Say hello to "Parakeet Turbo"
Parakeet has long been a fan favorite local transcription model in Quick Subtitles. Apple's is slower and not
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The party of making things worse
Justine Calma: Trump finalizes rule to make cars less fuel efficient
The US Department of Transportation finalized its plans today to weaken fuel efficiency standards, calling it “among the largest deregulatory actions under the second Trump Administration.”
I just think there's something wild about Republicans in the US constantly advocating for things to
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Fetishizing something most people don't care about
Brent Simmons: That About Wraps It Up for Stock Mac UI
Users have shown — again, I don’t need to prove this — that they don’t think about a stock Mac app vs. custom. Do they dislike Things for not having a toolbar at the top of the window that they can customize in the
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+ Gone too far
There's a chance, slim as it might be, that things won't go the way the've gone the last 30 years with digitization the moving to rental models for everyhing.
Birchfeed can forward newsletters to your inbox
Birchfeed allows you to set up an email address to receive newsletters which appear as feeds in the app. However,
Birchfeed can be your front page of the internet
Birchfeed is fundamentally a backend service that you will mostly use through a third-party client, such as Unread, Reader
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App review needs a reboot
Lex Friedman: The App Store review process needs fixing
Every single app and app update released in the App Store goes through this review process, and the review process is largely a black box. Developers submit, and then wait. They are given no specific timeline or indication of how long the review will take, and
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Becoming worthless (in a good way)
Cory Dransfeldt: Become worthless (to tech companies)
I'm not arguing for boycotts, I know that people are bound to different platforms for different, compelling reasons. What I am arguing for is that, given the opportunity, you try and reduce the value they can extract from you. That's very often your data,
The Quick Reads CLI
As of today, you nerds who like to read later can do so from your terminal with the Quick Reads
Hidden gems comes to Best-o-Masto on the web
Best-o-Masto is my website for finding the best stuff from your Mastodon and Bluesky feeds quickly. It'
Nonogame has gotten a bunch of new things recently
Nonogame has become my obsession lately, and I'm happy to see hundreds of people coming back daily to
AppZapper 3000 is incredibly rad
We live in a world where sometimes you'll see an old app get revitalized, but it's
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The Register thinks my La Croix benchmark is legit (sorta)
Brandon Vigliarolo: iPhone 18 Pro benchmark boosted by giving it a cold drink
To make a long story short, a cold can of La Croix (in Birchler’s case – the cooling potential of an aluminum can isn’t limited to name-brand sparkling “naturally essenced” water) takes an already beefy device to new levels of
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Riley Hill on the Fold8's crease
Riley Hill: Galaxy Z Fold 8 Review: Worth Buying in Years
As for the crease, it’s not something you see when looking at the larger display head-on. Tilt the phone slightly off-angle, and you see it. It’s minimal, but it’s there. Not a big deal. The only slight annoyance with
My phone is clearly listening to me*
I've had two incidents in the past weekend that proved to me that my iPhone was listening. We
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+ The unbelievable allure of indie software development
God, it's rewarding working on indie software.
Disable the god damned Siri shortcut on Golden Gate
I'm sure someone likes this "ask Siri about active window" shortcut, but I hate it, and
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The new AirPods MVP
For the past four years, I have maintained that AirPods Pro 2 are the best AirPods ever made. They had great noise cancellation, all the stem controls I could ever want, good battery life, and while I didn't personally prefer in-ear earbuds, they were comfortable enough. I love these things.
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