Jack Fields

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Rumor has it the next iPhone is getting another camera button.

As much as I love AirTags, get a proper GPS meant for vehicle tracking. You can hardwire them into the vehicle’s power so you don’t have worry about them running out of juice and they don’t rely on the FindMy network which would require 1. Other people nearby and 2. Notifying…

Memoizing functions sounds like uwu-ification of memorizing.

From artistic perspective, it's cool to see this being tried. As a movie lover, this is a terrible idea. Anyone remember the episode of Modern Family that was entirely on Claire's devices?

This is sort of already happening. People are cutting back on emdashes because they don't pass the smell test. The word "delve" is on the way out. It's only a matter of time before the models start regressing because they are being trained on poorer writing.

It took me far too long to see but now that I know it's there, I can't NOT see it.

The only true solution is Change Requests.

One more reason to despise teams.

I was asked by a company to execute a phishing campaign on job candidates during the interview process. They wanted to reject anyone who didn’t pass. I declined the contract.

It’s astounding how many people don’t know you can replace the batteries. There are thousands of people that simply throw them away and buy another. I wish I were joking.

Only because you allowed it.

Having to use Firefox just so the @udemy video player actually works is bordering on criminal.

This logo is getting sunset next week so they can announce another one.