Daring Fireball6d ago
‘The Last Quiet Thing’
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/03/16/the-last-quiet-thing
‘The Last Quiet Thing’

Link to: https://www.terrygodier.com/the-last-quiet-thing

Daring Fireball
Show threadRG

@daringfireball “One by one, the objects in our lives opened their eyes, found our faces, and began to need us.”

“Your thermostat has opinions now.”

His RSS product Current:

“Each article has a velocity, a measure of how quickly it ages. Breaking news burns bright for three hours. A daily article stays relevant for eighteen. An essay lingers for three days. An evergreen tutorial might sit in your river for a week.”

Such pretentious BS.

Mar 16 at 6:31pmMona for Mac
Show threadNit5d ago

@ravigupta @daringfireball Yeah wasn’t a fan of this.

Owned Apple Watch since S0 and it’s been silenced from early - I realised I didn’t want nagging. Ditto iPhone. That doesn’t mean I don’t want the information, I’ve just streamlined.

Disabled auto updates on my EV the weekend I got it. My toaster and thermostat are dumb.

This article makes it sound like the only choice was connected options that need you to be an IT department. Luckily that’s not the case.

Show threadNicholas Modesto5d ago

@ravigupta @daringfireball

It is junk. His next article is comparing a typewriter with a modern laptop computer and yelling into the sky about being nagged and maintenance.

I am disappointed in this being linked to by daringfireball.