Comment Re:How Many Hats Do I Have? (Score 1) 24
Bartholomew Cubbins, is that you?
Comment Okay, but (Score 1) 24
Can I get it to mix in the occasional random "Here's what I found on the web" response, just for old times sake?
Submission + - Apple Announces macOS Golden Gate 27, Drops Support For Intel Macs (appleinsider.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Apple has unveiled its next Mac operating system, macOS Golden Gate, with Apple promising better performance, the improved Siri, and more. The new macOS 27 has been revealed during the WWDC 2026 opening keynote, and while not as substantial a new release as macOS Tahoe, it does bring some key new features to the Mac. It also continues Apple's edging of its platforms closer together, with more iPhone features making their way to macOS.
Specifically, the Mac is part of the Apple ecosystem-wide child protection features, such as having parents limiting access to apps. But it also means that the Mac gains Siri AI, the new cross-platform update to Siri that promises to radically improve it. Instead of the old "Type to Siri" feature, users can now enter prompts into Spotlight. [...] Nonetheless, other than Siri AI, this release is refinement more than a departure. That means it does of course retain the Liquid Glass design look that was introduced in 2025.
On the surface, macOS Golden Gate is not as significant an upgrade as macOS Big Sur, or even macOS Tahoe with its Liquid Glass redesign. But under the surface, it is much more significant than it seems. Apple has chosen this release to draw a line in the sand. For the first time, the new macOS Golden Gate will not support Macs that have Intel processors. [...] Nonetheless, as of when this is released to the public in September or October, no Intel Macs will ever be supported again.
Specifically, the Mac is part of the Apple ecosystem-wide child protection features, such as having parents limiting access to apps. But it also means that the Mac gains Siri AI, the new cross-platform update to Siri that promises to radically improve it. Instead of the old "Type to Siri" feature, users can now enter prompts into Spotlight. [...] Nonetheless, other than Siri AI, this release is refinement more than a departure. That means it does of course retain the Liquid Glass design look that was introduced in 2025.
On the surface, macOS Golden Gate is not as significant an upgrade as macOS Big Sur, or even macOS Tahoe with its Liquid Glass redesign. But under the surface, it is much more significant than it seems. Apple has chosen this release to draw a line in the sand. For the first time, the new macOS Golden Gate will not support Macs that have Intel processors. [...] Nonetheless, as of when this is released to the public in September or October, no Intel Macs will ever be supported again.
Comment Re:These are NOT the same things (Score 1) 96
Sam Altman's use of the same words may be more troublesome. He sometimes sounds like he understands the risks there.
Sam Altman is a sociopath that isn't quite able to reach the "high functioning" metric.
Comment Re:Because State ownership of the means (Score 1) 96
if the USSR is anything today it is ascendent.
I wish I had funny mod points to give you - that's the most hilarious thing I've read all week!
Comment Re: Blame and cost shifting (Score 3, Informative) 96
Trump's self-worth has basically doubled since he was sworn in the second time. He's pretty obviously making copious use of insider knowledge, accompanied by vast amounts of pure grift.
He's probably recently invested in OpenAI through some shell scheme, and is now looking to drive the value up even more.
Comment Re:So let them fail (Score 2) 109
Dear Claude,
Please outline an algorithm that you currently cannot solve that human intuition could implement within a class assignment.
Optionally write a flawed test harness for the algorithm that if implemented as proposed would catastrophically fail the task.
Comment Re:...and other thing... (Score 1) 25
By the developer who made Serenity OS.
But a browser that runs on Linux but accepts no contributions is no better than any of the closed source Chromium derivatives. No distro is going to bother carrying un-upstreamed patches in their packages. Revisit in a couple of years if the project reaches maturity.
I guess they can still pry Firefox from my cold dead hands. Or pipe-dreams of Servo on Redox OS (rust all the way down).
Comment Re: Seriously? (Score 1, Insightful) 72
Hopefully we'll get the chance to find out!
Comment Re:Fuck You ALL (Score 1) 26
Who came out unscathed from the last financial crisis due to all the "legal protections"?
There basically were no legal protections in place in 2008 - they'd all been largely removed by the government (both parties) over time. The problem was a lack of regulation.
To some degree, that got addressed afterward... but then Trump 1 and 2 have done their best to roll the protections back.
Comment Re:Legitimizing the grift. (Score 1) 26
Yep. It really pisses me off and freaks me out that we've let so many grifters take over.
While it bothers me too, I expect (most of) it will get rapidly unwound after January 2029.
Comment Some hackers broke the encryption (Score 3, Funny) 49
But all that's stored in that message field is 867-5309.
Comment Re:Question (Score 0) 48
Due to the design philosophy of the Zvezda module
AKA "everyone involved was drunk at the time".
Comment This story was posted hours ago (Score 1) 48
And yet, somehow... still no mention of duct tape. I am PROFOUNDLY disappointed in all of you.
Comment If bees can really use tools... (Score 4, Funny) 48
They should learn to wield tiny swords to fend off those Asian Murder Hornets.
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