Brad Sams
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Christmas project…use a 1090 antenna to capture flight data of aircraft overhead and get it to display on a matrix display…🎉
December 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Christmas project…use a 1090 antenna to capture flight data of aircraft overhead and get it to display on a matrix display…🎉
Shoutout to the parents assembling poorly documented toys tonight and swearing that a part is missing only to find it a few minutes later.
December 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Shoutout to the parents assembling poorly documented toys tonight and swearing that a part is missing only to find it a few minutes later.
Cursor has really changed my workflow this year.
December 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Cursor has really changed my workflow this year.
If OpenAI valuation hiccups and every company has to markdown their investment, the stock market will collapse
Sources: Amazon is in talks to invest $10B+ in OpenAI at a $500B+ valuation, with OpenAI using AWS Trainium chips; Microsoft keeps rights to sell OpenAI models (The Information)
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December 17, 2025 at 2:56 AM
If OpenAI valuation hiccups and every company has to markdown their investment, the stock market will collapse
Microsoft probably gave LG money to put Xbox Cloud Gaming on LG TVs and that's not working out (?) so they changed it to Copilot.
December 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Microsoft probably gave LG money to put Xbox Cloud Gaming on LG TVs and that's not working out (?) so they changed it to Copilot.
Connection Explorer Beta 2 is now available.
📊 - Bandwidth monitoring
🗺️ - New 'focus mode' for clustered dots
⌛- New activity timeline
And lots of minor fixes, updates, enhancements
📊 - Bandwidth monitoring
🗺️ - New 'focus mode' for clustered dots
⌛- New activity timeline
And lots of minor fixes, updates, enhancements
December 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Connection Explorer Beta 2 is now available.
📊 - Bandwidth monitoring
🗺️ - New 'focus mode' for clustered dots
⌛- New activity timeline
And lots of minor fixes, updates, enhancements
📊 - Bandwidth monitoring
🗺️ - New 'focus mode' for clustered dots
⌛- New activity timeline
And lots of minor fixes, updates, enhancements
Copilot? 🤔
Source: ChatGPT has ~900M weekly active users; Sensor Tower: Gemini MAUs grew ~30% to 346M between August and November while ChatGPT's rose ~5% to 810M (Sri Muppidi/The Information)
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December 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Copilot? 🤔
Next Connection Explorer update will have this pretty timeline to show the relationship of your bandwidth, apps, and total connections over time...help to identify outliers
December 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Next Connection Explorer update will have this pretty timeline to show the relationship of your bandwidth, apps, and total connections over time...help to identify outliers
Who has two thumbs and got his app to work with the NPU on a Copilot Plus PC...LFG
December 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Who has two thumbs and got his app to work with the NPU on a Copilot Plus PC...LFG
"We are always working to bring the best value to our customers (and we really appreciate you!!!) and to help keep our content to the level you expect, we are raising your monthly subscription by $3"
Netflix has lined up a $59B unsecured bridge loan from Wells Fargo, HSBC, and BNP Paribas for its WBD deal, one of the largest ever unsecured bridge loans (Bloomberg)
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December 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"We are always working to bring the best value to our customers (and we really appreciate you!!!) and to help keep our content to the level you expect, we are raising your monthly subscription by $3"
Trying to resolve a UX issue with Connection Explorer to make it easier to see a cluster of dots.
This works in this scenario
This works in this scenario
December 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Trying to resolve a UX issue with Connection Explorer to make it easier to see a cluster of dots.
This works in this scenario
This works in this scenario
It’s time for a Friday pup pic of the perfect snooze.
November 22, 2025 at 12:53 AM
It’s time for a Friday pup pic of the perfect snooze.
🚨It's new app day!
Say hello to Connection Explorer
👁️- See all the connections your PC makes
🗺️- A living map of where your data is going
📐- Easy rules for creating alerts
📖- Full history of your data connections
🪟- Native app Windows app
Say hello to Connection Explorer
👁️- See all the connections your PC makes
🗺️- A living map of where your data is going
📐- Easy rules for creating alerts
📖- Full history of your data connections
🪟- Native app Windows app
November 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🚨It's new app day!
Say hello to Connection Explorer
👁️- See all the connections your PC makes
🗺️- A living map of where your data is going
📐- Easy rules for creating alerts
📖- Full history of your data connections
🪟- Native app Windows app
Say hello to Connection Explorer
👁️- See all the connections your PC makes
🗺️- A living map of where your data is going
📐- Easy rules for creating alerts
📖- Full history of your data connections
🪟- Native app Windows app
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Connection Explorer lets you see where your PC is connecting to
We have the cloud everywhere; it seems every app wants to connect to something. Have you ever wondered where those apps are connecting to? Now, you can see that for yourself with a new app from Stardock, called Connection Explorer.…
We have the cloud everywhere; it seems every app wants to connect to something. Have you ever wondered where those apps are connecting to? Now, you can see that for yourself with a new app from Stardock, called Connection Explorer.…
Connection Explorer lets you see where your PC is connecting to
We have the cloud everywhere; it seems every app wants to connect to something. Have you ever wondered where those apps are connecting to? Now, you can see that for yourself with a new app from Stardock, called Connection Explorer. Connection Explorer adds a visual layer to your PC, alongside an intuitive interface, alerts, and the ability to explore where your PC is headed. Connection Explorer helps you sift through the hundreds of connections your PC makes per day in both a clear and concise manner to see what's going on with your device carefully.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Connection Explorer lets you see where your PC is connecting to
We have the cloud everywhere; it seems every app wants to connect to something. Have you ever wondered where those apps are connecting to? Now, you can see that for yourself with a new app from Stardock, called Connection Explorer.…
We have the cloud everywhere; it seems every app wants to connect to something. Have you ever wondered where those apps are connecting to? Now, you can see that for yourself with a new app from Stardock, called Connection Explorer.…
I want this to be the picture historians use to describe the 2020s economic bubble
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I want this to be the picture historians use to describe the 2020s economic bubble
The only people who want this have a Samsung email address.
Samsung rolls out its Vision AI Companion, a generative AI-powered upgrade to its Bixby assistant, across its 2025 TV lineup, with support for 10 languages (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
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November 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The only people who want this have a Samsung email address.
It's not GTA 6 unless it's from the Delayed region of France.
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It's not GTA 6 unless it's from the Delayed region of France.
Time to consolidate, paying for too many storage services.
November 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Time to consolidate, paying for too many storage services.
Azure status page says it all.
October 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Azure status page says it all.
Well the robot murdered the home owner after they insulted its cooking.
A look at 1X's $20K Neo humanoid housekeeper robot, controlled remotely by a human with a VR headset, available now for preorder, with delivery expected in 2026 (Joanna Stern/Wall Street Journal)
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October 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Well the robot murdered the home owner after they insulted its cooking.
Not feeling the new icon 🤔
October 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Not feeling the new icon 🤔
The only reason to really buy an Xbox at this point is if you have a back catalog and like Game Pass?
Halo announced all future titles are going to PS as well...so no more Xbox exclusives but this writing has been on the wall.
Halo announced all future titles are going to PS as well...so no more Xbox exclusives but this writing has been on the wall.
October 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The only reason to really buy an Xbox at this point is if you have a back catalog and like Game Pass?
Halo announced all future titles are going to PS as well...so no more Xbox exclusives but this writing has been on the wall.
Halo announced all future titles are going to PS as well...so no more Xbox exclusives but this writing has been on the wall.
Life is way more interesting when you let your enemies do this
Doc: Google launched a Trusted Tester program that will select 15 of its "Superfans" to test unreleased Pixels, using protective cases to disguise the hardware (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)
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October 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Life is way more interesting when you let your enemies do this
