Abstractions

Justin Mayer & Dan Jacobson

Abstractions is a podcast about technology, software, hardware, and the Internet, and the way the ever-increasing layers of these technologies permeate every aspect of our everyday lives.

  1. 11시간 전

    Footgun Cavalcade

    Claude Fable & Mythos models are once again available, Sony kills PlayStation physical game discs, Xbox fires thousands of employees, commencement speakers are surprised by “AI” backlash, and Allbirds pivots from shoes to data centers. 🔗 Links “Bring Me to Life” cover: Gregorian “Bring Me to Life” cover: Otamatone Fable 5 & Mythos 5 are now available again ChatGPT can’t believe RAM prices Sony kills PlayStation video game discs Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles Sony announces end of PlayStation discs Xbox fires thousands of employees Clueless commencement speeches about “AI” Related comic Allbirds abandons clothes, pivots to “AI compute infrastructure” Money Stuff: AIbirds You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

    52분

  2. 7월 2일

    Sulfuric Acid Shark Tank

    Video game summer sales commence, we remember Om Malik, Apple raises prices, Apple Silicon servers could power Apple Intelligence, and Facebook and Amazon foist generative software onto their employees. 🔗 Links Free The Icons: Apple should end their prohibition on shapes in MacOS app icons Remembering Om Malik Om Malik, 1966-2026 – On my Om Matt Mullenweg: All Roads Lead to Om Daring Fireball: Om Glass: Remembering Om More Om Links Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads as memory costs skyrocket Apple Reportedly Building M2 Ultra and M4-Powered AI Servers Apple M5 Max vs. Nvidia DGX SPARK: Can Apple Dethrone CUDA? Facebook Embrace of A.I. Is Making Its Employees Miserable Facebook to pause internal mouse-tracking tech while examining data security issues Amazon workers pressured to up AI use, making up extraneous tasks You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

    48분

  3. 6월 25일

    Martian Human Vats

    SpaceX stock price plummets, Llama.cpp and LlamaBarn are now “Llama”, and Microsoft hopes to make people addicted to its software. 🔗 Links Are you in the weights? Steam Machine launches Llama Microsoft Wants to “Make People Addicted” to its New AI Assistant Original paywalled article You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

    44분

  4. 6월 18일

    Operating System Boomer

    Apple II retro-gaming, small wins in Apple OS 27, Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 & Mythos 5, and the SpaceX IPO. You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

    1시간 1분

  5. 6월 11일

    Tickets to a Cat Museum

    At its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple announces Siri AI and other improvements to its upcoming OS 27 line of operating system software. 🔗 Links WWDC26 highlights: Apple Intelligence, Siri AI, and more Apple introduces Siri AI You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

    44분

  6. 6월 4일

    Existential Horror of Existence

    Google kills its search product after 25 years and announces its Gemini-LLM-centric “Googlebook” notebook, while Plex triples its lifetime pass price to $750. 🔗 Links The Virtual OS Museum Is AI Profitable? Google kills its search product after 25 years On Google declaring war on the Web Ad Infinitum Search alternatives: Kagi DuckDuckGo Ecosia Startpage Googlebook Official Reddit announcement post Dropover: wiggle cursor to open a “shelf” (MacOS) Plex lifetime pass to jump from $250 to $750 Jellyfin Jellify music app for Jellyfin Awesome Jellyfin You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

    47분

  7. 5월 28일

    Boy Oh Boy Does It Show

    Friends don’t let friends use Ollama, local software needs to be the norm, and why it’s not fun to read what LLMs write. 🔗 Links Since You Arrived Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Ollama Local AI needs to be the norm Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the cloud Local-first Software Directory Sinceerly Your AI Use Is Breaking My Brain original 404 Media link (paywalled) You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

    39분

  8. 5월 14일

    Chaotic Flowers Bloom

    Apple has a new CEO, Mac windows still have proxy icons, and Anthropic finds a clever way to increase the price for Claude without increasing prices. 🔗 Links Pelican 4.12 released Bubbles.town Window proxy icons in Mac OS 8.5 Human Interface Guidelines (1998) Window proxy icons in Neovide Claude 4.7 increased token usage You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

    47분
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Abstractions is a podcast about technology, software, hardware, and the Internet, and the way the ever-increasing layers of these technologies permeate every aspect of our everyday lives.

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  • 제작진
    Justin Mayer & Dan Jacobson
  • 방송 연도
    2025년 - 2026년
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