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by matwood 4mo ago
The Apple TV (hardware) can do what you're asking using a voice command "What did he/she say". It's possible it no longer works in every app because services insist on writing their own players that don't work
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by matwood 4mo ago
The betas of the next OS's include a Siri AI chatbot, and the AI features are built into various parts of the OS. A user has no idea what model is powering any of it - Apple controls the UX.
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by matwood 4mo ago
Once people get rich and gain power, they do everything to grow and maintain their wealth and power. It's a tale as old as time.
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by matwood 4mo ago
I mean I agree...What I was pointing out is that the existing taxi market did nothing to improve until Uber and then Lyft came along. It was completely broken, and would have remained that way.
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by matwood 4mo ago
Unfortunately this is any reader software that deals with publishers who require DRM. IME, the vast majority of bugs also come from the DRM.
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by matwood 4mo ago
Uber also forced taxi services to have apps and always accept CCs.
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by matwood 4mo ago
Nothing is in it for them. It’s why I called it a tip - like tipping your blackjack dealer when you have a good run.
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by matwood 4mo ago
Yeah, it's odd he can't scrape together a couple million and just get a pardon. It seems like the people who were able to pick up FTX claims for .50-.60 on the dollar, and have now made a killing, would toss Sam a tip.
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by matwood 4mo ago
> Problem solving keeps your brain strong. Coding is not the sole problem solving skill. In fact, coding may be one of the easier skills much of the time. Deciding what to build, where to focus efforts, understanding a customer's ne
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by matwood 4mo ago
> there is less literature on offer Huh? When I was growing up we had the newspaper, Readers Digest, and maybe a library book at home to read (out side of school books). Now I have access to pretty much anything ever written on my phone.
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by matwood 4mo ago
IMO both things are true. The person pulled the trigger, and less guns mean fewer gun deaths.
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by matwood 4mo ago
> They don't need authoritarian rulers Yet they seem still inclined to elect them.
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by matwood 4mo ago
> CEOs do get there with lots of politics in almost all cases. I know this can be hard for engineers to sometimes accept, but relationships (aka politics) are a key part of business. Rarely is one technical solution absolutely superior t
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by matwood 4mo ago
> E.g. Ben was sure iPhone air would be a massive hit because he himself loved it. The Air was interesting because everyone I've seen hold it, loves it. But, everyone also loves battery life and the best camera more. The Air is proo
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by matwood 4mo ago
That's the only way I hear it. I wonder if that gives away our age? When I was a teenager WWF came to my town. The day before the event a bunch of the wrestlers randomly showed up to my local gym to get a workout in. None of the guys
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by matwood 4mo ago
> It's strange to me that Apple would choose to disadvantage themselves by selecting Google as their provider as opposed to, say, Anthropic or even OpenAI. The models are quickly converging to similar capabilities with particular on
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by matwood 4mo ago
> Apple's volume Yeah, I think Apple's volume made Google the only choice. And even then, Google was buying more DC capacity last week.
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by matwood 4mo ago
> Why are phones in a special class? Because we applied the learnings from computers and phones have ended up way more personal?
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by matwood 4mo ago
When money is cheap you take it. Google sees all the capital waiting to pour into these AI IPOs, and correctly assumed they could tap into that with little dilution.
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by matwood 4mo ago
I used to fall asleep to Forensic Files every night. Something about the host's voice on low volume puts me right to sleep.
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by matwood 5mo ago
> I'd have liked to have mended friendships. It's never too late to call someone and tell them you appreciate them. It may not make you best friends again, but as long as you're both still breathing, it's never too la
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by matwood 5mo ago
Your story reminded me of a quote I found many years ago. It is only possible to succeed at second-rate pursuits -- like becoming a millionaire or a prime minister, winning a war, seducing beautiful women, flying through the stratosphere,
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by matwood 5mo ago
If you really want to, you can probably find a BJJ instructor to do privates and only 'flow' spar with them. When I spar with women for example, I match their strength and intensity. Depending on the organ/medical condition i
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by matwood 5mo ago
This is a good point. I started with Turbo Pascal in school and my first job was writing VB 5 Windows apps for local businesses. SQL (and C, but I haven't written it in ages) is probably the only thing I learned in the late 90s that ha
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by matwood 5mo ago
There’s too much anti AI/Elon emotion to have discussions around this issue at this point. HN is usually pretty good about rational discussions, but AI has really triggered people on both sides. For example, yesterday I posted a link t
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by matwood 5mo ago
And, as an investor I absolutely prefer buybacks so I can control my tax liability.
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by matwood 5mo ago
Fun fact, both Enron and Lehman Brothers were in the S&P 500 when they went bankrupt. So yes, the whole market or even the market of the largest companies, includes some that may not be great companies. The beauty of the index is you do
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by matwood 5mo ago
> SpaceX is now GAAP profitable under the existing rules We'll need to see audited financials, but if this part is true people are going to be upset. I wonder if all the people who have been acting like the S&P rules came down f
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by matwood 5mo ago
I think it's interesting that people have gotten so emotional over this that they flag my post quoting and linking to the NASDAQ source and FAQ about the change.
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by matwood 5mo ago
Thank you for explaining. People talk about the S&P rules like they are written in stone. There's so much emotion around these exact companies and not the structural shifts that may cause the S&P to adjust its rules. For exampl

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