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7tythr33··on Claude Desktop spawns 1.8 GB Hyper-V VM on every launch, even for chat-only use
You're probably not going to like my answer — I swapped to Hey shortly after it came out, and I'm very happy with it. I check my choice every now and then; recently taking a look at Tuta and Proton. Tuta just isn't there yet, and Proton is just Gmail but in Switzerland. Meh.
7tythr33··on Claude Desktop spawns 1.8 GB Hyper-V VM on every launch, even for chat-only use
An email client (Gmail app) that is 500mb? What’s _outstanding_ about that? Almost everything Google makes now is terrible. Try some alternatives.
7tythr33··on Claude Desktop spins up a VM without no way of stopping it
Time moves on …
7tythr33··on Design Thinking Books (2024)
What most people fail to realise is something quite simple about “design” - it’s the discipline of bridging human behaviour and “things” (be that objects or software).

Don Norman’s book covers a lot on human behaviour, which is the correct lens through which to view “design”.

7tythr33··on AOL to be sold to Bending Spoons for $1.5B
I was with Evernote since 07, and found it a doddle to ditch. Export the lot, bring into Apple Notes or Bear. Or a combination of the two. Sorted.
7tythr33··on You are how you act
Just read "Careless People"