hollowdene | 1 year ago | on: Apple Will Revamp Siri to Catch Up to Its Chatbot Competitors
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hollowdene | 1 year ago | on: Apple M4 launching in an iPad is a great sign for Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite
hollowdene | 1 year ago | on: EA CEO: "Real hunger" among developers to use AI to speed up development
On the other hand, who would trust the CEO of EA / EA in general not to do all the wrong things with AI to save a buck.
TL;DR: Generative could help a lot, but big publishers will use it the worse ways possible.
hollowdene | 1 year ago | on: One year of using an Apple Watch Ultra as a phone replacement
hollowdene | 2 years ago | on: Call to shut down Bristol schools’ use of app to ‘monitor’ pupils and families
The goal of the service seems sensible, especially when you consider how often public services have made serious mistakes due to "information silos".
hollowdene | 2 years ago | on: Posthog ending support for self-hosted on May 31
The open source Docker Compose deployment is unaffected.
Security updates on the last available version of the Kubernetes deployment will continue for at least the next 12 months.
hollowdene | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: A little side project, a watercolor art generator
PS: Congrats on the little one. :D
hollowdene | 3 years ago | on: Elon learns the hard way being a Twitter troll is way more fun than being a mod
hollowdene | 3 years ago | on: Excess death from around the world due to Covid
To use just one example. If the UK hadn't had locked down when it did, it's likely the entire health service would have collapsed, leading to more excess AND Covid deaths.
Unlike the author, I don't pretend to have the answer, but anyone with a functioning brain can see this "analysis" is without merit.
hollowdene | 3 years ago | on: Elon Musk denies he spoke to Putin about Ukraine war
This is all a bit of a side show, though, for all the reasons you outlined.
hollowdene | 3 years ago | on: London’s Fix for Air Pollution: Making Drivers Pay Up
Public transport is the most efficient way to increase bandwidth.
hollowdene | 3 years ago | on: Elon Musk denies he spoke to Putin about Ukraine war
hollowdene | 3 years ago | on: London’s Fix for Air Pollution: Making Drivers Pay Up
Ultimately, only public transport can "solve" congestion and air pollution. It was interesting to see Uber references heavily in this. Uber is a significant contributor to increased congestion and pollution in cities, no matter what it might claim.
hollowdene | 3 years ago | on: Joe Rogan Interviews Steve Jobs
But I do kind of get the hype.
hollowdene | 3 years ago | on: UK opens up 'high-potential individual route' for tech worker immigration
hollowdene | 3 years ago | on: UK opens up 'high-potential individual route' for tech worker immigration
The broader point is this is a salve for the skills shortage caused by leaving the EU.
You've also perfectly illustrated why basing this on an arbitrary top 50 is stupid in the extreme, but this is government we have.
hollowdene | 3 years ago | on: UK opens up 'high-potential individual route' for tech worker immigration
This is better than nothing, but being in the EU was still better. Sigh.
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hollowdene | 3 years ago | on: Elon vs. the Twitter Bots
Also Elon: Due diligence is for plebs
hollowdene | 3 years ago | on: Why Google is so unbearable, and how to fix it
It's showing this result as a featured snippet because it's easy to distil into steps, and Google is hoping you'll just read the result and not leave Google.
The real 'no.1 result' is this much better article from a trusted UK-based motoring organization: https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/car-maintenance/how-to-ch...
Of course, Google's attempts to stop you leaving, and hoover up as much of the ad market as possible, also drives publishers to ever more desperate things to make money.
Users: Hey Siri, set a 30 minute timer.