@theory @jacob I think that’s right, on par with the notion of one’s “carbon footprint.” It’s not that the per-query cost isn’t useful or in demand (it is both), but it can mislead and mis-assign culpability.

The more I learn about atmospheric chemistry, the more terrified and angry I am about satellite companies' blatant lack of consideration for how their actions will harm the atmosphere. I hope this gets a lot of press. Great work by a whole team of scientists, including @astrokiwi.bsky.social!

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-025-01098-6.epdf

@jacob FWIW, I put zero stock in this because Altman isn’t credible. He’ll provide the numbers that make investors and critics happy. But I am glad he’s talking about it, and I hope this spurs more independent analyses.

@monkeyninja @krusynth It’s six feet of bubble tape! For you [people over 40], not them [children]!

@monkeyninja I had 400 mg for breakfast at 5:30. But I’m still hungry so perhaps another 400 mg would help.

@Meyerweb Spotlight routinely fails to find things that I know are on my computer. It's just not reliable.

@nelson It's amazing that it took so long for anybody else to replicate it, on iOS or elsewhere. Maybe the level of integration with telephony makes it difficult...? IDK.

OK, the WWDC iOS call screening announcement is great. You'll be able to prompt unknown callers to say who they are and why they're calling, and then you'll get a notification where you can accept the call or reject it. That'll be a great life upgrade.

@saschameinrath oh ffs

@joebeone @mathowie Every time I'm surprised at how short it is.

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@mathowie That Will Forte sketch was great. I've seen some very funny PowerPoint karaoke ("battledecks”) attempts—incorporating that into a sketch was a really good idea.

@paulschreiber Thanks, Paul!

@generalx Thank you!

@jqheywood They did a great job of covering that! I love that ProPublica lets their journalists put so much time into reporting these.

It’s 2025 and I can’t sign up for a T-Mobile free trial because their form doesn’t think that a two character last name is a valid name. 🙄

I wrote a love letter to the tenacity of the Direct File team. I might have rambled even longer, but I kept getting distracted by new messages in the DF alumni group chat. https://chrisgiven.com/2025/06/saying-goodbye/

Rule 2: Don't try to express legal codes as YAML, and that includes JSON (which is a subset of YAML).
https://jawns.club/@bendystraw/114636326882693368

@GeePawHill 🤯

I've been writing x++ for damned near 40 years and never once stopped to think about it.

I'm looking for security consultant recommendations! I support a non-profit that’s building PII-storing open source software that integrates with government data storage systems, and they would like a third-party security assessment. This is *not* about compliance, this is straight-up wanting somebody to review their code and practices, try to break in, etc. If you've worked a small or single-person (read as: not really expensive) consultant you'd recommend for this, I'd love to hear about them.