This is why we need to own our important media. Too many company mergers end with the liquidation of a favorite app or service.
Amazon is killing the Comixology app on Android and iOS and merging it with Kindle
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About Non Sequiturs
Non Sequiturs is the personal blog of Michael Argentini.
I'm a software developer and Managing Partner for Fynydd and Blue Sequoyah Technologies, the project lead for Coursabi, and Āthepedia founder. I also have several nerdy open source projects on Github.
I'd describe myself as an Oxford comma advocate, autodidact, aspiring polymath, and boffin, with a mechanical keyboard addiction. You can also find me on Mastodon.
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Really excited to see if Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X series accelerates the Windows move to Arm and keeps Apple on their toes.
Introducing an all-new naming convention for our next-generation of intelligent PC platforms: The Snapdragon X Series
www.qualcomm.com
#Musk is trying to remove the #Twitter block feature but I bet that #Elon would still be able to block people. Because fuck you he’s special.
I’m starting to have a change of heart on this #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds episode. Maybe, just MAYBE, the episode was a blood curdling drama where we’re shown a “jump the shark” level singing episode and have to wait to see if the show has truly jumped. Honestly, I’m on the edge of my seat here. I thought the gorn episode was the scariest one. Not any more.
“You know what would be a fantastic #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds plot device? If the officers sang their lines and if the only way to prevent a galactic tragedy was for the entire crew to sing and dance in a broadway style finale.”
…said no one. Ever.
I’m still trying to figure out how #NordVPN can claim to prevent malware-ridden files.
Legislation from fear is the death spiral of freedom.
#politics #philosophy #opinion
Denmark seeks to legally prevent burnings of Quran or other religious scriptures
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Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker’s 2023 commencement speech at Northwestern hits the mark.
The best way to spot an idiot? Look for the person who is cruel. When we see someone who doesn’t look like us, or sound like us, or act like us, or love like us, or live like us — the first thought that crosses almost everyone’s brain is rooted in either fear or judgment or both. That’s evolution. We survived as a species by being suspicious of things we aren’t familiar with.
In order to be kind, we have to shut down that animal instinct and force our brain to travel a different pathway. Empathy and compassion are evolved states of being. They require the mental capacity to step past our most primal urges. I’m here to tell you that when someone’s path through this world is marked with acts of cruelty, they have failed the first test of an advanced society. They never forced their animal brain to evolve past its first instinct. They never forged new mental pathways to overcome their own instinctual fears. And so, their thinking and problem-solving will lack the imagination and creativity that the kindest people have in spades.
Over my many years in politics and business, I have found one thing to be universally true: the kindest person in the room is often the smartest.
#Microsoft Visual Studio for Mac only has .NET 8 and Maui preview support in the release version of VS, not the preview version, which also has a lower version number.
I don't think they know what “Preview” means.
Question: Given that daily reading limits at Twitter prevent real-time news providers from getting their content out to everyone, what is Twitter without all those content providers?
Answer: A right wing disinformation and hate speech machine that shows you the occasional animated GIF of a deviant wagging his dick in your face.
Elon Musk's decision to add daily reading limits to prevent data scraping also has the following impact:
- Reduces Twitter's search engine exposure, reducing new signups
- Reduces the number of real-time info providers, which also reduces the number of people looking for that content
- Reduces Twitter's advertising revenue as active user count and confidence in the future of the platform are also reduced
StackOverflow has introduced Labs, an enhanced developer experience that uses AI to streamline the process of insulting and demeaning people looking for help.
Stack Overflow Labs - Stack Overflow
stackoverflow.co
I liked the Internet better when it wasn't a handful of proprietary social media platforms run by narcissists.
The #Reddit CEO saying that the API transition time and pricing changes are “a business decision they won’t undo”, in addition to threats of replacing moderators who don't reopen subreddits, is a short-sighted dick move. I've gone from thinking Reddit will die a slow death to wishing for it.
The recent change to Google Chrome that removes the option to accept a self-signed certificate is another reason developers need a system-wide “Developer Mode” that removes these barriers erected for the normies. It's hard to code with Google, Microsoft, Apple, et al. holding one of my hands all day.
CNN giving Trump a national stage is bad enough. But the audience laughter about his liability for sexual assault, and at the victim, is truly sickening.
Decades of financial gifts from Harlan Crow to Thomas, Gorsuch hiding $2M property sale to law firm with court business, and Roberts refusing to testify before the Senate regarding #scotus ethics… I think that we officially have the most corrupt Supreme Court in history.
A lot of people are really disappointed that the Mac Pro with Apple Silicon has been delayed for so long, given the announced two-year transition. Apple may be struggling to find a good reason for the Mac Pro to exist given the existing lineup and new CPU architecture.
General Motors has announced that it will be removing #CarPlay and #AndroidAuto compatibility from their new EVs in favor of a paid subscription to its own in-dash services platform.
I see two outcomes:
#GM will lose new EV sales as many potential buyers will choose vehicles that embrace the most important device they own.
GM #EV owners will largely decide to mount their phones to the dash or windshield, circa 2013, as GM's subscription isn't free and provides a terrible experience.
This is a customer-hostile cash grab.
Like Apple CarPlay? You Won't Be Able to Get It on Future GM EVs
www.caranddriver.com
All it will take for #Mastodon to overtake #Twitter is for organizations like the White House, news organizations, and others, to spin up their own Mastodon instances for their own official communications and continue posting as usual. And the dedicated instance addresses will be a better method of validation than a blue check.
Paying $20 per month for #ChatGPT Plus gets you priority access to a dedicated “system unavailable” page. Not sure this is worth the cost.
With regard to popular culture, the word woke is the new gourmet. Semantic bleaching renders words meaningless.
Wouldn't it be cool if Apple Music for iOS allowed you to sort the tracks in a smart playlist like 10 years ago?
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About Non Sequiturs
Non Sequiturs is the personal blog of Michael Argentini.
I'm a software developer and Managing Partner for Fynydd and Blue Sequoyah Technologies, the project lead for Coursabi, and Āthepedia founder. I also have several nerdy open source projects on Github.
I'd describe myself as an Oxford comma advocate, autodidact, aspiring polymath, and boffin, with a mechanical keyboard addiction. You can also find me on Mastodon.
