#Marathon is looking really fun, still hoping to receive an alpha code š¤š¼
Iām a developer now - Mastodon
sjvn @sjvn@mastodon.social Whenever I hear someone saying they're a vibe programmer.
4:52 PM ā¢ April 24, 2025 (UTC)
Perplexity targets Siri with actually useful voice actions from an iPhone AI chatbot app
Zac Hall writing for 9to5Mac:
The newest version of the app can interact with Reminders, search and play Apple Music and Podcasts, and even compose and send emails and calendar events. Thereās also ride hailing, making reservations, and searching Apple Maps.
This is pretty cool, I’ve only played with it a little bit so far, but very impressive!
Deep Dive into LLMs like ChatGPT
Unpopular opinion, I like the categorization Apple’s Mail is doing. I’ve been using it for a week now and I find it really useful. I think the digest view is what’s really doing it for me.
Nintendo Delays Switch 2 Pre-Orders In Canada Because Of The United States
From Kotaku:
The company has confirmed in a statement that the delay was done to āalign with the timingā of pre-orders in the United States, which were delayed last week due to President Trumpās tariffs.
Such bullshit. Don’t punish Canadians because of America’s stupidity.
I deleted over 200 mail rules, Iām going to give Appleās categorization a shot. Now that the feature is on iPad and Mac, Iām going all in!
Mozilla Thunderbird Challenges Gmail With Its Own Email Service
Jason Evangelho writing for Forbes:
At its core, Thundermail will primarily be a mail service provider, eventually expanding to offer a familiar browser-based experience similar to Gmail. Users can send and receive email using new Thundermail accounts they sign up for. The service will also allow using your own custom domain (e.g. your.name@yourdomain.com).
šš¼ More competition is always good.
Television tuned to a dead channel - Mastodon
Joe Groff @joe@f.duriansoftware.com āThe sky was the color of television tuned to a dead channelā
80s meaning: grey 90s meaning: blue Today: full of ads from the smart tv vendor
2:23 AM ā¢ March 30, 2025 (UTC)
I changed ISPs recently and had to change some of my network gear which meant moving to a new subnet. Iāve always used DHCP, there isnāt anything too unconventional about my setup. Everything, laptops, phones, smart home devices, etc. has moved over to the new subnet fine. My kidsā Chromebooks (from school), however, continue to be attached to the old subnet. Iāve tried āforgettingā the network, rebooting, flushing caches, nothing works. I continue to believe Chromebooks are shit!
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
Jeffrey Goldberg writing for The Atlantic:
Information about an active operation would presumably fit the lawās definition of ānational defenseā information. The Signal app is not approved by the government for sharing classified information. The government has its own systems for that purpose. If officials want to discuss military activity, they should go into a specially designed space known as a sensitive compartmented information facility, or SCIFāmost Cabinet-level national-security officials have one installed in their homeāor communicate only on approved government equipment, the lawyers said.
My family owns Disney Vacation Club (think timeshare for Disney) and weāve decided we wonāt be going to the States this year. Previous to this, we went to #DisneyWorld every year for the past 6 years. At this point, I donāt know when weāll go back.
Iām the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
This story from The Guardian about the woman from BC who was detained by ICE is enraging!
There was no explanation, no warning. He led me to a room, took my belongings from my hands and ordered me to put my hands against the wall. A woman immediately began patting me down. The commands came rapid-fire, one after another, too fast to process.
They took my shoes and pulled out my shoelaces.
Musk calls US Senator a Traitor - Bluesky
South African car salesman tells U.S. Senator, American astronaut and U.S. Navy captain: "You are a traitor"
— Brandon Friedman (@brandonfriedman.bsky.social) 2025-03-10T19:09:00.334Z
Zelenskyy meeting at the White House - Mastodon
Kim Scheinberg @kims@mas.to Clay Bennett in the Chattanooga Times Free Press
6:58 AM ā¢ March 1, 2025 (UTC)
Encrypted Chat App āSessionā Leaves Australia After Visit From Police
Joseph Cox writing for 404 Media:
Linton also pointed to Australiaās recently enacted surveillance laws, and said āwe felt Session was sufficiently secured because it is open source, decentralised, and we were just building privacy-focussed technology in good faith.ā That changed after the country laid out plans to have service providers collect and store a certain amount of data on users.
I wonder how long encryption will be legal. With the recent leaked news about the UK telling Apple to install a back door into iCloud, governments are increasingly looking to get access to everyone’s personal communications and data.
The Right Wing Explodes - Mastodon
MostlyHarmless @MostlyHarmless@thecanadian.social I hope America is as lucky as the upside down Delta jet. Everyone survives but the right wing explodes.
1:56 AM ā¢ February 20, 2025 (UTC)
āTruly a middle fingerā: Humane bricking $700 AI Pins with limited refunds
Scharon Harding writing for Ars Technica:
After launching its AI Pin in April 2024 and reportedly seeking a buyout by May 2024, Humane is shutting down. Most of the people who bought an AI Pin will not get refunds for the devices, which debuted at $700, dropped to $500, and will be bricked on February 28 at noon PT.
Shocked!
I think this summed it up pretty well:
Sums up LinkedIn - Mastodon
Jaunty Art @JauntyArt@crispsandwi.ch Saw this on LinkedIn and I think it perfectly sums up LinkedIn
11:07 PM ā¢ February 12, 2025 (UTC)
Actual Rights - Mastodon
The Icarian @The_Icarian@federated.press 6:36 PM ā¢ February 12, 2025 (UTC)
Signal will never weaken encryption - Mastodon
Meredith Whittaker @Mer__edith@mastodon.world @brayd @signalapp We will never weaken encryption, add a backdoor, bow or scrape, etc. We would rather shut down or leave a market. Our position does not change based on jurisdiction.
8:22 PM ā¢ February 6, 2025 (UTC)
Left Intolerance (lol) - Bluesky
Opinion | The Left insisted that we all embrace Barack Obama. But now that Republicans have our own African-American president, Elon Musk, theyāre back to their typical intolerance. by Hugh Hewitt
— New York Times Pitchbot (@nytpitchbot.bsky.social) 2025-02-05T16:21:46.497Z
Smaller government - Mastodon
Saulo Popov Zambiasi @saulopz@corteximplant.com minimum state
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(flagged at origin) 4:31 PM ā¢ January 30, 2025 (UTC)
Microsoft probing whether DeepSeek improperly used OpenAI APIs
Romain Dillet writing for TechCrunch:
According to security researchers working for Microsoft, the Chinese company behind the R1 reasoning model may have exfiltrated a large amount of data using OpenAIās API in the fall of 2024. Microsoft, which also happens to be OpenAIās largest shareholder, notified OpenAI of the suspicious activity.
While anyone can sign up and access OpenAIās API, the companyās terms of service stipulate that you canāt use the output to train a new AI model.
Developer Creates Infinite Maze That Traps AI Training Bots
Jason Koebler writing for 404 Media:
Since they made and deployed a proof-of-concept, Aaron B said their pages have been hit millions of times by internet-scraping bots. On a Hacker News thread, someone claiming to be an AI company CEO said a tarpit like this is easy to avoid; Aaron B told 404 Media āIf thatās, true, Iāve several million lines of access log that says even Google Almighty didnāt graduateā to avoiding the trap.