Kirk

@Kirk@startrek.website

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Apple Just Gave Up on AI - ColdFusion⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They still need natural language processing to translate the LLM to something the device understands. LLMs just make the interface more human-ey.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Apple Just Gave Up on AI - ColdFusion⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  For along while I wondered what would happen when Apple (a company who prides itself on it’s products “just working”) inevitably collided with the generative AI hype train.

  At first I thought they might stay away of the whole thing, but they didn’t and it’s been funny watching them struggle to integrate even the simplest aspects of generative AI into their products. Anyone who knows how LLMs work know that it is wholly different than the natural language processing that goes into Siri.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'The Truth Is Paywalled.' Internet Vets Lament the State of the 'Open' Web⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah exactly, well said. I think for a lot of people the advent of paywalls felt like taking away a free thing, instead of a return to the norm. Personally when it comes to journalism I prefer a paywall to advertiser-supported.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'The Truth Is Paywalled.' Internet Vets Lament the State of the 'Open' Web⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The argument that paywalls somehow ruin the open parts of the Web always fell flat for me. It is trivial to contribute to the Web for free if one wishes. Nobody is forced to paywall their content.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft's decision to axe Windows 10 is driving Apple PC sales growth — users buy Macs instead of AI PCs despite Microsoft’s push for Copilot+ PCs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Siri is bad but at least it has natural language processing. I think it’s so funny how CEOs have no idea how LLMs work.

  Over a year ago Apple literally ran an ad showing off an “Apple Intelligence” feature that you could tell nobody at Apple ran by the actual engineers before deciding it was possible. It (of course) has still not been released.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Sodium-Ion Battery Revolution Has Started - CleanTechnica⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was going to report to the mod but… the mod is the one who posted it. Guess I’m unsubbing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aura introduces a $499 e-ink digital photo frame that lets you go cordless⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks, I fixed my comment, the article said “similar to that found in the Kindle Colorsoft” and I didn’t read further.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aura introduces a $499 e-ink digital photo frame that lets you go cordless⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is really cool, I love that it has a gentle front light. But pricing aside, having to take off the wall to charge every three months is a dealbreaker. I wonder if a solar panel along the top edge of the frame would have been sufficient to keep the battery charged for most situations.

  Regardless I hope we see more of these. Even if the Kaleido screen is FAR from photo quality.