Cris 
Ex-pat | Apple Enthusiast | Knitter | Aspiring App Developer | Gamer | 40+
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Radical Left Scum
Please, anyone, explain this to me like I'm stupid.
1. Journaling is a practice of mindfulness.
2. AI has been proven *repeatedly* to be so destructive to mindfulness as to cause the cognitive decline of users.
3. Day One, one of if not *the* most widely used and highly rated journaling tools on Apple platforms, has rolled out AI-assisted journaling.
Help me to understand.
I'm loving the 8bitdo mechanical keyboard, but the temptation to shell out for an entire keycap set so that I can replace the modifier keys is powerful
I would be fine if I never heard Siri say the phrase “smiley happy” to me ever again.
Ads in Apple Maps eliminates a key reason for me sticking with that over Google Maps or Waze.
I’ve been down an Emacs rabbit whole for almost a week now. I don’t think there’s a single problem or need I have that isn’t able to be solved much more simply by Obsidian, but man do I love the IDEA of doing it all with Emacs.
AI is literally making its users stupider. This is a known thing. I don't think it’s even a controversial take at this point. I just cannot understand why people are still investing it with their time and dollars.
I hope I never find out what percentage of the jobs I’ve applied for were just data collection schemes shoveling applications and resumes into AI training