Category: Technology
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Apple Vision Pro
I’m excited about the possibilities Apple mentioned for the Vision Pro mixed reality headset. It’s getting us closer to the Cyberspace imagined by William Gibson et.al!
Imagine a world where many more billions of people live and work with a lot less personal space than we have today.… Continued
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AI thought experiment
So that “AI powered drone turns on its operator” was total nonsense – the Colonel who described it as a simulation now says it was just “a thought experiment”.
AI doomers cannot have it bad enough!
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Amateur Infrastructure
“Decentralized applications”… rely frequently on people and web 2.0 infrastructure to operate. And are operated by amateurs who don’t understand the basics e.g. BCM
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Motorola Razr 40 Ultra
I might fold for this foldable, looks gorgeous!
Motorola introduced the Motorola Razr 40 Ultra yesterday.
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Umbrel Home
There’s a new contender for the best home server on the market: Umbrel just released their first hardware. Good for everyone who wants control of their data but doesn’t want to deal with Linux or assembling a server.
Available for preorder now.… Continued
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Scaling Lightning
Great new initiative to test and improve how the Lightning Network and its applications will react to shocks in transaction volume, channels, nodes, gossip messages, etc.
A Testing Toolkit for the Lightning Network -
Phone Privacy
Looking for a hardened phone OS where Apple Google don’t know everything you do, including your financial transactions? GrapheneOS and CalyxOS work great on Pixel devices.
Should You Use GrapheneOS or CalyxOS?Though – beware that some banking apps won’t run on these custom firmwares.… Continued
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Storing User Data
A wake-up call for everyone storing user data to make sure they store as little as possible for as little time as possible.
PyPI was subpoenaed – The Python Package Index -
Password Nihilism
Password nihilism is understanding that sites have shit complexity requirements and shit password storage, and then not giving a shit because you recognize that none of it matters.
Passwords, but make it nihilism