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Comment Re:It's due to XCode 26.3 (Score 1) 36

Except, you have to purchase Claude Pro or Enterprise. Before, you could use the website for free without having to use the app.
Now, if you want to use agencic coding with XCode, you might as well download the app as well since you always carry and refer to their phone.

Now, I admit, it was a bit early in the morning when I first responded. Of course XCode isn't the sole reason. People are also reacting to the petty bullshit of the Trump admin appreciate Anthropic's response to the threat. But, people will drop money for only so long on an AI tool for their phone.

What is the more probable reason other than as a coding tool for the Apple ecosystem and XCode?

Honestly, I subscribed to an Anthropic account so I could use it with XCode (which was announced the other day). It is set up to use ChatGPT and Claude with the slide of toggle. But, you need a paid account for both. The agencic features have been in the betas. And, there is a big Apple event this week. In the end, a perfect storm.

 

Comment Re:Wait until it hits Powerball (Score 2) 84

If multiple people hit the Powerball jackpot, it is divided among the winners. They don't all get the jackpot amount so that would not bankrupt the system.

That being said, other prizes have specific cash denominations. And, others are multiplied by a PowerPlay multiplier by 1-5x (and, occasionally, 10x).

Still, it would take thousands if not millions of such winners to financially hurt the company.

And, I suspect there are rules that would trigger a fraud alert and render the drawing invalid.

Comment Re: Over (Score 1) 157

And, when did he buy his 2011 Mac? 2023?

I've been a Mac user since 1984 (and use Windows machines for work).
Every Intel based laptop and desktop I've used over the years has, eventually, failed.

I still own a 2017 MBP. Aside from a dying battery,,.it still runs.
After I replace the battery, it will become a Linux machine simply because it has reached Apple's expiration date.

I've replaced it with a 2019 MacMini to run the Parallels VMs that won't run on M4 Max MBP.
I blame that issue on Microsoft not supporting ARM64 with MS SQL on Windows11 ARM64.
I have to run MSSQL in a Linux Docker container. It works. I use Beekeeper to manage SQL since MS SQL management studio doesn't run in Windows on ARM. All my other dev tools work fine. Thankfully, I have plenty of RAM (64GB) and SSD space so my machine doesn't skip a beat.

Comment Saving time? (Score 1) 66

As was noted, it might save 3-7 hours a week. This sounds like a big benefit. Except, a human then has to proof read and correct the output and, thus, offsetting the time saved.

An upside to this is that the human becomes more involved in the company business and, perhaps, a better employee if they learn something during the correction process.

For developers, AI can save a lot of time. The other night, I had it code an iOS app for an idea I've been working on. It entailed some detailed cryptographic and math work. It made mistakes. A lot of them (like calling out things to change when a bug was found only for the code to change wasn't in the code it generated.).

Still, in about three hours, I had something working....correctly. Of course, what I saw was the PVSS process was ungodly slow on ios running on modern hardware...mainly because the algorithms used by the PVSS protocol don't run in the Secure Enclave and are native Swift code.

So, if I can't speed it up, I will have to limit where I use PVSS vs VSS vs simple Shamir Secret Sharing going forward.

So, on to profiling.

Still, it saved me many hours search for and generating the code for a prototype which I could see and evaluate the issue first hand.

Comment It's the overuse (Score 1) 61

Liquid Glass is okay. But, developers are using it where they shouldn't. Making lists and other items glassy is wrongs. Reserve it for buttons and panels. And, be sure to check contrast.

I have encountered several apps that seem to screw up when editing text in Ios26. But, these apps are reported to being built in Flutter and Electron rather than SwiftUI. Those tools don't handle Liquid Glass and, instead, try to emulate it with varying degrees of success.

On my Mac, I disable the transparency and go with tinted entirely.

Comment I shall offer my... (Score 1) 81

IPad Jock...for when you need a place to protect your iPad and junk.

$250 sports team edition - unwashed and signed
$230 personal - might be washed.

And, there is the MacBook Jersey.

Someone will surely want to buy one of these items.

Comment Re: I bought... (Score 1) 312

I wanted an EV and a somewhat luxurious and well equipped one at that.

Did not want to buy another gasoline powered vehicle-been doing that for over 40 years. It's my turn to own something nice since the divorce.

I sold my 12 year old Sonata (no damage). But, with 160K on it, it was eating oil after long trips (1-2 quarts every 500 miles or so) - known problem with the Hyundai Sonata.

Comment I bought... (Score 2) 312

My EV6 GT Line on Aug 31 simply because I wanted the benefit of the $7500 incentive. It made the price of a car I could barely afford suddenly affordable...well...sorta. Never thought I'd see the day I would spend $56K on a car before the incentive!

Now, I love the car. It's quick, has great range, and lots of cool features.

But, WTF are cars, especially EVs, so darned expensive? $725/mo for 6 years is a big nut. I remember when $300/mo was high.

And, while it's cheaper to charge than filling my former 12 yo car, it's not going to pay for itself.

Sheesh

Comment Re: Grade Inflation Or Something else? (Score 1) 125

When I was in college (stone tablet days), I had a Calc4 TA fail me. Didn't matter my tests and homework were 3.95. He instituted a mandatory attendance policy midway through the term and, with my not being there, I, like several others, didn't get the memo. Why didn't I go? I couldn't look at the dweeb without laughing (he dressed like a clown). I couldn't take him seriously. Yeahâ¦i should have. That, and I was doubled up on classes as I switched majors and needed to graduate on time.

So called âoeclassmatesâ didn't tell me eitherâ¦.one less âoeAâ to skew the curve in a competitive engineering school. Not that I was an âoeAâ student by any meansâ¦âB/Câ in many other classes. I was just good in Calc4.

I'd show up for tests (and, ace them) and turn in my homework. But, I got screwed for not coming to class. Had to retake the course.

Learned my lesson.

Didn't take Differential equations with him as my TA.

Comment Re: A question for people familiar with cryptology (Score 2) 38

A QC running Shor's (or similar) might be able to crack public key crypto. But, ephemeral connections use symmetric encryption (ie AES). This is not believed to be QC crackable.

If the key is generated ephemerally for each conversation (DH or MIL-KEM), each conversation would need to be cracked individually. It's called forward secrecy.

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