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monkeypilot··on Dear Spotify, can we just get a table of songs?
You can still do a Cmd+L or a Cmd+K (Might be Ctrl instead of Cmd for you) to get to Search.

Try using Apple Music. That shit is 5 years behind Spotify in any UX measure.

monkeypilot··on Google to pay Apple $15B to remain default Safari search engine in 2021
Yes it is. I have tried 6 others and all of them give much much worse results in lots of cases. It won’t matter if you search something popular, but otherwise you notice the difference.
monkeypilot··on Google to pay Apple $15B to remain default Safari search engine in 2021
Apple Maps is a complete joke in India for instance. I’ve heard of stories of people getting lost because they followed it, then they open Google Maps and get the actual directions. Apple Maps is also almost never updated here. Good luck finding new places, instead you will find places that were closed 2 years ago.

I like its new UI but the most crucial parts of the Map such as directions are so horribly wrong that it would frustrate you.

monkeypilot··on Cancel The New York Times
There’s no reporting institution that gets all reporting right. I surely disagree with lots of NYT reports but they do a better job than most others in explaining a story. I’d be happy to take recommendations though on where to get maybe better written briefings everyday.
monkeypilot··on Otokichi
Is it any good? What's with all the dislikes?
monkeypilot··on Show HN: Beeper – All Your Chats in One App
It’s so sincere that it doesn’t sound like a joke. Maybe the fact that they are a paid subscription they can do this? What’s the pricing of Beepr?
monkeypilot··on The Birth of Unix with Brian Kernighan
For the uninitiated, Brian Kernighan also wrote a book titled "Unix: A History and a Memoir" published in 2019. Would recommend.

Goodreads Link - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53011383-unix

monkeypilot··on 50x Speed Improvements on Deep Learning Networks Using Brain-Derived Algorithms
The end result is a sparse network that more closely "mimics the brain". Is this as significant as it sounds or is there something I am missing here?

Original Paper here - https://numenta.com/assets/pdf/research-publications/papers/...

monkeypilot··on Show HN: SheetHub – Your notes and gists all in one place
Not very responsive.
monkeypilot··on Albert Hofmann's archives shed light on the dawn of the psychedelic era (2018)
He’s actually tried out a myriad of psychedelics and had a big role to play in synthesising psilocybin (I think he named that himself as well). He talks about all of this in his book which is pleasantly surprising and very well written. Would recommend.