Spent the last few months reading about neuroscience. I realized I didn't understand how dopamine works. Now that I do, 2 points:
- the human brain is incredible in its adaptability
- the environment around phones and social media is the hardest it's ever had to work
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The increasing number of websites with no RSS feeds sadden me. =|
inessential: Retirement and NetNewsWire
https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/953b658a-579b-4b3c-b280-43b3781babf3 lovely idea to provide a NotebookLM notebook for the Google IO announcements. Sadly, that mind map is not the best.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.labs.language.tailwind
Google released NotebookLM as a standalone app on Android with iOS "coming soon."
I love notebooklm. This is exciting. #notebooklm
My shocking discovery today - almost any app on ios and android can programmatically take a screenshot without you, the user, ever knowing.
What’s this new silent addition to location permissions you’ve defaulted to “on” apple?
#apple #privacy 

The iPhone 17 Air looks a lot like the Nexus 6p, even more than a pixel IMHO. #iphone #nexus6p #android


TIL: Zen phones home far more than any other browser. I don’t think it is nefarious, but phoning home is resource consumption. Go with degoogled chromium / Orion / Tor if you really care.
#browser #chrome #zen #orion
Web Browser telemetry - 2025 edition - sizeof(cat)
These days, my favorite dopamine hit is to vibe code my own local chrome extensions to do simple things. This one is to get a specific archive of the current url. #chrome #web 


Particle News
Particle News: Where Winds Meet Closed Beta Announced for May on PC and PS5
The Wuxia-themed RPG from Everstone Studio will hold its second beta test from May 16-19, with sign-ups open for players in select regions until Ma...

Particle News
Particle News: Bungie Confirms Marathon Won’t Require PSN Account on PC and Xbox
The studio’s upcoming extraction shooter prioritizes accessibility ahead of its April 12 gameplay reveal.
Seriously, wtf Whatsapp. Why are you introducing dark patterns into search just to get people using Meta AI. #sigh #whatsapp 


Daniel's Journal
How To Hide "Disable Your Adblocker" Pages with Safari Hide Distracting Items
Several years back, I set up AdGuard Home primarily to encrypt my DNS traffic. Along the way, I realized that blocking all those trackers also mean...
Between the weird wallpaper bug and this one: , it sure looks like mac OS 15.4 introduces new bugs despite closing many.
Luke’s Wild Website
macOS randomly drops the IPv6 default route
While studying networking in preparation for a Cisco certification, I’ve been trying to track down an intermittent issue with IPv6 on my home net...

Threads
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Sources: AI coding startup Replit is in talks with investors to raise about $200M at a $3B valuation, almost triple its last valuation (Bloomberg)
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I worked around the "sync failed" issue on iOS after the latest @pocketcasts.com update. Logout and log back in!
@pocketcasts.com - iOS keeps saying “Sync failed” since the update today. Known issue? And if so, any known workarounds?
#pocketcasts #ios
looks like watchos 11.4 got pulled by apple. #watchos #apple