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Looks like it's GAIA by Marco Cochrane, I remember seeing it out in the desert. It looks like it might not be related to Waymo and just on the adjacent property


Thanks, I was assuming it was the same artist as the one at the Embarcadero, and that seems to be right.

As an old time burner, sometimes this kind of stuff seems like a flex, like 'you had to be there, sorry pleb' from the tech exec class. Anyway I'm glad they have something there than not.

The success of Facebook basically proves that public brand perception does not matter at all


Facebook itself still has a big problem with it's lack of youth audience though. Zuck captured the boomers and older Gen X, which are the biggest demos of living people however.


> Zuck captured the boomers and older Gen X, which are the biggest demos of living people however.

In the developed world. I'm not sure about globally.


Unfortunate that they chose python instead of bash as the wrapper. Bash would have wider interoperability across languages and workflows that don't touch python. It would also expose more performant tools.


If we're posting opinions, I prefer Python. It's at least as capable as Bash at running external ("more performant") tools.


Not unfortunate. They know what people are using and went that route.


Meanwhile, I have "*Never use Python for anything ever*" in my AGENTS.md.


i think you are leaving lots of intelligence on the table by forbidding python to an LLM; trained heavily on python codebases.


I've mostly stopped using Claude because of it, it will still try use Python for the most random tasks. It recently wrote an HTML file with some inline js in it, then started a local python server to open the HTML file, and check the log output.

This is in a node.js project. It is just too obsessed with using Python, and it seems to help it focus and make more sensible choices by removing the option.


Forcing iPad support seems like tying. I wonder if this will finally get Instagram to release an iPad app.



They don't put MacOS on iPad because they want MacOS to slowly die and make App Store the only way to install software. This has nothing to do with cannibalizing Mac.


It is worrying that the machines many of HN rely on are the minority of their revenue so they'd not even flinch financially to mess up that product line. TF for Linux/x86/arm as an alternative ecosystem that is not controlled by one party.


If they did, I would also replace my iPhone, and I'd help family do the same.


It’s astonishing to me that even so many long-term Apple observers don’t see this, even though they are sorta obvious about it. “Now that the hardware is so close, the systems converge, etc., there is really no reason iPad will not eventually run macOS” – No, macOS will continue to be dumbed and locked down (“security!!11”) until the point where the Macs can be safely switched over from the terribly open legacy OS.


You might be right, but if MacOS dies, how will Apple develop for iOS etc?


And app developers too. Maybe sister comment about something cloud. Can fleece devs for more money too, bonus!


probably some subscription cloud environments


They could improve the development environment on iPadOS, or make it possible to develop for iOS on Linux.


Have a iPadOS version of a development environment?

A grown up version of Playground.


probably some sort of "ai" app builder interface. They've always flirted with the layperson programming with their languages like hypertalk. I wouldn't be surprised if they figure out a way to achieve even greater lock-in capture


I have found that using LLMs to generate queries for Overpass (Open street map query language) works really well. Great alternative if you don't care to deal with corporate nonsense.


I've been able to do really cool stuff that I would never have otherwise bothered with by having an LLM generate Overpass queries + walk me through complex setup steps with QGIS.


The flipside is that QGIS and overpass are so complicated that only with LLM assistance they're truly usable.

(Applies more to QGIS than to overpass, though both could stand to improve a lot in terms of usability)


The only thing people really do for extended periods of time in these headsets is play gorilla tag, highly skewed towards young kids.


Exercise works well enough too. If shadow boxing in a stinky gym for 2h is grating to you, doing it in VR will have a better chance of success in the long run.


That or VRChat.


Perhaps or maybe they will require them?


The MPAA's argument against this bill is a complete joke:

>MPA urged state lawmakers to reject Wicks’ bill this week in a letter, obtained by POLITICO, claiming device-based age checks may sow confusion; for example, if parents and kids had separate Netflix profiles under one account that’s logged in on multiple devices.

To the point where I'm asking if someone needs some token opposition to frame this obvious bill a political win?


There are legitimate arguments that can be made against this bill...that is not one of them.


can they just make it flat? seriously


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