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Correct. I will wait until Elon does a flip in it himself.

NookDavooson Starlink limit hits Ukraine's drones. The battlefield depends on SpaceX

When you think about it - wouldn't disabling the Starlink system completely remove or at the very least vastly reduce the threat posed by Iranian drones over the Strait of Hormuz? I bet its all bootstrapped with starlink internet.

NookDavooson Open-source Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word replications

https://github.com/storytold/wordcraft

https://github.com/storytold/gridcraft

NookDavooson Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era

Not sure if all, but some (Clicks i am sure) will offer touch-sensitive keyboards where you can swipe over keyboard to apply gestures as if was the screen itself, so its not such a dead space if you are not typing.

You can still navigate by interacting with the lower half.

NookDavooson Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era

There is a wave of 'blackberry-like' android phones coming soon (4:3 screen + qwerty keyboard) - Unihertz Titan 2, Clicks Communicator, Minimal Phone 2 to name a few.

NookDavooson Write for One Person

What about the complete opposite? Has anyone successfully used literate programming, perhaps even emulating Euclid's Elements, where you provide all the definitions (the precise meaning of concepts), postulates (system assumptions), common concepts (logical rules), propositions (functions), and implementations? Capturing all the logic in a document.

NookDavooson Mistral AI acquires Emmi AI

I can't imagine being an American approaching retirement with 45-50% of my pension portfolio in AI-related stocks (that's the current weight of AI companies on the SP500). Besides, when SpaceX/Openai/Anthropic go public, they'll get another hefty chunk.

NookDavooson Where the goblins came from

permanent goblin underclass

NookDavooson Parallels confirms MacBook Neo can run Windows in a virtual machine

It has 8gb ram because the A18 pro chip has that baked in. They won't spend money on redesigning.

If next iteration has A19 pro chip in it - it will have 12gb.

NookDavooson The MacBook Neo

The 8 GB and lack of expandability are due to the design of the Neo chip. This is a pre-built A18 Pro chip with 8 GB of RAM built in.

I imagine the next version will have the A19 Pro chip - which has 12 GB of RAM.

NookDavooson Ooh.directory: a place to find good blogs that interest you

The first blog i found on this website was full of ai generated image slop

https://www.bankeronwheels.com/

NookDavooson “Nothing” is the secret to structuring your work

I cant stand it connecting app instances into 1 group. If i have 2 excel files open on Desktop 1, and then i try opening 3rd on Desktop2 -> it will jump back to Desktop 1 and open it there.

NookDavooson I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams

I agree. It seems they don't produce as many titles as other streaming platforms, but what comes out is rather good.

NookDavooson Two kinds of AI users are emerging

Install "Claude for Excel" addon directly in the Excel itself. Works well.

NookDavooson Two kinds of AI users are emerging

Even Copilot in Excel is actually "Claude Code for Excel" in disguise.

NookDavooson AI has failed to replace a single software application or feature

Try "Claude in Excel", its pretty good.