Thoughts on Technology

Too bad. I probably wouldn’t do it for this one anyway, but the ease of Apple’s trade-in (vs. selling it myself) might have been a factor in my decision to upgrade at a later time.

The TiVo really was a revolution in the way TV worked, at least for me. I was sad that it went the way it did, the company went from being truly innovative to purely a patent troll. Still, I have fond memories….

I wasn’t in too much danger of buying a GM vehicle at this point, but this definitely kills even the remote chance that did exist.

This was one of the easiest Rails upgrades I’ve done yet. Also, since I’ve been posting about using AI agents, and here’s what deploying the newly updated app looked like.

This post about the RubyGems situation seems to round up the various accounts I’ve read separately and corral them into a single location. I think that having RubyGems and Bundler taken over by Ruby Core makes sense for the stability of the ecosystem.

Scary! Use a VPN when out and about, kids.

You just _know_ Doctorow is right: we’ll be getting sold stuff by AI with little visibility in no time. It’s hard to see what the incentive structures are, and I have no doubt that moral clarity alone is not enough to deter the leaders of those companies from tapping that keg.

I haven’t been following F1 for a while, but I will dip in and check out this coverage. They didn’t explicitly mention Vision Pro. I’m still hoping that there will be a more immersive experience for Vision Pro.