Brad H

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@Jeremysean55 @[email protected] @daringfireball A reference to the novel Slaughterhouse Five

«When a Tralfamadorian sees a corpse, all he thinks is that the dead person is in bad condition in that particular moment, but that the same person is just fine in plenty of other moments. Now, when I myself hear that somebody is dead, I simply shrug and say what the Tralfamadorians say about dead people, which is ‘So it goes.’»

@NitP @daringfireball It’s just legal systems, software, and services. How hard can it be?
@tvaziri If one’s wish starts with “Apple would make a chonky” then I’m afraid disappointment looms.
(The Ultra Watch being the “exception that proves the rule” 😉)

@tvaziri When Gurman describes future products, he’s 5 blind people describing an elephant.

When he analyzes strategy, he’s 5 blind people driving a gasoline car, or maybe a hybrid car

@atpfm I’m pretty sure that (some of) the expensive read optics glasses are just these UK glasses, which can be shipped to the US for a reasonable fee (before tariffs at least) https://www.readoptics.com/
Reading Glasses for Men and Women | Official Readoptics Online Store

Discover our wide range of mens and womens reading glasses. Full frame, half frame and rimless. Free UK delivery on all orders.

@[email protected] Since you’re already using Kagi, I’ve found Kagi Quick Answer to be reliable and not prone to hallucinating. If there’s uncertainty, it seems to say so. Sources are cited.
@mgs Maybe an imperfect workaround: block based on partial number matches https://apps.apple.com/us/app/number-shield/id1319082167
‎Number Shield

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@[email protected] And at Starbucks, the baristas who make sugary pastry-coffees
@tvaziri Paraphrasing Don Norman, if a product is made too simple it forces the complexity onto the user.
“What We Do in the Shadows” (FX) is one of the best TV shows of all time.