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Words on platform architecture, product design, tech business and cultural history.
Words on platform architecture, product design, tech business and cultural history.
Reminds me a little bit of Google+ social vibes being tied to employee performance at Google during Vic Gundotra’s despotic reign 2011-19.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Reminds me a little bit of Google+ social vibes being tied to employee performance at Google during Vic Gundotra’s despotic reign 2011-19.
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If you were Tim Cook and found $150B hidden in a couch bought at a thrift store recently, how would you spend it?
a) Buy an AI company
b) Create a YouTube competitor
a) Buy an AI company
b) Create a YouTube competitor
November 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
If you were Tim Cook and found $150B hidden in a couch bought at a thrift store recently, how would you spend it?
a) Buy an AI company
b) Create a YouTube competitor
a) Buy an AI company
b) Create a YouTube competitor
ElOhEl, they shouldn't waste time with AI infra, just proceed directly to quantum.
decrypt.co/348573/bitfa...
decrypt.co/348573/bitfa...
Bitfarms Will 'Wind Down' Bitcoin Mining and Pivot to AI After $46 Million Loss - Decrypt
Bitcoin miner Bitfarms will end its Bitcoin operations in the coming years, shifting focus to providing infrastructure for growing AI demand.
decrypt.co
November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
ElOhEl, they shouldn't waste time with AI infra, just proceed directly to quantum.
decrypt.co/348573/bitfa...
decrypt.co/348573/bitfa...
I’m kindly reminding but did you know today is World Kindness Day, introduced 27 years ago?
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I’m kindly reminding but did you know today is World Kindness Day, introduced 27 years ago?
1. Partner with a storied Japanese design firm to create fashionably colorful pouches to carry iPhones.
2. Trigger the speeds&feeds crowd out of their minds with the price and AI-free audacity.
3. Provocation or profit?
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2. Trigger the speeds&feeds crowd out of their minds with the price and AI-free audacity.
3. Provocation or profit?
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November 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
1. Partner with a storied Japanese design firm to create fashionably colorful pouches to carry iPhones.
2. Trigger the speeds&feeds crowd out of their minds with the price and AI-free audacity.
3. Provocation or profit?
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2. Trigger the speeds&feeds crowd out of their minds with the price and AI-free audacity.
3. Provocation or profit?
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Narrative disruption wherein, well, heads should roll at Cupertino.
Study: developer.apple.com/download/fil...
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Study: developer.apple.com/download/fil...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Narrative disruption wherein, well, heads should roll at Cupertino.
Study: developer.apple.com/download/fil...
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Study: developer.apple.com/download/fil...
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How to better serve customers by making credit card payments more complex and expensive, in three acts.
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
MSN
www.msn.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
How to better serve customers by making credit card payments more complex and expensive, in three acts.
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
On the very day Apple introduced iPhone Pocket it reached its highest valuation ever at close.
Coincidence? I think not, logic dictates.
Coincidence? I think not, logic dictates.
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
On the very day Apple introduced iPhone Pocket it reached its highest valuation ever at close.
Coincidence? I think not, logic dictates.
Coincidence? I think not, logic dictates.
The algorithm failed music
True music discovery has suffered.
www.theverge.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
No, less powerful and cheaper notebooks are not the same as netbooks.
www.theverge.com/tech/817277/...
www.theverge.com/tech/817277/...
Apple helped kill netbooks. Will it bring them back?
Apple helped put an end to netbooks with the iPad, but its rumored cheap MacBook sounds a heck of a lot like a netbook on paper.
www.theverge.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
No, less powerful and cheaper notebooks are not the same as netbooks.
www.theverge.com/tech/817277/...
www.theverge.com/tech/817277/...
Throwing random numbers on a field 15-years long should become an Olympic sport.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Throwing random numbers on a field 15-years long should become an Olympic sport.
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“Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10% of its overall annual revenue – or $16 billion – from running advertising for scams and banned goods…”
So? Since when aiding and abetting considered a crime?!
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
So? Since when aiding and abetting considered a crime?!
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
“Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10% of its overall annual revenue – or $16 billion – from running advertising for scams and banned goods…”
So? Since when aiding and abetting considered a crime?!
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
So? Since when aiding and abetting considered a crime?!
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Have they fallen so far behind in AI?
Heads should roll at Cupertino!
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Heads should roll at Cupertino!
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November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Have they fallen so far behind in AI?
Heads should roll at Cupertino!
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Heads should roll at Cupertino!
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“AI money isn't eternal.
Apple's money effectively is, though. They can wait.”
appleinsider.com/articles/25/...
Apple's money effectively is, though. They can wait.”
appleinsider.com/articles/25/...
Apple's long game will result in a safe, secure, and ethical AI ecosystem
Despite recent headlines screaming that Apple is behind, or caving in, Siri won't be "powered" by Gemini, ChatGPT, or anything other than safe and secure Apple Foundation Models. Here's what's actuall...
appleinsider.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
“AI money isn't eternal.
Apple's money effectively is, though. They can wait.”
appleinsider.com/articles/25/...
Apple's money effectively is, though. They can wait.”
appleinsider.com/articles/25/...
Speaking of AI, Goethe’s “augendenker” (eye thinker) is still an intriguing formulation of how humans learn/appreciate what’s around us.
November 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Speaking of AI, Goethe’s “augendenker” (eye thinker) is still an intriguing formulation of how humans learn/appreciate what’s around us.
I don’t know how you plebs manage your life, but…
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November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I don’t know how you plebs manage your life, but…
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MagSafe…works everywhere!
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November 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
MagSafe…works everywhere!
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ElOhEl, wasn’t that what AI prompt engineering invented for?!
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November 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
ElOhEl, wasn’t that what AI prompt engineering invented for?!
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1967: “I Have One Word for You: Plastics”
2025: “I Have One Word for You: Robotics”
seekingalpha.com/news/4517542...
2025: “I Have One Word for You: Robotics”
seekingalpha.com/news/4517542...
Apple's installed base and hardware expertise place it in prime position for robotics revolution: MS
Apple's massive installed base combined with its expertise in the vertical integration of hardware, software, services and semiconductors places it in a prime position to benefit from the coming robot...
seekingalpha.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
1967: “I Have One Word for You: Plastics”
2025: “I Have One Word for You: Robotics”
seekingalpha.com/news/4517542...
2025: “I Have One Word for You: Robotics”
seekingalpha.com/news/4517542...
THEN: Why can’t Apple build their own maps app.
NOW: Why can’t Apple build their own digital assistant app.
NOW: Why can’t Apple build their own digital assistant app.
November 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
THEN: Why can’t Apple build their own maps app.
NOW: Why can’t Apple build their own digital assistant app.
NOW: Why can’t Apple build their own digital assistant app.
Quick glance at the market cap horse race, interesting to note that the only two $4+ trillion companies, $NVDA and $AAPL, are both vertically integrated hardware+software structures.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Quick glance at the market cap horse race, interesting to note that the only two $4+ trillion companies, $NVDA and $AAPL, are both vertically integrated hardware+software structures.
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Jumbo shrimp.
Original copy.
Only choice.
Objective journalism.
Original copy.
Only choice.
Objective journalism.
November 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Jumbo shrimp.
Original copy.
Only choice.
Objective journalism.
Original copy.
Only choice.
Objective journalism.
Would the First Amendment allow me to walk into a voting place wearing a t-shirt that says “I’ll vote your way for $25” and not get thrown out?
November 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Would the First Amendment allow me to walk into a voting place wearing a t-shirt that says “I’ll vote your way for $25” and not get thrown out?
What’s a day between friends?
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November 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
What’s a day between friends?
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