Truth is I didn’t know most of them. It was a developer tradition.
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Truth is I didn’t know most of them. It was a developer tradition.
I don’t know many. Mike Koss (xl) had a site for a long time that had them compiled. I had to stop them as best I could after 2000. The Navy got upset with us.
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The 90s were a great time for software!
At least they didn't get stuck in a hue like the ones I had did.
237. CES 2026 – “The Future Is Here” and “Innovators Show Up” #CES2026
Excited to offer up my observations and learning from the show.
I walked around A LOT and tried to see everything so you don't have to.
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NPR and PBS Aren’t Entitled to Your Tax Dollars
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A look at the new, open-source Model Context Protocol for connecting LLMs to data sources and why its success depends on overcoming middleware challenges (Steven Sinofsky/Hardcore Software)
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No chance.
Love this one from 1981 before IBM's launch. And that box on Dan/Bob ❤️ @harrymccracken.com
It will crush QC in every/any metric.
Apple’s Dictation System Transcribes the Word ‘Racist’ as ‘Trump’ Summarize The company said it was working to fix the problem after iPhone users began reporting the issue. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/t...
DeepSeek Has Been Inevitable and Here's Why (History Tells Us) hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com/p/228-deepse...
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227. CES 2025: An Abundance of (AI) Experimentation
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Check it out @harrymccracken.com
A lot of people at the Nvidia CES keynote. Largest public keynote I’ve experienced (2x my recollection of Xbox/NT/tablet at old Aladdin) Blackwell has 4000 TOPS
Brilliant.
The Renton theme was "giant building with an even more giant parking lot next to Boeing and Lowes" as far as I recall.
Ring has done a really great job expanding. My favorite example is the "Retro Alarm" kit that integrates door ADT sensors so you don't need stick on magnets.
Tons of room for great work. Simply doing faceid when we're still waiting on HomeKey isn't the killer feature I think.
Challenge is integrating with existing world and not building a partial solution: entry, cameras, locks, glass break, water, motion, keypads, panic, contact, window, and more. PLUS monitoring. PLUS all of this should be integrated with WiFi/Threads so you don't need repeaters.
Apple Explores a Face ID Doorbell and Lock Device in Smart Home Push by @markgurman // Apple entering home security is very exciting (to me). It is an area that requires strong integration across components, not just a doorbell cam. 1/3 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
I think Patrick madden was the first charged under the earliest computer hacking statute. www.thecrimson.com/article/1983...
The cats love chewy boxes.
On the Toll of Being a Disruptor. It is very easy to be disruptive, but being a disruptor is enormously difficult technically and emotionally hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com/p/223-on-the...
Benedict Evans puts together a yearly slide deck looking broadly at the industry while diving in with specific numbers and a lot of charts (90 slides). It is always a gem. via
@benedictevans
This year is about AI (of course). It is super. ben-evans.com/presentations
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DOJ Will Push Google to Sell Off Chrome to Break Search Monopoly bloomberg.com/news/article... // True insanityt. There's so little distribution advantage to web browsing. If there were then Edge would have succeeded. This is not about consumers or benefits but about penalties and politics.
I'm halfway through Hardcore Software by @stevesi.bsky.social. It's a lengthy one, but I'm really enjoying it and would not mind if it was twice as long. #books