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New comment by blauditore in "Turn off and restrict access to Apple Intelligence features on Mac"

blauditore — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:52:49 +0000

That's exactly what big tech executives and AI bros don't get: It would be useful to use AI for the grudgy but verifiable sub-steps of such a task, e.g. have it help with the email search, and have it suggest a reminder. Or even better, suggest creating a reminder when receiving/reading the email. But leave the user in control, and provide evidence and transparency. Instead, many companies put their bets on the long-shot, do-it-all assistent AI, but technology is just not there yet, or maybe never will even.

New comment by blauditore in "ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector"

blauditore — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 20:11:33 +0000

That's true, although having 19° inside when it's 30° outside is bad for several reasons. My office (in Europe) gets cooled down in summer to like 23°, and that's already inconvenient when wearing appropriate summer clothes. And no one is expected to wear formal clothing.

New comment by blauditore in "A Necessary History of the Oddest Letter: W"

blauditore — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 20:07:24 +0000

I first read the title as "oldest letter", and kept waiting for an explanation or twist in the article, getting increasingly confused. I just felt like sharing this, thanks for reading my comment.

New comment by blauditore in "ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector"

blauditore — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 19:53:14 +0000

The obsession with ACs in some places (or rather people I guess) is something I will never sympathize with. Just wear reasonable clothes for the weather, no need to cool down below 20° C. And yes, I'm going to die on that hill.

New comment by blauditore in "iPhone Duo"

blauditore — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:50:15 +0000

6/230 seems closer to 3%. And while the number is relatively low, it seems to be a niche where they might lose customers to other platforms. It must have been unprofitable/very expensive to maintain that they killed it.

OTOH, it's Apple, so users would rather buy a bigger iPhone and complain than switching brands (see other comments here), in which case Apple loses nothing.

New comment by blauditore in "I'm a seeing-eye dog for a computer"

blauditore — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:14:52 +0000

Are you starting an online argument with me?

New comment by blauditore in "I'm a seeing-eye dog for a computer"

blauditore — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:30:06 +0000

Arguing on the internet is not about convincing the other side. It's about winning the majority opinion and getting more votes. Almost like politics.

New comment by blauditore in "GPT-6 Astra"

blauditore — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 05:54:24 +0000

There's a lot of truth to this: Execs want their own use case covered. In addition, everyone wants to be better than the competition at basic use cases, because that's what people compare first - even though we all know they are not a good reflection of reality. I'm currently working on exactly a project like this.

New comment by blauditore in "Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra"

blauditore — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 15:39:02 +0000

That's exactly what I mean.

New comment by blauditore in "Analyzing student votes across AI models for college essay help"

blauditore — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:24:34 +0000

Google also has millions of lines of code in several languages written over decades. Probably access to more non-public (quality) code than most other companies in the world.

New comment by blauditore in "Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra"

blauditore — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:19:58 +0000

And yes, I'm well aware this embarrasses some folks, hence the negative reaction.

New comment by blauditore in "Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra"

blauditore — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 21:16:52 +0000

Yes, exactly.

New comment by blauditore in "Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra"

blauditore — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Most devs choosing Macbooks has a lot to do with culture. It's boutique, cool, and all the other successful people have it. Yes, officially it's always for technical reasons, but no one would ever admit to get something just because it's shiny.

New comment by blauditore in "Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra"

blauditore — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 19:11:03 +0000

We chose Azure for our startup because of data location, and it was cheaper than the other two as well. Data center locations may not matter much in the US (because everyone has this covered well), but it does in other places of the world.

New comment by blauditore in "Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra"

blauditore — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 19:03:35 +0000

Exactly. The same for Windows Phone. Both was amazing software on great hardware. They just never gained enough traction because MS was a bit late to the party and wasn't willing to push through (e.g. by compensating the late start and poor market position with heavy marketing investments and partnerships), so they eventually trashed those projects.

It's such a shame that the shitty MS products survive the ages while the great ones never gain real traction. I feel a bit sorry for the people who built such amazing stuff just to see it being cancelled and then having to work on the unsolicited background execution of the SharePoint 365 rev4.7 update manager (I made this up, but it probably exists).

New comment by blauditore in "How Bluesky draws its logo on screenshots"

blauditore — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:04:06 +0000

Well, then make it harder to accidentally make a screenshot. E.g. make the user confirm (and then memorize whatevr setting).

New comment by blauditore in "How Bluesky draws its logo on screenshots"

blauditore — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:38:40 +0000

I actually hate that apps are allowed to blank out content on screenshots, and this can't be disabled. There are apps completely mis-using it, e.g. mobile payment apps which hardly show any sensitive data in most cases, but now I can't share e.g. infos on screen with someone else easily.

It's a classic case of someone discovering a feature and thinking "hell yeah, so much security" without understanding or caring about UX impications.

I've yet to see someone saying "oh, I'm so glad my screenshot was blacked-out because I didn't realize I was in a banking app". It feels patronizing.

New comment by blauditore in "How the words we teach English language learners changed"

blauditore — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 19:12:49 +0000

There's a very easy way out for them: Just claim that the bible is rather metaphorical than literal, and many things can be interpreted to be in line with scientific findings. That seems to be at least what protestant churches in Europe seem to do.

New comment by blauditore in "The session you cannot take with you"

blauditore — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 19:06:31 +0000

>A company cannot realize monopolistic benefits without > 50% control of a market.

I don't think that's true at all. Why 50% specifically? This is not about political votes or anything like that. It's about being the largest player by a margin, usually.

New comment by blauditore in "The session you cannot take with you"

blauditore — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:19:13 +0000

> [...] dark patterns are a short term strategy for winning and I'm optimistic that in the long run they will be replaced with those that are more respectful and oriented to the greater good

This is definitely not the way most software has been going in the past decades. It's rather the opposite: Companies play friendly to obtain a user base, then start applying more and more dark patters to further increase their profit. Facebook, Evernote, Instagram, Komoot... The list goes on and on.