Notices by Ernie Smith (ernie@writing.exchange), page 2

@killyourfm Does that POV extend to the keyboard? From a visual perspective the lack of separation seems like it makes touch-typing a lot harder.

@killyourfm So many different SKUs, not a visible trackpad in sight

@killyourfm Like I don’t get it. It seems like the best of intentions just immediately got thrown out the window in favor of drama and anger.

The missing element of this post, which is only briefly hinted at, is that Chester Bennington’s son apparently is QAnon-adjacent, which is only hinted at by his use of the word “groomed.”

Anyway, the Linkin Park reunion is going well.

https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/jamie-bennington-linkin-park-mike-shinoda-emily-armstrong-1235771097/

Cohost didn’t work as a mass social network. (Arguably, it wasn’t trying to be mass, but a lingering piece of internet culture, like a modern-day Metafilter.) But its loss is nonetheless sad and one that some corners of the internet will lament.

https://cohost.org/staff/post/7611443-cohost-to-shut-down

Apple should hire Linkin Park to manage its product releases

https://writing.exchange/@ernie/113087688957971135

I respect that Linkin Park didn’t try to pick a direct replacement for Chester Bennington. Here’s the band performing with their new vocalist, Emily Armstrong. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6Hw-UFckHg

So, I have a @tedium piece coming up from @mattl about passenger trains—specifically, what it’s like to travel in an Amtrak cross-country. Matt has done two round-trips in the span of just a couple of months, including recently from #xoxo.

He wants to know: Do you have any questions about such long train rides? We’ll use some of the responses we get in the piece. Look forward to your insights!

I do not plan on cutting my posting here, to be clear. But I do think there is a severe lack of retro/FOSS tech on Bsky, and we can do much to fix that.

I know a lot of tech-heads are on here, but Bluesky also deserves to have tech-heads. It’s lonely being the only guy talking about Hackintosh and distros on that site.

Let’s start a community over there. I’m here: https://bsky.app/profile/ernie.tedium.co

You don't have to love the fediverse but can you stop walking into hornet’s nests and blaming the hornets?

@TechConnectify I agree there's room for improvement. It just struck me as a weird thread where he had a point that was likely to be poorly accepted, but didn't seem to anticipate the response.

What did this guy expect would happen? He posted something savaging the platform and people got up in arms about it.

https://mastodon.social/@o_simardcasanova/113053473600003123

$399 a month for Zepbound shouldn’t sound like an amazing victory for public health, but it might just get more insurers to support it. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/27/zepbound-eli-lilly-releases-new-cheaper-form-of-weight-loss-drug.html

The big story here, honestly, is the fact that Eli Lilly is going DTC with the drug, rather than forcing consumers to go through insurers who have dropped the ball on getting this medication to the people who could benefit from it.

It annoys me as well that they aren’t making this easily available to prediabetic patients. It could save lives.

https://futurism.com/neoscope/zepbound-mounjaro-reduces-diabetes-risk

@killyourfm that's an impressive amount of search traffic in an era when search traffic is harder than ever to come by.

@killyourfm social matters for building the halo though

Nearly a quarter century later, ZDNet returns to Ziff Davis ownership—along with CNET.

https://www.axios.com/2024/08/06/cnet-ziff-davis-red-ventures

@killyourfm Awesome! They’re lucky to have you.