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📝 New post about generative AI, friction, and people.

https://daverupert.com/2026/03/people-are-not-friction/

People are not friction

The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect of AI is a pretty well documented phenomenon: The Gell-Mann amnesia effect is a cognitive bias describing the tendency of individuals to critically assess media reports in a domain they are knowledgeable about, yet continue to trust reporting in other areas despite recognizing similar potential inaccuracies.

daverupert.com

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Eric deRuiter 1d ago

@atpfm @marcoarment are you aware you can send terminal commands to multiple computers at once in Apple Remote Desktop?

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Eric deRuiter 1d ago

@paul @anco there is not a way to do that with a profile. 18.7.2 is the end of the iOS 18 road for those phones that can upgrade to 26 unless Apple reverses this user hostile decision (very unlikely). The only exception is there was about a week where turning on betas would get you to 18.7.3, but that doesn’t work anymore and there is no way to install any later versions of 18 on those devices.

Eric deRuiter 6d ago

Riccardo Mori 6d ago

New, on Morrick.me — A few notes about the MacBook Neo: https://morrick.me/archives/10286

A few notes about the MacBook Neo

The MacBook Neo is overall a very nice machine. This isn't a review, just a few bullet-point impressions after trying one in person.

Riccardo Mori

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Eric deRuiter Mar 14

@daringfireball While still software, Oversight is a good solution. https://objective-see.org/products/oversight.html

Objective-See: KextViewr

View loaded kernel modules

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Eric deRuiter Mar 14

@morrick In a sense they were thinking extremely differently in that last decade.

Eric deRuiter Mar 13

sonja dolinsek Mar 13

"Palantir CEO Alex Karp thinks his AI technology will lessen the power of “highly educated, often female voters, who vote mostly Democrat” while increasing the power of working-class men.

“This technology disrupts humanities-trained—largely Democratic—voters, and makes their economic power less. And increases the economic power of vocationally trained, working-class, often male, working-class voters....”
#ai #humanities #women #feminism #democracy #palantir
https://newrepublic.com/post/207693/palantir-ceo-karp-disrupting-democratic-power

Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power

They’re saying the quiet part out loud now.

The New Republic

Eric deRuiter Mar 13

sam henri gold Mar 12

The MacBook Neo is such an interesting machine that it coaxed a thousand-word-essay out of me: https://samhenri.gold/blog/20260312-this-is-not-the-computer-for-you/

“This Is Not The Computer For You” · Sam Henri Gold

Sam Henri Gold is a product design engineer building playful, useful software.

Eric deRuiter Mar 13

Ethan Marcotte Mar 11

I enjoyed @sboots’s essay on becoming a “generative AI vegetarian”, and for a few reasons: it’s a great read, first and foremost, but also my GOODNESS is this well-sourced. Sean pulls together many, many threads here; always grateful for a map like this.

https://sboots.ca/2026/03/11/generative-ai-vegetarianism/

Generative AI vegetarianism

Hello, it’s me: I’m a generative AI vegetarian. The tech industry is convinced this is the future; I don’t want any of it, full stop. Why choose generative AI vegetarianism? Just like real-life vegetarianism, there are a bunch of good reasons.

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Eric deRuiter Mar 10

@dangrabham “It did surprise me that the two USB ports are different. That fact wasn’t hidden, but it does feel like it will be a little annoying for some users even though you can charge from both ports. What I don’t know is whether that’s a restriction to do with the hardware used or a cost-saving measure.”

That is a hardware limitation of the A18.

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