I drove by Best Buy last night, saw the line, and bailed. But this morning, the Target two doors down just had a bunch of them in stock! I got the second-to-last Mario Kart World bundle, but there was a shelf full of consoles left, and the staff said it hadn’t even been overly busy this morning. Anyone else having a shockingly easy time getting a Switch 2, or am I just having a good day?
This fun story from The Atlantic is about President Trump’s love of phone calls, and the risks that entails: impersonation, hacking, and much more. But as soon as I read an advisor saying that “he is not walking around with a run-of-the-mill iPhone off the shelf,” I immediately had one thousand more questions. I now need to go find answers.
(Also, if, like me, you’ve never stopped wondering how Obama’s BlackBerry worked, there are some interesting details here.)
[theatlantic.com]
I think education is a perfect microcosm of the whole AI debate. There are some interesting and cool things to do with AI in the classroom! It might also be rotting kids’ brains! But all the responses 404 Media compiled from educators make one thing particularly clear: technology is changing really fast, and we haven’t had nearly enough time to figure out how to react. I really feel for these teachers.
[404media.co]
Sahil Lavingia, the creator of Gumroad and one of the employees turned loose inside of the federal government, published a diary of his 55 days at DOGE. Some interesting details in here on how DOGE actually works, and what Lavingia found he could help improve. Oh, and the interview that might have gotten Lavingia canned? It’s mostly about how impressed he was with how well the federal government works.
[sahillavingia.com]
Plus, in this week’s Installer: a cheap set-top box worth a try, a clever twist on the Stream Deck, where to go post-Pocket, and more.
