Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47632083

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Safari is unusable due to some weird sync that happens whenever I open a new window ( i dont use tabs) and adding bookmarks takes about 10-15 seconds.

Please Apple, help? Apple seem to have lost their cultish drive to satisfy UI obsessive like me who often didn't even know what we wanted until they gave it to us. Now, we know what we want, but Apple can't give it to us.

There is a lot to unpack here and also an obvious solution.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47419231

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I am just glad, that we can still run a proper OS on a proper computer. If they made a modified iPad OS for their baby laptop it could have been an ominous sign.

You can share the note with whomever you wish, using what ever messaging system you you like, and the note will look as good as a social media post, ie how you designed the note. I am sorry, it does take a bit of imagination. I never wanted to pitch it as a social media app, but, its as close to personally controlled social sharing that I could conceive.

You dont have to pay to use it. Very few people need to use cross device sync and those who do seem happy to pay for it.

Ie, it is free, so if any ones wants to try it, I would love to hear.

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/notesub/id6742334239

I like it. And mass adaption is not required to use it.

I would have loved to have made this a true social network in some regards, however, there are issues of moderation and storage that become very expensive at scale.

Moreover, adoption of a new social network is super hard to promote. So many Twitter, Insta, etc clones have failed because they are just 'clones'. Not offering any thing new.

It should be considered although Thiel talks of 0 to 1... A great deal of dramatic software/hardware progression comes from a highly evolved successor to an average pre-existing product.

The iPhone was not a zero to one, nor was Apples GUI, they were just highly evolved versions of average or below average products that already existed. Social media apps are already highly evolved for their function. We need something better for edge cases, but the current state of social media platforms means that something supremely better is required before any adoption drive becomes meaningful. When such a product comes, mass adoption is inevitable; we crave and succumb to better ways of communication and contact.

I meant to convey if it was made to today's specifications...

The Macbook 12 inch was super thin, super light weight, was excellently designed (apart from the keyboard fault that I got a replacement for free for). That was a laptop that made the iPad redundant. Which is why it will never comeback.

I only had to buy a new mac because it allowing getting updates. It lasted me 7 years, I coded apps on it with xcode, and it ran the earlier versions of logic pro and final cut fine for small projects.

If they had put that engineering effort into the Neo, then that would have been something. The Neo is not a serious laptop, nor is it an iPad replacement; because most really cant and dont do serious work on a iPad. The iPad will still be an excellent internet browser and streaming screen.

What is the size of this pool, ie how many GPUs would it take for an individual user to be able to run their own equivalent today? Let's assume the LLM is fully downloadable.

I ask, because, if LLMs stop improving exponentially, surely soon enough we will ALL be able to run un-quantised local LLMs of sufficient quality for day to day tasks.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47089104

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I wanted a place to store my own info and share it on my own terms. For example, I might want to share that I'm feeling good with friends, or bring a summary of my blood pressure readings to a doctor's appointment. The main concept is personally owned data collation rather than handing everything off to a third party. Also, I think recording stats in a place other than a notes app would allow for better analysis and visualisation options in the future.

I do want to develop this app further, and am keen on understanding what others would want from a tracking app.

Potential use cases: Tracking wellness to mood Having data from multiple sources being personally organised and managed Sharing customised info/stats

The big players in this space sometimes trade privacy for polish. I wanted something where the tradeoff goes the other way. More polish will come to StatusHealthy (I think that could be better).

Critical feedback would be appreciated. What is a feature of such an app that would want you to check in regularly? I am eager to hear any thoughts. Thank you.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47087594

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