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Maybe they all think it's Beyonce
July 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Sigh. Why write a book?
July 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Tell me the companion star is named Lydia...
July 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My dumbells say hi
July 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This absolutely won't result in a leaderboard of top sub numbers and a new bitter rivalry between Verge writers
July 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Aha, thanks!
July 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Oh, what is it? Loved Scavenger's Reign
July 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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June 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I've had good results with this

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June 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Still, a little worried by the explicit promise to build a hyper-targeted interactive indoctrination machine
June 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A question of use cases, I suppose. One might not use the on-device LLM for AAA creative, user-interactive chat, but it's perfect for analysing text (user-provided, from the web, etc) or other data and working out how the app should handle it. Devs can build things they wouldn't otherwise be able to
June 15, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Nicely done Dave!
June 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Strong Iain M. Banks energy about NINTRACTE AULAVNTANTIS
June 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I don't know whether the prior iterations on multitasking are admirable in that they stuck with trying for so long, or whether they just denied the inevitable far too long
June 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Does help to have a way to explain to your boss why you took the decision you did.

Saying "it wasn't important so I vibe-decided" doesn't often cut it
June 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
May the 0.4th be with you
June 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Not going to walk around outside with it - dorky. Not going to spend prolonged periods sitting at work with it - uncomfortable. Not going to ignore my family at home with it - antisocial.

When am I supposed to be using it?
June 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Timescales notwithstanding, I was kinda with him until he said "colonize the galaxy"
June 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
You might say it was "nacho" kind of thing
May 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM