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“What is good in the short-term, is not necessarily good in the long-term.”

Anthony Bourdain

why did this get flagged? it’s not first time I feel like flagging got out of control. either do it right or just leave it be.

Lol. Agreed.

Then don't.

No joke. I’m dead serious.

Apple design went downhill since Ive left. Cook failed on this one. With every year, everything looks more boring.

I really hope Ive sings up for building the OpenAI-phone, and eventually is bringing sexy back.

Nonsense!

My condolences.

OpenAI is basically folks realizing what a massive gold mine they’re sitting on, and then going full Game of Thrones.

Lol. I can relate.

That makes it even worse. So well-known and so much responsibility, yet so little care. If he can't even be professional when tweeting, why should we trust him with more? Probably good he's gone.

1/ I clearly stated I agree with the post. There's always room for improvement.

2/ That's not what the comic is about. Look again.

Agreed.

"Look, world, I care so little about being dumped, I don't even need to make an effort. Plus, I've got brains and more money than I can count."

Next level: Bond villain.

Nah, it's powering 40%+ of the whole web already, and for a good reason.

Yeah, the creaky old Wordpress setup from 2004 is still better than all the other options out there. The nerdier and more unpopular the system, the fewer the number of blog posts.

100% on the blog post, but as for the comments here: Don't listen to the naysayers.

WordPress is crazy popular and rightfully so, already powering 40%+ of the whole web, like TechCrunch and the New York Times. And thanks to Gutenberg and especially the newly launched Full Site Editing, this number is gonna go up even more.

Anyone who's not using it is missing out big time.

PS: See also https://rakhim.org/honestly-undefined/19/

I remember how this clip got like a 100M views in just two weeks: https://youtu.be/skcqFTi3s_A?si=JhrW-bATyPKt5H5c - many folks must be feeling this way.

AI graveyard: https://dang.ai/ai-graveyard

see also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38172617

Related paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096098221...

Nah, it’s already started.

> there's not a single point there that affected me as an individual user

lol. all of these affected you. these changes alter the whole ecosystem and eventually yourself.

True. But we're always presented with cool concepts that never make it to production.

This DeLorean is obviously just a concept by a designer, but take the ID Buzz from Volkswagen. Went from cool to meh.

Same for lots of Mercedes concepts. It seems like the designers are just having some fun before the boss shows up and orders them to be boring again.

Another great example is this supercool electric Manta by Opel. I think it will never make it to production even though it would no doubt sell like crazy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHXgmzBEdzM

Will we ever see cool concept designs like this come to life? Today's cars all look boring and alike.

They don‘t need Bing. They‘re working on their own AI, and AI will replace all search engines. ChatGPT is already slowly but steadily killing Google as we speak.

Yep, due to the whole ecosystem - apps, operating systems plus other devices (iPad, iMac etc.) that are lightyears ahead of the competitors, easy to use and sync nicely across the board.

Samsung phones looks nice but Android is a pain. Also, I somehow feel more comfortable putting my data into the hands of Apple than Google - even though privacy is an illusion of course. ;)

Some Huawei products look cool too, but who wants to trust China?

Windows (and any other Microsoft product) has been a pain ever since. Unless you're into gaming, I don't see a reason to use these products.

Shares have dropped because they’ve been releasing the exact same phone for 5+ years straight, adding only features nobody needs.

Samsungs’ phones seem much cooler these days and Jony Ive probably agrees.

+ thinner. Even though I prefer iPhones, most Samsung phones look much cooler these days.

> built for focus

Slack ≠ Focus

Someone should have told Zuck that he already owns a Twitter-like platform. It's called Facebook and has been neglected for years.