January 13 - What I found this week
Thunderbolt is a tech that is so cool, but under appreciated for small scale deployment. This makes it a little more real.
Quit putting AI in everything!
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/24337033/lg-samsung-microsoft-copilot-smart-tvs-ces-2025
A great post on how Apple is screwing up AI/LLM deployment (I would say Might be screwing up). Apple builds in a way that allows services to be bolted on in very smart ways. The infrastructure is right, but the implimentation isn’t great, so we will see where it goes.
https://xeiaso.net/blog/2025/squandered-holy-grail/
Finally an alternative to taking an old iPad and putting it in single App mode for smart home use.
https://homekitnews.com/2025/01/06/aqara-announces-first-display-panel-for-the-us/
Handy tool for translating to Nato Alphabet so when you are handing out long strings of characters (Serial Numbers, order numbers etc.) People can understand you over even the crapiest of connections.
https://coconutlampshade.github.io/phonetic-alpha/index.html
Canada does this too. I am a fan of reasonable and effective regulation. When a companies motives are clearly profit, that is what companies do after all. There has to be a check to ensure that safety is not forgotten. Trust but prove it!