Apple announced macOS 27 Golden Gate today. Seems more like 26.6 update than a major update. Nothing really new. Looks like others felt the same way. The revamped Siri with AI didn't impress. Here's some behind the scenes about AI Siri, and the personalities clashing to take control of the project. I'll dutifully update my computers, as usual, but not really looking forward to anything new that's going to make my workflow any better. Maybe finally Spotlight search will work. It's crap right now, and can't find anything useful.
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I didn't know that it was possible to sneak in an email message into a chat stream with Verizon and T-Mobile. Hackers and phishers were using that loophole to steal information. That loophole has been fixed.
The amount of tokens you consume does not correlate with productivity. Very true. It's nice to brainstorm and explore with LLMs, and that doesn't necessarily correlate with output, or quality thereof.
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The Crystal That Could Destroy All Medicine. Another great Veritasium video, this time on polymorphs. What a fascinating problem. It reminds me of Ice-IX in Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle.
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How to build a cancer vaccine, and whether they will work this time. Deep dive into the vaccine creation process: what targets to select and how best to approach the problem.
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Gen Z Koreans turn to ‘dopamine sites’ for quick comfort. What a society they've become, where young adults have to do that to calm themselves. I dunno, maybe the Koreans are on to something. Or maybe they're just crazy? Can't be certain.
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We run an AI companion company. You probably shouldn't use it every day. Speaking of societal problems, an AI companion company has to tell people not to use their product everyday. Go find a human. And yet, some will ignore this.
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Majority of US’s new AI datacenters to be built on drought-hit land. Like in eastern Oregon, where farmers already have to struggle to ensure adequate water. Why? Who approves this?
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Back in 2024, The Economist posted this: Why you should never retire. But now, they post this: How to retire at 30. So what changed?
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DeepSeek Made AI Cheap. Now It Needs Billions to Keep It Cheap. Just because you made something, doesn't mean that it's worth having around. All those brilliant Chinese engineers created a subsidized model that they probably distilled from a larger, ultimately American model. It was cheap for a reason. But now what?
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Oregon progressives notched 2 upsets in last month’s election. "Dr. Tammy" wins after election day. What happened in California with Spencer Pratt and Steve Hilton is happening in Oregon, too. Weird how it happens, huh?
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Oregon's economic forecast looks dismal. We're following the path blazed by California. And did you see Washington's Office of Financial Management. Such "diversity".
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