Private equity: never build for tomorrow what you can sell for parts today

So you can buy a subscription for the soft locked features like remote start. And so they get you to agree to a location tracking EULA. Got a VW this year and the dealership pushed the app really hard, apparently they have to pay VW a fee if they don’t hit a quota for sign ups.

For the master’s tool shall never dismantle the master’s house

Prostitution

Kind of related: if you use Gmail and Android check your spam folder! You might have a class action email informing you about the suit against Google. I had one in my spam folder, have seen others saying the same

My org has our PRs reviewed by an AI automatically

Even better when they have a print option, then you get a pdf of the recipe and never visit the site again. No subscribe pop up while you’re trying to look up how much water to add to the pan of flaming grease

The most useful thing I’ve done with LLM coding tools is using them to write a markdown file that instructs them to not edit my code without my explicit permission.

When they’re weaned from the teat of round after round of investment

Get an abacus before tariffs catch up with them too

That’s the kind of effort in thought and learning that the article is calling out as being lost when it comes to reading and writing. You’re taking the time to learn and struggle with the effort, as long as you’re not giving that up once you have the AI running you’re not losing that.

Bad news about Target: they’ve cancelled their DEI initiatives to cater to the administration

What’s your impression of loops so far?
I’ve been underwhelmed, but I don’t know if that’s a platform issue or an adoption issue. Found a couple good accounts to follow, but I really want a block option to keep some accounts out of my “for you”