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- Comment on 1 week ago:
The FT has used AI tools to identify these mentions of the technology in SEC 10-k filings and earnings transcripts, then to categorise each mention. The results were then checked and analysed to help draw a nuanced picture about what companies were saying to different audiences about the technology.
So… using AI to find out who is using AI and warn of underuse of AI.
- Comment on Disney+, Hulu Are Hiking Prices Again Next Month 1 week ago:
- Comment on Mark Zuckererg Demos New Facebook AI And It Couldn’t Have Gone Worse 1 week ago:
I’ve had my share of botched tech demos, so I can empathize. Steve Jobs, during an early iPhone demo legitimately blamed the Moscone Center wifi (I was there).
But this was just bad demo planning at every level. I’m sorry, but I couldn’t stop laughing.
- Comment on China Is Putting Data Centers in the Ocean to Keep Them Cool 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on China Is Putting Data Centers in the Ocean to Keep Them Cool 2 weeks ago:
Microsoft and Google both prototyped it. FWIW, they didn’t take it to production once the data was collected.
IIRC, cooling worked fine if placed in the right place with circulation, but maintenance and part replacement was a major issue.
- Comment on Google will throttle your Pixel 10's battery, and there's nothing you can do about it 5 weeks ago:
Actually, there is something you can do about it.
But it doesn’t involve Google.
- Comment on Mark Zuckerberg freezes AI hiring amid bubble fears 5 weeks ago:
Kudos on consistency.
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
Last time a CEO said the opposite they got pilloried. Don’t say something your product can’t back up. The lesson has been learned.
- Comment on After Disastrous GPT-5, Sam Altman Pivots to Hyping Up GPT-6 1 month ago:
They’re speedrunning to GPT-9000 just so they can lay claim to the HAL number.
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- Comment on UK government to use AI to predict crime locations by 2030 1 month ago:
Tom Cruise lives there. Maybe he can advise them on the feasibility.
- Comment on I Tried Every Todo App and Ended Up With a .txt File 1 month ago:
Have tried ALL the same ones. Probably even more.
Square Post-it notes. One for what needs to be done that week. Another for that day. Cross each item as I go. When every item is crossed off, crumple into bin. End of day, whatever item is left gets scribbled on fresh one for next day. End of week for the weekly one. That’s it.
Stuck on desk, to laptop, or carried in pocket. Works great. It’s all about reducing friction and clutter. If too much effort to keep track, gets easy to drift into bike-shedding territory.
Keep going back to new, shiny apps every once in a while. Always end up back on damn sticky notes.
- Comment on CATL announces sodium batteries that cost as little as $10/kWh, a massive price reduction compared to the current average of $115/kWh for lithium-ion batteries. 1 month ago:
Not just that but they’ve also got the Choco-SEB modular battery swap thing going. 2min battery stops to full charge.
- Comment on AI Startup Perplexity Makes $34.5 Billion Bid for Google’s Chrome Browser 1 month ago:
AI inside browsers. Fantastic way to collect ML learning data.
Enjoy!
- Comment on The New Yorker Asks: Is the A.I. Boom Turning Into an A.I. Bubble? 1 month ago:
- Comment on Anthropic Revokes OpenAI's Access to Claude 1 month ago:
Last week I asked ChatGPT for a list of coding AI agents and what was unique about each one, just to see what was out there. It spewed out a whole bunch, including a few that weren’t real agents, just tools like static code analyzers.
Funny enough, Claude Code wasn’t on the list. I had to ask explicitly “what about Claude Code?” Only then it generated a separate list with some overlap, also with irrelevant tools, that included Claude.
Laughed at how petty it was. Like Bing search not returning anything with Google in the name.
- Comment on Pebble is officially Pebble again 2 months ago:
I backed all their original Kickstarters. After they announced the revival, I dug them up. Only one would charge. Wonder if their new app will be backward compatible with the old watches.
- Comment on Researchers announce babies born from a trial of three-person IVF 2 months ago:
Eugenicists everywhere.
- Comment on This new SSD will literally self destruct if you push the big red button it comes with — Team Group posts video of data destruction in action 2 months ago:
Not buying it, unless there’s smoke involved at the end.
- Comment on The End of the Internet As We Know It 2 months ago:
There was a core flaw in the whole CPM model. This means the web has to find a different way to fund itself.
Sadly, it will cause a lot of pain, and it’s not clear what will be next.
- Comment on Jack Dorsey working on Bluetooth messaging app, Bitchat 2 months ago:
Briar is Android-only and BitChat is iOS-only.
A quick search shows a few other cross-platform candidates: geckoandfly.com/…/chat-without-internet-connectio…
- Comment on Cloudflare’s New Tool Lets Sites Charge AI Crawlers 2 months ago:
I have friends working on related tech.
We shouldn’t go all knee-jerk on this one. It’s a solid first pass at allowing copyright owners to assert control over their own creations and getting paid for their work.
- Comment on BYD is testing solid-state EV batteries in its Seal sedan with nearly 1,200 miles of range 3 months ago:
Charging to 80% in 12 minutes with regular chargers or special ones? If it requires upgrading chargers, adoption may be slow.
- Comment on Amid AI Plagiarism, More Professors Turn to Handwritten Work 3 months ago:
I’m all for it.
When the data centers force widespread blackouts, people will still be able to hand-write their complaints. Should also bring back the wax seal and the signet ring for two-factor authentication.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
It’s seed, using existing RISC IP. They can tape out an early prototype, or even just a simulated design, then use the performance numbers to raise the next round.
If anything, Intel proved that nobody in their right mind should ever go vertical and pay to build a fab again. TSMC in Arizona will happily take the job.
- Comment on Volvo EX90’s Lidar Sensor Will Fry Your Phone’s Camera 4 months ago:
L.I.D.A.R.: Laser iPhone Death & Android Ruin
- Comment on Cloudflare CEO warns AI and zero-click internet are killing the web's business model 4 months ago:
Google is in an interesting predicament. Their ad service brings in so much revenue, but it’s based on search sending traffic to places where those ads are consumed.
Boost search through Overviews and you’re limiting the effectiveness and reach of your ad service. And to top it off, your search needs content to ingest and remain relevant. But if the ad revenue drops off to websites, they go out of business, so search has less stuff to ingest.
It’s like a reverse flywheel, where each part is working to harm the other part. People have been pointing this out for the last couple of years, but Google search just keeps adding more to Overviews and choking off the flow.
And before you say “good, I hate ads,” most of the internet today and its services are paid by ad revenue changing hands. That includes ISPs that host the Fediverse, networking and storage gear makers, pretty much everything to do with open source, and so many jobs that exist to keep the whole thing humming so we can enjoy cat memes.
If Google (or someone like Cloudflare) doesn’t figure out a way to keep the money flowing, we may be watching a sea shift in how the internet has worked in the last 30 years.
- Comment on Wyze gets $255K tariff bill for $167K worth of floodlights 4 months ago:
Wyze devices are known for being lower cost than most other IoT/home security devices, but have a name brand, and decent app/assistant support. They’re way above no-name low-end ones, but cheaper than brands like Arlo, Ring, or Nest.
Having low manufacturing costs is how they pull it off. If they get forced to add tariffs to their cost, their only hope is if everyone else ends up increasing their prices, otherwise their big advantage goes away. It’s too bad. They make pretty decent gear.
- Comment on Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell 'hyper personalized' ads 5 months ago:
To be fair, they’re targeting people who WANT to be tracked, in return for personalized ads. If that’s not you (or me), just ignore their entire platform.
Bold move. Let’s see how it pans out.
- Comment on CVE Board members launch the CVE Foundation, a dedicated, non-profit to continue identifying vulnerabilities, after the US ended its contract with Mitre 5 months ago:
Looks like the negative publicity worked. CVEs are back on the menu: bleepingcomputer.com/…/cisa-extends-funding-to-en…
