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Alex Rainert

@alexrainert.com

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Product and design person, sociable introvert, Liverpool fan, peloton nerd, easy laugh. Blogging like it’s 1999 over at www.alexrainert.com

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 4d

queen shit, rest in peace

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Alex Rainert @alexrainert.com · 4d

A.I. at its peak

Alex Rainert @alexrainert.com · 5d

Wrote a bit about the sunsetting of the NYT Audio app + some other interesting stuff from the past month.

The Finite Scroll 008: Requiem for the NYT Audio app; One Battle After Another; the AI bubble; discovering David Foster Wallace; designing a board game.

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The Finite Scroll 008: Requiem for the NYT Audio app; One Battle After Another; the AI bubble; discovering David Foster Wallace; designing a board game.

Welcome to The Finite Scroll - a weekly-ish lets call it monthly newsletter for curious people. It should take less than 5 minutes to read and give you something that piques your curiosity. It’s bee...

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Alex Rainert @alexrainert.com · 8d

Agreed! I would have expected them to take something from the Apple playbook of leveraging tradeins + refurbs to grow the customer base while also making it easier for their biggest fans/evangelists to get the latest products. Oh well.

Alex Rainert @alexrainert.com · 8d

Here's the answer from the CS rep

Alex Rainert @alexrainert.com · 8d

Great writeup! Do you know if they're letting people trade in their Bike+'s for an upgrade that's cheaper than just buying the new one outright?

Alex Rainert @alexrainert.com · 20d

Nice to bump into you over here. Hope you're doing well.

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Alex Rainert @alexrainert.com · 21d

Hi @robin.berjon.com !

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Alex Rainert @alexrainert.com · 21d

Yessssss

Alex Rainert @alexrainert.com · 21d

Is that Robin Bergon?

Alex Rainert @alexrainert.com · 23d

I was today years old when I learned this gif is not, in fact, Nick Offerman 🤯

Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 23d

RIP Robert Redford, a Hollywood icon and GIF legend.

a close up of a man with long hair and a beard .

ALT: a close up of a man with long hair and a beard .

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Alex Rainert @alexrainert.com · 23d

I was today years old when I learned that gif isn’t, in fact, Nick Offerman.

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Alex Rainert @alexrainert.com · 25d

That sounds nice.

Alex Rainert @alexrainert.com · 25d

(Would you like a 🥪 )

Alex Rainert @alexrainert.com · 25d

Is that not how shows and ads work in England?

Alex Rainert @alexrainert.com · 29d

Awesome. I’d just sent them a note :)

Alex Rainert @alexrainert.com · 29d

This is really nice.

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Thisness @thisness.one · Sep 7

"”The danger isn’t that AI becomes sentient. It’s that humans persist in treating it as if it were.”"

— Robert Saltzman

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Alex Rainert @alexrainert.com · Sep 4

Except this seems to have been an all cash deal.

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Alex Rainert @alexrainert.com · Sep 4

Seems like a fantastic outcome for an excellent team. Also great to get that all cash bag now before the check comes due on all this overly exuberant AI money flying around.

The Verge @theverge.com · Sep 4

The Browser Company, maker of Arc and Dia, is being acquired

The company behind the Dia and Arc browsers is being acquired

$610 million is a pretty big number for a web browser

buff.ly

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Alex Rainert @alexrainert.com · Sep 3

Strong agree! Peppermint is also a nice option once in a while.

Alex Rainert @alexrainert.com · Sep 2

And FIFA!

Alex Rainert @alexrainert.com · Sep 1

lol. And how is everyone on the show so bad at making decisions

Alex Rainert @alexrainert.com · Sep 1

You got this!

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