They famously had no coherent plan for the sequel trilogy, so each film lurched off in its own weird direction.

It’s truly mind-boggling how badly Disney screwed up what should’ve been a slam dunk.

The technology isn’t the problem, the companies are. All the things you listed are issues, but they are all also solved if you look slightly harder.

There are free video services that you can watch from anywhere, not to mention self-hosted VOD for all your definitely-legitimately-acquired media.

You can get video doorbells that aren’t from Ring or Google and link them to fully private systems like Home Assistant.

… okay there’s no solution for McDonald’s prices if you want McD’s, but - at least here in the UK - delivery bags are sealed so you can in fact tell if someone has eaten your fries.

Anyway, my point is you shouldn’t feel bad for imagining a cool future. We do get to live in that future, but we also have to be judicious about who we trust to deliver it.

Why did you put gamers in scare-quotes?

Unlike coding, LLMs struggle with video games. This feels surprising given their success in coding, as well as in games like chess and Go.

Can’t really take the article seriously with statements like this.

Last time I checked, LLMs are comically bad at chess. They can do some openings but then very quickly degenerate into illegal moves and hallucinations about which pieces are where. There was a popular article last year wherein Chess for the Atari 2600 beat ChatGPT in a head to head match, and I don’t think the situation has improved much since then.

Fun fact if you didn’t know: the saxophone was invented in the 1840s and is named after its creator, Adolphe Sax.

When I was younger I just kind of mentally grouped all classical instruments together as ‘very old’ so it was neat to learn that some of them are actually pretty new.

You take that back - this bland monstrosity posing as a Ferrari doesn’t have a tenth of the personality of a Jensen Interceptor.

And sometimes they lay off all the developers, too!

Almost all of the references on that wiki page are from the last couple of months - I assume it’s been trending on social media recently.

Our loft got so hot during the day it set off the heat alarm up there. Absolutely nuts.

I realise it’s not really the point here, but calling Jeffrey Epstein a celebrity seems comically reductive.

Like, yeah, technically I guess it’s true? But it’s not the word that springs to mind when most people think of him. Made me chuckle.

I did not! I actually had one back in the day and never had battery issues, but pretty funny to hear it was a common complaint.

(Still, I think the broader point stands.)

Given the pace of technological progress, I doubt a phone bought today will be all that useful (except as a retro novelty) in 20 years time, let alone 100.

How many people do you think are still daily-driving a Motorola KRZR? It’s not because of the battery life.

the second 15-year-old had an IQ in the “bottom 1% of his contemporaries”

‘My client is too stupid to go to prison, your honour.’

But the internet taught me that being cynical is cool! It’s all I know!

Did you actually read the article or are you just kneejerk griping based on the title?

It’s a quote from an individual developer - an audio designer - talking about their experiences during Bungie’s layoffs, hence the reference to ‘unrealistic constraints’, but for some reason you seem to be taking it as an opportunity to air your grievances with the overall creative direction?

Maybe you didn’t mean it that way, but I can’t stand it when ‘fans’ lash out at developers as if they’ve been personally wronged. Remember the human.

Generous heaped teaspoon of ground coffee into the Aeropress, fill with 90°C water from the kettle, wait 2-5 mins depending on how much time I have, invert over a mug, press, and drink.

Recently treated myself to a manual grinder (Kingrinder K6) instead of buying preground coffee. I don’t think I’m a coffee snob, but my god the difference in taste is huge!

Yes, because famously when someone dies all of their money just ceases to exist

Article is paywalled.

Sometimes I put only one shoe on and walk around the house, just to feel something different.

I don’t know how or why, but something about doing the school run either creates or attracts some of the worst drivers I’ve ever seen in my life. Literally zero awareness or concern for others, including sudden stops, driving in slippers, mounting the pavement, blocking access, failing to indicate, and a general disregard for safety.

If you regularly have to drive during commuting hours, there’s a genuine and striking difference between term time and school holidays.

IMO if you live within a certain distance of the school or a suitable public transport route, driving your kids to school should attract a fine.