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  • YouTube: Information vs Entertainment

    On a recent Vergecast, Nilay and David were chatting about the very real idea that the current state of streaming services is just cable TV all over again. Of course, they are correct, but they also kept coming back to the idea that the only services that make a serious amount of money are those that convince people to make the content for free. The best example of this is YouTube, and I just don’t see it that way.
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    10 Dec 2024
  • A Fresh Sheet

    The best feeling in my online life is when I have inspiration for a post and I open a fresh sheet in Ulysses. Just then, right before I start typing my garbled English onto the sheet and ruin the whole thing, that is an electric feeling that anything could happen. Maybe I write a really great post, everyone loves it and I get loads of comments and replies. Writers I love begin posting link posts to it, and this fantastic post is referenced all over the web.
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    04 Dec 2024
  • Babysitting Yourself

    After more than 40 years (yes, I am old) I am well aware of needing massive barriers in the way of my bad habits. I have very little self-control when it comes to dopamine boosting things, and my phone is the worst. I realise how pathetic that is. Over the years, I’ve given advice which is regurgitated from that which I receive (often unrequested) multiple times. To simply stop. Much like an addict l, because that is what I am of sorts, I’ve tried too hard too quickly and slowly returned to ‘normal’.
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    03 Dec 2024
  • In the US suicide rates among men under 30 have risen by 40 percent since 2010 and are four times higher than among young women.

    Male suicide accounts for as many deaths as breast cancer.

    ~ if you need help or just don’t feel yourself, please please please reach out.

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    02 Dec 2024
  • Nick Heer in Google’s iOS App Inserts Its Own Links Into Webpages

    For Google to believe it has the right to inject itself into third-party websites is pure arrogance, yet it is nothing new for the company.

    The only upside is I doubt many people use this app.

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    01 Dec 2024
  • Matt Birchler in The “Bluesky feels like early Twitter!” vibe

    In my opinion, Mastodon has leveled out to be a great place to talk with nerdy people (aka my core demographic!), Threads has turned into an engagement bait hell that I don’t enjoy browsing much at all right now, and Bluesky still has that “first week of school” energy.

    Yep, I think that’s about right 👌

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    28 Nov 2024
  • 🔗 Comcast, Disney, and IBM Are Among Advertisers Returning to X After Ad Freeze

    X’s former top advertisers including Comcast, IBM, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Lionsgate Entertainment, have resumed ad spending on the platform this year, albeit at much lower rates than before.

    I guess if you want to try and avoid new tariffs on your products you have to appease the incoming presidents lap dog.

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    27 Nov 2024
  • Dan Moran in Macworld🔒:

    Apple can not only afford to be more judicious about how and where it deploys AI, but it also doesn’t have to be as aggressive about selling it to end users

    I think Dan hasn’t been paying close enough attention to their advertising. It’s too much, to the point of ridiculousness. It doesn’t tell a tale of a company that hasn’t made an “existential bet-the-company” placement on AI.

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    27 Nov 2024
  • Don’t Forget Too Quickly

    There’s an old adage: today’s news is tomorrow’s chip paper. For anyone outside the UK, it essentially means that news—and the attention it garners—moves on fast. Nowhere is this truer than when it comes to products, influencers, and technology. That said, some topics tend to be very cyclical (note-taking apps on micro.blog, anyone?), and fortunately, the discussion about Substack has cycled back to the forefront. Before Anil Dash’s excellent post a few days ago, I was disappointed to see how many people had either returned to Substack or started using it anew.
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    26 Nov 2024
  • See Into Sam Altman’s Soul

    There is nothing I enjoy more than an insightful discussion on notebooks, and hearing Sam Altman on the How I Write Podcast was a fascinating listen. I made a few notes whilst walking the dog this morning, but before I got a chance to go over them, this excellent rebuttal from Liz Lopatto at The Verge made me laugh out loud. My favourite quote from the post sums up my thoughts:
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    26 Nov 2024
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