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v55 - I'm a good guyjin

Breaking Change

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.

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      <description><![CDATA[<p>We cut our trip a day short, so I found myself with a <strong>totally free day with no plans</strong>. Naturally, I wasted it by recording a 3-hour podcast. Dang.</p>
<p>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 <a href="mailto:podcast@searls.co">podcast@searls.co</a>. Really, I'll be nicer to you than I am to Sam Altman and Tang Tan. I promise.</p>
<p>Back to manually writing links. The zen of monotonous input tasks is suddenly something to be cherished in the current era.</p>
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<li><a href="https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/21129-oral-appliance-therapy-for-sleep-apnea">Mandibular Advancement Device</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.betterwithbecky.com">Better With Becky</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/08/02/why-doesnt-us-have-small-elevators-like-europe-china/">Why doesn't the U.S. have small elevators like Europe and China?</a> (<a href="https://apple.news/AdaVHNXrmTyGO9miPQV0u-w">News+</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/gaming-monitors/asus-rog-swift-pg32ucdm3-32-inch-240-hz-qd-oled-gaming-monitor-review">My 240hz gaming QD-OLED</a> (and this <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OLED_Gaming/comments/1rk8eiz/my_review_of_the_pg32ucdm_gen3/">bizarre Reddit review</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/appledevelopers/s/sePbHnzEYn">App market share is tough apparently</a></li>
<li>Aaron's <a href="https://justin.searls.co/puns/">puns, ranked</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/07/apple-upgrade-launches-in-the-united-states/">Apple Upgrade Program</a>
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<li><a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/07/apples-reported-upgrade-program-revamp-could-be-a-big-downgrade/">Apple might lojack your phone</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/972063/apple-upgrade-program-no-restricted-mode">They promise not to, though</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/07/apple-tech-will-underlie-fords-ev-platform/">Apple's MapKit tech will underlie Ford's EV platform</a></li>
<li><a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/07/q3-results-3d-pricing-egot-timing-and-underestimating-demand/">Tim Cook EGOTed</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EGOT">EGOT's origin</a>)</li>
<li>The Information on <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-icloud-policy-fueled-employee-leaks-ahead-openai-suit">Apple's Unusual Use of iCloud for Confidential Work</a> (<a href="https://archive.is/FJYSP">Archive</a>)</li>
<li>OpenAI: <a href="https://openai.com/index/apple-is-getting-this-wrong/">Apple is getting this wrong</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.engadget.com/2221520/google-adds-selfie-video-log-in/">Google adds selfie as a login mechanism</a></li>
<li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/police-missed-one-underscore-and-sent-the-wrong-man-to-prison/">A Missing Underscore Sent Innocent Man To Prison</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/grapheneos-defends-data-wiping-function-that-blocked-us-border-search">GrapheneOS Defends Data-Wiping Function That Blocked US Border Search</a> (<a href="https://www.truecrypt.org/docs/plausible-deniability">Plausible deniability</a>, meanwhile)</li>
<li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/01/youtuber-hank-green-says-his-ai-usage-is-not-healthy/">YouTuber Hank Green says his AI usage is 'not healthy'</a></li>
<li><a href="https://ankursethi.com/blog/prevent-cognitive-debt-by-manually-retyping-llm-generated-code/">Prevent cognitive debt by manually retyping LLM-generated code</a></li>
<li><a href="https://yegge.ai/essays/the-shape-of-things-to-come/">Gas Town was a fucking joke</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-demand-bubble/">Ed Zitron seems too sure that markets are rational</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/square-enix-denies-claims-its-kingdom-hearts-collection-artwork-was-ai-generated-blames-human-error/">Square Enix denies claims its Kingdom Hearts Collection artwork was AI-generated, blames 'human error'</a></li>
<li><a href="https://xcancel.com/Kurz_Gesagt/status/2083191397981561232">YouTube labels Kurzsegagt AI slop</a> (<a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=OX1yHmeLPy8&amp;si=Bo0OCEcYFDU5EUpd">Real Engineering's reaction video</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://openai.com/index/ten-advances-in-mathematics/">OpenAI's Astra Solved Decades-Old Math Problems For $2,000</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xboxs-disc-to-digital-feature-could-be-coming-as-soon-as-this-month-according-to-leaked-document/">Xbox's 'disc to digital' feature could be coming as soon as this month</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo:_Campaign_Evolved">Halo: Campaign Evolved</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_World_Rebirth">Jurassic World Rebirth</a>
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<li><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%91%E6%9B%9C%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC">金曜ロードショー</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6Xqe8qB0BY">Chicken</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVrwGMGzsnI">Ramen</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynq_DtW4uU0">commercials</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/4613890/Lazy_Kickers/">Lazy Kickers</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81985186">The Hot Spot</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohashi_Trio">Ohashi Trio</a>
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<li><a href="https://music.apple.com/us/artist/ohashi-trio/269436639">Apple Music</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/5BANJdBRihIaUpzjqAec7E">Spotify</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX_nxOcDFgU">Ocarina of Time soundtrack by the Beatuls</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/japannews/comments/1v254yh/prime_minister_takaichi_sleeping_for_03_hours_is/">The Prime Minister of Japan does not sleep</a> (forgot to actually answer the fucking question, oops)</li>
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