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Pier Bover

https://bsky.app/profile/pierbover.com

https://pierbover.com/

https://github.com/PierBover

Working on: https://wavekit.app/

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pier25··on Crypto farm in Mexican mountains puts spotlight on cartel funding
Makes you wonder how many more sites like this there are. I lived somewhat near that area in those mountains and there could be dozens.
pier25··on Anthropic CEO Says It's Time to Slow AI Model Advances
Maybe when we have actual artificial intelligence which LLMs are clearly not.
pier25··on Anthropic CEO Says It's Time to Slow AI Model Advances
If you really believe that you wouldn’t be in the race and trying to profit from it in the first place.
pier25··on Anthropic CEO Says It's Time to Slow AI Model Advances
Very probably. I really don't buy their "AI is going to kill us" claims. If you can release something better than your competition you wouldn't want to slow down that.
pier25··on iPhone Duo
the iPhone 16e is normal although I concede it's an exception
pier25··on iPhone Duo
You think foldables will replace phones and tablets?

Certainly not at $2000.

pier25··on Shopify acquires Tailwind
> who is apparently being called a Nazi by those who hate him

Maybe nazi is not the right word but he has some pretty radical political views such as ending universal suffrage.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/shopify-ceo-endorses-idea-to-...

pier25··on iPhone Duo
Apple claims 30+ hours yes but when using a single screen.
pier25··on Automattic's board forces CEO Matt Mullenweg into leave of absence
It's impressive this took so long.
pier25··on iPhone Duo
It's bigger and heavier than a phone.

It has a smaller display with a crease[1] and has less battery than a tablet. The screen is even smaller than an iPad mini. IMO that form factor only really works for like a Kindle.

And the screen has a matte finish which is only going to reduce contrast.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1wbx1wo/there_is_a_cr...

pier25··on iPhone Duo
Foldables seem like Homer's car to me. It's a worse phone and a worse tablet all in one.

For reference:

https://media.wired.com/photos/593252a1edfced5820d0fa07/3:2/...

pier25··on Apple Unveils iPhone Duo
The size of the iPhone 16e is quite reasonable.
pier25··on Shopify acquires Tailwind
There's never been a need to reach for tailwind. It's really a matter of preference.
pier25··on DaVinci Resolve 21.1
This team ships.
pier25··on Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns
I stopped using it last year but after hearing the news they trained grok on child pornography I deleted my account.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/elon-musks-xai-u...

pier25··on Adult Film Producer Unmasks Prolific 'John DOE' Torrent Pirate as Meta Executive
“I only broke the law to train AI your honor”
pier25··on Restoring 5 GHz Wi-Fi on an LG C5 by changing its webOS region
So you prefer give your data for free to the tv manufacturer?

And tvs show ads too btw.

If you’re worried about electricity costs the Apple tv is probably a lot more efficient than the chip in the tv.

pier25··on Restoring 5 GHz Wi-Fi on an LG C5 by changing its webOS region
Or a guy who realized how much data the tv manufacturers are collecting and selling.
pier25··on Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO
I switched to Firefox like 6 months ago. I’m happy with it even though Chromium is a better engine imo. What Google is doing with Chrome is unacceptable.
pier25··on It takes 5 cloud services to hear my doorbell
I had a smart plug by Kasa that I used to turn on the espresso machine from bed. It all worked offline via wifi. One day out of the blue the app required you to create a user to be able to use it and that was the end of it. This should be illegal.
pier25··on Highest-ever ocean temperature measured as powerful El Niño forms
Climate change is a fact. You can’t believe in a fact.
pier25··on Nvidia Insists It Can Keep Printing Money to Fund the AI Boom
Even if Jalapeño is successful it will probably take multiple generations until it’s competitive.
pier25··on Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look [video]
Amazing they run this with a base ps5 from 2020.
pier25··on Meta reaches $17B settlement over social media harms to children
Why 2019?

Facebook was already immensely popular a decade before that.

pier25··on Meta reaches $16.68B settlement over social media harms to children
Basically a slap on the wrist.
pier25··on Watching TikTok and Instagram deactivates the cognitive control network: Study
According to this paper from 2025 "The metabolic costs of goal-directed cognition are only 5% greater than the ongoing costs of resting neural activity and homeostasis.".

Zoning out doesn't change the energy consumption of the brain that much.

https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/abstract/S136...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39809687/

pier25··on Bun 1.4
I agree and I also wish Node did more.

Otoh should a standard lib give you absolutely everything? Probably not. There needs to be a line somewhere.

Right now Bun’s policy on this seems to be "whatever Jarred feels like should be in there".

pier25··on JPEG XL converter and .jxl viewer
Probably 90% of users have never used a cli and will never use it. As for gimp the vast majority of users don’t know it exists either.
pier25··on Mexico crackdown on coastal development
Of course there’s corruption everywhere in Mexico but it’s not uniform. The state of Morelos is probably one of the worst.
pier25··on My friends all hate AI; I just joined an AI startup
> you've got a really high bar to clear to prove that you're actually helping students learn better, and teachers teach better

Absolutely.

In fact the data from the past 10-15 years clearly shows the best education technology is still pen and paper, books, and good pedagogy.

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