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New comment by function_seven in "How many products does Microsoft have named 'Copilot'?"

function_seven — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:29:05 +0000

I’m waiting for .Net Copilot with integration to Passport.

New comment by function_seven in "The Oxford Comma – Why and Why Not (2024)"

function_seven — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:52:41 +0000

If you’re one to omit the Oxford comma in your writing, then how do I resolve the ambiguity in your first example?

New comment by function_seven in "LaGuardia pilots raised safety alarms months before deadly runway crash"

function_seven — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 23:17:07 +0000

The fire station was located on the opposite side of runway 4 from the United plane. To avoid crossing the runway would mean having to travel a few extra miles around the thresholds (I assume).

I guess they could have found a route that wouldn't conflict with landing aircraft, but I doubt that's a practical option most of the time.

New comment by function_seven in "Mark Zuckerberg creating new Applied AI engineering company, reorganises teams"

function_seven — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:02:12 +0000

Beating the index by 40% after 2 decades as a company? Yeah, still good.

New comment by function_seven in "Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns"

function_seven — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:53 +0000

The parent was talking about people choosing to wear these. Today there might be reluctance to wear them because they're creepy or uncool. But that mirrors the reluctance for cool kids to wear bluetooth earpieces back when they were those chunky Borg-looking things. Then they got shrunk down. They got "high quality, convenient, [and] light".

When these types of glasses are virtually indistinguishable from regular sunglasses, and a critical mass of cool people wear them all the time, the reluctance from the rest of us will melt away.

I hope I'm wrong. Really.

New comment by function_seven in "Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns"

function_seven — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 23:29:19 +0000

Remember those dorky Bluetooth earpieces? The ones only MBA nerds wore? They were uncool until the AirPods came along.

The tail wags the dog. Wearing glasses may become inherently cool if all the cool people in your insta feeds are wearing them.

New comment by function_seven in "Mondrian Entered the Public Domain. The Estate Disagrees"

function_seven — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 18:59:55 +0000

Yes. Copyright is intended to an encourage artistic works to be published, with the author of those works knowing that they can earn a living creating art. J. K. Rowling has earned quite the bundle from Harry Potter. She has been incentivized.

New comment by function_seven in "Tether says it bought 27 tons of gold in fourth quarter"

function_seven — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:39:19 +0000

It's collateral for their XAUt token, not the dollar one.

New comment by function_seven in "Microsoft gave FBI set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops"

function_seven — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 18:15:39 +0000

That only strengthens the parent point. Switch to an OS where this requirement doesn't come into play if you're worried about any governments having a backdoor into your own machine.

New comment by function_seven in "Bose has released API docs and opened the API for its EoL SoundTouch speakers"

function_seven — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:20:09 +0000

Yes. Like with Tuya devices (tasmota) or the WRT-54G two decades ago.

Only takes one person to create the new firmware. Everyone else can follow whatever steps are needed to use it.

New comment by function_seven in "I'm a laptop weirdo and that's why I like my new Framework 13"

function_seven — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 18:53:23 +0000

"Lemon" was never mentioned. That's extreme. I don't care what make and model of car you choose, I'll show you a list of TSBs associated with that model. There's never been a car produced that was perfectly engineered and had no after-sale issues common to that model and year. There's always something.

Yes, I would be thrilled to find a car that gave cheap and available replacement parts so I could remedy those issues later. That used to be the standard! The trend now is for automakers to keep juicing the proprietary software tools and one-off components, making repairability harder for the owner.

So, to rephrase your analogy: "[That's like] buying a new car then bragging to your friends ... that you're thrilled because you can repair it yourself (at cost)."

New comment by function_seven in "The history of Casio watches"

function_seven — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 19:48:02 +0000

I was really surprised to find out that the F-91W was first released in 1989. I had assumed it was even older than that!

I wasn't too surprised to see their blurb leave out it's other (alleged!) known use

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_F-91W#Usage_in_terrorism

New comment by function_seven in "Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?"

function_seven — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 06:26:38 +0000

Exactly. Degradation can occur for many reasons.

Enshittification is a deliberate kind of degradation to juice a metric.

That metric is never “customer satisfaction”

New comment by function_seven in "Kevo app shutdown"

function_seven — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 16:12:22 +0000

I get a notification when the doors lock. I can also check the status of the lock in Home Assistant.

If for some reason the deadbolt jams, or the door was not actually locked, then I risk it for those few hours. It hasn't happened yet.

I have probably "manually" forgotten to lock my door more times than that. (e.g. Carrying items out to the car, I think I will go back for more, then I get distracted and leave instead.)

New comment by function_seven in "Kevo app shutdown"

function_seven — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 04:49:05 +0000

I love walking up to my front door and having it automatically unlock when I’m carrying groceries.

It’s also really nice to just leave the house and have it lock automatically behind me.

But I didn’t fall for cloud bullshit. It’s purely local and z-wave.

New comment by function_seven in "Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers"

function_seven — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:32:37 +0000

All of those sound more reasonable than my Model M keyboard.

New comment by function_seven in "What went wrong for Yahoo"

function_seven — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 00:25:32 +0000

Ha! I don’t listen to the All In podcast, but I did see this:

https://youtu.be/TMoz3gSXBcY

New comment by function_seven in "The natural diamond industry is getting rocked. Thank the lab-grown variety"

function_seven — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 00:12:53 +0000

Oh duh. I was so focused on optical qualities I didn’t even think about material ones.

New comment by function_seven in "The natural diamond industry is getting rocked. Thank the lab-grown variety"

function_seven — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 22:25:49 +0000

Diamonds sparkle a lot more brilliantly due to their high refractive index.

(Moissanite is even better, so it should be preferred over diamonds unless I’m overlooking some other difference in their attributes?)

But plain glass gems look comparatively bland when used as jewelry.

New comment by function_seven in "Perfume reviews"

function_seven — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 04:27:54 +0000

I have no idea why, but I interpreted your original comment completely differently

Yeah, the only way I can describe scent to another person is to compare it to other scents that I hope we both have a common experience with.

Thanks.