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Progress Manifests as Boringness

What was once spectacular is now mundane. What was once inventive is now rote. Reusable rocket launches are officially boring. Just a few years ago rocket launches were perhaps just as exciting (if not more exciting) than they have been for the past fifty or more years. Then the excitement

Siri & Google Gemini

This has to be such a slap in the face to the half dozen AI engineers still at Apple. "After careful evaluation, we determined that Google's technology provides the most capable foundation for Apple Foundation Models and we're excited about the innovative new experiences it

Religiosity & Rocky Ground

So, 2020 rolls around, lunacy strikes, governments around the world start forcing people to stay home and "non-essential" businesses to close. Other businesses close voluntarily. Some states (and countries) force churches to close. Other churches close voluntarily. A significant number of people start "doing church online."

This Reads Like a Sinking Ship (Apple)

I know I can often be all doom-and-gloom when it comes to Apple, but wow, does this ever read like a sinking ship. Earlier this week, it emerged that Meta had hired multiple Apple employees, including longtime Apple designer Alan Dye, while conducting its own recruiting blitz for AI and

MTG Resigns

Marjorie Taylor Greene (I think that's the first time I've actually typed out her full name) resigns, not a moment longer than is necessary to secure her life-long pension. Good for her, I guess. I've joked about doing the same thing. For all we

Red Meat Allergy from Tick Bites (it's not all bad news)

It turns out the red meat allergy from a tick bite isn't ALL bad. The fear, of course, is that you'll live the rest of your life without eating food from mammals (red meat in particular). This is true, but at least we see now that

Steam Machine, Drones

This is the first time I've been tempted to buy a game console since the Wii U – which I only bought so that I could own Mario Kart. Clearly it's not the aesthetics of this device causing the temptation. However, the temptation might be quelled when

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