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While this is cool, I’m really surprised that eyeglass or sunglasses manufacturers haven’t doubled down on simple HUDs. In swimming there are the FORM goggles [0], but everything in the sunglasses space is focused on voice and cameras (looking at you Meta).

I really just want a basic, simple HUD that can display speed, distance, pace, HR from other sources. I don’t care about it being standalone, I already have a bike computer, phone, and watch.

- [0] - https://www.formswim.com/products/smart-swim-2-lt-goggles

one of the very first programming projects I took on was to figure out how to scrobble the records that I was playing. It was my first exposure to so many things: Ruby, FFIs, audio processing, audio fingerprinting (I think I used echo nest ?). Ended up going to local meetups to ask for advice.

last.fm is one of those services that is from the pinnacle of the open web.

The biggest issue in the real estate world is dealing with local state, county, and municipality governments and each one's unique ordinances, etc. While I think LLMs will be great at pulling data from a variety of disparate sources (ie, records databases), or even automating interacting with them, they are not going to be great at solving the problem whose solution is "this is the person in the county court clerks office you need to talk to."

Matt Gallagher and CocoaWithLove are major highlights from the early days of my journey in learning iOS development. Awesome to see he is still publishing such high quality information!

SmugMug is pretty great.

So, he's non-technical. He hasn't written a line of code. I don't know the details of how he hosts or deploys the sites, but I'd likely guarantee that he asked whatever AI he uses and it just walked him through the process of getting one hosted, then he has replicated that.

I know a twelve year old kid who is proactively using LLMs to build websites for lawn-mowing businesses, calling them up, asking them if they want it for $200, and closing deals in seconds.

I know it sounds far-fetched, but he does all the work up-front before even contacting them, using logos and info from Facebook or Google. He's cleared several thousand dollars so far.

I get that the owners aren't going to be the proactive ones who have the awareness, time, or vision for doing this, all your points are valid. However, AI has definitely changed the calculus here--I'm glad I'm not a web dev anymore.

Music / mp3 blogs were one of the heights of the free and open internet. RSS, Hype Machine [0] (an aggregator), blog rolls, back links, etc, all allowed for both discovery and taste-making in an organic way that still let individuality shine through. New artists could gain visibility just by emailing a couple MP3’s. One could find a subset of blogs that matched one’s general taste and discover new artists every week.

Today’s world of algorithms and an endless sea of new music really pales in comparison. It’s completely soulless.

[0] https://hypem.com/popular

This is really cool! I really liked the architecture explanation.

Once you get solid rankings for the different LLMs, I think a huge feature of a system like this would be to allow LLMs to pilot user decks to evaluate changes to the deck.

I'm guessing the costs of that would be pretty big, but if decent piloting is ever enabled by the cheaper models, it could be a huge change to how users evaluate their deck construction.

Especially for formats like Commander where cooperation and coordination amongst players can't be evaluated through pure simulation, and the singleton nature makes specific card changes very difficult to evaluate as testing requires many, many games.

For anyone wanting a quick breakdown of the current situation: the Sig Sauer P320 is a striker-fired handgun, which means the firing pin is spring loaded and retained by a sear. Other handguns are hammer-fired, where the trigger (or slide actuation) cocks the hammer. Other popular striker-fired guns include the Glock and Smith and Wesson M&P series. Frequently, striker-fired pistols come without safeties, but optionally add them.

The P320 was popular as it was designed as a modular system, allowing a single FCU (firing control unit, basically a trigger and striker assembly) to be independent and swappable with other parts of the handgun: grip, slide, barrel, etc. This allows for a single platform to serve multiple needs: concealed carry, compact, full-size, or even competition models, as well as be transferrable across calibers. The magazine design also allowed for more rounds to be carried in compact configurations.

The P320 was selected by the US Army [0] as the official replacement for the Beretta M9 as a service-issued sidearm, officially designated the M17 or M18 (in 9mm).

In 2020 SIG SAUER initiated a "voluntary upgrade program" [1] that swapped various components of the trigger to prevent unintended discharge (UD) events that could occur when the pistol dropped in certain orientations. These changes became standard for the M17 and all P320 manufactured after.

Recently, there have been very high-profile cases and investigations around UD events, the most recent being by an event in the Air Force that led to the death of an airman. In that case the Air Force put a suspension on the firearm during the investigation but eventually arrested the airman responsible, as they determined he had lied about the events [2].

Regardless of the specific failure modes of the weapon, there is a stigma around it, resulting in various law enforcement agencies switching from it or ranges banning the firearm. This has been popularized by incidents caught on video and somewhat viral videos of testing the firearm in a variety of scenarios.

All in all, the P320 is one of the most mass-produced firearms in the world, and I would not be surprised to see Sig Sauer continue to fight in the court of public opinion to defend the reputation of the firearm, in what I would deem a losing strategy.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIG_Sauer_M17

[1] https://www.sigsauer.com/p320-voluntary-upgrade-program

[2] https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2025/08/08...

I understand your speculation on the amount of variance, but I haven't seen any data to support it.

Sig's "recall" was a drop-safety issue, where in certain orientations the weight of the trigger could generate enough momentum to allow an unintentional discharge.

I think one of the best demonstrations of this, with detail on the amount of travel required for most striker-fired handguns is this video [0]. Lots of detail and relatively methodical.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L17Mq7XxtlE

I would love some sunglasses for running that show some basic metrics (similar to my Apple Watch) for my workout, equivalent to the FORM Smart Swim 1 [0]. However, I would mostly prefer this to be a dumb screen, with all the smarts off loaded to a watch or phone. I'm not sure why companies keep insisting on building such smart glasses as independent products.

[0] https://www.formswim.com/products/smart-swim-goggles

but going back to processes that are essentially "artisan" at this point, instead of re-shoring efficient automated manufacturing is the problem. Doubling down on making high volume pencils in an inefficient way is a fools errand when, if the stated goal is to manufacture all pencils domestically used through domestic firms is going to require an entire domestic supply chain on top of entirely new manufacturing processes and machinery.

Trying to scale old systems is not going to solve the issue of not being able to make the things we want to own, if that is even a good or feasible goal in the first place.

Musgrave Pencil Co [0], in Shelbyville, TN is one of the only other ones in the country I'm aware of.

The biggest challenge for a lot of these is that they essentially require full-time machinists to keep the old machinery running, as the manufacturers typically have gone out of business decades ago. Tremont Nail Co [1] is another one I'm aware of, because they manufacture nails with old processes (cutting instead of wire).

Which really tells the story of US manufacturing decline. When all supporting functions of an industry no longer exist, or have migrated to other countries, or have been surpassed by new technology, why should we romanticize and pine for an era that has been passed by? Why shouldn't we have a vision for a new era and double down on the things we are best at?

[0] https://musgravepencil.com [1] - https://tremontnail.com

yeah, there is a lot of control of printing artifacts that are required. Some of those do make it out, either through QC issues [0] or through WotC itself gifting test print cards and full sheets to employees or as prizes. However, the ability to generate truly authentic MtG cards requires two things: million dollar Heidelberg offset printing machines and the original offset printing files for the card backs (which have not changed since release as far as I'm aware).

[0] https://blog.cardsphere.com/misprints-and-human-mistakes-a-b...

Most of MtG’s secondary market value is protected by how difficult it is (or how costly it is) for cheap printers to match Cartamundi’s (and other global printers) offset printing processes. The number of counterfeit tests (green dot, black layer, Deckmaster, etc) that are simple and useful for basic users to determine counterfeits all trace back to the printing processes WotC uses.

I am amazed by how much value is protected by such a small technological detail

Yes, I have tried both and AVP is a leap ahead.

I'm guessing there is a lot of negativity towards the Vision Pro here, lots of it deserved. However, the immersive video aspect is the one thing Vision Pro delivers that I think is truly unique and new. I'm not sure that is enough to support a $3500 hardware product, but I encourage anyone to try the demo and utilize the immersive video. It was an otherworldly experience for me, and news like this is very exciting as it will allow more content to be available.

I did not expect to see a Patriot reference online today, thank you for making my day.

For others, Patriot is a dark comedy TV show available on Amazon. I highly recommend it.

EV Trucks are still a long way off. The simple fact is that the power to weight ratio of batteries simply does not scale for anything that needs to do towing [0].

Super Duty trucks are specifically designed for towing capability. Specifically, they are classified as class 2 or 3 by the federal government. They have higher tow capacity, higher rated transmissions with better towing gear ratios, as well as different suspensions and chassis, all of which are designed separately from the F-series. These changes yield a higher gross vehicle weight, as well.

None of this means that Ford couldn't be pushing into better performance and emissions through hybrid technologies. Ford is slowly releasing full-size truck hybrid technology, but I'm unaware of this being brought to Super Duty trucks. The big advantage of hybrid technology is that weight does not directly affect the efficiency of power recovery, and would scale well even to vehicles that need to be towing in excess of 10k lbs.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4W-P5aCWJs

The Descent series was my gateway to the Internet, and really paralleled my coming of age.

I played D1 dialing up my friends when I was 10, which was amazing. I swapped numbers with some folks on the local BBS and played 1-on-1 deathmatches. My brother installed DEVIL, and I learned how to launch things from DOS, interact with a CLI and filesystem, and of course make my own levels.

We got Internet service and then D2 multiplayer, facilitated by Kali/Kahn for match-making completely blew my mind. I think I was 12 or 13, and discovering things like IRC and webpages describing advanced techniques like chording were hugely eye-opening for how big the world was. Making friends on ICQ, and discovering warez was like living in a sci-if novel. I also got into building and upgrading PCs to be able to play at higher resolutions and frame rates.

Descent 3 was a huge step forward graphically, and brought about sniping with the mass driver. It had worldwide rankings, and making the top 100 leaderboard as a 16 year old still ranks as one of my most mind-blowing moments. It was the first time I had high speed internet, and really ushered in the modern era of gaming for me.

Thank you for this. I’ve since moved on in my life (obviously), but it is amazing to have spent some moments today reflecting on all this. I doubt I would be a child of the internet or a software engineer today without Descent.

This is incredibly helpful and generous of you. This is completely not specific to tech, but I have a friend who emigrated from Congo very young. As a young adult, he committed a felony. He served his time and was released last year. ICE did not pick him up from the prison, so he went home with his parents. He has a ruling date from an immigration judge this summer. He recently turned himself in to ICE after discovering they wanted to hold him until his hearing was resolved. He has an attorney, but his parents are very private.

What are his chances of not being deported? Does the current situation in Congo affect this? Is there anything I can do to help his case?

Thank you so much.

One thing that this article glosses over is that mortgage rates and the rate of home valuation increase have a loosely inverse relationship, as most people judge what they can afford based on their monthly payment. So, when borrowing is cheap, home valuation increase typically accelerates, and when borrowing is expensive, home valuation increase typically contracts.

Obviously this effect is outweighed by supply/demand, and mortgage rates have a major impact on the size of the pool of buyers (and hence demand) as well.

Just FYI, HomePod actually supports multiple music services, and Apple Health (the data store for Fitness) supports integrations with other providers (both input and output).

"Aldi" is actually split across two different companies that operate in different regions of the world: Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd. In the US, Aldi Süd operates the Aldi stores, whereas Aldi Nord owns Trader Joe's.

Palmer Luckey and Anduril have about a 6 year head start.

I agree that superiority is one of the best deterrents.

TMMK (Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky) has an $8B plant in Kentucky, the largest Toyota manufacturing facility in the world. This plant is where all Camry models are manufactured, which is the best-selling car in the United States. Additionally, all Rav4 Hybrid models are manufactured there, including all the motors (not just assembly).

Seems like a smart place to build your own batteries to me.

Footnote 2 explains what each number means.

I have no idea. I’d imagine using a light shield increases the relative brightness of the displays, which could be important to Apple.

Some users cannot use the thinnest lightshield: their eyes or eyelashes touch the lens.

Apple did make them interchangeable and exchangeable (for free), so it seems like the major FOV issue is with their scanning and auto-selection (for some users).