🔗 Apple's obviously going to make a second folding phone https://birchtree.me/blog/apples-obviously-going-to-make-a-second-folding-phone/
Apple's obviously going to make a second folding phone
I've been using Samsung's new Galaxy Fold8 for the last week (More Birchtree members can read my initial impressions here). The reason I got this phone should be no surprise – rumors are very strong that Apple will be releasing a folding phone next month that has very similar
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🔗 Quick Subtitles 3 https://birchtree.me/blog/quick-subtitles-3/
Quick Subtitles 3
Quick Subtitles 3 is out now for Mac, iPad, and iPhone. While this is not the biggest update ever, there's some really good stuff here. More than any of my other apps, this is an app for professionals who just want things to work reliably and quickly. This update
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🔗 Subscriber rot https://birchtree.me/blog/subscriber-rot/
Subscriber rot
I joined Mastodon way back in 2016, but I dropped off and didn't come back until late 2022. When I came back, I made a new account and started fresh, building up a new followers list. That number went up quick for a while, but it eventually leveled off.
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🔗 What is a perversion to writing? https://birchtree.me/blog/what-is-a-perversion-to-writing/
What is a perversion to writing?
Simon Wilson has the best description of LLMs that I’ve seen so far. He called them a calculator for words, and I think it’s a great way to put it. A traditional calculator takes numbers and operators as input, does some math, and outputs an answer. LLMs are
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I've added a little "quick lil' buddy" to Quick Reads. I'm using a cool little library that randomly generates one for each user. You can click yours to change its color, but you can't change it's shape – that's who it is and you gotta love it.
🔗 I for one, welcome our nanny state https://birchtree.me/blog/i-for-one-welcome-our-nanny-state/
I for one, welcome our nanny state
There is a phrase that's come up more in the tech punditry recently: nanny state. This comes up when discussing any sort of regulation on technology. "Oh, you want social media platforms to be regulated at all? Guess you want to live in a nanny state. Meanwhile I, a
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Gah, a bit clumsy with a couple taps today. nonogame #28 2:44 • 1 perfect • 2 errors • 0 hints nonogame.app
As always, Andrew McMahon was amazing in concert. This show was especially cool, seeing all of Something Corporate playing together for the first time in forever.
🔗 iPhone pre-orders might be tighter than normal this year https://birchtree.me/blog/iphone-pre-orders-might-be-tighter-than-normal-this-year/
iPhone pre-orders might be tighter than normal this year
Ming-Chi Kuo: A recent media report claims that tight DRAM suppl... My industry checks suggest that Apple has indeed scaled back its hardware shipment plans this year due to memory shortages. Ten years ago, if you wanted to buy the new iPhone and get it on release day, you
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🔗 How cooked is Gemini? https://birchtree.me/blog/how-cooked-is-gemini/
How cooked is Gemini?
Max Kan: Gemini is Cooked but GCP is Cooking For all intents and purposes, we believe DeepMind is no longer a frontier lab. I think this is being a bit overdramatic. It is true that there's been a good amount of executive shakeup and that the company has failed
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nonogame #26 16:57 • 1 perfect • 9 errors • 0 hints nonogame.app
nonogame
Nonogram puzzles that feel good to solve.
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Starting today, you can import your Readwise Reader history into Quick Reads. 1. Export from Readwise (read.readwise.io/profile) 2. Go to Account Settings in Quick Reads (quickreads.app/app/setting...) 3. Use the import tool Large imports will take a while, but it will get there.
Quick Reviews 3 is out now! The biggest thing in this update is iCloud sync…finally! Nothing you need to do, reviews should sync reliably across your iPhone and iPad, or whatever combo of devices you have. apps.apple.com/us/app/quic...
nonogame #22 11:56 • 0 perfect • 9 errors • 0 hints nonogame.app Rough day on errors. Brain only partially functioning this morning 💀
nonogame
Nonogram puzzles that feel good to solve.
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🔗 Quick Reviews 3 is out now! https://birchtree.me/blog/quick-reviews-3-is-out-now/
Quick Reviews 3 is out now!
Quick Reviews 3 is our now and is an update about giving the people what they've wanted. iCloud sync This was going to be in v2, but I never really got it working (hangover from my bad data model choices in the v1 app), so I'm really happy
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🔗 Chapterize 2.1: iCloud sync, enhance audio, and more https://birchtree.me/blog/chapterize-2-1-icloud-sync-enhance-audio-and-more/
Chapterize 2.1: iCloud sync, enhance audio, and more
Chapterize 2.1 is out today, and I know 2.0 just came out, but there are a couple things here I really wanted to get out. iCloud sync iCloud sync is the headliner, in my opinion, and it's changed how I use my own app. I tend to
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🔗 Quick Reads 1.0.4 is a beefy iPad update https://birchtree.me/blog/quick-reads-1-0-4-is-a-beefy-ipad-update/
Quick Reads 1.0.4 is a beefy iPad update
Quick Reads for iPhone and iPad 1.0.4 is rolling out on the App Store now, and I didn't bump the version that much, but this is the biggest update yet for iPad users. The iPad app got some serious love 0:00 /0:09 1× Truthfully, I
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🔗 Quick Reads has been getting better all summer https://birchtree.me/blog/quick-reads-has-been-getting-better-all-summer/
Quick Reads has been getting better all summer
I've been shipping a steady stream of updates to Quick Reads over the past couple months, and while each one got a line in the changelog, I figured it was worth rounding up the highlights in one place. Search is dramatically better Since launch, search was a simple text
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Starting today, Quick Reads users can export their year in reading as an image! Here's mine. quickreads.app
Starting today, Nonogame Plus users can play an endless mode! After you're done with the dailies, you can keep playing as long as you want. nonogame.app/
🔗 Native app propaganda is working https://birchtree.me/blog/native-app-propaganda-is-working/
Native app propaganda is working
No One's Happy: Native Apps Should Be Avoided Whenever Possible Most native apps collect far more data than their website equivalents ever could. They request permissions to hardware, sensors, and background processes that browsers deliberately restrict. The third-party software embedded in these apps frequently transmits your location, device
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🔗 Not all "vibe coding" is created equal https://birchtree.me/blog/not-all-vibe-coding-is-created-equal/
Not all "vibe coding" is created equal
Sean Goedecke: LLMs reward expertise the idea here — that domain knowledge makes you better at using LLMs — is something I’ve also experienced in my own work. If you have a good theory of your codebase, you can push the LLM much harder than if you have no familiarity. Because
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🔗 I was on Hacker News yesterday and didn't even notice https://birchtree.me/blog/i-was-on-hacker-news-yesterday-and-didnt-even-notice/
I was on Hacker News yesterday and didn't even notice
I don't obsessively check the metrics on this blog, but I do every now and again just to see how things are generally going. I don't run ads anymore, so page views don't really equate to much more than a vanity metric. But hey, who amongst us
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🔗 Linus Torvalds lays into anti-AI developers https://birchtree.me/blog/linus-torvalds-lays-into-anti-ai-developers/
Linus Torvalds lays into anti-AI developers
Linus Torvalds (the creator or Linux) was spitting fire in a post to the Linux kernel mailing list just a few weeks ago: Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects, and if somebody has issues with that, they can do the open-source thing and fork it. And:
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🔗 Benchmarking all the Macs I have around for fun https://birchtree.me/blog/benchmarking-all-the-macs-i-have-around-for-fun/
Benchmarking all the Macs I have around for fun
Just for fun, I've use quicksubs' benchmark mode to see how fast the 4 Macs I have access to are and how they heat up when under load. * M2 Mac mini * A18 Pro MacBook Neo * M4 Pro MacBook Pro (higher core version) * M5 Pro MacBook Pro (higher core version)
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