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bartturnerBtoHardware@hardware.watch•Apple to Discontinue Custom 5G Modem Development, Claim ReportsEnglish1·2 years agoIf true this is really bad news.
bartturnerBto Apple@hardware.watch•Apple Pulls Plug on Goldman Credit-Card PartnershipEnglish1·2 years agoBetter UX. Which it did. Was the primary card I have been using.
But if move to Amex that will end that. Amex is worthless if you travel and I travel 50% of the time. Mostly SEA.
bartturnerBto Apple@hardware.watch•Apple Pulls Plug on Goldman Credit-Card PartnershipEnglish1·2 years agoThat was the rumor. BUt lets hope that does not happen. If does then I can’t use it any longer.
I live half my time in South East Asia and Amex is not taken there at 90% of places.
bartturnerBto Apple@hardware.watch•Apple Pulls Plug on Goldman Credit-Card PartnershipEnglish1·2 years agoPlease do NOT switch to American Express. I travel a lot and AmEx is worthless in South East Asia.
bartturnerBtoMachine Learning@academy.garden•Bill Gates told a German newspaper that GPT5 wouldn't be much better than GPT4: "there are reasons to believe that we have reached a plateau" [N]English1·2 years agoNot terribly surprised.
bartturnerBto Apple@hardware.watch•[Mac Address] "Apple cancelled this, now what?" The history of early apple wifi and airportEnglish1·2 years agoWe replaced ours with Google WiFi and been very happy with the results.
The Google WiFi is a mesh solution which is really the way to go in 2023, IMHO.
bartturnerBtoMachine Learning@academy.garden•[N] Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, together with colleagues, will join Microsoft to lead new advanced AI research teamEnglish1·2 years agoI totally agree with you. It was done to stop the sliding share price of Microsoft. Which is why it was a smart move as it accomplished that.
The average person is completely clueless. I have been watching CNBC this morning and it is hard to watch because I keep getting into laughing fits.
bartturnerBtoMachine Learning@academy.garden•[N] Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, together with colleagues, will join Microsoft to lead new advanced AI research teamEnglish1·2 years agoSmart move by Microsoft. But I will be curious to see how long Sam and Greg last?
It is going to be completely different for them. They are not going to have anywhere near the autonomy they enjoyed at OpenAI.
But this entire episode is a bit mind blowing.
One thing I find interesting is that Alphabet had two AI competitors. Cruise and OpenAI.
Both companies look to have self destructed. Cruise CEO resigned over the weekend.
In both cases it looks like it was about safety. AI is so different from other technologies.
There is such a huge safety aspect. It could be we will see a lot of stuff like this. Where people with AI thought they could move fast and break things and found out they really could not that someone is watching and not going to let them.
bartturnerBto Apple@hardware.watch•Ranked: Worst Companies for Employee Retention (U.S. & U.K.) - Apple #1English1·2 years agoSurprising. But it is not just Apple. Look at Amazon and Meta also being really bad.
Google and Microsoft doing much better.
bartturnerBtoMachine Learning@academy.garden•[N] OpenAI Announces Leadership Transition, Fires Sam AltmanEnglish1·2 years agoSam’s slimmy behavior caught up to him.
It is pretty rare to just abuse one person. Brockman is also now out. Three senior researchers also just quit.
bartturnerBtoHardware@hardware.watch•Microsoft is finally making custom chips — and they’re all about AIEnglish1·2 years agoI can’t believe it took this long. Google is releasing their fifth generation of their TPUs.
They started on it in 2014 or 9 years ago.
bartturnerBto Apple@hardware.watch•Apple M3 Pro Chip Has 25% Less Memory Bandwidth Than M1/M2 ProEnglish1·2 years agoCurious what financial benefit is there to making it have 25% less memory bandwidth?
Is it to drive consumers to a more expensive product?
I get they have 25% less bandwidth. But why?
bartturnerBto Apple@hardware.watch•Apple’s Journal app is kind of smart — and kind of basicEnglish1·2 years agoIs there any reason to move from Google Keep to it?
Trouble is I use a lot of different devices and not all of them are Apple.
bartturnerBto Apple@hardware.watch•Low-Cost Apple MacBook Said to Come in 12-inch and 13-inch SizesEnglish1·2 years agoI have my doubts. I feel like this type of rumor happens pretty often and does not play out. Things like the car and TV, etc.
I just do not see how Apple does not cannibalize with the offering. If they do they should probably more focus on certain markets.
So maybe only market them to K12 and specially the US. Another market would be developing countries versus the US.
Honestly anyone but AmEx would be fine. I travel a ton and AmEx would make it so I do not use my Apple card any longer.
There are so few places that take it in SEA.