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Where: BigWave Labs Inc. What: Aligning 0s and 1s. Why: Crafting Ocean for iPhone (and Mac soon). https://ocean.app πŸ—» Mont-Tremblant πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

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Front picture of the Astell&Kern SP3000T

Front picture of the Astell&Kern SP3000T

Back picture of the Astell&Kern SP3000T with the vacuum tube.

Back picture of the Astell&Kern SP3000T with the vacuum tube.

Just discovered this new (to me) Portable Audio Player from Astell&Kern with an integrated real vacuum tube: SP3000T.

Totally beautiful. Totally out of reach.

04.03.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This thing β€œbuilding reliable, beautiful, distinctive and valuable” software is not easy…

04.03.2026 13:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
An article stating that OpenAI will change how its technology is used with the US Gov.

An article stating that OpenAI will change how its technology is used with the US Gov.

Yeah right !!! Too late.

03.03.2026 21:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Claude is an Electron App because we’ve lost native Article argues that Claude is not an Electron app not because LLMs can’t do it, but because there are no advantages left for native

I was meaning to write a reply to β€œWhy is Claude an Electron App?” for a few days. Today is that day:

https://tonsky.me/blog/fall-of-native/

03.03.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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ChatGPT uninstalls surged by 295% after DoD deal | TechCrunch Many consumers ditched ChatGPT's app after news of its DoD deal went live, while Claude's downloads grew.

Exactly what I was predicting. People are not dumb. Others, perhaps they are.

techcrunch.com/2026/03/02/c...

03.03.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Mirror to you.

03.03.2026 15:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Release 0.5 Β· vlang/v V 0.5.0 31 Dec 2025 Improvements in the language Add comptime if is shared support (fix #25600) (#25602) Make defer{} scoped by default, use defer(fn){} to get the old behavior #25639) (#25665) Ad...

These guys are making substantial progress.

github.com/vlang/v/rele...

03.03.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Indeed. But in the end I’m left asking myself what will happen in the scenario that still seems disturbingly likely β€” that GPT models will in fact be used as part of surveillance and drone operations. Will it put up a blog post to explain that, well actually, that’s a lawful kind of surveillance? Do an AMA about how, despite how it may look, that autonomous drone swarm had proper human supervision? OpenAI does enough polling to understand that Americans already distrust and even openly loathe AI, even as they increasingly turn to it for work and school. How does it think Americans will feel when GPT models are powering ICE raids or causing civilian casualties in wars abroad? 

The company may have tied its own hands. In the end, the truth about US military operations always seems to come out one way or another. And when it does, I suspect the β€œall lawful use” standard that OpenAI agreed to will have permitted a far wider range of operations than we are now being told are possible.

Indeed. But in the end I’m left asking myself what will happen in the scenario that still seems disturbingly likely β€” that GPT models will in fact be used as part of surveillance and drone operations. Will it put up a blog post to explain that, well actually, that’s a lawful kind of surveillance? Do an AMA about how, despite how it may look, that autonomous drone swarm had proper human supervision? OpenAI does enough polling to understand that Americans already distrust and even openly loathe AI, even as they increasingly turn to it for work and school. How does it think Americans will feel when GPT models are powering ICE raids or causing civilian casualties in wars abroad? The company may have tied its own hands. In the end, the truth about US military operations always seems to come out one way or another. And when it does, I suspect the β€œall lawful use” standard that OpenAI agreed to will have permitted a far wider range of operations than we are now being told are possible.

Sam Altman's deal with the Pentagon seems too good to be true. So what happens when the truth inevitably comes out? www.platformer.news/openai-penta...

03.03.2026 02:17 πŸ‘ 159 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 5
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"AI layoffs" like Block's are a race to the bottom that have nothing to do with productivity. You won't be replaced by AI, nor a person using AI, because backfills aren't real.

Jack Dorsey is copying the 2023 leadership framework:
- overhire
- lay everyone off
- pretend it's because of AI productivity gains
- stock go up

The layoff victims were some of the most productive, AI-pilled people in the company, but it didn't save them, because that's not what it was about.

01.03.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 312 πŸ” 109 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 12
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This is exactly why I have uninstalled ChatGPT / all OpenAI apps from my devices.

02.03.2026 13:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm a game design genius

01.03.2026 05:03 πŸ‘ 6902 πŸ” 975 πŸ’¬ 90 πŸ“Œ 18
Claude is your FRIEND. He fights for FREEDOM

Claude is your FRIEND. He fights for FREEDOM

28.02.2026 00:30 πŸ‘ 666 πŸ” 103 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 34

Is the Block massive layoff (4K on 10K employees) the new upcoming trend?. Is AI the real culprit or the excuse. I’m getting worried.

27.02.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome to the future

27.02.2026 01:52 πŸ‘ 102 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 5
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Block shares soar 24% as company slashes workforce by nearly half Block said Thursday it's laying off more than 4,000 employees, or about half of its headcount.

Block (Square & Cash app maker) is laying off 4.000 of its 10,000 employees as part of an effort to "move faster with smaller, highly talented teams using AI to automate more work."

I've talked about this being the trend across big tech but this is even more drastic than I expected.

26.02.2026 23:07 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 7

Thanks. Let me retry that. That is really nice. πŸ‘

25.02.2026 13:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

All I see is a flip between β€œRemote control active” and β€œRemote control reconnecting”

25.02.2026 13:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting! I see the QR Code. But I want to connect it to the Claude iOS app. πŸ€”
Can I do this directly?

25.02.2026 13:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Do you have my feed? 😜

25.02.2026 13:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What about Proton Pass?

24.02.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy birthday, Steve.

Steve would have turned 71 today.

24.02.2026 15:14 πŸ‘ 117 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Summer Yue, a director at Meta Superintelligence Labs working on AI safety and alignment, shared how OpenClaw ignored requests to confirm before acting and deleted emails from their inbox.

This is the same technology the Pentagon can’t wait to use to build weapons.

24.02.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 4

That’s the key: β€œSequoia”

21.02.2026 15:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I have never seen this many clones of my apps. I guess app dev really is over.

20.02.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I personally think biathlon is way more interesting where your position can be destroyed at the shooting range. But that’s a different sport altogether.

20.02.2026 12:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Olympics Ski Mountaineering debut: I find it way less interesting than expected. πŸ€”

20.02.2026 12:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Welcome to Reef Island β€” Reef Island An introduction to this blog β€” what to expect, why it exists, and what drives the journey through software development.

I wrote the first one, the first post.

That took way longer than anticipated. Not the post but the structure to support the post.

Have a read - Enjoy the island.

reefisland.blog/blog/welcome...

18.02.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
I don't look at the code Β· Blog Β· Eli Perkins It's not the flex you think it is.

I felt spicy this morning, I guess.

17.02.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m totally biased but this thing *rocks* !!!

16.02.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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OpenClaw, OpenAI and the future | Peter Steinberger I'm joining OpenAI to work on bringing agents to everyone. OpenClaw will move to a foundation and stay open and independent.

In the AI world, things goes supersonic really fast. Congrats @steipete.me for joining OpenAI.

steipete.me/posts/2026/o...

16.02.2026 12:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0