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  1. Comment on 6-month-old, solo-owned vibe coder Base44 sells to Wix for $80M cash in ~tech

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    Honestly, I used the title as I saw it on clone.fyi. Agreed that the title is probably over editorialized.

    Honestly, I used the title as I saw it on clone.fyi. Agreed that the title is probably over editorialized.

    5 votes

  3. Comment on They paid $3,500 for Apple’s Vision Pro. A year later, it still hurts. in ~tech

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    Yeah, this is something that Apple got wrong for the AVP. They used a futuristic "scanning" app to be able to measure what the correct size headband is for the headset that you get. Pre-purchase...

    Yeah, this is something that Apple got wrong for the AVP. They used a futuristic "scanning" app to be able to measure what the correct size headband is for the headset that you get. Pre-purchase this was wrong for me. Going into the Apple store, I had to take like an extra fifteen minutes to find the correct sized band. That one ended up working fine for me. There are many, many others though who none of those fit right and so they had to go with third-party headbands and "comfort mods". It's a kinda wild marketplace out there and Apple absolutely should have done better about that

    6 votes

  4. Comment on Clone is a tech and culture news aggregator with old-school internet flavor in ~tech

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    This is very fun. FARK vibes minus the commentators.

    This is very fun. FARK vibes minus the commentators.

    1 vote

  5. Comment on Where are the small phones? in ~tech

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    I wonder if this day and age of AI, that you could apply security patches yourself. As long as you're staying on top of what needs to change, that you could maybe fork your own things and have...

    I wonder if this day and age of AI, that you could apply security patches yourself. As long as you're staying on top of what needs to change, that you could maybe fork your own things and have Gemini or whomever auto-patch.

  6. Comment on Eddy Burback chronicles his month without a phone in ~tech

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    I think especially with the increasing amount of connectivity between iOS and macOS, I might be able to actually hold to this philosophy. It's definitely increasingly become a thing I've wanted to...

    I think especially with the increasing amount of connectivity between iOS and macOS, I might be able to actually hold to this philosophy. It's definitely increasingly become a thing I've wanted to do more and you've put it so eloquently. I'll likely save this comment for future reference. Thank you!

    6 votes

  7. Comment on Introducing two new PebbleOS watches! in ~tech

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    It's an excellent question! I'm honestly not sure about current state, but even as of the iPhone 12, phone gps was just not nearly as good as gps that you could get on a watch. I feel like I've...

    It's an excellent question! I'm honestly not sure about current state, but even as of the iPhone 12, phone gps was just not nearly as good as gps that you could get on a watch. I feel like I've read explanations before as to why but I can't come up with it myself right now.

    All that to say - it's just nice to have devices where I can just put it on and go for a run. Be disconnected for a bit but still be able to get kudos upon my return. And this can do most of that, just not all the way

    1 vote

  8. Comment on Introducing two new PebbleOS watches! in ~tech

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    I've been so excited for the rePebble. The original Pebble was the genesis of me getting into coding and being excited about future tech. Especially wearables. I've had every generation of smart...

    I've been so excited for the rePebble. The original Pebble was the genesis of me getting into coding and being excited about future tech. Especially wearables. I've had every generation of smart watch since that Pebble, whether it's a Moto 360, various iterations of forerunners, a couple of Apple Watches. That being said, the one thing that would have made me buy instantly was if it had GPS support, even just support for GPS itself. But my understanding is that also comes along with a licensing fee, and so that's probably prohibitive.

    9 votes

  9. Comment on Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it’s not in ~tech

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    Yes! This is an amazing breakdown and super insightful. I honestly do love and appreciate the challenge and critique that you're putting forth to the zeitgeist. This is the type of response to all...

    Yes! This is an amazing breakdown and super insightful. I honestly do love and appreciate the challenge and critique that you're putting forth to the zeitgeist. This is the type of response to all of the reviews I've been actively trying to seek out. Thank you for this.

    Now, if I might respond, to a couple of things:

    1. I do believe that this is an immature market. Display technology is still nascent and evolving. Tracking technology is still nascent and evolving. Both of these are the prime drivers behind what makes the technology what it will be. Apps are limited by those those technologies. The fact that the Vision Pro has innovated on what an "input" can be, has high fidelity, and can persist screens between rooms, leaves a great breadth of scope for its potential.

    2. I do think the Joanna Stern example is the example of the breakthrough. It's not about an app (though it really does sound like movies and even memories are on a whole other level), it's about the productivity gains to be made from the environment. It's about being able to use it as an ultimate extension of your computer. Have you read Daring Fireball's review? If not, I recommend it. He goes super in depth into all of this: https://daringfireball.net/2024/01/the_vision_pro

    3 votes

  10. Comment on Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it’s not in ~tech

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    Yeah, was definitely quick to the jump and very un-tildes like. My apologies! More of a lurker around here than a commenter

    Yeah, was definitely quick to the jump and very un-tildes like. My apologies! More of a lurker around here than a commenter

    2 votes

  11. Comment on Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it’s not in ~tech

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    Yeah, I am curious about why you don't see "That I can use Microsoft Word in a spatially created window that blends in with my environment but still having to type on a keyboard" as compelling?

    Yeah, I am curious about why you don't see "That I can use Microsoft Word in a spatially created window that blends in with my environment but still having to type on a keyboard" as compelling?

  12. Comment on Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it’s not in ~tech

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    I'm genuinely curious what makes you so doubtful. Is it truly that the photos aren't top of the line? Or that there's some slight color fraying at the very edges of the screen in very bright...

    I'm genuinely curious what makes you so doubtful. Is it truly that the photos aren't top of the line? Or that there's some slight color fraying at the very edges of the screen in very bright light? The best argument for its existence is that screens don't have to be confined to devices in general. One of the highlights (and part of what makes me doubt you've actually read/watched a lot of reviews) of this comes Joanna Stern's experience where she's able to pull up a recipe screen, grab timers from that recipe and put it over individual pots. But even, in more general, you can go and use it as a multitasking masterpiece for work. No longer bound by having to have work monitors, you can have so many screens open in addition to an actual physical mirrored mac monitor. But yes, it's also a really good TV. But at least do your research before you just say "Oh yeah this thing sucks lmao"

    2 votes

  13. Comment on There are two types of airport people : Some travelers love being late [2019] in ~travel

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    DEN was formerly known as DIA and is still conventionally referred to as such by long-time Coloradoans.

    DEN was formerly known as DIA and is still conventionally referred to as such by long-time Coloradoans.

    3 votes

  14. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    I created a wishlist website using Flask! Super proud of it. Was able to lean hard on ChatGPT4 and had no hallucinations or fake libraries and what followed best practice advice.

    I created a wishlist website using Flask! Super proud of it. Was able to lean hard on ChatGPT4 and had no hallucinations or fake libraries and what followed best practice advice.

    1 vote

  15. Comment on ‘The Marvels’ meltdown: Disney MCU posts lowest box office opening ever at $47m — what went wrong in ~movies

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    Yeah, I'll admit it I'm definitely not as active of a viewer as you. I'll just have to rewatch when it comes to D . I truly didn't notice any of those things and I'm not sure if that's good or...

    Yeah, I'll admit it I'm definitely not as active of a viewer as you. I'll just have to rewatch when it comes to D . I truly didn't notice any of those things and I'm not sure if that's good or bad. I dunno. Like I liked it, I had fun watching the cgi, and I liked the acting, I dunno. Maybe I should be more aware of these things

    7 votes

  16. Comment on ‘The Marvels’ meltdown: Disney MCU posts lowest box office opening ever at $47m — what went wrong in ~movies

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    I truly do not get your hate for this movie. Like what were you expecting from this, man? It's whimsical and supposed to be whimsical. It's dry as hell and so the humor isn't the most obvious. Or...

    I truly do not get your hate for this movie. Like what were you expecting from this, man? It's whimsical and supposed to be whimsical. It's dry as hell and so the humor isn't the most obvious. Or maybe it's just not your type of humor. I'm also literally not sure how you think the acting was bad or any the scenes poorly edited to be "choppy". There's such dramatic exaggerations in your review that I feel like you went in wanting to find every single flaw you could find. It's a movie. It's supposed to be fun and that's what it was. The three leads had amazing chemistry. The Memory scene is legendary. I really don't know how you found it to be garbage.

    8 votes

  17. Comment on Thoughts on the Meta Quest 3? in ~tech

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    Have you thought about the NReal Air or whatever that one is? I think it's whole schtick is that you can plug it into a monitor and have a virtual display. Pretty sure I read they just released a...

    Have you thought about the NReal Air or whatever that one is? I think it's whole schtick is that you can plug it into a monitor and have a virtual display. Pretty sure I read they just released a new version too

  18. Comment on GPT-4 understands in ~tech

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    For clarification then, does that mean GPT is still classfied as an LLM?

    For clarification then, does that mean GPT is still classfied as an LLM?

  19. Comment on Fitness Weekly Discussion in ~health

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    Congrats on the 10k! Did you get to use your new shiny watch with it?

    Congrats on the 10k! Did you get to use your new shiny watch with it?

    3 votes

  20. Comment on What are you looking forward to right now? in ~talk

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    All of the different types. In particular, especially with this latest set of watches including the 265, they focus on three main areas: Base, Aerobic, and Anaerobic. Base are your easy runs....

    All of the different types. In particular, especially with this latest set of watches including the 265, they focus on three main areas: Base, Aerobic, and Anaerobic. Base are your easy runs. Aerobic are your mid to hard to runs. Anaerobic is your super hard runs. It picks up on how to measure this based off of the data you give it. You can set up a specific benchmark test or it can eventually figure it out just based on your runs and health stats.