At least Nadella had something nice to say, hopefully bought the guy lunch. Gestures mean something with or without the sincerity.

reply to myself:

here's what I got:

I didn't expect much but I did expect a little more than this . . . lol

I'm in the middle of NIH/SBIR grant submission, and the process and number of forms is a nightmare. I was thinking of giving up on the application because we a very small lab and can't afford the time overhead to deal with this. I was just telling a friend this would be perfect opportunity to get agentic AI on it; let them fill out the damn forms.

Hugging Face break-in getting you down? we bought them and I'll straighten it out!

Rogue agents a worry? We got a watchdog circuit for you!

Think our mountain of cash is shameful! We will use it for stock buybacks!

The 70's, Dr. Demento radio on KMET in LA, after midnight if I remember right. Good for weird Al to survive with his sense of humor intact.

Also I would think these CEO comments put huge liability target on their companies. An easy case to prove that the companies knew the problems and did nothing.

And me with no mod points! A round of +5s on the house.

Too bad story didn't get into obvious and important background of any agreements in place, or if the math professor of the story had placed conditions in the settings of the AI about disclosure.

I think this was a black mirror episode.

But the watch is a hit for me. Why? because I don't have to carry my phone around. And you can add your debit/credit cards and do Apple Pay from your watch. In CA, you can add your drivers license and it shows up in your wallet, so does your proof of insurance for driving (if you have the app of course).

It's not perfect and sometimes I don't want any connectivity, but to me not having to carry my phone around is big deal.

n/t

Should have keep the Duo smaller, cheaper (way cheaper), with just enough screen to read email and essentials. A lost opportunity for the new CEO to shine in my view. We'll see how it turns out.

I still have my 13 mini. I just looked at Apple Store and I couldn't find physical dimension or weight of the Duo. But from the picks of the model holding it, the Duo has fatter aspect ratio. And you have two of them in your pocket. So my prediction is that it is about 20% wider (than 13mini) so mass would be 1.2*2*(141 grams) = 340 grams. For comparison, 17 Pro is 205 grams (I have one of those and it is really chunky to me.) So my guesstimate is that Duo weighs about 60% more than 17 Pro.

Than their vacuum cleaners.

Especially glucose, that has to be the worst.