Samuel Wallace

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Quite simply, “LLMs are doing reasoning” is the “look, my dog is smiling” of technology.

https://malwaretech.com/2025/08/every-reason-why-i-hate-ai.html

Rob Napier - TIL:AI. Thoughts on AI

I use AI a lot for work, pretty much all day every day. I use coding assistants and custom agents I’ve built. I use AI to help code review changes, dig into bugs, and keep track of my projects. I’ve found lots of things it’s very helpful with, and lots of things it’s terrible at. If there’s one thing I have definitely learned: it does not work the way I imagined.

The Pebble smartwatch is making a comeback

Years after its Kickstarter success and Fitbit acquisition, Pebble’s founder is restarting a company to work on Pebble’s smartwatch again — with open-source software powering it.

The Verge
Open source is proof free markets are so efficient they can even find a use for communists.

“In order to reproduce video for Vision Pro, you need to have at least 100 megapixels, […] So at the moment, we can’t cater to that level of a requirement.”

https://petapixel.com/2024/03/01/canon-no-currently-available-camera-is-high-res-enough-for-apple-vision-pro/

Canon: No Currently Available Camera is High-Res Enough for Apple Vision Pro

No commercial camera exists that can shoot enough resolution to make realistic looking content for the Vision Pro.

PetaPixel

Star Wars Battlefront collection revives a multiplayer classic

Remaster of both shooters is headed to PC, Steam Deck, and consoles this spring.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/02/star-wars-battlefront-collection-revives-a-multiplayer-classic/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Star Wars Battlefront collection revives a multiplayer classic

Remaster of both shooters is headed to PC, Steam Deck, and consoles this spring.

Ars Technica

OpenAI admits that AI writing detectors don’t work

No detectors "reliably distinguish between AI-generated and human-generated content."

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/09/openai-admits-that-ai-writing-detectors-dont-work/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

OpenAI confirms that AI writing detectors don’t work

No detectors “reliably distinguish between AI-generated and human-generated content.”…

Ars Technica

The Long History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore

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First Impressions of Vision Pro and VisionOS

In the same way that the introduction of multitouch with the iPhone removed a layer of conceptual abstraction — instead of touching a mouse or trackpad to move an on-screen pointer to an object on screen, you simply touch the object on screen — VisionOS removes a layer of abstraction spatially.

Daring Fireball

It’s here: Save and sign in with passkeys.

Last year, we joined the FIDO Alliance and committed to building a safer, simpler, and faster login solutions for everyone. Today, we’re excited to announce that passkey support has arrived in 1Password.

And that’s just the beginning. Available in private beta later this summer, you’ll also be able to unlock your 1Password account with a passkey. 💫

Ready to use passkeys? Here's everything you need to know about our release: https://blog.1password.com/save-sign-in-passkeys-1password/

Now in beta: Save and sign in with passkeys using 1Password in the browser | 1Password

Passkey support has arrived in 1Password. Learn how you can save and sign in to your online accounts using passkeys with 1Password in the browser.

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