Not arguing with your point about Google, but isn't Apple very often accused of forced obsolescence through updates to their phones? Is there any truth to the accusations of "running slower and dying faster" after a new model releases?
My first thought was, this is actually SVG in CSS right? The capabilities of SVG are so underrated.
I don't know how it makes sense that a vector graphics format has a filter format that can be applied to rasterized bitmaps though? Even more weird that I've used them on `<video>` too.
I'm all in on agent-first CLIs. The CLIs I've been building have still been easier to use for me as a human than the average CLI tool. It isn't like CLIs tools have famously simple or consistent arguments from tool to tool anyway.
I find it so much more successful to have an agent interact with a CLI than an API or MCP. I can just ask: query my dev DB for an ideal URL to test a new page. It'll find the right users, resources, etc and create an excellent test URL to quickly validate the behavior of my changes. I can have it get the latest spec from Confluence, or find the latest PR build for a workitem.
If you have an API, you should really look at providing a CLI for it too.
agree, although the pattern I've been following is to provide a self-contained CLI for portability and usability purposes, and then an "mcp" subcommand which launches an MCP server over stdio. ultimately the "CLI" and "MCP" surfaces act as thin facades over the same functional layer.
I've been through an LBO before, my first thought when I saw this news was: so eBay is going to have to pay interest on a $50B loan now?
eBay had $2B of net income in the last year. That might get them half-way to paying their annual interest payment if this deal closes. Get ready for the inevitable layoffs to cover that interest payment.
If there is iffy interest coverage for the debt and assets might be a stretch to cover (principal + interest), why will someone sponsor the debt here ?
Also, rates seems to be high, at least compared to recent history, to be favorable for this kind of LBO.
When discussing Utah, you shouldn't ignore the role that Mormonism's theocratic authoritarian culture and embrace of the MAGA movement has had. Human rights, like right to privacy, will always be trampled by their desire to legislate their morality. The Utah territory was literally founded as a theocracy.
exactly, there's an entire commercial ecosystem for this too, so called 'shameware' (or in their own parlance 'accountability software') apps that exists to put you under religious surveillance (https://archive.ph/RkgYn)
I really hate this tinfoil hat nonsense you see here every day now, Utah is not censoring online content because of tech bros in California lol.
That AI-generated imagery isn't bringing any less value to the conversation than comments like these where something is rejected for having a whiff of AI. Employing a graphic designer to create different decorative images is outside the scope/resources of that personal project if I had to guess.
The amp would only be working if it had repairs multiple times by now though. Capacitors don't last 75 years, and tubes last much shorter than capacitors.
A replacement set of tubes for a 1950s Fender amp costs $200-$400 today, just for parts. A lot more than a new Kindle. A Kindle might even be less e-waste than a set of tubes too.
I would point out that in 45 years ago, in 1981, the typewriter as a product was over 100 years old (first sold 1874). There was a lot of time to standardize by 1981. And there probably haven't been a lot of serviceable pre-1900s typewriters for quite a while.
The first Kindle came out in 2007. Who knows what an e-reader will be like in 2107?
SQLite has become my new go-to when starting any project that needs a DB. The performance is very fast, and if anything is ever successful enough to outgrow SQLite, it wouldn't be that hard to switch it out for Postgres. Not having to maintain/backup/manage a separate database server is cheaper and easier.
You remove a bit of complexity. Sure Postgres is not hard to set up sn to connect to, but Sqlite is just opening a file. It being a file makes it also very easy to test or debug you application.
It is simpler and removes failure points. You don’t need a separate database server process or network/socket connections. Everything happens in-process.
postgres is great and is also a good default choice. It needs a bit more setup than sqlite. Unless I need a capability that postgres provides, I go with sqlite. It just works.
Glad that they figured out the issue and fixed the links. When I first read this, I assumed it was actually the sketchy ads that are run on www.cpuid.com.
These are the real ads I just saw on a single download page for CPU-Z: "Continue to Download", "Install For windows 10, 11 32/64 bit Get Fast!", "Download", "Download now from PC APP STORE", or "Download Now For windows 10, 11 32/64 bit". Many of them appeared multiple times on the page.
The real download links don't even say they are download links.
I love the winget CLI in this situation. This is all you need: `winget install CPUID.CPU-Z`.
Personally I'm fine with the scammy ads. I feel most people who would use CPU-Z are pretty technical and should be able to tell the difference between an ad download button vs the real one.
That, and you should already be using an ad blocker.
Google’s hardware track record is a joke compared to Apple.
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