Blog - iMessage with PQ3: The new state of the art in quantum-secure messaging at scale - Apple Security Research
Impressive technology!
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The Five People You Meet in AI Hell | Robert Prehn
Sounds about right.
The 2023 Hugo Awards: Somehow, It Got Worse
The cluster gets even worse
Paramount Plus Struggles Leave Shari Redstone Exploring Sale
Really makes me worry for the future of Trek. Maybe it just goes into syndication again?
Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize awarded: we can read the scrolls!
Now that is a cool application of transformer models.
we can’t escape the feeling that the first text we’ve uncovered is a 2000-year-old blog post about how to enjoy life
Opinion: A harsh truth: The world economy never recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic
Always something a little gross about the way this is discussed.
The Carry-On-Baggage Bubble Is About to Pop
Does seem untenable but the incentives are all screwy.
The 2023 Hugo Fraud and Where We Go From Here
Oof. Sounds like this was a massive screw up.
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AI will eliminate busywork. Are we sure that’s a good thing?
Yup. Our brains aren't suited for being "on" for a full 8 hour work day. If you want 8 hours of productivity you need 3-4 people to split that up.
College Students Don’t Know How to Read Anymore. We’re in Denial Over How Bad It’s Gotten.
I'm not sure I believe smartphones are to blame here, but maybe more of a temptation when reading itself has gotten harder. This seems even more important as we enter an era of AI generated content.
Just Say It, Democrats: Biden Has Been a Great President
Sus since it's a Lincoln Project guy. Is it reverse psychology?
AI Might Collapse Technology Before It Can Improve It
Depressing if nothing can be believed anymore. I think we'll need signing techniques?
Hurricanes Are Too Fast for Category 5
We probably should do more to avoid these storms huh?
Over 2 percent of the US’s electricity generation now goes to bitcoin
We're so stupid.
bitcoin mining is the antithesis of an essential activity
Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy
Holy crap Omelas
Why MAGA fears Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl
Cult!
Opinion | Why Taylor Swift Is Making Conservatives Crazy
Completely off the deep end
Spatial Computing
John really cuts to the heart of it again
‘Seismic shift’: driving unaffordable for many in US amid push toward SUVs
Sounds like industry collusion to me!
The thin-skinned men triggered by Taylor Swift at Chiefs' NFL games need to get a grip
What is wrong with dudes?
The biggest sci-fi/fantasy award has been accused of censorship, and the situation is a mess
Sus
He’s beaten his Republican rivals and is ahead in the polls. But Trump is vulnerable | Jonathan Freedland
🤞🏻
The Suburbs Have Become a Ponzi Scheme
Very interesting. Suburbs inherently unsustainable and now white flight has left non-white folks to suburban decay!
Opinion | It is possible that some of us have been mishearing God
Hah. Perfect.
Wild Apples: The 12 weirdest and rarest Macs ever made
The Browns had a Macintosh TV I used when we visited. Dad's final computer teacher lab was G3 all-in-ones
Errors by Boeing at Renton plant led to Alaska Airlines MAX 9 blowout, industry source says
Astounding process failures
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The Mac turns 40 — and keeps on moving
It's a good time to be a MacAddict
MacBook Pro M3 Max Initial Thoughts and Impressions
Nice to see a less tech take on these, especially the price.
Wait, is cloud bad?
DHH was at it again
Guys known by three initials are generally either heroes or supervillains.
Pluralistic: Boeing, Spirit and Jetblue, a monopoly horror-story (21 Jan 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Love to see slow motion market collapse death spirals due to deregulation.
They can't grow by adding routes, because there are no pilots. Even if they could get pilots, there'd be no slots because there are no air traffic controllers. But even if they could get pilots and slots, there are no planes, because Boeing sucks and Airbus can't make planes fast enough to supply the airlines that don't trust Boeing. And even if they could get aircraft, there are no engines because the Big Four aviation cartel cornered the market on working jet engines.
the Big Four airlines also have debt:capital ratios of about 100-120%, and they do get bailouts ever time anything goes wrong.