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716: Take the Null
https://atp.fm/716

More on the iPhone Duo (including its durability), more analysis of the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, and John Ternus' leadership so far.

@atpfm The whole Siri AI rant made no mention of the big changes with AppIntents made in 27.3. Guessing this was recorded before that announcement? Hopping for a follow up on this in your next episode and to hear your thoughts on how it’ll improve AppIntents you have already written.

@crow610 It’s been in the notes document since it was announced. We’ll get to it eventually.

@siracusa I’m excited to try it out and hope that we no longer have to rely on phrases to trigger our AppIntents

@bartreardon @atpfm @siracusa when he’s right, he’s right.

@atpfm
Have you guys ever mused over Gurmin’s source? Other whistleblowers get sacked & prosecuted. Gurmin’s source must be high up or officially sanctioned, surely.

@greg_cunneen Who says it’s just one source?

@atpfm so that’s “guy who used a Vision Pro on a train says he doesn’t feel self conscious using a Duo in public” 😂

@atpfm Why Siri AI will never replace a proper LLM for me:

I encountered this problem: my in-laws captured several TV programs from their satellite service and wanted them in Plex for viewing.

Most are items like theater recordings unlikely to appear elsewhere, and many lack metadata on sites such as MovieDB.

I tested this: ChatGPT (Claude would have functioned just as well): I have these recordings; can you organize them into the Plex library?

Then the surprising moments occurred: it asked me:
Do you want to trim the recording to the actual show (there are always 10–20 minutes before or after)? — YES!
Do you want me to remove the ads? — YES
Do you want me to sync the audio and video? (a major issue when watching recordings from European satellite) — YES

While doing this, it noted: and by the way: your library has several mismatched episodes (mostly incorrect sorting, two episodes in one file, …). Do you want me to fix this as well? — YES!!! (it’s mostly children’s TV like Paw Patrol); it corrected 220 episodes (I checked).
🤯

@atpfm On 2021 models, you could fit the entire previous screen rectangle below the notch and round corners. Apps in full screen *only* used that area. Side by side today, it seems the new corners purely eat into the old max-rectangle area. When viewing media of the right ratio, it ducks below the island (lower from the top than the notch) but can no longer be rectangular at the bottom. Full screen apps have controls truncated. Utterly baffling. I’d been looking forward to OLED MacBooks so long!

@atpfm I kid you not. Just happened
Me: “Timer for 4 minutes”
Siri AI: “Timer for 9 hours, 46 minutes and 32 seconds starting now”

@atpfm Siri AI in Shortcuts allowed me to create a few workflows I wanted just by describing what I wanted them to do in English. It’s good for that.

I use Claude for most AI stuff, except that I use the Gemini app as a pseudo-search function for questions that a Google search would be useful for. I use Kagi for my general searches.