The 20 Best Food Scenes in Movies. Ratatouille, Big Night, When Harry Met Sally, Tampopo, etc. What’s missing?
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• John Gruber
★ Apple Exclaves and the Secure Design of the MacBook Neo’s On-Screen Camera Indicator
Some camera-equipped Apple devices have dedicated camera indicator lights. E.g. recent MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs have them in the notch, next to the camera itself. The Studio Display has one in the bezel, next to its camera. Other devices — like iPhones and, now, the Mac...
Tiny Puppet Sound
Would you like to watch a puppet DJ a chill set of French house music in cool workplace meeting space? Trick question because of course you would. This went right into my Underscore collection. (via undermanager)
Germany and UK tell Trump this is 'not Nato's war'
Germany and Britain say the war against Iran has nothing to do with Nato and the alliance won't be taking part in any effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. But the UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, said London was working with individual allies on a plan to secure the vital ...
“Pay enough, and you can jump to the front of the...
“Pay enough, and you can jump to the front of the queue for almost anything.” Concierge Nation: Welcome to White-Glove America. “Exclusivity — even if it comes at the cost of social cohesion — is the business model.”
“This Is Not The Computer For You”
Maybe it’s because I’m a little bit allergic to hype, but I just now got around to reading this review of the Macbook Neo by Sam Henri Gold that absolutely everyone has been recommending and, well, this might be the best product review ever written?
The consensus is reason...
Queen Ant Clones Another Species
This ant queen runs one of the strangest genetic systems in nature. She produces queens, hybrid workers, and even male clones of another species to mate with future generations. 🐜
#kurzgesagt
#inanutshell #kurzgesagt_inanutshell #learnwithshorts #science #ants #antvideo #clo...
The Trump regime is deliberately destroying the...
The Trump regime is deliberately destroying the scientific community in the US. “This is not efficiency. This is not streamlining. This is the systematic elimination of scientific stewardship at the world’s largest biomedical research funder.”
How coding agents work
Agentic Engineering Patterns >
As with any tool, understanding how coding agents work under the hood can help you make better decisions about how to apply them.
A coding agent is a piece of software that acts as a harness for an LLM, extending that LLM with additional...
15.03.2026
Features | The Verge
• Arielle Duhaime-Ross
My fitness tracker is a secret weapon against my chronic illness
One of the first major crashes I experienced as a chronically ill person happened on an unusually sunny January day in New York City. It was 2023, and I was riding my bike with a friend, flying high from the exercise. We'd covered just over 40 miles on mostly flat ground, a longish ride, but […]
John M. Mossman Lock Collection
Museum: John M. Mossman Lock Collection
The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York is home to the John M. Mossman Lock Collection, likely the world's largest collection of antique bank locks.
Tags: museums
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• John Gruber
CHM Live: Apple at 50
David Pogue absolutely killed it hosting this live event last week. Glad I saved it to watch on my TV. Special guests include Chris Espinosa, John Sculley, and Avie Tevanian. A legit treat.
What is agentic engineering?
Agentic Engineering Patterns >
I use the term agentic engineering to describe the practice of developing software with the assistance of coding agents.
What are coding agents? They're agents that can both write and execute code. Popular examples include Claude Code, O...
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• John Gruber
Finalist 3.6
My thanks to Finalist for sponsoring last week at Daring Fireball. Finalist is a remarkable, ambitious, and novel app for iPhone, iPad, and the Mac from indie developer Slaven Radic. It’s a planner — a digital take on traditional paper planners — that (with permission) pulls...
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• John Gruber
Blaming AI for Layoffs: ‘It Plays Better’
Resume.org, summarizing their survey of 1,000 U.S. hiring managers:
59% admit they emphasize AI when explaining hiring freezes or layoffs because it plays better with stakeholders than citing financial constraints.
Reminds me of the “Not Me” ghost in Bil Keane’s The Family Circus comic strip.
Link: resume.org/the-great-turnover-9-in-10-companies-plan-to…
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• John Gruber
Horace Dediu on Apple Sitting Out the AI Spending Race
asymco.com/2026/03/10/the-most-brilliant-move-in-corporate-history/
Horace Dediu, under the headline “The Most Brilliant Move in Corporate History?”:
Apple used to be the biggest capex spender, mainly because
it paid for most of the property plant and equipment in the
factories that made its phones and computers. [...]
But that all chan...
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• John Gruber
Reuters: ‘Meta Planning Sweeping Layoffs as AI Costs Mount’
reuters.com/business/world-at-work/meta-planning-sweeping-layoffs-ai-costs-mount-2026-03-14/
Katie Paul, Jeff Horwitz and Deepa Seetharaman, reporting for Reuters:
Meta is planning sweeping layoffs that could affect 20% or more
of the company, three sources familiar with the matter told
Reuters, as Meta seeks to offset costly artificial intelligence
infrastruct...
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• John Gruber
‘This Is Not the Computer for You’
samhenri.gold/blog/20260312-this-is-not-the-computer-for-you/?ref=birchtree.me
Sam Henri Gold:
Nobody starts in the right place. You don’t begin with the correct
tool and work sensibly within its constraints until you
organically graduate to a more capable one. That is not how
obsession works. Obsession works by taking whatever is available
and pre...
Attacks continue after Trump says Iran deal not good enough
After President Trump said Iran seemed ready to make a deal to end the war but the terms weren't good enough, Tehran has been carrying out further missile and drone strikes on US allies across the Middle East. The Iranian foreign minister has denied that Iran has targeted ci...