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From the Elon Musk vs. OpenAI depositions, there are a couple more details around the firing of Sam Altman, but it appears mostly the same drama. Smoke but no fire. However, there was this fact that I did not know:
According to the deposition, during Altman’s ouster, Anthropic reached out with a proposal to merge with OpenAI and take over leadership of the company.
Listening to the final episode of Under the Radar. Congrats to David and Marco on a great 10-year run!
Leaning heavily into the YOLO mindset for travel planning right now.
The second of three big things for today: updated Mac app! This has the movies and TV show search that I previewed earlier this week.
Added one of the oldest requested features to Micro.blog today: editing the slug for a post. There’s a new page for managing URL paths. A couple other things will go here later, like batch delete, to avoid cluttering the main editing interface.
I went to see a discussion between Matt Mullenweg and John Borthwick, two people from tech who I have worked with, but hadn't seen in a while. I wanted to chat with both of them, and did, which was well-worth the journey. I liveblogged it. My chat with Matt helped me understand what we're doing. One of the things we talked about is an idea I thought he would understand and love. It relates to their podcasting client, Pocket Casts, which I use.
I went to NYC yesterday, drove both ways in the same day, which is a lot of driving. It was exceptional for me, two big cities in three weeks, Ottawa and New York. Had time to sit in Washington Square Park, then I rode a Citibike up to where I used to live near Columbus Circle. On the way I shot a video of a woman on West St with a sign that said Honk For Democracy. I thought it was a nice shot, and typically NYers drove right by her, no honking, unfortunately. I also shot a video in Washington Square Park. NYC is photogenic, interesting, and still where I come from, proudly.
Good morning! Coffee at Houndstooth. Big day, going to release the new Mac app and blog about the upcoming video hosting. Maybe a new web feature too. ☕️
📍 Checked in at Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin, Berlin.
“Fáilte go Knocka, fáilte go Knocka, gaelteacht nua i dtuisceart na cathrach!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH772P6YbMQ
(Tá Kneecap ceart go leor, ach is fearr liom Kabin Crew!)
📍 Checked in at Mom's Creation, Berlin, Berlin.
📍 Checked in at Schlesischer Busch, Berlin, Berlin.
📍 Checked in at Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin, Berlin.
When you think about it, the phrase “earning a living” is really quite vile.
Reading I Am Legend by Richard Matheson.
Watched the first quarter of Spurs / Lakers but can’t stay up for the whole game. It’s not helping that the sun seems to set at 5pm now. 🏀
