2025-04-04
Remember when the Switch 2 was *only* going to cost $449?
Nintendo Life: Nintendo Delays Switch 2 Pre-Orders in the US Amidst New Trump TariffsNintendo has delayed pre-orders for the Switch 2 in the US while it evaluates the potential impact...
â Tired: Irresistable Force vs. Immovable ObjectâââWired: Unchanging Prices vs. Nonsensical Tariffs
The erratic, illogical, nonsensical nature of Trumpâs tariffs is bad for everyone. (Understatement.) But itâs particularly troublesome for a company that sees retail price stability as part of the branding...
Reuters Headline: âA $2,300 Apple iPhone? Trump Tariffs Could Make That Happen.â
Akash Sriram, reporting for Reuters: Most iPhones are still made in China, which was hit with a 54% tariff. If those levies persist, Apple, opens new tab has a tough...
50 Ways to Rest. âWander slowly around the block. Look at the...
50 Ways to Rest. âWander slowly around the block. Look at the trees. Look at the clouds. Look at the moon. Stand barefoot on grass.â đŹ Join the discussion on...
NYC is getting a new subway map, based on the 1972 Unimark/Vignelli...
NYC is getting a new subway map, based on the 1972 Unimark/Vignelli map. I know this puts me in the minority of design aficionados, but I have never cared for...
Why Trumpâs Tariffs Are Rattling Even Meta
Mike Isaac, writing for The New York Times: Apple, Dell, Oracleâââwhich rely on hardware and global supply chains that are in the direct line of fire from tariffsâ...
The championship match of the 2025 Tournament of Books pits Percival Everettâs...
The championship match of the 2025 Tournament of Books pits Percival Everettâs James against Kaveh Akbarâs Martyr! What a matchup! I wonât spoil the resultâŚyouâll have to click through. đŹ...
Nintendo Delays Switch 2 Preorders Over Tariff Concerns
Emma Roth, The Verge: Nintendo is pushing back preorders for the Switch 2 due to concerns about Donald Trumpâs newly announced tariffs. According to a statement sent to The Verge...
Apple Cash Switched From Discover to Visa in 2022
Allison McDaniel, writing for 9to5Mac back in 2022: Apple Cash is a virtual debit card where you can send and receive money through iMessage. Stored in your Wallet, you can...
Behind the Blog: Ancient Civilizations and Modern-Day Driving
This week, we discuss learning from civilizations past and learning to drive.
Costco Only Accepts Visa Credit Cards
I observed yesterday that, in general, Visa and Mastercard credit cards are both accepted at the same locations. The most notable exception is Costco, which, as part of the deal...
New Law Would Force Elon Musk to Be Drug Tested for His Government Work
Congressional Democrats want unelected billionaire and ketamine enthusiast Elon Musk to be regularly and randomly drug-tested. In a statement announcing the bill, New Jersey Democrat Mikie Sherrill said that the...
Bill Gates on the Creation of Microsoft, and the Source Code for Its First Product
Bill Gates, commemorating Microsoftâs 50th anniversary: The story of how Microsoft came to be begins with, of all things, a magazine. The January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics featured an...
The Making of the Lumon Industries WoeMeter
Wonderfully detailed write-up of a perfect prop from Make3: Repurposed Nagra Knobs & SwitchesâââTo ground the device in a tangible, vintage aesthetic, we salvaged original knobs and switches...
Proper Display of Custom Dropdown Elements: A How-to Guide
A little trick that helps to show your dropdown items everywhere without being cut off.
Big Tech Backed Trump for Acceleration. They Got a Decel President Instead
Effective accelerationists didnât just accidentally shoot themselves in the foot. They methodically blew off each of their toes with a .50 caliber sniper rifle.
Tesla Investors Suddenly Terrified as They Realize Musk Has Dug Their Grave
Tesla's horrendous first quarter numbers has some of its backers rethinking a few things. Namely, their CEO Elon Musk, whose once immense starpower is now inverting on itself. Still haunted...
Jason Snellâs M4 MacBook Air Review
Jason Snell, last month: The new M4 MacBook Air is the Mac most people should buy. [...] Thatâs why perhaps the most important change in the M4 MacBook Air is...
Massive, Unarchivable Datasets of Cancer, Covid, and Alzheimer's Research Could Be Lost Forever
Days before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 10,000 HHS staffers would lose their jobs, a message appeared on NIH research repository sites saying they were "under review."
Decentralization Expert Butian Li Says This Is How We Tackle the Compute Crisis
Big data centers, once overlooked despite their profitability, are now critical profit engines for tech giants like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, driven by the explosive demand for computing power fueled...
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