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throwfaraway4··on Claude Design
What a sad take. For the sake of human satisfaction I hope this is a minority perspective.
throwfaraway4··on Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids
It's way way worse for kids especially adolescents
throwfaraway4··on E2E encrypted messaging on Instagram will no longer be supported after 8 May
As is social media in general. I highly recommend reading the Anxious Generation
throwfaraway4··on Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War
Unless it’s signed by the CEO it doesn’t matter
throwfaraway4··on Anthropic announces proof of distillation at scale by MiniMax, DeepSeek,Moonshot
Company that rips-off creators to build their product complains other companies are doing the same to them.
throwfaraway4··on Nvidia and OpenAI abandon unfinished $100B deal in favour of $30B investment
The Market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.
throwfaraway4··on Supreme Court rules that Trump's emergency tariffs are illegal
Look who decided to finally show up and do their jobs.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1287_4gcj.pdf

throwfaraway4··on China Robots
Nah too expensive and too many cheap humans to use
throwfaraway4··on Cannabis usage in older adults linked to larger brain, better cognitive function
Define "smart". "Your bring gets smart but your head gets dumb" - Smash Mouth
throwfaraway4··on Cannabis usage in older adults linked to larger brain, better cognitive function
They call out moderation as being key
throwfaraway4··on Cannabis usage in older adults linked to larger brain, better cognitive function
I mean so is sugar, alchohol, synthetic opioids, ect. Pick your poison. Life is about trade-offs.
throwfaraway4··on Apple, Suppliers Are Counting the Cost of iPhone Air Failure
Counterpoint. The weight and form factor are worth it alone for some usage patterns. Disclaimer: very happy Air user
throwfaraway4··on Training a 67M-parameter transformer on an M4 Mac Mini
Cool post but the cursor shadow is a huge distraction
throwfaraway4··on AI will not replace software engineers (hopefully)
> AI will replace every humans in performing every cognitive task

Maybe? I guess the better question is "when?"

>unless you believe that there is something about biology that makes it categorically better for certain kinds of computation.There's no reason to believe that's the case.

How about the fact that we don't actually know enough about the human mind to arrive at this conclusion? (yet)

throwfaraway4··on Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability
I'm not convinced AirPods are that "simple" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB_8dGKh9JI
throwfaraway4··on Meta's Internal Research
Related NY Times interview https://archive.ph/OUbbU
throwfaraway4··on Meta's Internal Research
What The Company Learned About Social Media and Harms to Mental Health from Dozens of Internal Studies Compiled by Bennett Sippel, Nikolaus Greb, Emma Park, Zach Rausch, and Jonathan Haidt at the Tech and Society Lab at NYU Stern. Date launched: January 13, 2026. Last updated: January 13, 2026.
throwfaraway4··on Apple picks Gemini to power Siri
>Apple Intelligence will continue to run on Apple devices and Private Cloud Compute, while maintaining Apple's industry-leading privacy standards.

https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-annou...

throwfaraway4··on Apple picks Gemini to power Siri
Ask the shareholders if they're a joke
throwfaraway4··on Eat Real Food
Makes sense. Now make protein affordable.
throwfaraway4··on Grok is enabling mass sexual harassment on Twitter
Yes except in this case you can't see who is "swinging the hammer" bc they're hiding on the internet
throwfaraway4··on Apple to beat Samsung in smartphone shipments for first time in 14 years
This is the best supply chain in the world. They ship _because_ they're selling.
throwfaraway4··on Apple to beat Samsung in smartphone shipments for first time in 14 years
Or maybe they make better phones?
throwfaraway4··on Apple 2016 Stand Was Never About One Case
This legit sounds like a bot reply
throwfaraway4··on UK drops demand for backdoor into Apple encryption
>it is never a win when a powerful company or government lobbies for a specific carve out for only it's customers or its country.

This wasn't an "Apple only" law -- it would have affected all platforms with data on customers that live outside the UK.

>This isn't a win, this is solidifying and reinforcing the idea that different laws should exist for different classes of people - those who can afford to make the government look the other way and those that can't.

Corporations are not people. The people can afford to vote out politicians making laws that go against the will of the people.

throwfaraway4··on Apple has not destroyed Steve Jobs' vision for iPad
I don't see how this is any different from variation/choices in other lifestyle products. Many consumers are sophisticated and appreciate choice.
throwfaraway4··on Apple Plots Expansion into AI Robots, Home Security and Smart Displays
https://archive.ph/twaln
throwfaraway4··on The GPT-5 Launch Was Concerning
"AGI achieved internally" -- Sam Altman
throwfaraway4··on GPT-5
But can it say “I don’t know” if ya know, it doesn’t
throwfaraway4··on The Illusion of the Illusion of Thinking – A Comment on Shojaee et al. (2025)
Sounds like confirmation bias in action
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