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segfaultex··on Air India flight to London crashes in Ahmedabad with more than 240 onboard
You've stated a fact in such a way that the audience is intended to draw a very specific conclusion.
segfaultex··on Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll international students
Trump has repeatedly asserted he wants to run for a "third term" and his base worship him.

His electorate's beliefs are whatever he tells them they are. The same is true for the Republican Party. Trump is effectively free to ignore the constitution without consequence.

segfaultex··on My Engineering Craft Regressed
Seems like hyperbole to illustrate their heuristic.

I don't disagree with their point. Difficult teammates drain the productivity of everyone around them.

segfaultex··on They Paid $3,500 for Apple's Vision Pro. A Year Later, It Still Hurts
IT really is wild a company that makes so many great media consumption devices hasn't even tried their hand at a TV.

C'est la vie. I'm still wanting Apple to return to routers. The Airport Extreme was a great product for a Mac-centric household.

segfaultex··on They Paid $3,500 for Apple's Vision Pro. A Year Later, It Still Hurts
I bought one at launch, a lot of the critiques here ring true.

Nags:

* It's absolutely too heavy. I'm really not sure how this got out of the door given how sensitive Apple is to the dimensions and tactility of their products. I'm guessing they were insistent on material choice and EyeSight over all else. I think that was the wrong bet.

* The Vision App ecosystem is a dumpster fire. I recall developers complaining about Apple's developer relations, I can't imagine this will change course any time soon.

* The displays are outrageously high quality, but the foveated rendering becomes really obvious when you use features like the Mac Virtual Display. I can't use it as an external display for more than an hour or so.

* Speaking of which; it's annoying to put on/take off. I find myself hesitating to use it for that reason. And this is mostly down to the weight.

Pros:

* The displays/speakers/airpods integration make this the single best individual media consumption device on the planet. Yeah, a bigscreen beyond or similar are great options too, but I can slap the VP on in bed (nullifying the weight problem) and toss on something from either a streaming service or my SMB share.

* And because it's portable, it's the perfect device for airplanes.

TL:DR; VP is too heavy, but there are some great things about it, and the faults don't really matter to Apple because they knew this would be a low-volume product.

They REALLY do need to shore up developer relations before launching the next face computer, but that's unlikely as they are the most prideful company I can think of.

segfaultex··on Social Security Administration Moving Public Communications to X
More lazy both sides nonsense. Dems don’t put Elon in charge and let him tear the gov up.

Dems don’t tell ice to kidnap people in plain clothes

Just because corruption exists everyone doesn’t mean it exists equally. You’re pushing a lazy train of thought

segfaultex··on Social Security Administration Moving Public Communications to X
Pelosi isn’t even the most prolific inside trader in the house of reps. This sort of ignorant and lazy argumentation is part of the problem.
segfaultex··on GPT-4.5
There have always been cycles of hype and correction.

I don't see AI going any differently. Some companies will figure out where and how models should be utilized, they'll see some benefit. (IMO, the answer will be smaller local models tailored to specific domains)

Others will go bust. Same as it always was.

segfaultex··on Tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer CEO
This is a bit reductive.

The opposition to tariffs doesn't stem from a kneejerk reaction to a certain someone wanting them. It comes from economic consensus.

Implementing targeted tariffs in a way that spurs domestic labor and secures vital industries is common practice.

What's not common practice or beneficial are the broad tariffs we're levying, which come from a place of ignorance. The implementers literally didn't think retaliation would happen, but it is/will. All these are accomplishing is increasing the cost of goods.

segfaultex··on Critics say new Google rules put profits over privacy
Shareholder primacy is legally dubious at best.
segfaultex··on Google to pause Gemini image generation of people after issues
Because the idea that something is a historical representation implies accuracy.

Providing people with misleading historical context is rarely beneficial.

In the cases where it was deliberate, it’s usually clear that this is the case such as with Isaac Newton in the recent Doctor Who special.

segfaultex··on Zen 5's Leaked Slides
Money.

Sounds reductive, but I think oems don’t see much demand for an architecture that implements both. So they’ll go with one or the other.

segfaultex··on ChatGPT-4 significantly increased performance of business consultants
> A confident GPT hallucination is almost indistinguishable from typical management consulting material...

Sounds perfect for both Harvard and those linked to the institution.

My employer has hired McKinsey a few times, known to recruit from HYP, and their output has been subpar to say the least. My entire experience with these institutions has been fairly uniform in that regard.

I know it’s anecdotal. But it feels like there’s a lot of confirmation bias with these sorts of studies.

segfaultex··on Toyota to triple EV output as it chases Tesla, BYD
They need to solve their range issues before scaling production.

The BZ4X/RZ/Solterra are abysmal relative to the competition

segfaultex··on America's advanced manufacturing problem and how to fix it
Yep. This started when “elite” schools started validating guys like Jack Welch.

Prioritizing next quarter’s growth at all costs really did a number on our long-term stability

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