eLite like the old Apple Newton eMate: transparent, limited functionality, not actually all that powerful

This is the first time I have ever seen the term “AI design agency,” which raises some yellow flags

One thing I discovered on my mom’s late-model VW SUV is that the manufacturer-provided semi-physical/capacitative touch dash buttons are pretty much useless when interacting with Apple CarPlay; that all becomes touchscreen-only. And the forced transition in inputs is not particularly obvious. I have to wonder if most implementations are like that, compounding confusion on top of distraction.

Huh. Are the remaining “classical liberals” in the wild just naturally covered in this much slime, or is it something Yud applied to himself specifically for this conversation?

Hmm, we already tried the thing where a bunch of startups have their cash on deposit with a couple of normal, FDIC-insured banks that had grossly mismatched duration in their capital structures. I wonder how this will play out

Oh, that finally explains it after all these years, BBC stands for Big Blocker (Coins)

Even that would be superior to whatever it is you’re bringing… after all, I can’t be confident you’re even fully capable of bowel control, due to the vast amounts of contraband narcotics all coiners habitually consume!

Donald Trump is one of the biggest coiners around, and he shit his pants on live TV the other day! And that’s not the first time that’s happened! You really expect me to believe some random fucko from lemmy.world is any better off? Especially if they’re this deep in the bitcoin hog trough???

I have the class-leading integrated logic of this fabulous Apple M1 SoC, what do you have? Your mother’s Samsung smart fridge?

Counterpoint: No it doesn’t.

Yeah, the limited transaction rate is just the most obvious factor that indicates it’s a proof-of-concept that got way out of hand.

it is relatively rare that a major donor is using your acceptance of donations to get social cover for an island-based extortion operation,

Now wait just a goddamn minute, I thought the whole schtick here was that our gracious correspondent is better than anyone else at evaluating situations that are relatively rare but nonetheless highly consequential

Double-highlighting this choice bit:

Diligence is costly in executive attention,

Your periodic reminder that this man is considered a major influence by many of today’s working venture capitalists

Yeah, @XiWellWisher going up against Aella on X, The Everything App is well into late-SNL stages of unfunny parody

In ~9 months of searching, I’ve gotten to two second-round interviews out of dozens of applications to LinkedIn listings. Take that as you will.

The headline alone is worthy of upvoting. About halfway through the article, the author includes an embedded YouTube video of the Dilberito Flash game. Made me reflect that 20 years ago, they might simply have directly embedded the game itself. And contemplate what the Web might look like if/when external YouTube embedding craps out.

And goddamn:

his former syndicate, publisher, and professional organizations have all declined to pay tribute or even acknowledge his passing.

I didn’t realize it was quite that harsh, but so it goes. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Counterpoint: these guys

(Expect the Las Vegas Raiders to announce their organization-wide AI initiative some time after the Super Bowl)

that is best studied using the Wolfram Language,

isn’t this just a particularly weird lisp </troll>

at least Khan Noonien Singh had some fucking charisma

Somehow, I registered a total lack of surprise as this loaded onto my screen

He doesn’t even seem to grasp the concept that a machine needs to take input; none of his examples even consider that.

So in a way, what you’re saying is that input sanitization (or at the very least, sanity) is an important concept even in theory