Tailscale worked with them on an issue they found, not a vulnerability: https://tailscale.com/blog/sqlite-wal-reset-bug
In Oregon the DMV is state run with all the benefits that go with it. the DMV is quiet, calm, smooth, and moves quickly even during lunch hour. When I moved back the DMV had an easy process (that staff helped me…
Government is wasteful and could never run an efficient [Industry]. Instead, private companies that can be efficient should run [Industry]. They will be more efficient [and turn the surplus into private profits instead…
Run local or expect some data to be used for development. These companies did not create these tools by paying fair market value for the content.
I keep charge only cables for traveling. I don't trust the USB port in whatever I'm connecting to so the power only cable comes out.
They are all USB C form factor port cables. The actual functionality being different is a USB spec/labelling failure not one of naming. Thunderbolt is also a USB C form factor/port, just has better naming and private…
The BLS has been gutted. It's surprising anything negative is escaping in these reports.
I don't have a password manager. All the passkeys I've been asked to set up are locked within this one browser on this one device. By single credential, all the passkeys on this browser use my windows user password…
and to unlock that passkey on my PC uses... my user account password. So now every passkey on my device has a single password. and I can't use this on any other device by default. My passkey is locked within the browser…
On my PC I don't have a manager set up. The browser has the passkey saved, if I accidentally set one up by mistake, but it's not accessible on my other devices. How do I log in to my account if I don't have the specific…
By design. It worked great, then they launched Gemini and moved features out of Assistant. At least Assistant can still follow basic directions like a voice command to navigate home. Gemini can't.
Gemini has no idea what to do when I tell it to 'Navigate home'. Or 'Next song'. It's objectively worse at every basic command.
Another name and worse experience. Bloated, heavy, slow, bad with voice commands, and overall much more annoying to work with. One of the few things google did better than Apple was the minimal assistant. That's gone.…
Their level is set where it best feeds their revenue. Their security plays equally as well into their walled garden.
A $1.5Bil settlement just went in on stolen content used for training. It's arguably many times larger in long term damages especially compared to investment into those who stole the content. If an AI company can scrape…
Clearly the best way to test these is a completely scientific and controlled process of prompting for a creature on a bicycle. Much like testing the fitness of a fish by making it climb a tree, the LLM will show its…
A password manager let's me use my service specific credential from any device, securely and decentralized. Passkeys lock into a specific device and seem easy until you need to use another device. But instead of being a…
It makes sense for a work device that is off network/domain, but then it is your primary/only means of interfacing with services. Then you can consolidate under a Windows Hello passkey or something else. The second you…
Even my primary Credit Union is limiting teller roles in branches. There are still people to help, but then you have to go in person. My nearest branch is a day trip away but I can do most banking tasks at any partner…
The what and why make sense. The how is poorly done. People are generally familiar with passwords but passkeys are different.
If another payment service offered the same or better protections by default with a lower or zero fee would you jump ship? Or would your bank at least offer that option?
The month to month changes and improvements across free tools is noticeable. A number of skills SE and other roles are built on (or people started with) like more simple scripting and automation work are reachable by a…
> Apple has taught their customer base well. Apple has taught their costumers that Apple products are a style choice, a lifestyle product. It makes them boring. Their utility is secondary to their look and the added…
Cost, limited OS/etc support, ignore/avoid their walled garden, not using any other apple devices, lac of reparability (historically) Many many reasons to avoid Apple products. I still laugh at their 2012-14 era…
Many places near me have different cash/card pricing from a % to a flat fee on the transaction. I've used debit cards to pay car repair bills to skip the 3% fee (sizeable on a $2500 repair). Your incentives are paid by…
Tailscale worked with them on an issue they found, not a vulnerability: https://tailscale.com/blog/sqlite-wal-reset-bug
In Oregon the DMV is state run with all the benefits that go with it. the DMV is quiet, calm, smooth, and moves quickly even during lunch hour. When I moved back the DMV had an easy process (that staff helped me…
Government is wasteful and could never run an efficient [Industry]. Instead, private companies that can be efficient should run [Industry]. They will be more efficient [and turn the surplus into private profits instead…
Run local or expect some data to be used for development. These companies did not create these tools by paying fair market value for the content.
I keep charge only cables for traveling. I don't trust the USB port in whatever I'm connecting to so the power only cable comes out.
They are all USB C form factor port cables. The actual functionality being different is a USB spec/labelling failure not one of naming. Thunderbolt is also a USB C form factor/port, just has better naming and private…
The BLS has been gutted. It's surprising anything negative is escaping in these reports.
I don't have a password manager. All the passkeys I've been asked to set up are locked within this one browser on this one device. By single credential, all the passkeys on this browser use my windows user password…
and to unlock that passkey on my PC uses... my user account password. So now every passkey on my device has a single password. and I can't use this on any other device by default. My passkey is locked within the browser…
On my PC I don't have a manager set up. The browser has the passkey saved, if I accidentally set one up by mistake, but it's not accessible on my other devices. How do I log in to my account if I don't have the specific…
By design. It worked great, then they launched Gemini and moved features out of Assistant. At least Assistant can still follow basic directions like a voice command to navigate home. Gemini can't.
Gemini has no idea what to do when I tell it to 'Navigate home'. Or 'Next song'. It's objectively worse at every basic command.
Another name and worse experience. Bloated, heavy, slow, bad with voice commands, and overall much more annoying to work with. One of the few things google did better than Apple was the minimal assistant. That's gone.…
Their level is set where it best feeds their revenue. Their security plays equally as well into their walled garden.
A $1.5Bil settlement just went in on stolen content used for training. It's arguably many times larger in long term damages especially compared to investment into those who stole the content. If an AI company can scrape…
Clearly the best way to test these is a completely scientific and controlled process of prompting for a creature on a bicycle. Much like testing the fitness of a fish by making it climb a tree, the LLM will show its…
A password manager let's me use my service specific credential from any device, securely and decentralized. Passkeys lock into a specific device and seem easy until you need to use another device. But instead of being a…
It makes sense for a work device that is off network/domain, but then it is your primary/only means of interfacing with services. Then you can consolidate under a Windows Hello passkey or something else. The second you…
Even my primary Credit Union is limiting teller roles in branches. There are still people to help, but then you have to go in person. My nearest branch is a day trip away but I can do most banking tasks at any partner…
The what and why make sense. The how is poorly done. People are generally familiar with passwords but passkeys are different.
If another payment service offered the same or better protections by default with a lower or zero fee would you jump ship? Or would your bank at least offer that option?
The month to month changes and improvements across free tools is noticeable. A number of skills SE and other roles are built on (or people started with) like more simple scripting and automation work are reachable by a…
> Apple has taught their customer base well. Apple has taught their costumers that Apple products are a style choice, a lifestyle product. It makes them boring. Their utility is secondary to their look and the added…
Cost, limited OS/etc support, ignore/avoid their walled garden, not using any other apple devices, lac of reparability (historically) Many many reasons to avoid Apple products. I still laugh at their 2012-14 era…
Many places near me have different cash/card pricing from a % to a flat fee on the transaction. I've used debit cards to pay car repair bills to skip the 3% fee (sizeable on a $2500 repair). Your incentives are paid by…