Sir_Twist

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by Sir_Twist 20d ago
Having updated from macOS 15 to 27, I think this is one of my favorite macOS releases in a while. macOS 27 is what I think each update should be: one, maybe two, major new features, and a ton of little tweaks and improvements everywhere. No
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by Sir_Twist 1mo ago
And the free year-long trial for college students they recently offered, which includes 5 tb of Google Drive storage.
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by Sir_Twist 1mo ago
Would Chrome, Android, and YouTube be viable companies without the money-printing engine that is Google’s ad business? I’m for less consolidation in the tech industry, but I wonder whether a good balance could be struck between great servic
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by Sir_Twist 1mo ago
I feel like iOS 27 is a step in this direction, in terms of sanding off the rough edges of iOS 26.
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Com Lag: Slow Media, & the Occupation of Online Time (2012)(thequietus.com)
2 points by Sir_Twist 1mo ago|0 comments
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I dream of quieter computing(henry.codes)
129 points by Sir_Twist 1mo ago|121 comments
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Carr-Benkler Wager Revisited (2012)(archive.blogs.harvard.edu)
1 points by Sir_Twist 2mo ago|0 comments
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by Sir_Twist 5mo ago
Not a developer, but I feel like Apple improving the defaults has been good for the ecosystem. The Reminders app is an example of this, because as it has gotten better over the years, the baseline for a good iOS to-do app has been raised, w
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The Church Rock Uranium Mill Spill(en.wikipedia.org)
113 points by Sir_Twist 5mo ago|6 comments
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by Sir_Twist 5mo ago
I remember first hearing about this from the book Deep Work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention_restoration_theory
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by Sir_Twist 5mo ago
I wonder how much of this has to do with seeing someone you are close to work as a doctor makes being a doctor (or military recruit, SWE, etc.) seem real and achievable to you. When I was little I wanted to be a firefighter purely because m
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Optimism (2009)(github.com)
2 points by Sir_Twist 5mo ago|0 comments
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by Sir_Twist 6mo ago
I could see there being an 80/20-style argument for this sort of tool being used for more generic usecases, with "good designers" using Figma et al. for programs where the UI itself is a selling point.
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by Sir_Twist 6mo ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17477526 This reminds me of this comment, which I feel is a somewhat unsatisfying explanation, given that despite these difficulties, Windows somehow makes it work.
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iOS 27 Rumored to Feature All-New Siri App with 'Extensions' Feature(macrumors.com)
2 points by Sir_Twist 6mo ago|0 comments
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by Sir_Twist 6mo ago
I feel like people use the word “addiction” to refer to both chemical addiction and behavioral addiction, and that people understand that the latter is (usually) far less serious than the former.
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by Sir_Twist 6mo ago
> OpenAI launched Sora last September, aiming to expand its dominance among consumers by creating a TikTok-style social feed that allowed users to share AI-generated content with one another. I never understood what this app was about. T
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by Sir_Twist 7mo ago
From the abstract: > Our findings suggest that brain synaptic plasticity evolves over 3–5 weeks in healthy humans following daily intake of escitalopram. This is the first in vivo evidence to support the hypothesis of neuroplasticity as
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Effects of escitalopram on synaptic density in the healthy human brain (2023)(nature.com)
3 points by Sir_Twist 7mo ago|1 comments
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Google Working on Native Gemini AI App for Mac(macrumors.com)
1 points by Sir_Twist 7mo ago|0 comments
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What can we remove? (2024)(stephango.com)
2 points by Sir_Twist 7mo ago|0 comments
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by Sir_Twist 7mo ago
Input: I changed a lightbulb. Output: I am thrilled to announce that I have successfully spearheaded a critical infrastructure upgrade by single-handedly managing the end-to-end replacement of a mission-critical illumination unit. By identi
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Gathering Structures (2024)(maggieappleton.com)
2 points by Sir_Twist 7mo ago|0 comments
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by Sir_Twist 7mo ago
One of my personal favorites: https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com
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by Sir_Twist 7mo ago
It wouldn’t surprise me if this ends up being really popular with families. Parents with iPhones are (I’d imagine) far more likely to get their kids iPhones, and with Messages and FindMy I bet it’ll be the same here. Apple also has screen t
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by Sir_Twist 7mo ago
> Stevens turned down an offer from Harvard following his 1955 Pulitzer because he would’ve been forced to give up his vice-presidency position at Hartford Accident and Indemnity Source: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/p
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Questions to ask yourself every decade(stephango.com)
4 points by Sir_Twist 8mo ago|0 comments
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Choose Optimism (2023)(stephango.com)
1 points by Sir_Twist 8mo ago|0 comments
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by Sir_Twist 8mo ago
“Q.ai is a startup developing a technology to analyze facial expressions and other ways for communication.” This is an interesting acquisition given their rumored Echo Show / Nest Hub competitor (1). Maybe this is part of their (albeit
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Human Processor Model(en.wikipedia.org)
4 points by Sir_Twist 9mo ago|0 comments

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