed up multiple times to get you in this predicament? Just sayin'.

https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/111167887525131350


nostr:npub1v996pusuzms7r8zld04rqggmk76sqz87fzc2uhup4khjsauhzanqs3xhpf And disowning history is totally free.


nostr:npub1jjqptjtv5jgsgdsplfs8ndnwt44zn0gv2jcsut77t37pgcahxuss6aksgt Always hoping the somnambulist populace won’t notice.


Because you keep calling people who buy into bad companies “smart”?
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Oh my gosh, diddly darn, Microsoft itself would never do that!
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nostr:npub1jjqptjtv5jgsgdsplfs8ndnwt44zn0gv2jcsut77t37pgcahxuss6aksgt

Random thoughts:

1. Can an avg user turn off HDR mode?

3. What’s lurking in Camera prefs in Settings apps?

2. What resolution do you get between 2X and 5X?

5. Photos vs Aperture?


FACT: The iPhone camera app is getting too complicated, with prefs, settings, mental calculations all over the place.


nostr:npub1r6r0zj5vy0vd3zcaltag0tfykjf22hlzsz0nvs5tc7d8r7hvycksrswy8e nostr:npub19e3zvd4797402fkt49zuhsuxzu5745y7g9cxh88mjm9m2gz5mw9qf5hdrz I assume this is directed at an average Canadian serial killer?


If my iPhone is not overheating, do I really have to download and start using the Instagram app?


nostr:npub1e0sg4hfxaeu67vmpx2vfedru765lyw35yp7t4r7uhwswra3hxzsqjan6zr Apparently not a lesson learned at Humane.


nostr:npub1e0sg4hfxaeu67vmpx2vfedru765lyw35yp7t4r7uhwswra3hxzsqjan6zr Two words: Apple Watch.


Can $AAPL survive this?
(The Humane Ai Pin edition)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-humane-ai-pin-makes-its-debut-on-the-runway-at-paris-fashion-week/ar-AA1huKT2


nostr:npub1yyx7sllvsrr0fauh2rdlqk5rakf3963g9xk4a7j5uhfcs00lr3kq42qa5g Would this be tea with, gasp, milk in it?!


How’s this not a classic management problem easily solvable by suing Apple?!

https://stocks.apple.com/AMCmTMWBnSmKh8kIdNGaNAg


nostr:npub1utv8fr27ca4hvjes9y9wt9uev2u6hnwsdjf7wf6dlwpycknjajtq7287lr As you were, then.


nostr:npub1utv8fr27ca4hvjes9y9wt9uev2u6hnwsdjf7wf6dlwpycknjajtq7287lr One wonders if you’re possibly underselling the myriad benefits of restarting your computer, from time to time.


nostr:npub12h000zgwm9jqdkpqk3r6397kytp69mf2jud3nlkmw2gcwnp9e2ysxce7sz Don’t be JEALOUS!


Tesla chair?
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nostr:npub19h0rlcq4j44cd46c8wzs0gulafdz4yx3xmumpx0a9spwwaw7yehsvt2gqw

21 lashes in public.


nostr:npub1wnrunntxcsr3x8s3wk4lnqr9j2snm5q8lx3lg9rfdw0da2z4huds630szh Gives Ive an opportunity to design the best Android phone, he might think.


Jony Ive + Sam Altman =? a new AI hardware device.

(Did you see that one coming?)

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/designer-jony-ive-and-open-ais-sam-altman-discuss-ai-hardware-project


Magic Johnson: “I think it would be intriguing. The only team I would actually probably think about [owning] is the New York Knicks."

(ElOhEl, this is the guy who recommended owner James Dolan to hire Isiah Thomas as head coach 20 years ago. We don’t forget. Keep it, pal.)


nostr:npub1jjqptjtv5jgsgdsplfs8ndnwt44zn0gv2jcsut77t37pgcahxuss6aksgt To be charitable, has a he always been this stupid?


He shouldn’t give up hope, there might be a job opening in the U.S. soon.

#BuildTheWall
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Embrace. Extend. Extinguish?

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/how-microsoft-is-trying-to-lessen-its-addiction-to-openai-as-ai-costs-soar


nostr:npub1jjqptjtv5jgsgdsplfs8ndnwt44zn0gv2jcsut77t37pgcahxuss6aksgt
Google did come to this from the dead-trees, static, web/document model, wherein a linear progress works semi-OK like a browser.

In the mobile/app universe the notion of wanting to go “back” is contextually slippery: previous page, one step back inside the current app, back to previously used app, all the way to Home? What happens when an action on current page changes state and you go “back”, what does the app show now (old|new state)? What does a random *user* expect to see?


nostr:npub1jjqptjtv5jgsgdsplfs8ndnwt44zn0gv2jcsut77t37pgcahxuss6aksgt For a while they did pretend they could/did solve that unsolvable problem.


nostr:npub1jjqptjtv5jgsgdsplfs8ndnwt44zn0gv2jcsut77t37pgcahxuss6aksgt Back to what?


Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

I’m no relationship expert, but if you really wanted to date a grown-up guy would you start by going to a game he’s playing in and sit right next to his mother in his suite?


OH: “This iPhone just cost me $1,678 at Apple Store. This is why Americans think the economy is terrible.”


nostr:npub1hzg6f85ej5mkldvsj9qw88fyepv8stefrrqpss70m0x8k42c6lnqjzzc23 Pure coincidence.


FACT: As per the new FTC directive, all news outlets operating in the U.S. must now offer word puzzles.


nostr:npub12h000zgwm9jqdkpqk3r6397kytp69mf2jud3nlkmw2gcwnp9e2ysxce7sz nostr:npub1eeetax7xxyr7mem486lqayj4av7czytttp9swjwn6yry6sn790lqrve209 How’s this problem not solved by Apple offering multiple live feeds for:
1. Retail customers
2, Businesses
3. Press, pundits, Wall Street
4. EU
5. China


nostr:npub1v996pusuzms7r8zld04rqggmk76sqz87fzc2uhup4khjsauhzanqs3xhpf Also, telephone can be used as a verb, but not television.


nostr:npub1yeaqtn9arzfplgefmlc39wkzdfgsyay949zs4jkgh7t8qgujaaaqfj3zln Yes. We used to get notifications on shipment steps all the way from China for preorders, nowadays after a week, in one step: here's your order (presumably from a local storage area). So they must have shipped these ahead of time, or first week pre-orders still flown in?


nostr:npub1jjqptjtv5jgsgdsplfs8ndnwt44zn0gv2jcsut77t37pgcahxuss6aksgt Isn’t this why the lord created AI…that can parse code, find entities and generate names semantically?


nostr:npub1fewjwunzjnk5csm4rgmlx9yms5cqaevhzthfg2jd4yz6ewfu6qdspxrtvd The impossibly-large, outrageously-expensive, hard-to-preorder 15 Pro Max.


I assume the inventory for *pre-ordered new* iPhones are already stored in Retail Stores/local distribution depots in the US, and not being shipped/flown from Chyna?


Also, now that I’m a bit calmer, I know the iPhone ordering funnel is a complicated tech/biz matter but, man, you can inject some structure & repeatable component patterns for reasonable flow expectations by users. Simplify, please, it’s getting out of control.


Delivery times for the overly-hyped, innovation-free and grossly-expensive iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are now slipping into November. At this rate, it’ll take Apple a couple of years to drain that inventory.


nostr:npub18vnycfrgclapsa945a3n8ztfdhpsa9g8tye77rs5es2w8vkzjfkqtng8x3 The Genius Bar and repair guys at Apple are going to waste a lot of time on this problem, it looks like.


nostr:npub1gxt60tknj7gjvcjravc5w5xn2m2hx6vad9wj4tk083f2wnd96cnqmrht7e Do you want to stay poor?!


Still early days.
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nostr:npub12h000zgwm9jqdkpqk3r6397kytp69mf2jud3nlkmw2gcwnp9e2ysxce7sz That’s some variable typeface!


10:09.
Sure there may have been legibility requirements and other attenuating circumstances, but I bet a few federal statutes were broken in the selection of that typeface.
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At this point, you’d have to wonder why Google is still in the retail hardware business.

https://www.theverge.com/23874281/google-pixel-watch-cracks-no-repairs-warranty


Tough race:
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I’m busy, I’m not planning to write a book on pre-processed pre-ordering of iPhones at the very start of the pre-ordering day, are you?


Totally looks like an office befitting a $110+ million AI-powered legalTech CEO who was one of the highest paid CEOs of 2022, ahead of Tim Cook.
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(Hard to make up these, but…)

Sam Altman on his mentors: “I'm learning from Elon Musk about what is possible to do."

Elon Musk when asked whether he would "sue OpenAI for defrauding" him: "Wait for it …"


nostr:npub19e3zvd4797402fkt49zuhsuxzu5745y7g9cxh88mjm9m2gz5mw9qf5hdrz Does anyone store anything locally any more?!


2022: Nvidia’s $40B bid to acquire Arm abandoned after regulatory opposition

2023: Arm’s IPO now values the company at $54.5 billion

Conclusion: There’s no money in regulation.


Must we have to forget that before the retirement announcement there was The. Job. Interview?
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1. Regurgitate how Apple is going to substantially INCREASE upcoming iPhone prices.

2. Explain why Apple MUST increase iPhone prices to please investors.

3. When the iPhones come out with LOWER in inflation-adjusted YoY prices, call it a ‘blink’.

4. Sell newspapers.
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nostr:npub1yeaqtn9arzfplgefmlc39wkzdfgsyay949zs4jkgh7t8qgujaaaqfj3zln The year is 2023 and Camera still has no way to ghost a library photo for positioning under a new one before you shoot?! Maybe a 3rd party biz opportunity?


nostr:npub1a9ssqmjta5nqkp3k77y7vqlfx3mszrxsxzf325myxhcqhzrc8p7q5ageyc Do you always ride naked?!


nostr:npub135k35upu5ckg3nhfeck5tzkqr4839lwphk59sa8jjqp46jn4ggqqvfp8kd It’s the easy/cheap hot take.


There *is* a level of depravity mere mortals can’t aspire to reach.
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nostr:npub1h9xt8f4fkht0ysr9yeymyg70m4pjefz678rmrs7wj8m33tq0vutqlhhmaf nostr:npub18snh0h459un9m9g9dnf8x2xhu2ugtu5m9wfxkn0jqm355t6t3ggqmymrxg Was this written by Bard?


Apple is the largest company in the world by market cap, has been the most successful American company in China, and, according to its CEO Tim Cook, ‘the largest corporate taxpayer in America’. It’d be idiotic for any U.S. administration not to care what happens to such a company in a country with which we’re in Cold War-level conflict. Not sure where the surprise here comes from.

https://mas.to/@carnage4life/111059730406857833


Which is more important to you, if you’re planning to get one?
a) iPhone 15 Pro colors
b) iPhone 15 Pro case colors


Speaking of AI alignment, can a civilization hooked on something called "Candy Crush" deserve to survive on this planet?


nostr:npub160wpnkve9m46we9nusfg0qfuvfnkr2tm3thpvm99tdeevdq2sqxqfkrlj6 Yes, nostr:npub1yyx7sllvsrr0fauh2rdlqk5rakf3963g9xk4a7j5uhfcs00lr3kq42qa5g keeps a VisiCalc spreadsheet of all admissible “Yes” indulgences sold to companies and people of fame and riches.


nostr:npub1f4dwlre9xrzayv7wvvrkrdh8eyegz85r9s6c52wx36jxedl9qzks8242zv Thanks.


nostr:npub1f4dwlre9xrzayv7wvvrkrdh8eyegz85r9s6c52wx36jxedl9qzks8242zv What monitor arm are you using on the Studio Display, and are you happy with it?


nostr:npub130xukx8902ycxuve5q202nuj2l90rqs0588mjt7ct45ksh926edqkcact0 Better be on Twitter.


“This story was originally published in 2018”

(And will be repeated every year until morale improves?!)

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Gives us gladiators and death matches, you cowards!

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/8ykeD42WGWJ8XnQbd/bring-back-the-colosseums

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If a once commonly used, overarching word like “webmaster” can vanish over time, so can “AI”.
Be patient, stay vigilant.


“Tiny houses started as a minimalist revolution. They ended up as an Instagram aesthetic.”

(Tiny impact.)

https://www.wired.com/story/what-ever-happened-to-the-tiny-house-movement/


nostr:npub1lfsqj3e08kq5380cne62nvfezw0gpqnudlqmfsrd8c2m8nllplds3l2cez That’s already being done by various cam networks, mostly for porn.


nostr:npub1wpxeh4rfyduypz7fvrd2lnfd660v6q7vc6035qdgct7ql406nzhq6cud0y Not exactly, but not the ‘future of TV’ either.


(No.)
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THEN: Works best in Internet Explorer

NOW: Works best in Chrome

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/googles-widely-opposed-ad-platform-the-privacy-sandbox-launches-in-chrome/


Hugely inspired by Tom Brady, I’m now considering becoming a ‘strategic advisor’ to L’Oréal, Caterpillar, Lockheed Martin or Häagen-Dazs. Wish me luck.


“ChatGPT can help you make Money.
But you need the magic Prompts.”

(And they say AI will kill jobs!)
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Q: Market size predictions, what the heck are they?

A: Sexy random integers neatly divisible by 2, 3, 5, 15, 30, 50.

(“…though he did not say by when.”)

https://twitter.com/dnystedt/status/1699218648081293707?s=20


"When you hear hooves, think horses, not zebras."


What’s the prompt engineering trick that lets ChatGPT rewrite any article headline in the “style” of NYTimes headlines?

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/16/1194202562/new-york-times-considers-legal-action-against-openai-as-copyright-tensions-swirl


Scary.
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“Who is the world’s biggest fintech company at the moment?”

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3704131/is-apple-now-the-worlds-biggest-fintech-disruptor.html


If in the next year or two there's no benevolent intervention by another civilization, we have to assume we're alone in the universe.