Oliver Haslam
oliverhaslam@mastodon.social
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I don’t even know where to start with this.
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I think it’s also important to understand what a “fail” or otherwise would look like to Apple. I’d be surprised if anyone at Apple Park expects it to be a huge seller. https://mastodon.social/@palmin/117263832222938108
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I did something similar last week. My wife had sent everyone’s breakfast order. But it was broken up across messages and a pain to read, so while driving I told Siri AI to find the messages and make me a bulleted list in the Notes app. It worked, and added my order at the same time. This is the kind of thing that will make AI useful, not the stuff the productivity porn AI grifters will have you believe. https://mastodon.social/@agiletortoise/117266397184466309
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Set my old iPhone 15 Pro Max up because I might need to return the Air before the Duo (hopefully) lands and oh boy that&#39;s a big slab of phone. It’s amazing how you get used to the Air being so thin and light and don’t notice it. Until you do. Wow.
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Also, is this percentage counter new to the RC?
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The Siri Live Rewind thing on the Apple Watch is causing a whole thing online, and I get it. Though it’s important to remember this is nothing new — apps have been doing this, and worse, for a while now. Apple doesn’t record the audio, and it doesn’t attribute anything said to anyone, at least.
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Oh, Apple. Some of these Duo ads are 😘 https://vm.tiktok.com/ZN8jQa3ck/
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I follow two people in the gaming journalism space whose entire day seems to revolve around belittling anyone else in the industry who they don’t seem worthy, or just generally being dicks. And, yet, they consider themselves to be beyond reproach. Amazing scenes in an industry on its arse.
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The boy complained his Windows laptop was slow when playing games after the cat jumped on it. Me, an intellectual, told him that couldn&#39;t be the case. Windows was set to performance mode. He must be imagining it. There are no shortcuts she could have pressed….
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Oh, Siri.
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Some Apple Watch Series 12 reviews really tell on who didn’t pay attention to the reviewer’s guide or listen to their briefing properly…
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I’ve been saying this for years, so let’s not pretend it’s new. There’s one in particular whose videos really should have an ad label on them. If someone is grinning and gushing like crazy, you can’t trust what they’re saying.
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Any iPhone Air owners out there? Curious what your battery health is like because woah boy this seems… bad?
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Yep. This is all perfectly normal. Nothing to see here! 🫧
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This entire thread sums up the AI bros. “You’ll need to use AI because everyone else will be. It’ll amplify your workflow.” What does that even MEAN?! You’ve heard it in a podcast somewhere and it means nothing. Ask for specifics and you can’t give them. Mass AI psychosis.
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Which is weird, because these are all things Altman can’t stop banging on about his slop machine enabling. https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender/116567681558954255
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I’m not really a Forza Horizon fan, the open worldiness has put me off. I just want to race stuff. That being said, Horizon 6 does look goooood. And, again, this is why Game Pass is worth every penny for our family.
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Oh no, I’ve made it onto Reddit. Think I’ll give the comments a wide berth 😁 https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/1tdvt2d/macbook_neo_review_two_months_later_almost_a/
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You have got to be joking. I wouldn’t trust it with my shoe size let alone my bank data. https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/15/chatgpt-personal-finance/
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I’m sure Dominoes and other pizza places do this on purpose. Multiple offers to confuse people into picking the one that costs them the most. Just give me the best price 🤷♂️
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Advice to live by. https://mastodonapp.uk/@MarkHoltom/116590257321733685
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Anyone more au fait with washers fancy telling me why we shouldn’t go with this Hisense? I’m so out of my depth it isn’t even funny 🤣 https://www.currys.co.uk/products/hisense-kitchenfit-5i-series-wf5i9043bbfs-wifienabled-9-kg-1400-spin-washing-machine-black-10287789.html
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We move house in a few days and I am not remotely prepared. There shall be much chaos and swearing, I think.
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Hands down the best headset I’ve ever used. Can’t recommend the Nova 7X enough. https://mastodon.social/@appleinsider/116609713254339656
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Just had confirmation we&#39;ve exchanged contracts with the seller so now we owe some bank a couple of hundred grand and now I&#39;m hyperventilating 😂 Is now a good time to remind everyone I&#39;m always available for work? https://mastodon.social/@oliverhaslam/116608237094785986
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Pretty sure this is just someone not tidying the slug before hitting publish. At least, I hope it is. https://mastodon.social/@gruber/116614001681044840
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What in the shitting hell of all that is holy is this? Turkeys voting for Christmas just as Google is doing its best to finish everyone off.
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As part of the new house we’re trying to cut down on subscriptions to things we don’t necessarily get value from. We’ve canceled YouTube Premium and it just expired. My theory: we get a shit ton of value from it and we’ll re-sub within days. 👀
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First time I’ve picked my phone up in almost 24 hours and if anyone is wondering, I can absolutely confirm that moving house in 32-degree (Celsius, because we’re grown ups) fucking sucks. -9 out of 10. Would not recommend.
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Moved into the new place but the back of our TV is weird and the universal articulated mount wont fit. So this is where we are and also this is no way to live. When I’ve found a solution the TV will float in front of all the boxes and cables and it’ll be lovely.