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Halo Infinite’s Battle Pass
Halo Infinite’s Battle Pass Is Totally Fine, You Guys , by Ari Notis
One refrain—and it is legit—is that, the way Halo Infinite currently works, there’s very little incentive to play to win. If one of your challenges tasks you with racking up 15 gravity hammer kills, you’ll naturally focus on
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Web3 Needs More Product People
I know that it’s a bit of a wild west right now, but basically every web3 website I go to needs more input from product people to be usable for anyone besides the enthusiast crowd.
Every single time I’ve tried to do anything in this space, I’ve had to go to social
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Omicron Doesn’t Change the Vaccine Math
Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist, over at (fittingly) Your Local Epidemiologist:
There is a lot of anxiety. I have a lot of anxiety. The public is being asked to understand the second most complex system in the human body while navigating a sea of misinformation while coping with significant pandemic exhaustion and mental health problems. All
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If Fact They Just Don't Care, and That's Kinda Comforting
Greg Morris, who I may as well make a co-author of my site, I link to him all the time:
Our brains are made for < 150 person groups of gatherers, not thousands of people online so it's important to remember that there is no need to worry about what others think,
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When the Smartest People Disagree
Is Crypto Bullshit? by Will Wilkinson:
One of my personal epistemic precepts is that if I disagree with somebody who is (a) at least smart as I am, (b) has generally sound judgment and (c) is better informed on a subject, then I ought to concede that I’m probably wrong and revise my opinion
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What if the Switch could do 4K (AI-enhanced concept footage)
I really hope Nintendo makes it easy to play Switch games at higher resolutions on their future hardware because these
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Apple Finally Made a Thicker Device, They Never Do That!
Something I've heard again and again in the new MacBook Pro reviews is something like:
Apple actually made their device thicker, they never do that!
I get the instinct to say that, but I think it rang odd to me this time because I felt this was like the 10th time that this
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Why There Won't be a Web3 Version of Twitter
From Robin Sloan's Notes on Web3:
“Web3” that depends on Twitter for its marketing and coordination channel really deserve the name? You might say, “Oh, just wait; Web3 will make a Twitter of its own.” No, it won’t. Such a platform would be use
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I Reviewed the Last 100 Apple Podcasts App Reviews and They’re Hilarious
Recently the Podcasts app had a sub-2 star rating on the App Store. That seemed reasonable to many (I
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Full Self-Driving Doesn’t Look at All Ready for Prime Time
We tried Tesla's 'full self-driving.' Here's what happened - CNN
What "full self-driving" could do well was impressive, but the experience was ultimately unnerving. I can't imagine using "full self-driving" regularly in a city. I noticed I was reluctant to ever
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Apple’s Self Service Repair Program is Unabashedly Good
Yesterday Apple announced their Self Service Repair program, and I commented that I was waiting to see what others would
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Brave Builds in a Native Crypto Wallet
From Brave's announcement post:
Today, we launched the Brave Wallet, a crypto wallet built into the Brave desktop browser, enabling Brave users to store, manage, grow, and swap their crypto portfolio from a single wallet. Unlike most crypto wallets, the Brave Wallet does not require extensions; it’s browser-native, reducing security risks
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News Orgs Are Pulling Back Top Talent from Substack
Axios:
Pressure from new publishing platforms has finally pushed newsrooms to create programs that give writers more pay, autonomy and flexibility. Those changes are attracting some independent writers back to traditional news companies.
We had a whole wave of people leaving their jobs at major news sites and newspapers, and venture off on their own
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Microsoft Really, Really Wants You to Use Edge
Nick Heer:
In the latest build of Windows 11, Microsoft has blocked the methods used by EdgeDeflector and web browsers like Firefox. It is almost admirable how transparently anti-competitive Microsoft is being because, despite being the world’s most valuable company, it faces little scrutiny from regulators.
In case you're not following
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Apple Will Let You Repair Your Own iPhone
Apple PR:
“Creating greater access to Apple genuine parts gives our customers even more choice if a repair is needed,
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YouTube Totally Fixes Creator Abuse
YouTube announced they’re happy with the results of previous tests and are going to stop publicly showing dislike counts on videos:
Based on what we learned, we’re moving forward with making the dislike count private across YouTube–this means that the dislike button is staying, but the number of dislikes on a video
Groovz: Groovy Walls for Your Phone
Buy them on Gumroad now!
I was going to experiment with selling NFTs, but then I found out it costs
