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buzzerbetrayed··on Orion, our first true augmented reality glasses
lol. These glasses aren’t “high fashion”. But it’s funny to see you look down your nose at people to try and convince them they are.
buzzerbetrayed··on Qualcomm Approached Intel About a Takeover in Recent Days
Congrats. You completely fabricated a history to fit your world view.
buzzerbetrayed··on Apple Watch sleep apnea detection gets FDA approval
> I don't think the apple watch is as accurate as they claim

What is the claim that they’re making that you take issue with? You should probably let the FDA know.

buzzerbetrayed··on Apple Watch sleep apnea detection gets FDA approval
There are already numerous people in this thread saying that they charge it while showering in the morning and that is enough.
buzzerbetrayed··on Stolen iPhones Will Be Even More Useless from iOS 18 Onwards
Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

"Convincing everyone in the world to not commit crime" isn't a reasonable ask. What Apple did is actively working.

buzzerbetrayed··on OpenAI's $150B valuation hinges on upending corporate structure, sources
Hey look, Hyperbole. Fun!
buzzerbetrayed··on OpenAI's $150B valuation hinges on upending corporate structure, sources
I’m not saying the should be valued higher. But it is at least notable that a Toyota has been the best selling car every year for the last 20 or so, until last year when it was the Model Y.

Meanwhile Toyota has been caught unsure of if they should build gas, electric, or hydrogen cars. Fortunately, as a fan of Toyota’s cars, it seems like they’ve figured out a good strategy forward. But for every Toyota there is a BlackBerry, IBM, Reebok, or Blockbuster who doesn’t figure out how to adapt to a changing market in time.

buzzerbetrayed··on OpenAI threatens to revoke o1 access for asking it about its chain of thought
Is that supposed to make it sound more powerful or less powerful than it really is?
buzzerbetrayed··on Android now allows apps to block sideloading
What is anti consumer about an app developer only allowing their app to be installed through the play store? Genuinely wondering.
buzzerbetrayed··on Have ‘hobby’ apps become the new social networks?
All you did was describe the feature. That is the entire point.
buzzerbetrayed··on Why children perceive time slower than adults
This is what people always say because it seems like it would make sense. Not sure I’ve seen anything more concrete than that though.
buzzerbetrayed··on Show HN: Wealthfolio: Private, open-source investment tracker
As someone who has used it, would you say the lifetime option is worth $800? That seems really steep. It wouldn’t pay itself off over monthly for over 7 years.
buzzerbetrayed··on Eza: A modern, maintained replacement for ls
Depends on the application and your personal preference. It's way "faster" for me to see a HN comment was posted "1 hour ago" than it is for me to see the absolute time string and do the math myself. Further, I don't care about the exact time a HN comment was made. I care about roughly how long ago it was posted so I know if the conversation is still going.
buzzerbetrayed··on How fast can a human possibly run 100 meters?
That very well may be the rule, but you can't then argue that it isn't a "silly way to run". It clearly is if both feet can be in the air at the same time.
buzzerbetrayed··on Why is Chile so long?
Chileans also believe they own the moon.

Source: I lived there

Better source: https://www.marcachile.cl/en/interesting-facts-about-chile-a...

buzzerbetrayed··on Paramount Wipes South Park, Daily Show Clips, and More from Websites
I don't know which app GP is specifically referring to, but on Apple TV

1. Open the app 2. Go to a show 3. Wait for the little preview of the show to start playing 4. Click the "Watch Now" button 5. Enjoy hearing both the audio of the little preview and the audio of the actual show playing on top of each other until you force quit the app.

It doesn't happen every time, and I'm not sure exactly what has to be done to get it in this state. But it's happened to me 4 or 5 times.

buzzerbetrayed··on Private Cloud Compute: A new frontier for AI privacy in the cloud
Your argument is no different than what Apple could do to your iPhone. The fact that it happens on the server changes nothing. Apple could push a button and have your iPhone upload whatever they want to their servers. In other words, based on your argument, you shouldn't trust anything, including locally run AI. You're probably right, but it isn't practical.

Edit: The final couple tweets from the Matthew Green tweet thread posted in another comment sum it up well:

> Wrapping up on a more positive note: it’s worth keeping in mind that sometimes the perfect is the enemy of the really good.

> In practice the alternative to on-device is: ship private data to OpenAI or someplace sketchier, where who knows what might happen to it. And of course, keep in mind that super-spies aren’t your biggest adversary. For many people your biggest adversary is the company who sold you your device/software. This PCC system represents a real commitment by Apple not to “peek” at your data. That’s a big deal. In any case, this is the world we’re moving to. Your phone might seem to be in your pocket, but a part of it lives 2,000 miles away in a data center. As security folks we probably need to get used to that fact, and do the best we can to make sure all parts are secure.

buzzerbetrayed··on Apple unveils 'Passwords' manager app at WWDC 2024
1Password has the most reasonable pricing out of just about any SaaS company. $1/user/month if you're on a family plan. $3/month for individuals. And they provide a great service.

Strongly disagree that they're part of the group of SaaS companies trying to price gouge their users.

buzzerbetrayed··on macOS Sequoia Preview
Your Mac being able to control an iPhone somehow makes it worse for you if you don't have an iPhone? And what do Siri and Apple AI have to do with iPhone other than them also being on iPhone in addition to Mac?
buzzerbetrayed··on Spotify is increasing US prices again
It doesn't make sense to assume 4% annual increase, unless you're assuming it will outpace inflation by 4%. Just ignore the inflation and do everything in "todays" dollars, and then you'll get an answer that actually makes sense to you. Right now you've assumed inflation in the calculation, but then got a result that is pretty meaningless, because $13,700 today doesn't mean what it will mean in 40 years.
buzzerbetrayed··on LiveView Is Best with Svelte
Cool! I'm going to have to look more into Gleam. I saw it hit v1.0.0 on ElixirForum last month, but I figured it was an alternative to Elixir rather than something that played so nicely with it.
buzzerbetrayed··on The closure of a Methodist chapel on Tyneside
Yes. And he has been told every day of his entire life, by said church, that he can only get that effect through them. High demand religions are an entirely different beast. They control every aspect of your life.
buzzerbetrayed··on Canva has acquired Affinity in an effort to compete with Adobe
> Have you tried Affinity

Yes. I owned CS6, then switched to Affinity essentially right when it was released. Been using it ever since. Great software. But very much lacking compared to Adobe.

buzzerbetrayed··on The closure of a Methodist chapel on Tyneside
Agreed. I recently made it out of a high demand religion. When talking to my brother-in-law (still in the religion) about it, he said something along the lines of "I don't think the church is necessarily true. But I think I personally need it in order to be a good person."

Well.. of course that is what the religion you were born into, brainwashed by, and are currently paying crazy amounts of money to wants you to think. It is necessary for the churches survival.

People need to be careful about believing anything taught by an organization when that organization's very survival depends on you believing that thing.

buzzerbetrayed··on Canva has acquired Affinity in an effort to compete with Adobe
100% this. There is absolutely 0 reason to use Affinity of Adobe besides pricing model. They can play around with the numbers and try to have a cheaper subscription than Adobe, or maybe bundle it with the other software Canva offers, but ultimately I think switching to a subscription model will be the end of the Affinity software suite.
buzzerbetrayed··on Why the 2% inflation target? (2023)
Having enjoyed your other comments in this thread, I'm curious how Bitcoin fixes this issue. Because it can't be created out of thin air? Or is there something else I'm missing?
buzzerbetrayed··on Oh shit, my app is successful and I didn't think about accessibility
Bad analogy.

Preparing food unhygienically is bad for everyone at the picnic.

A more appropriate analogy is disallowing watermelon at the picnic because one person can't eat watermelon.

> Please go play badminton.

Love the irony of including this comment in a post about making your app inclusive

buzzerbetrayed··on Old vs. new growth trees and the wood products they make
My initial reaction to your comment was "Why are they using wood ladders at all?". Luckily I clicked and it's the first question answered in the article:

> Wood is resilient in ways which aluminum—now standard for fire department ladders—can't even compare. "You know if you take an empty coke can and bend it three or four times and it tears really easy? That's what aluminum ladders will do," Braun says. "They have a seven to eight year lifespan, after which they need to be replaced."

> Wooden ladders, on the other hand, can last indefinitely. "You can stress wood right up to its failure point a million times; as long as you don't go beyond that, it will come right back to where it was. They can be involved in a fire for a pretty long time; after that, it's just a matter of sanding off the top coat of material then inspecting the wood. If it's good we'll re-oil it, revarnish it, and put it back in service."

buzzerbetrayed··on Old vs. new growth trees and the wood products they make
How does the wine industry overcome this with really old bottles of wine? Who are the people that are preserving bottles of wine for 30 years before selling them? And why wouldn't there be a market for a similar thing in the lumber industry?
buzzerbetrayed··on Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames
I don't know about WhatsApp (but I also didn't mention WhatsApp), but go to FB Messenger right now, open up a conversation with yourself, and try to send a message containing the string "thedonald.win". You'll get an error message saying "Couldn't send", with no further explanation. The list of banned strings used to be longer, but they've unbanned a lot of them since the election ended.

To be clear, this is in private conversations. Not just posting publicly on Facebook or w/e.

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