Ben

1.3K posts

Ben banner
Ben

Ben

@benguild

Founding @yourtreetop 🌳 prev. @apple  Somewhere in the digital forest.

Katılım Eylül 2008
812 Takip Edilen2K Takipçiler
Ben
Ben@benguild·
@WIRED I tried it and it sucked. Broken chats everywhere. If it were good it would have been a one way migration and the new default
English
1
0
1
84
WIRED
WIRED@WIRED·
Meta blamed users for not opting into the privacy-protecting feature. Experts fear the move could be the first major domino to fall for end-to-end encryption tech worldwide. wired.com/story/the-dang…
English
9
22
61
11.7K
Ben
Ben@benguild·
@levelsio summer can be cool though
English
0
0
0
5
Ben
Ben@benguild·
@604RAW yes, it forces the wait staff to gamble on their earnings and guilt the customers… while giving the owner an “out” for underpaying folks
English
0
0
0
74
604RAW
604RAW@604RAW·
Two-thirds of Canadians want tipping culture abolished, new survey finds
604RAW tweet media
English
151
73
1.7K
47.9K
Ben
Ben@benguild·
@karenvaites yeah it’s as much about outsourcing your parenting as it is about independence of both the parents and students
English
0
0
2
1.1K
Karen Vaites
Karen Vaites@karenvaites·
I have vivid memories of a brunch in NYC with a Morgan Stanley managing director who spoke breathlessly about the parent events at his first grader’s ultra-exclusive private school. “The dads are all at the bar, and the school staff is amazing about keeping the kids occupied at the while the parents can network. I met and and the head of at …”
Heidi N. Moore@moorehn

This is a common, very bourgeois error about the purpose of private school. The purpose of private school is not academic achievement. It is to establish a child within a social network of contacts that will help their career and marriage prospects for life.

English
32
116
4.1K
775.8K
Ben
Ben@benguild·
@nikitabier If you guys are adding payment features that may be why
English
0
0
1
16
Nikita Bier
Nikita Bier@nikitabier·
iOS developers: How long is App Review taking for everyone these days? It is now taking longer to get our app approved than it is to build the actual features.
English
2.5K
539
11.8K
50.6M
Ben
Ben@benguild·
@Fityeth yeah but so would any tech-competent person messing around with that kind of money at the time
English
1
0
2
37
fity.eth
fity.eth@Fityeth·
Sam Bankman Fried invested $500M in Anthropic. That stake would now be worth roughly $70B. Let that sink in
fity.eth tweet media
English
254
207
5.1K
905.6K
Ben
Ben@benguild·
@Rainmaker1973 yeah because if the prices go any higher, people just drive over the border to Germany and shop there
English
0
0
2
63
Massimo
Massimo@Rainmaker1973·
Fun fact. The Switzerlands largest supermarket, Migros, doesn’t sell alcohol or tobacco in stores, pays no dividends, caps profits by lowering prices if earnings exceeds 5%, is a cooperative with 2M+ members, and donates 1% of revenue to social projects, purely out of the founders moral philosophy
Massimo tweet media
English
408
2.3K
13.4K
1.3M
rabbitholebot
rabbitholebot@rabbitholebot·
Signal was created and funded by a CIA spinoff. Yes, a CIA spinoff. Signal is not your friend.
English
27
94
827
24.1K
Ben
Ben@benguild·
@luciascarlet honestly it's probably just a parts allocation thing, the 128GB chips were cheapest compared to further optimization
English
0
0
2
32
† lucia scarlet 🩸
† lucia scarlet 🩸@luciascarlet·
can you please tell me why in the fuck these need 128 GB and an entire A19 Pro JUST to run some tiny crippled version of iOS that does absolutely nothing but make your webcam more orange and put Disperser on the audio
English
21
1
267
6.9K
Ben
Ben@benguild·
@NicholasBardy @_kentw yeah no way it’s that cheap, like the amount of logistics and coordination required far exceed that alone if you’re lucky. On the contrary, it actually is $150 in Tokyo where you can take the bullet train to the mountain and back round trip including a lift ticket…
English
1
0
1
38
Nicholas Bardy
Nicholas Bardy@NicholasBardy·
@_kentw Tryin $400 once you factor in gas, rentals equipment and lodging
English
2
0
4
437
Kent Williams
Kent Williams@_kentw·
reminder: this could be you with $150 and a saturday if you live in the bay
Kent Williams tweet mediaKent Williams tweet mediaKent Williams tweet media
English
5
2
141
13.6K
Ben
Ben@benguild·
@Msamalam yeah people in California just don’t want it
English
0
0
2
781
Rokko🇯🇵🌐💻 ✈︎
If your city doesn’t have the exact same divine fengshui geomancy as Tokyo, you can’t build a rail line. Literally impossible
English
13
40
1.5K
47.9K
Ben
Ben@benguild·
@Karai_Dan yeah but also: - language barrier - safety concerns - also, a surprisingly high number of people dislike the fact that there's no Toto washlet on the toilets elsewhere (even McDonald's has that in JP)
English
1
0
3
660
Ben
Ben@benguild·
@theduvnjak @juanbuis my Xiaomi toothbrush won't turn on. it just lights up. absolute garbage
English
1
0
0
121
Dario D
Dario D@theduvnjak·
@benguild @juanbuis My experience is quite the opposite, I own a bunch of Xiaomi products, some for 10+ years and not a single one has failed yet. Their build quality is amazing for the price point. I have their smart some sensors that have been working for 8 years without replacing the battery once
English
1
0
1
129
juan
juan@juanbuis·
every time i look for an appliance, i find out xiaomi makes one for half the price and 100x better designed this trimmer charges over usb-c, comes with every attachment imaginable, and has a case that has no business looking this good
juan tweet mediajuan tweet media
English
168
338
19.6K
1.2M
Ben
Ben@benguild·
@kafkaex yeah Emily Ratakawski pops up on Raya sometimes, and it's like… good luck guys
English
0
0
3
1.5K
K.
K.@kafkaex·
This is what dating apps sell to men. The illusion of access. You see her profile. You’re on the same platform. Technically, theoretically, you could match. But you won’t. She’s not there for you. She was never there for you. You just get to look.
Hitsdiff Capital@hitsdiffcap

Never canceling Raya after this

English
115
478
18.6K
1M
Ben
Ben@benguild·
@ilyamiskov yea plus that back pattern 🤌🏻
English
0
0
2
266
Ilya · イリア
Ilya · イリア@ilyamiskov·
It’s insane that the Pro Display XDR is now discontinued. It was pricey but it was the perfect display size.
Ilya · イリア tweet media
English
15
1
155
12.7K
Ben
Ben@benguild·
@OPEN_SUNDAY Where’s the minidisc player
English
0
0
1
598
MIKE SUNDAY
MIKE SUNDAY@OPEN_SUNDAY·
Insufferablemaxxing - physical media audiophile edition
MIKE SUNDAY tweet media
English
115
409
3.7K
423.4K
Aida Baradari
Aida Baradari@aidaxbaradari·
Today, we're introducing Spectre I, the first smart device to stop unwanted audio recordings. We live in a world of always-on listening devices. Smart devices and AI dominate our world in business and private conversations. With Deveillance, you will @be_inaudible.
English
1.1K
5K
42.5K
4.4M