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“An all positive scorecard never made a skilled product.” -FDR, probably
bar menu too long — had chatGPT read and recommend a beer #AIThings
June 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The amount of iOS bugs since 18 is too darn high!

Disappearing wallpapers.
Broken search with focus time on.
Disappearing paste text.

It’s like I’m on a beta release.
November 25, 2024 at 4:19 PM
“AI eats the world” from Benedict Evans

www.ben-evans.com/presentations are always good reads.

The most thought provoking slide was thinking what does this class of ai “make free”

Content understanding?
Translation?
Scaffolding?
Bullshit generation?
November 22, 2024 at 5:24 AM
21hats.substack.com/p/all-of-a-s...

The threat model is different this time. (Many) AI companies are building thoughtful controls but we’re collectively in for pain as the norms and defaults are figured out.
‘All of a Sudden, Joe Blow Can See the CEO's Emails’
You should probably be very careful about how you set up Microsoft Copilot.
21hats.substack.com
November 22, 2024 at 3:41 AM
If Google can no longer pay Apple for default search (a big if) will they…

1. Microsoft pays — if Apple prioritizes $
2. Browser Ballot — if Apple prioritizes users
3. Apple launches their own Search — if Apple prioritizes growing Ads revenue

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Welcome to Google’s nightmare: US reveals plan to destroy search monopoly
DOJ goes for Google’s throat with “staggering” remedies to end search monopoly.
arstechnica.com
November 21, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Day after power outages in Seattle and I’d love to see Amazon’s category purchase shifts overnight. I’d bet triple digit increase in batteries, candles, and torches.
November 20, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Crypto price and crypto spam highly correlated.
November 17, 2024 at 7:40 PM
When Growth hacks and Mindfulness collide:

Calm app threw up 5 different interstitial pop ups and upsells for more notifications until I was able to actually start a program.
November 17, 2024 at 5:28 PM
It’s been a long road thanks to sequential updates taking forever but excited to revisit this oddity. @rabbitr1.bsky.social
November 17, 2024 at 7:04 AM