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imwillofficial··on Sound rules life underwater
It’s understood to be quite damaging to wildlife, hence one of the reasons why it is used to rarely.
imwillofficial··on Excess mortality across the Western World since the Covid pandemic
Huh wonder what it could be
imwillofficial··on Updating from macOS Ventura to Sonoma Silently Enables iCloud Keychain
I think what the poster is getting at is:

"How do we validate claims of end-to-end encryption?"

It is a lot of trust to place in a company. I would be curious if there are ways to test Apple's claims?

imwillofficial··on Port 666 is officially registered to Doom
Decades at least
imwillofficial··on Not an iPad Pro Review: Why iPadOS Still Doesn't Get the Basics Right
That’s a pretty bold assumption to make.
imwillofficial··on Apple and Google deliver support for unwanted tracking alerts in iOS and Android
Phones have a far shorter shelf life.
imwillofficial··on Apple and Google deliver support for unwanted tracking alerts in iOS and Android
Never thought I'd go for a Tile, but you make a compelling case.
imwillofficial··on Apple and Google deliver support for unwanted tracking alerts in iOS and Android
It would be nice, but I wouldn't call it reasonable. That's a LOOOOONG time.
imwillofficial··on Apple and Google deliver support for unwanted tracking alerts in iOS and Android
Excellent work teams. Now expand the tracking networks to each other's phones.
imwillofficial··on GPT-4o
I mean when you’re making a point about how your views should not be taken as emotional bias, it pays to not be overly emotional.

The fact that you don’t see utility doesn’t mean it is not helpful to others.

A recent example, I used Grok to write me an outline of a paper regarding military and civilian emergency response as part of a refresher class.

To test it out we fed it scenario questions and saw how it compared to our classmates responses. All people with decades of emergency management experience.

The results were shocking. It was able to successfully navigate a large scale emergency management problem and get it (mostly) right.

I could see a not so distant future where we become QA checkers for our AI overlords.

imwillofficial··on Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging at 0.05 Tesla
Wait this is a thing?
imwillofficial··on Apple introduces M4 chip
All I remember is tanks in the commercials.

We need more tanks in commercials.

imwillofficial··on Raspberry Pi Connect
You hang out with me? You get free beer.
imwillofficial··on Husband and wife outed as GRU spies aiding bombings and poisonings across Europe
I have no idea why this comment is getting trashed
imwillofficial··on Husband and wife outed as GRU spies aiding bombings and poisonings across Europe
Like a real life episode of The Americans
imwillofficial··on Apple users are being locked out of their Apple IDs with no explanation
I was adding my own album art to ripped CDs since well before 2008.
imwillofficial··on Apple users are being locked out of their Apple IDs with no explanation
I don’t think anyone is arguing that they can get away from the chain of trust required to operate in the modern world.

I believe they are advocating for minimizing risk by not deeply integrating with capricious cloud providers.

imwillofficial··on Passkeys: A shattered dream
Most folks do not do this. Although they should be.
imwillofficial··on Bayer is getting rid of bosses and asking staff to ‘self-organize’
This will end hilariously
imwillofficial··on The FCC needs to stop 5G fast lanes
“The FCC is set to vote on April 25 to restore its authority”

This needs to be controlled by congress. Directly.

imwillofficial··on Support contract required techie to lounge around in a $5k/night hotel room
I had no idea this series existed. What a pleasant change from the normal horror stories.
imwillofficial··on Amazon virtually kills efforts to develop Alexa Skills
I beta tested many of these products and found them so dystopian and useless I refused to ever participate in a beta again.
imwillofficial··on Boy photographer seeks danger as others flee (1968)
Oh yes, it’s the “terrorists” fault they bombed that school, decimated that hospital, and gunned down escaping hostages.

That logic is wild to me.

imwillofficial··on Boy photographer seeks danger as others flee (1968)
I’ll read a story like this and can’t even comprehend what living that life must be like.

For all our gripes in the modern world, we have it really really good.

imwillofficial··on Beeper acquired by Automattic
I don't see the win for Automattic here. Beeper seems to be a dead product with its main use case gutted.

Are there other capabilities that I'm missing?

Either way, congrats to the team!

imwillofficial··on Porn restrictions are leading to a VPN boom
Thanks!
imwillofficial··on How to send progress updates
Communicating status has always been a pain point for me. This article was wonderful and timely.
imwillofficial··on Porn restrictions are leading to a VPN boom
Do you have any data to support your assertion or are you just making things up?
imwillofficial··on Porn restrictions are leading to a VPN boom
I think freedom of speech is an obvious example.
imwillofficial··on Has Trust in the U.S. Intelligence Community Eroded?
What a great show
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