Alex
@chromaticnova.com
I’m a web developer, designer, photographer, movie fanatic, music lover, snow sports addict and general tech enthusiast.
Based in Bath, UK
http://chromaticnova.com
Based in Bath, UK
http://chromaticnova.com
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Alex
@chromaticnova.com
· Jan 23
Can't believe it's taken this long, or that the industry didn't do this voluntarily, but glad to see this is finally happening!
Europe’s cookie nightmare is finally crumbling 🍪 The European Commission wants browsers to manage cookie preferences instead of pop-ups on every website. Finally! Details here 👇 www.theverge.com/news/823788/...
Europe’s cookie nightmare is crumbling
The seven-year nightmare is nearly over
www.theverge.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Can't believe it's taken this long, or that the industry didn't do this voluntarily, but glad to see this is finally happening!
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Not to brag, but I am getting *a lot* of early VIP access to Black Friday sales here 😎
November 17, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Not to brag, but I am getting *a lot* of early VIP access to Black Friday sales here 😎
If companies like Microsoft *actually* solved all your productivity problems, how would they get you to keep spending money on more new things to solve your productivity problems? 🙃
if microsoft just made outlook search not suck they'd see triple the productivity gains of any AI integration
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
If companies like Microsoft *actually* solved all your productivity problems, how would they get you to keep spending money on more new things to solve your productivity problems? 🙃
Is it normal that an app that shut down like 8 years ago is able to restore a database of 100k user-uploaded videos? 🤔
Vine reboot called diVine has been launched 📱
• Funded by Jack Dorsey
• Includes over 100K videos from Vine's archive
• Users can upload 6-second videos
• AI-generated content is not allowed
• Funded by Jack Dorsey
• Includes over 100K videos from Vine's archive
• Users can upload 6-second videos
• AI-generated content is not allowed
November 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Is it normal that an app that shut down like 8 years ago is able to restore a database of 100k user-uploaded videos? 🤔
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Developers: Can you believe what ABC, CEO of DEF, has said?
Me: Who?
Developers: Check out what developer GHI has done!
Me: Who?
Developers: Company JKL released version X of the MNO library!
Me: Who? What?
I don't know if I'm old, out of touch with the tech community, or just living a happy life
Me: Who?
Developers: Check out what developer GHI has done!
Me: Who?
Developers: Company JKL released version X of the MNO library!
Me: Who? What?
I don't know if I'm old, out of touch with the tech community, or just living a happy life
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Developers: Can you believe what ABC, CEO of DEF, has said?
Me: Who?
Developers: Check out what developer GHI has done!
Me: Who?
Developers: Company JKL released version X of the MNO library!
Me: Who? What?
I don't know if I'm old, out of touch with the tech community, or just living a happy life
Me: Who?
Developers: Check out what developer GHI has done!
Me: Who?
Developers: Company JKL released version X of the MNO library!
Me: Who? What?
I don't know if I'm old, out of touch with the tech community, or just living a happy life
These electric scooters in my city are a lot like gen AI:
A scourge on society, and everyone who uses them is an asshole, a menace, and a moron
…until I want to use them, and then of course they’re brilliant and great and super useful and one of the best inventions in years 😂
A scourge on society, and everyone who uses them is an asshole, a menace, and a moron
…until I want to use them, and then of course they’re brilliant and great and super useful and one of the best inventions in years 😂
November 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
These electric scooters in my city are a lot like gen AI:
A scourge on society, and everyone who uses them is an asshole, a menace, and a moron
…until I want to use them, and then of course they’re brilliant and great and super useful and one of the best inventions in years 😂
A scourge on society, and everyone who uses them is an asshole, a menace, and a moron
…until I want to use them, and then of course they’re brilliant and great and super useful and one of the best inventions in years 😂
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Life of a graphic designer by Amar Chaurasia
November 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Life of a graphic designer by Amar Chaurasia
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November 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Yes and yet several European countries are embracing a far-right worldview that would burn these policies to the ground, so let’s be not be smug or complacent here - particularly as Mamdani‘s pro-immigration stance is radical by European standards.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ -- Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Yes and yet several European countries are embracing a far-right worldview that would burn these policies to the ground, so let’s be not be smug or complacent here - particularly as Mamdani‘s pro-immigration stance is radical by European standards.
Multiple people at Adobe really went "yep, that Lightroom icon looks good, no issues there - ship it!"
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Multiple people at Adobe really went "yep, that Lightroom icon looks good, no issues there - ship it!"
Everyone’s gleefully awaiting the AI bubble burst, but a) bubbles have no relation to the usefulness of something (dot com and housing bubbles didn’t exactly spell the end of the internet and housing) and b) the AI burst is gonna screw over waaay more people than just those in the AI industry.
Breaking news: US stocks have dropped as jitters over highly elevated valuations for many artificial intelligence companies intensified and top Wall Street executives said markets were vulnerable to a pullback. on.ft.com/4hIMmhj
November 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Everyone’s gleefully awaiting the AI bubble burst, but a) bubbles have no relation to the usefulness of something (dot com and housing bubbles didn’t exactly spell the end of the internet and housing) and b) the AI burst is gonna screw over waaay more people than just those in the AI industry.
Every week for about 3 years now Slack has been sending me summary emails stating that my monday-to-friday company sends all our messages tuesday-saturday 🙃
I've reported this to them multiple times, but nobody there seems to care.
I've reported this to them multiple times, but nobody there seems to care.
November 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Every week for about 3 years now Slack has been sending me summary emails stating that my monday-to-friday company sends all our messages tuesday-saturday 🙃
I've reported this to them multiple times, but nobody there seems to care.
I've reported this to them multiple times, but nobody there seems to care.
It’s super depressing that Facebook metrics are obviously showing them that AI generated content generates engagement. I cannot comprehend who wants that stuff.
Mark Zuckerberg is excited to add more AI content to all your social feeds
Mark Zuckerberg is excited to add more AI content to all your social feeds
Is AI the next era of social media?
buff.ly
October 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
It’s super depressing that Facebook metrics are obviously showing them that AI generated content generates engagement. I cannot comprehend who wants that stuff.
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This is cultural appropriation.
October 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This is cultural appropriation.
Better prepare for a lot more AWS outages 🙃
Amazon confirms 14,000 layoffs after CEO says AI likely to lead to job losses.
Is artificial intelligence to blame for Amazon job cuts?
Amazon confirms 14,000 layoffs after CEO says AI likely to lead to job losses.
bit.ly
October 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Better prepare for a lot more AWS outages 🙃
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I don't buy the AI narrative around prosperity for all. There is plenty of money to go around yet it tends to flow to the top. I can't imagine a world where those in control of AI, assuming it actually works, will resist charging an ever increasing subscription fee cementing the haves and have nots.
October 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I don't buy the AI narrative around prosperity for all. There is plenty of money to go around yet it tends to flow to the top. I can't imagine a world where those in control of AI, assuming it actually works, will resist charging an ever increasing subscription fee cementing the haves and have nots.
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Apple would rather disable app tracking prevention in Europe entirely than to have to conform to the rules in its own apps that it imposes on third party developers.
And then it tries to blame regulators and lobbyists for the situation.
At every turn, Apple is determined to prove that it's a […]
And then it tries to blame regulators and lobbyists for the situation.
At every turn, Apple is determined to prove that it's a […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Apple would rather disable app tracking prevention in Europe entirely than to have to conform to the rules in its own apps that it imposes on third party developers.
And then it tries to blame regulators and lobbyists for the situation.
At every turn, Apple is determined to prove that it's a […]
And then it tries to blame regulators and lobbyists for the situation.
At every turn, Apple is determined to prove that it's a […]
Yesterday I was randomly talking with a friend about how fucked the world would be if AWS went down. Given my newfound manifestation abilities, today we'll be speculating about what might happen if Trump, Musk and Farage found themselves in a freak helicopter accident.
October 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Yesterday I was randomly talking with a friend about how fucked the world would be if AWS went down. Given my newfound manifestation abilities, today we'll be speculating about what might happen if Trump, Musk and Farage found themselves in a freak helicopter accident.
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devastating that a good diet and regular solid exercise does actually improve your life radically by basically every measure that counts. really horrible stuff actually
October 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
devastating that a good diet and regular solid exercise does actually improve your life radically by basically every measure that counts. really horrible stuff actually
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This is one of the best takedowns of AI art I’ve read. It perfectly articulates exactly my sentiments about the kind of people who are hyped for it, and why they’re wrong and bad.
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about AI art.
theoatmeal.com
October 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This is one of the best takedowns of AI art I’ve read. It perfectly articulates exactly my sentiments about the kind of people who are hyped for it, and why they’re wrong and bad.
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
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YouTube rolled out their redesign using Liquid-Glass-style floating pill elements instead of toolbars, so now, naturally, you can't fling your mouse into the corner of the fullscreen window to hit the un-fullscreen button anymore. Don't you just love how Apple design drives the wider industry? 😛
October 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
YouTube rolled out their redesign using Liquid-Glass-style floating pill elements instead of toolbars, so now, naturally, you can't fling your mouse into the corner of the fullscreen window to hit the un-fullscreen button anymore. Don't you just love how Apple design drives the wider industry? 😛
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How you behave on public transport describes your entire character. Push on the train before other people get off? That's because you're utterly incapable of considering anyone but yourself.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
How you behave on public transport describes your entire character. Push on the train before other people get off? That's because you're utterly incapable of considering anyone but yourself.
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You know how billionaires end up with severe cognitive deficits as a result of becoming surrounded by yes men who constantly tell them their every idea is genius? What if we made a bot that just does that to everyone. I think that would be a good idea.
October 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM
You know how billionaires end up with severe cognitive deficits as a result of becoming surrounded by yes men who constantly tell them their every idea is genius? What if we made a bot that just does that to everyone. I think that would be a good idea.
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It's quite difficult to talk realistically about AI because social media is full of people who say it's all powerful and can do anything and also people who say it's totally useless and both groups are hyperbolically wrong but very noisy.
October 15, 2025 at 1:46 AM
It's quite difficult to talk realistically about AI because social media is full of people who say it's all powerful and can do anything and also people who say it's totally useless and both groups are hyperbolically wrong but very noisy.
I actually think that simultaneously making Apple TV the device, Apple TV the app and Apple TV the service is vastly more insane than companies that call their products obscure names like “AX469C”
October 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I actually think that simultaneously making Apple TV the device, Apple TV the app and Apple TV the service is vastly more insane than companies that call their products obscure names like “AX469C”