Specifically identifying the “pervert glasses” as “pervert Meta Ray-bans” would kill these products even faster. Associating Ray-bans with perversion would surely be a deal breaker.

I use it pretty regularly at home, and haven’t seen anything that significant other than the premium templates being highlighted in the sidebar when you create a new document.

I did run into a scenario where you had the option to preview smart features while editing thereby showing you how it could be applicable in the immediate short term, but then annoyingly removed the data entered if you didn’t want to subscribe. Otherwise it works about the same as you’d come to expect the software to run.

True. I don’t spend as much time these days word processing as I used to, but I really should get around to downloading libre office.

I found that Pages and Numbers work just fine for me at home, and it comes included with my Mac. And if I’m truly desperate, Google Docs and Sheets are always a viable alternative.

TMTG is also active in financial services, and the company announced US$2.5 billion in funding a year ago to invest in cryptocurrencies, one of Trump’s recent passions.

According to its filing, TMTG generated US$900,000 in revenue during the first quarter, a paltry amount for a company valued at US$2.47 billion on the stock market.

And suspiciously interesting,

TMTG said in December that it is merging with the American company TAE, which is developing nuclear fusion technology.

Claundering?

Yes*

*some exclusions apply

I’m surprised the Ask Jeeves brand never became an AI chatbot.

*Cue They’re Taking the Hobbits to Isengard* 😎🥳🤘

We all knew it was coming, but what a time to pass the baton. Good luck, John.

I originally interpreted the lyrics as a view of commodified education where the prerequisite for a lot of jobs nowadays require a degree or two just to get past the AI review process.

I didn’t mean to come off as knocking the pursuit of higher education. I mean I probably deserve it quoting a Kanye song! My wife has applied for her Masters next year, and I’m looking into the process of upgrading my advanced diploma into a degree myself. It just makes me laugh with frustration at how the ladder for success keeps adding rungs the higher you climb it.

This sort of reminds me of that Kanye West School Spirit Skit about learning:

You keep it going man, you keep those books rolling 
You pick up those books you’re going to read 
And not remember, and you roll man 
You get that associate’s degree, okay 
Then you get your bachelor’s, then you get your master’s 
Then you get your master’s masters 
Then you get your doctorate

You go man, and then when everybody says quit 
You show them those degrees man 
When everybody says, "hey, you’re not working 
“You’re not making any money” 
You say, “look at my degrees and you look at my life 
Yeah, I’m 52, so what?”

Hate all you want 
But I’m smart, I’m so smart, and I’m in school 
These guys are out here, huh 
Making money all these ways, and I’m spending mine to be smart 
You know why? 
Because when I die, buddy 
You know what’s gonna keep me warm? 
That’s right, those degrees

There’s actually a term for this kind of behaviour. It’s called a desire path.

Imagine taking a deuce then getting into a rollover accident immediately afterwards!

Support is kind of topical at the moment if you’re deep into the Kindle Store. Honestly, it’s bullshit to get you to buy a new device.

Kindle e-readers and Kindle Fire tablets from 2012 or before will no longer have access to the Kindle Store to buy, borrow, or download new books or content.

Which models are losing support?

• Kindle Paperwhite 1st Generation (2012)
• Kindle 5 (2012)
• Kindle Touch (2011)
• Kindle 4 (2011)
• Kindle Keyboard (2010)
• Kindle DX and DX Graphite (2009 and 2010)
• Kindle 1st Generation (2007)
• Kindle Fire HD 8.9 (2012)
• Kindle Fire HD 7 (2012)
• Kindle Fire 2nd Gen (2012)
• Kindle Fire 1st Gen (2011)

ETA Kindle Fire tablet info

If you happen to read manga on your phone, you may be surprised how capable your old ereader might actually be.

It’s open source software that lets you read epubs and cbz files natively without conversions, bypass Amazon’s “Send to Kindle” feature, and came at a time when Amazon was removing books from people’s devices. Koreader also has Calibre plugin support to transfer books that way as well (though this isn’t something I haven’t set up just yet).

Overall it provides a bit more granular control over your devices if you like to tinker, and provides an extended lifeline for devices Amazon may have stopped supporting.

I guess a good follow-up question might be what other regions aren’t on Apple Maps?

I installed Koreader on my Kindle Paperwhite 3 a couple months ago, and it has made me use my device so much more now. There’s only 3GB of storage to play with, so it’s not like I can carry my manga and comic libraries with me, but it’s breathed new life into my epub collection. Honestly, most useful upgrade I’ve made in a long time.

How kind of the government to provide these tools to ordinary citizens.