Spent the last few months reading about neuroscience. I realized I didn't understand how dopamine works. Now that I do, 2 points:
- the human brain is incredible in its adaptability
- the environment around phones and social media is the hardest it's ever had to work
The increasing number of websites with no RSS feeds sadden me. =|
https://inessential.com/2025/05/24/retirement_and_netnewswire.html
As a devoted netnewswire user since 2005, I am genuinely excited for @brentsimmons@indieweb.social's retirement. I also wish him nothing but incredible health and pure happiness in pursuing his coding ventures. <3
https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/953b658a-579b-4b3c-b280-43b3781babf3 lovely idea to provide a NotebookLM notebook for the Google IO announcements. Sadly, that mind map is not the best.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.labs.language.tailwind
Google released NotebookLM as a standalone app on Android with iOS "coming soon."
I love notebooklm. This is exciting. #notebooklm
My shocking discovery today - almost any app on ios and android can programmatically take a screenshot without you, the user, ever knowing.
What’s this new silent addition to location permissions you’ve defaulted to “on” apple?
The iPhone 17 Air looks a lot like the Nexus 6p, even more than a pixel IMHO. #iphone #nexus6p #android https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/77935de5fb26a505e6288abb7735ac859c6b0f5b7f7903387c789a758aea0d92/0ac7a12816c493c55337082035db7c25565e42270bed146dd58dce35c9e434f4.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/77935de5fb26a505e6288abb7735ac859c6b0f5b7f7903387c789a758aea0d92/76c64790af8792e42b6d2640986bad1ad17331d5bc1fdfa66e4218663d36b025.webp
TIL: Zen phones home far more than any other browser. I don’t think it is nefarious, but phoning home is resource consumption. Go with degoogled chromium / Orion / Tor if you really care.
https://sizeof.cat/post/web-browser-telemetry-2025-edition/ #browser #chrome #zen #orion
These days, my favorite dopamine hit is to vibe code my own local chrome extensions to do simple things. This one is to get a specific archive of the current url. #chrome #web https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/77935de5fb26a505e6288abb7735ac859c6b0f5b7f7903387c789a758aea0d92/e2739cec8a2486f9abf8d4f64675798ce9deaf612b6795dc2d742a142bdc5a28.webp
https://particle.news/share/_1bZS where winds meet also has a fascinating premise and excited to see where this heads
#gaming
https://particle.news/share/m_qLh
Omg. Exciting news with #marathon game play reveal set for April 12. #bungie
Seriously, wtf Whatsapp. Why are you introducing dark patterns into search just to get people using Meta AI. #sigh #whatsapp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/77935de5fb26a505e6288abb7735ac859c6b0f5b7f7903387c789a758aea0d92/f7f87b910dcc3775808de3c4edd8b81b0f4755706cc3b6ce087a72cf48a185ca.webp
https://danielraffel.me/til/2025/04/01/how-to-hide-disable-your-adblocker-pages-with-safari-hide-distracting-items/ neat little trick to rid the world of annoying ad blocker blockers
Between the weird wallpaper bug and this one: https://www.lkhrs.com/blog/2025/macos-drops-ipv6-default-route/ , it sure looks like mac OS 15.4 introduces new bugs despite closing many.
https://www.threads.net/@techmeme/post/DH7TDEMKK0o
Everything's become AI now: "AI coding startup" and "vibe coding leader..." Are non ironic value doublers now. =)
I worked around the "sync failed" issue on iOS after the latest @pocketcasts.com update. Logout and log back in!
@pocketcasts.com - iOS keeps saying “Sync failed” since the update today. Known issue? And if so, any known workarounds?
#pocketcasts #ios
looks like watchos 11.4 got pulled by apple. #watchos #apple
With the nano texture option available on MacBook Pros for $150, I am wondering if this is the year Apple introduces it to iPhones for $100 - $150 and competes with Samsung's anti reflective coating.
#iphone #apple #nanotexture