Kyle Barr's saved articles

Thanks, Kyle for the well-written article.  I often feel like Wikipedia doesn’t get near enough love for the heavy lifting it does.  It really is the aspirational ideal of what the internet should be, in my opinion.
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I’ll have to see what “magnetic attachment” means, but I’m skeptical. I thought the easy-change latch for watch bands might have been the single best innovation to come out of the watch, and the best part is it is a positive physical lock so I know the band is secure. Read more

can’t wait until these go the way of the 3d tv Read more

I bought my son (21, Christmas present) the previous version...and it was a fragile beast. Pockets have things in them, and things getting inside the folded phone ruin the screen. Small things. A coin. A small pebble. Three screens later (expensive) he is done with it. At this price, and with how fragile the phone is,… Read more

I have an iPhone and always have because I got locked into the App Store early on, plus with business it’s 10x easier to use airdrop, but seriously, how can Apple even validate their existence with these new Chinese phones? 24gb Ram, better cameras and screens, and even active cooling, bigger and better battery life,… Read more

TI has been demoing this tech for touch panels for some years. You can see a video on it here: https://www.ti.com/video/5849053520001 Read more

Somebody needs to forward this to Cheetolini. Read more

There robotaxis are another nuisance technology that Silicon Valley is going to subject every city to.  I hope multiple cities just preemptively ban them, like they should have done with the stupid e-scooters.  E-bikes are right up there too.  They should be classified as "mopeds", but that might subject these awful… Read more

if you car is less than 10 years old, you already are depending on computers to get you safely around. AI is safer than stupid , tired, distracted humans. Read more

Wanna know where Cortana shined? On the old Windows Phone 10 OS. At the time I carried both a Windows Phone and an Android, and Cortana was the only assistant that I could effectively use while driving and she could take commands even when my phone was locked. Google Assistant has gotten better, though I believe there… Read more

I enjoyed Cortana, back when it was built into Windows 10. I can’t believe Microsoft caved to the privacy bleaters, while every other tech company just moved forward and ignored them Read more

Never used Cortana. Nor Siri or Alexa. Never will. Read more

If you ask a computer to suggest a drink using the ingredients “water, bleach and ammonia”, as this user did, then it shouldn’t be terribly surprising when those ingredients are actually used in the “drink.” Read more

A++ for the headline alone! Read more

bot has no restrictions on what goes into it, including cleaning products, glue, and even cat food. Read more

Definitely aromatic Read more

Still safer than anything that comes out of my mom’s kitchen
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Political bias and a healthy does of brain drain at Twitter/X likely got them in this situation. I’m picturing Musk asking whatever yes-men he has left in his legal department to do this.  Read more

I could definitely go for a new MacBook, and these seem pretty good. I’ve still got an Intel one, last year they made it since the M processors didn’t come with 4 USB ports at the time.  Read more

3nm means less power needed. Read more