Mastodawn

I don't think Anthropic really meant it this way but what an amazing demonstration of why generative AI's energy consumption is only getting worse, and dirtier. "Improvements" only come from nesting chatbots within chatbots, rather than any fundamental smarter design. It's wasteful at every single level. It's Bitcoin x 1000

Mike May 17

Ricky Mondello May 17

Have you ever gotten that notification from Uber when you land at a major airport that encourages you to open the app to book a ride and wonder how they figured out your location? The first time I saw this I wondered who betrayed me and shared this data with them.

It turns out that it might be nobody. iOS can publish notifications for an app based on a geographic region and that app doesn’t know the wiser unless and until you interact with it.

I figured that if I didn’t know this, some of y’all might not. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/usernotifications/unlocationnotificationtrigger

UNLocationNotificationTrigger | Apple Developer Documentation

A trigger condition that causes the system to deliver a notification when the user’s device enters or exits a geographic region you specify.

Apple Developer Documentation

Mike May 7

I talked about what happened Last Month Online with my friend Nate. It was a fun time! Listen in…

New Street Fighter trailer. New CEO announced for Apple—Cook Out. Cocaine salmon. Porsche races with six colors livery. Music we loved in April.

#StreetFighter #Apple #cocaine #Porsche #music

Mike May 4

Mark Gurman May 4

NEW: Apple’s iOS 27 will feature a new “Create a Pass” feature in Wallet, allowing users to create gym, arena, and other digital passes for apps that don’t support Wallet. Details on how it works and looks here — https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-04/ios-27-features-apple-plans-to-let-users-build-their-own-passes-in-wallet-app

Mike Apr 20

@jsnell @siracusa wow, the speed of the latest Robot or Not episode is wild! I thought somehow I’d bumped up the playback speed to 4x. 🙂 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/robot-or-not/id997930288?i=1000762423608

Pizza Robot

Podcast Episode · Robot or Not? · April 20 · 8m

Apple Podcasts

Mike Apr 19

Electronic Frontier Foundation Apr 12

April 20th is approaching quickly. That’s the deadline for Congress to decide whether to make changes or renew Section 702 as is. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/we-need-you-our-privacy-cannot-afford-clean-extension-section-702

We Need You: Our Privacy Cannot Afford a Clean Extension of Section 702

The intelligence community and its defenders in Congress, as always, seem more interested in defending their rights to read your private communications than in protecting your right to privacy. It’s not really a compromise between safety and privacy if it's always your privacy that gets sacrificed. Now, we’re drawing a line in the sand: Congress cannot pass a clean extension. 

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Mike Apr 19

Chris Espinosa Apr 12

Elect a landlord, get a rent-seeker

Mike Apr 12

Anyone else playing #MarathonTheGame here?

Mike Apr 12

Super Sideshow podcast Apr 12

We break down Daredevil Born Again season 2 episode 4 "Gloves Off". Bullseye opens with the best fight scene of the season, taking out AVTF guards in a diner using knives, kitchen utensils, and a lobster claw. Karen Page and Matt Murdock declare their love. The Swordsman exits but becomes their financier. Vanessa Fisk struck by crystal shard at Kingpin's charity boxing match—possibly dead.
#DaredevilBornAgain #Daredevil #Bullseye #MarvelTelevision #MCU