The upcoming foldable iPhone is really just a foldable iPad Mini. I'd like a really large real estate screen that can be folded to a more convenient size. I can think of one application – displaying sheet music PDFs, which are a bit too small even for the iPad Pro form factor.
Does it seem true that Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want. Seems that way sometimes.
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Here's a comparison between two top models: Claude 4.7 Opus and GPT-5.5. The answer is that there is no clear winner. Each excels in something.
Then there is DeepSeek V4. What makes it worth paying attention to? It's less costly and more efficient. And it's optimized for Huawei's Ascend chips instead of nVIDIA's chips.
Not everyone is sad that Tim Cook is leaving Apple. I am looking forward to some innovation and vision. Not just new colors and a better camera. And new emojis.
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Another article on Jevon's Paradox. Many use this to show that as AI becomes more widely used, people using it will become more productive so that there will be a greater demand for them. All seemingly good. But Jevon took it further:
That’s the culmination of the paradox – that greater accessibility to the resource leads to de facto scarcity.
And we're starting to see it now. As the demand for AI grows, so will be the need for the unloved datacenters, and as new construction is suppressed and limited, so will the availability of AI, as newer models demand more datacenter capacity.
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Alexandra's been busy. The Sci-Hub creator has created Sci-Bot, which seems to be a chatbot that answers your queries. But what is it based on? How accurate and current is it? That's the real question. No details.
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Oh-oh. Tumors can thrive on extracellular glutathione. I've encountered people who thought that taking glutathione would help with their cancer. Guess not. Also, taurine can fuel leukemogenesis. This is why we need clinical trials.
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Sperm carry unexpected genetic messages. Yeah, in mice, sperm can carry full-length mRNA from the father and send it into the egg. Another way of conveying genetic information. And reverse transcriptases can generate cDNA which could be incorporated into the genome of the embryo. Always something new.
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LogMeIn is an interesting concept. If you want to give someone access to a site that requires a password, you can just send them the login cookie, and you don't have to share the password.
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Now you can enjoy the Notepad++ Windows goodness on your Mac. It's been ported over.
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What a mess! Here's a map of properties within the city of Portland that are too lousy to sell. They need renovations but it's not worth it. Like the mandatory earthquake retrofit. They are unsellable because who would want to take this on? They are uninsurable, too. And you can't auction off the property for a reasonable price because no one would want to pay for it unless it was essentially given away. These are like Gordon's Fireplace Shop, and they are everywhere.
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