We were late with the last episode of Core Int, so it’s basically two episodes this week. On the new show today, we talk about Daniel’s latest updates to Black Ink, version numbers, doing things the right way, tracking down Bitcoin’s Satoshi Nakamoto, and AI energy use.
https://coreint.org/2024/10/episode-616-a-right-way-to-do-things/
I’ve decided to give Arc for Mac a real shot, going all-in as my default browser. I usually use Safari and have no complaints with it. Nice to see Arc trying some new things, though. Also liked Chris Messina’s post about where Arc 2.0 might be going.
https://medium.com/chris-messina/the-road-to-arc-2-0-8d5928ac2736
Threads cross-posting from Micro.blog https://www.manton.org/2024/10/11/threads-crossposting-from.html
TikTok even worse than we thought https://www.manton.org/2024/10/11/tiktok-even-worse.html
Trying a new coffee place. Cafe at the Loren with a nice view across Riverside. Where I’m sitting used to be a Taco Cabana. ☕️
Don’t sleep on the “Custom home page” plug-in for Micro.blog if you need something simple for an extra site. I use it for standalone, single-page websites with a little HTML and CSS (or even JS).
Slack can sometimes be overwhelming. I make it work by limiting myself to about 3 channels in the Mac and iOS apps. Others can be viewed on the web as needed. Also, I mute almost everything, even channels I care about. The only flaw is that @here bypasses mutes, which I don’t think it should.
I’m not interested in a Tesla, or any new car, but I watched the robotaxi event because it felt like it was going to be a spectacle. I do think self-driving will be safer than human drivers. I’m not on board with humanoid robots, though. AI should be confined to software and small gadgets only.
Get your 🎃 and 👻 emoji ready. I’m brewing up something fun for Halloween.
Thinking more about this blog post from Nick Radcliffe about effectively rebranding Micro.blog. I want to turn Micro.blog into a sort of bundle (think Apple One) because it does several things. But I don’t know if I can give up the “micro” name as much as redefine it. Small name. Big features. 🙂
It will always be valuable to know a programming language inside and out, but AI is erasing old headaches of context switching between platforms. Code in your favorite language, have AI port it to another language, review and tweak the results. In the future, we may develop largely in pseudo code.
Nice update to Mimi for Micro.blog to batch generate alt text for a bunch of photos at once.
Most mornings while eating breakfast at home, I flip between Morning Joe and CNN. Today, too many ads, so watched some of Good Morning America and they really got me with that story about a teacher. Eyes might be watering a little. The show producers know their craft.
New Core Int just published. We talk about Meta’s Orion prototype, Daniel trying to remember his Apple Vision Pro password, and more about the future of computers that we put on our face.
Another quick test, demoing cross-posting to Threads from Micro.blog.
Just a test post, recording a screencast to demo Threads cross-posting.
Odd dream last night. I wrote an April Fool’s press release for Micro.blog announcing full-length blog posts, note taking, audio transcripts, newsletters, reading goals, and bookmarks… Everyone was like “Ha, would be funny if Micro.blog did all of that” and I was like “No, it does, that’s the joke.”
Dusted off my Rabbit R1 after listening to the latest interview with Jesse Lyu on Decoder. It needed a bunch of software updates. Even though I haven’t used it in a while, no regrets buying it… It’s a neat device and their vision for AI still has potential.
This ruling for Epic vs. Google goes way further than the concessions Apple has had to make for the EU. From The Verge:
"Google will have to distribute rival third-party app stores within Google Play, and it must give rival third-party app stores access to the full catalog of Google Play apps, unless developers opt out individually."
Perfect example of how Apple and Google not opening up app distribution years ago will ultimately cost them much more now.