John Chang

Neural networks, pen computing, virtual reality. Ah, the 90s are back!

Bye, Twitter. (I will still call you Twitter.) I'll be on Mastodon and Bluesky. 🤷‍♂️

So now it's the Republicans that are clamoring for radical change and the Democrats that are standing for protecting and preserving institutional norms? I missed this memo.

@HenrM_Cruz What could make the cycle swing back? I think of Yuval Noah Harari's point about how technology can facilitate centralization of power and how centralized systems are inherently more efficient, so we have this feedback loop working against liberalism.

One hypothesis: - The 90s-00s we’re a peak liberalism, and trust in the West. A lot went wrong, billions of aid were wasted, the promise of sustained growth did not materialize but many countries embraced liberal reforms from within. - 2015s-today: the West is less liberal, more polarized, less trustworthy. Emerging economies look at China as a more reliable partner, shun liberal reforms. I’m optimistic that the cycle will reserve back.

@FreyaHolmer Google Docs supports Markdown (importing, exporting, and editing), but it's turned off by default. support.google.com/docs/answer/12…

how do I share .md notes in a boomer friendly format? google drive doesn't accept them and I don't have office for .docx stuff and obsidian's export plugins are a little flaky. I tried to do a .pdf export but then i needed pandoc but it's missing some latex thing and uhh

@HenrM_Cruz Right, maybe not in terms of product intro (your list), but big/memorable for the software world. Up there with the Mac OS 9 funeral and iPhone 4 Antennagate, in terms of public argumentation.

@jrcplus Added the Mac OS X, thanks! Is the Intel one a big/memorable presentation? I haven't watched it.

New entry to henriquecruz.co: a list of the most memorable videos of Steve Jobs launching products. I couldn't find it anywhere on the web, so I compiled it here: henriquecruz.notion.site/Steve-Jobs-Pro…

Booking a US rental through hertz.se is WAAAY cheaper than hertz.com/us/en/ for some reason. Each in a separate, fresh incognito window, same query, same time, no discount/CDP code attached.

@HenrM_Cruz Didn't know about it! Thanks!

Have you read it @jrcplus

Just saw this deal and got the kindle edition The Perfect Thing for 3.87€ As you might have guessed it, it’s about the history of the iPod.

@rsms Pick me! Pick me!

We're about to send out the first early-access invitations to Playbit, starting with 100 randomly selected email addresses from the early-access signup form on our website. If you have the curiosity, feel brave and are comfortable with computer programming, let me know if you'd like to get access. This first release *only works if you have an arm Mac.* We essentially give you a mac app that is a virtual machine which runs Playbit (think: a video game in full-screen mode.) This makes it easy try. In future early-access releases we will increase compatibility to other architectures and platforms. It will be a *very* early release where most of the exciting and interesting features are promised for the future are absent. You can sign up for early access here: playb.it

@Mappletons @localfirstconf Loved this. I wish I could have been there in person. You put into words (and pictures) what I've felt but have been unable to express!

Just finished up an intense but wonderful few days at @localfirstconf. Did a new talk on why language models making software development faster, easier, and cheaper will create a golden age of home-cooked software & barefoot developers. Slides and transcript below👇

@terronk wired.com/story/dirty-mo…

The two elite institutions who exit this decade with their reputations the most intact: MIT and Stanford.

@georgejrjrjr youtube.com/watch?v=VYJtb2…

Any theories as to why this is?

@HowardKushlan SJ

@HenrM_Cruz This is genius

Industry leaders are saying this will be bigger than Newsfeed

@rsms @kocienda Harder to make that work outside of consumer products.

@kocienda Me-ware → Us-ware rather than Them-ware

I try to make things I like myself. That’s the best way I know to make things other people will like.

@toomasvahter 😳

Xcode 15.3 release notes: "Previews fail when Swift files require more than 4096 compiler arguments" Imagine previews not working and the fix is that. 😂

@jimmyg Thanks Jimmy! Too bad Stump the Experts isn't a thing anymore 🙂

@jrcplus Apple Network Server 500/700 - 84 lb Apple Xserve RAID (3.5TB) - 100 lb Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS - 110 lb

Apple Studio Display 21 - 77 lb AppleVision 850AV - 77 lb LaserWriter Plus - 77 lb Any heavier Apple product?

@_mihhail @hackernews I enjoyed reading your writeup. Love your attention to detail! —From an ex-Skyper and Apple engineer

What second place on @hackernews looks like.