// On the surface one might think that Apple’s “Europe” is just the EU plus the United Kingdom and Norway. But it’s actually much bigger than that: it’s all of Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and India. //
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/02/apples-regional-segments-for-financial-reporting
LLMs are cool but how about auto correct that works?
What’s it gonna take for smartphone keyboards to recognize words in long fat fingered strings where n’s and b’s are inserted instead of spaces?
// I suppose it is possible that even though America is much richer than all other mid-sized and large countries, and even though we’ve had vastly more immigration than other countries, the immigration has depressed incomes in America. Perhaps with lower levels of immigration we’d be even more of an outlier.
But does that seem likely? //
// Whether or not he was kidding about bringing a tyrannical end to our 248-year experiment in democracy, I ask him, Don’t you see why many Americans see such talk of dictatorship as contrary to our most cherished principles? Trump says no. Quite the opposite, he insists. “I think a lot of people like it.” //
https://time.com/6972021/donald-trump-2024-election-interview/
Whatever Elon's plan is.. it feels like it was cooked up very recently.
https://electrek.co/2024/04/30/tesla-pulling-back-supercharger-plans-firing-team/
// In the first quarter of 2024, the industry has lost $336 million to hacks and fraud, according to Immunefi.
The amount of cryptocurrency funds stolen by hackers in 2023 was estimated at $1.8 billion, half of the $4 billion recorded a year prior. //
https://www.theblock.co/post/291675/crypto-losses-hacks-exploits-scams-record-low-certik
In the 80s I had a NorthStar Horizon CP/M computer with a hard drive similar to this. Occasionally it would start “honking” and I’d have to smack it to silence it.
Mastodon’s erratic, slow, inconsistent, and status-free link/media preview behavior is not awesome.
America and the world can handle "open throttled insanity" even without a Trump lede.
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/04/links-4-26-2024.html
So, Zipcar/Turo?
Given the cost of Tesla repairs.. and worse, the typical _timeline_ for non-trivial repairs, this idea doesn’t seem exciting.
Maybe it’d be compelling to car owners who spent $25K on their ev appliance to recoup costs. But.. owners who spent $40-100K on their personal Teslas?
I, for one, wouldn’t even think of considering it with my MYLR.
One alien hunter, working on SETI, calling another one a // "snake oil" salesman //. The search for aliens gets way more coverage than it deserves, scientific endeavors included.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/seti-scientist-alien-announcement
New Ubuntu upgrade features are wonderful
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/04/ubuntu-24-04-lts-20-changes-to-look-out-for
You can’t call legally-compelled truthful testimony a “betrayal”.
Betrayal is a will-full, actionable turn.
// Raghavan, who reports directly to CEO Sundar Pichai and leads key groups including search, ads, maps and commerce, was addressing Google’s knowledge and information organization, which consists of more than 25,000 full-time employees. [..]
Raghavan said Google’s digital ad business had become “the envy of the world.” He noted that over the last three years, annual revenue has grown by more than $100 billion, exceeding Starbucks, Mazda and TikTok combined. //