v55 - I'm a good guyjin

We cut our trip a day short, so I found myself with a totally free day with no plans. Naturally, I wasted it by recording a 3-hour podcast. Dang. I always enjoy shooting the shit with/at you, and if you'd like to be a more active participant in the shit-shooting, then hit me up at podcast@searls.co. Really, I'll be nicer to you than I am to Sam Altman and Tang Tan. I promise. Back to manually writing links. The zen of monotonous input tasks is suddenly something to be cherished in the current era. Mandibular Advancement Device Better With Becky Why doesn't the U.S. have small elevators like Europe and China? (News+) My 240hz gaming QD-OLED (and this bizarre Reddit review) App market share is tough apparently Aaron's puns, ranked Apple Upgrade Program Apple might lojack your phone They promise not to, though Apple's MapKit tech will underlie Ford's EV platform Tim Cook EGOTed (EGOT's origin) The Information on Apple's Unusual Use of iCloud for Confidential Work (Archive) OpenAI: Apple is getting this wrong Google adds selfie as a login mechanism A Missing Underscore Sent Innocent Man To Prison GrapheneOS Defends Data-Wiping Function That Blocked US Border Search (Plausible deniability, meanwhile) YouTuber Hank Green says his AI usage is 'not healthy' Prevent cognitive debt by manually retyping LLM-generated code Gas Town was a fucking joke Ed Zitron seems too sure that markets are rational Square Enix denies claims its Kingdom Hearts Collection artwork was AI-generated, blames 'human error' YouTube labels Kurzsegagt AI slop (Real Engineering's reaction video) OpenAI's Astra Solved Decades-Old Math Problems For $2,000 Xbox's 'disc to digital' feature could be coming as soon as this month Halo: Campaign Evolved Jurassic World Rebirth 金曜ロードショー Chicken Ramen commercials Lazy Kickers The Hot Spot Ohashi Trio Apple Music Spotify Ocarina of Time soundtrack by the Beatuls The Prime Minister of Japan does not sleep (forgot to actually answer the fucking question, oops)