Leaked Image of the First Post-Humane-Acquisition Product From HP’s Printer Division
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/02/20/hp-humane
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A screenshot from an article on The Verge that reads: “Humane will go down in the annals of tech history as one of the most spectacular gadget failures of all time, up there with Quibi, the Fire Phone, and the Apple Newton.”
The words “and the Apple Newton” are highlighted.
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I think I complained about this same thing in the past. Maybe this article is a reprint/rehash? https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/615135/humane-ai-pin-shutdown-disaster
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@siracusa had the same thought. super lazy take.
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L take from the Verge.
@siracusa lol the Apple Newton was at least a decent PRODUCT for its time! Humane was just.. stupid.
Another day, another opportunity to learn something new.
Today I learned about heat tint in stainless steel cookware.
Bought my first stainless steel pan in December.
Background: I learned to cook with cast iron when I was young. Started making breakfast, fried eggs and bacon when I was 8 years old. Eventually started cooking on non-stick cookware.
Now looking at alternatives to non-stick cookware.
https://madeincookware.com/blogs/the-dreaded-rainbow-stain-and-how-to-fix-it
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@redcrew For frying of any sort I still use a big ol’ cast-iron frying pan. Every year or so I or someone screws up the seasoning and we have to re-season, which is dead easy. But in normal use, nothing sticks to it. And if it’s discolored you can’t tell. I hate cooking on stainless, have real trouble keeping things from sticking.
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@timbray That's what I'm discovering with stainless steel, things stick to it.
I might end up returning to cast iron. The weight of the cast iron pan is more of an issue for me (similar to when I was 8 years old).
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But to address the elephant: if the discoloration is simply cosmetic, who cares?! Cooking is a functional art, and it doesn't matter what goes on "behind the curtain". If your pans are discolored and it's affected your food, you need to investigate those manufacturers, because that should not happen!
The bookstore has a dedicated sci-fi and fantasy section, but witches and vampires seem to live in the regular fiction section. They should just label the sections man books and lady books to avoid confusion.
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I suppose most people have seen this: https://www.theverge.com/news/612898/amazon-removing-kindle-book-download-transfer-usb
Follow-up question: Anyone out there with hands-on experience for de-DRM-ing downloaded books on MacOS? There seem to be a few tools out there, all a little on the sketchy side. I could do this on Linux if the tools are better there.
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@timbray The de-DRMing is a hint fiddly to initially set up but pretty rock solid once you do it and as simple as drag and drop. I found the process of actually downloading the files in quantity to be the really hard part. There’s a bit of python on GitHub that works well enough, though you either need to read Chinese or make liberal use of google translate.
I did it not long ago for my 2000+ kindle books. Look in some of my recent past toots to a link to a write up I did of the process
(And as previously mentioned, the Calibre plugins make the whole process much easier, too.)
Haha, so I installed Calibre, installed the DeDRM plugin, and as soon as I click on "Customize plugin", Calibre insta-crashes. This is sketchy territory.
Quid Pro Cybertruck
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/02/13/quid-pro-cybertruck
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(I am definitely not a Trump supporter, but giving this non-story another leg to continue upon is not helping anything.)
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@robert @daringfireball no matter when it was started, it can’t go ahead without being corruption.
Capita declared yesterday they would save a quarter of a billion pounds using generative AI and even the shareholders were like ‘I think we should put the bong down’.
3014. Arizona Chess [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
title text: Sometimes, you have to sacrifice pieces to gain the advantage. Sometimes, to advance ... you have to fall back.
(https://xkcd.com/3014)
(https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3014)
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4 panel comic
Two people (hat and no hair) sitting across from each other at a chess board with a chess clock on the table. A projection of the times is on the wall above them.
times left on the clock the start of each panel given first
1. 6:35 , 0:28
Hat says "It's late. I'm up a pawn, and you're out of time, it's over."
No hair replies "Ah, you're forgetting something."
2. 6:35 , 0:19
No hair continues "Did you know building straddles the Arizona border? It actually runs right through the table. You're on the Arizona side."
3. 6:35 , *beep*
No hair continues "This tournament started Saturday, November 2nd. Now it's almost 2AM on the 3rd. And there's something you should know about Arizona."
4. 6:35 , 60:07
Hat yells "What?! No! That's not how...No!!"
No hair replies "Looks like it's daylight slaying time." As they pick up a chess piece.
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3014. Arizona Chess [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
@xkcdbot Really hate DST.
(I have no real attachment to them, and would happily migrate if there is someone better recommended.)
eo_XX-UTF8, but that's just a guess.