Adam C. Engst

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I publish @TidBITS and the TidBITS Content Network, serve as president of the Finger Lakes Runners Club, and direct and time numerous races in the Ithaca area.
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Still getting blown-out CSS for the iPhone 17e tech specs page in all browsers. https://www.apple.com/iphone-17e/specs/

And it's not appearing on Apple's site. @gruber linked to a comparison page that's now not showing it so it must have been there before. Perhaps a CDN failure?

iPhone 17e - Technical Specifications

View all technical specifications for iPhone 17e.

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Apparently, Apple Intelligence has decided I’m not old enough to research chicken stock. (ChatGPT itself was happy to search for reviews.)
@toxy I’m mainly Apple-centric, so my main news sites are @sixcolors, @TidBITS, and MacBreak Weekly (part of TWiT).
But living in Ithaca definitely helps keep the weirdness quotient higher than it likely would be elsewhere.

This post about the decline of deviance is fascinating. Tonya and I loved living in Risley, Cornell's creative and performing arts dorm, during sophomore year in 1986-87. Serious weird was going on there, and while we didn't partake that much, we loved being in the proximity. To be fair, a lot of the deviance that's declining is a good thing—there's no win in having more serial killers.

https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-decline-of-deviance

The Decline of Deviance

Where has all the weirdness gone?

Experimental History
Ah, I figured it out. Apple puts off all questions that relate to health with that "ChatGPT asks: What would you like to know?" It does the same thing for questions about politics and for pictures it deems naughty. In other words, business as usual for Apple.
Fascinating! I cannot get Apple's Visual Intelligence to explain what these ointments are and how to use them, despite it relying on ChatGPT. Using the ChatGPT app works as desired. (And yes, the bottom one is for the cat.)