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Everyone is, rightfully, raving about Adolescence. The fact each episode was filmed in one shot blew my mind.

Once you've watch it, come back for some insight from Stephen Graham and this behind the scenes from Netflix is great if you're interested in how they pulled it all of.

Posted 24th Mar 2025 @ 16:52

Via Studio Notes.

Posted 23rd Mar 2025 @ 20:48

If it's a Tesla, then yes. They took the decision to drop LiDAR around 4-years ago. Cameras, not matter how hi-definition, are never going to be enough.

However Tesla / Elon wish to spin it, cost cutting is probably at the route of it all. Full self driving is still a dream at this point and it will remain a dream until the right hardware is deployed to make it safe.

FSD in a Tesla is a lie.

Posted 19th Mar 2025 @ 14:11

Stunning takedown by John Gruber of the state of Apple with regards to Apple Intelligence.

I'm not in the same racket as him, but a few weeks ago I did my own post to see if is Apple Intelligence any good? Of the fetaures available, out of 5 I looked at only 1 was any good to me. Safe to say Apple Intelligence is low in usefulness and completeness. I also gave Apple the benefit of not having yet released a more integrated Siri, but I am not privy to anything other than marketing and reviews so I could only go on what I knew.

I'm also not really in the AI space and pretty sceptical on it because of it seems pretty unethical in how it all these multi-billion dollar models get trained. If I was Tim Cook, I would have put the hardware first and positioned those platforms as the backbone of desktop AI. Dear developers, go build amazing AI tools on our hardware. Then as a native solution, pick a partner and integrate it. Leave it at that.

No one needs Image Playgrounds. ChatGPT now integrates with Xcode. Anything Apple Intelligence can do, another service could have filled that hole and Apple could have spent a lot more time on things that actually matter.

Posted 13th Mar 2025 @ 09:05

I hadn't really thought to comment on Skype's retirement until I read this piece by John Gruber.

If I remember correctly, I used Skype at my first proper web development job back in 2006. Almost 20 years ago. I also used it for nearly all communication in my last role (2012-2020) as it rolled conversations and calling all into one.

We tried replacing the chat element with Slack in the mid-2010s but it didn't work when only our team used it in the organisation. We also had an internal chat tool, but Skype always won because of it's VOIP capability.

it never seemed Microsoft had any sort of plan for what to do with Skype

Gruber is totally right with this take, it's a shame because there was potential. Would it have been more prosperous without the acquisition? I doubt it, but there might have been a bit more strategy with regards to where it was headed.

Posted 4th Mar 2025 @ 16:21

They nailed it. If you're not up to speed (and not already wondering where the fuck America is heading), then The Wall Street Journal have a primer on Trump and Zelenskyy's relationship.

Posted 3rd Mar 2025 @ 15:07

Came across this on Daring Fireball, what a great demo of an expressive robot. Seriously, go watch the video!

So much personality in each of the tasks it takes on.

Posted 28th Feb 2025 @ 14:00

Nick Heer:

A law, please, with debilitating penalties for violations.

A thousand times this.

Posted 21st Feb 2025 @ 08:54

Go read the commentary, some kickers for what Meta's principles really are.

Posted 3rd Feb 2025 @ 10:42

Very excited for this, my Apple Wallet is packed full of stuff and the only thing I'd keep in an actual wallet that hasn't made it in yet is a form of ID.

This feature was announced about 4 years ago, so it's taken a bit of time but good to see it is on it's way. 4 years actually feels like quite a long time given how quickly UK banks rolled out Apple Pay compatibility.

Posted 22nd Jan 2025 @ 14:47