I’m not comfortable with Gmail guessing the next word I may write as I compose a mail - more so as it’s correct more often than not. I hate that am so predictable.
Using Google services is a constant battle - you hope you beat the AI overlords, but you just feed them rather.
A Former Facebook Employee Said The Company Has A “Black People Problem” →
“In some buildings, there are more ‘Black Lives Matter’ posters than there are actual black people”
Inclusion’s often misinterpreted, and so efforts to address it are misguided, at most organizations.
Am almost 2/3rd into A Short History of Nearly Everything and I do not think I enjoy every part of it. There are chapters which I just do not have any interest in. Mainly around Biology. I guess there’s a reason why I gave up studying about internals of my body way earlier.
Inspiration and motivation cannot be concocted in any science laboratory. A fact that’s both fortunate and unfortunate.
You need neither PWA nor AMP to make your website load fast →
Google hardly invented CDNs and async script loading. But nobody cared because old tech and good practices are never as tempting as something branded as “new”.
Bingo. Just rework your JS.
I had no idea the live-action remake of The Lion King was also in works — and the teaser is already out. I am not sure why Disney is suddenly so inclined to release these live-action remakes of classics. The Jungle Book, Aladdin and now this too.
A great animated video from Apple for Holidays about a creative girl who keeps her creativity boxed in, never letting it get out. And the message to “Share Your Gifts” is perfect. Interesting that it features a MacBook front and center, not an iPad. They still love their Macs.
One particular person and his undying coverage on the news media has ruined so many things for me. Every time I use “believe me” now, I feel am tricking someone. Sigh! 😑
It was fascinating to watch this video where Jonathan Morrison attempts to edit an entire video on an iPad Pro. His impressions (and of many others) look pretty genuine - for those who look at iPad as a laptop alternative, not replacement, it works. Limitations are by design.
If true, this is scary. Apparently, “the content of every webpage visited using Google Chrome is sent back to Google”. Even emails. From external email solution providers too. Given that, the recommendation not to use Chrome is not too harsh.