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If it’s possible to listen to *too much* @intothecast.bsky.social I am probably there

Everyone’s sharing their Mubi retrospective’s right?

(While numbered, I consider all these tied for my favourite Mubi watch of the year)

The Friend AI thing sounds to me like they’re creating responses based on user inputs. But because users are treating it like an AI, not a human, the AI responses are becoming more and more aggressive and rude.

Because there’s no such thing as a one-sided friendship.

"The descent is always more sudden than the increase; a balloon that has been punctured does not deflate in an orderly way."

— John Kenneth Galbraith, The Great Crash 1929

A friend of mine told me his AI notetaker is showing up late for meetings and I can’t stop thinking about it

This is fantastic, thanks for putting it together and sharing!

Shortcuts-based “Agents” Asking my AI Shortcuts about the new Mission Impossible movie.

(CW: Profanity, invoking “Hey Siri,” and minor Mission Impossible spoilers)

Testing out how Claude Sonnet 4 works in my Shortcuts/HomePod-based “agent” system.

All done via Shortcuts and just “magic words” to call tools via IF statements.

No sequences shortened/edited

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A screenshot of a personality test result page that says "100% match" under a photo of Mac from Mac & Me.

what

the next system prompt update will be the one that gets everyone to stop laughing at me

i have a framework in my head called 'some of everything, or all of nothing', about how if you want something you have to be willing to share it, or else you'll end up with none of it. and, anyway, thinking about that in light of the apple ruling

in hindsight, RLHF/SFT being a direct path to user addiction seems... obvious?

My friend has insisted for more than a year now that GTA VI is never being released and I’m steadily becoming convinced

take a look, it's in a book

millennials are living in between generations who did not grow up watching reading rainbow and it shows

Interesting how everyone yells at me when I say something stupid but nobody compliments me when I go a whole day without saying something stupid

A friend of mine told me his AI notetaker is showing up late for meetings and I can’t stop thinking about it

Only completed the sewer tutorial, but if you’re worried that the Oblivion remaster removes the notorious (and beloved) jankiness of the original... do not be worried.

As of last month the word was they were using Brave? But with this new Google integration I wonder if that's still the case.

simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/21/...

Totally, this sounds so much more extreme than the usual issues.

My “Instagram is bad for you” stance just keeps getting reconfirmed.

Thinking about starting a support group for people who also can’t stop watching Megalopolis

A movie review graphic which reads: GRAND THEFT HAMLET 2024 • Pinny Grylls “A bit too staged/contrived at times, but ultimately a fun and sentimental watch.” Rating: Liked It

Delightful premise.

A real treat of a film.

Science must dedicate itself to studying the minds of the people who buy this time around

A review of the film “The Vourdalak”, rated as “Loved it”. Review text: “Barry Lyndon meets Nosferatu meets Wes Anderson.”

What a weird and wonderful film.

CC: @macstories.net, @9to5mac.com, @gruber.foo in case they haven’t seen it yet.

It’s kind of like a ReFantazio

iOS and iPadOS 18.2: Everything New Besides Apple Intelligence Today, Apple is releasing iOS and iPadOS 18.2, the second major updates to the iPhone and iPad’s latest operating system versions. Once again, this release’s main highlight is a wave of new Apple Inte...

And if you *don't* care about Apple Intelligence, our @nileane.fr has put together a comprehensive story about all the other changes in iOS and iPadOS 18.2.

Tons of smaller (but useful) tweaks in this update.

www.macstories.net/reviews/ios-...

My number one intrusive thought is “I should put stickers on my laptop”

Still no Canada