Jimmy Cerone
@jrcii
Software Dev who loves to write, read, and hang with doggos.
Jimmy Cerone
Yes, Apple created the iPhone and the App Store and, under current U.S. antitrust doctrine, almost certainly has the right to impose whatever taxes it wishes on third parties, including 30% on purchases and the first year of subscriptions, and completely cutting off developers from their customers. Antitrust law, though, while governed by Supreme
... See moreBen Thompson • United States v. Apple
our laws are so unwieldily that we cannot properly target companies for their anti-trust problems.
People are starving. To run in the dark across grassy fields holding sizzling sparklers up to the stars, dive into the deep cold blue sea, curl up on the couch with a good book, a big mug of tea, and a nest of blankets near a crackling fireplace. Return to the pure presence of childhood. Experiencing for the sake of experiencing. Unaccountable to... See more
Tommy Dixon • the end of our extremely online era.
Air conditioning is a good example of a fixable problem. One of the biggest issues with AC is that most countries don’t set minimum standards for energy efficiency; of course, people tend to buy cheaper models, which often have very poor efficiency. If policies were updated, the energy demand caused by AC units would drop by 45 percent by 2050.
Bill Gates • How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need (Random House Large Print)
The first month we spent in the house, my grandfather would walk straight in every day without knocking. After a month, he settled for the cellar. We sat in the kitchen and heard him go around down there, moving tools about. Later still, we saw him lurk on the path down the hill, watching the house from afar. He stopped a little further up the hill
... See moreHenrik Karlsson • Relationships Are Coevolutionary Loops
I think this is my favorite paragraph. i wish we could all say goodbye to places and people like this. slowly and with care.
Heating and air conditioning account for half of residential consumption, which is why the single best thing we could do for the energy budget is to keep the heat
Vaclav Smil • Numbers Don't Lie
It would be a lot easier to expand our use of solar and wind energy if we had better ways to store the large quantities of electricity we’d need to cover gaps in the flow of that energy.
Vaclav Smil • Numbers Don't Lie
“The secret to change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” Dan Millman
Thomas Klaffke • How To Think About Change
Might need to get this tattooed.
Wait, how long did it take them to get their first 500 customers? Two and a half years?
Yes. In fact, after ending 2006 with just 3 (three!) customers, they ended the next year with only 48 (source). That’s less than one a week on average. For a year.
Jason Cohen • A Smart Bear » It's a Torturous Chaos Until It Isn't
You could see AI making an exact replica of The Room and it having none of the value, because it wasn't made by someone. Because there was no human-led deviation between what was attempted and what was made. That deviation, in art and in life, is what makes us so damn human.
Alex Dobrenko` • Will AI Replace the Artist?
I actually think this is pro-AI, in that it ringfences it. AI can make fun sounds, but it can’t create real stories.