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I’ve heard people say, “I don’t use search engines, I just ask AI”. And I get it. It’s easy. If you use Google, the first result is always Googles AI, Gemini, replying. Earlier this week, Apple announced that it would remove support for CoreStorage. So I Googled — in other word asked Gemini — to refresh my memory. Ah, yes, it’s the container Apple used to introduce, among other things, encryption to its old HFS+ file system. After going down that rabbit hole, asking more and more questions…

This might read a bit negative, but I am genuinely curious. What is the use case for AI for ordinary people? With big tech building AI data centers like there is no tomorrow — which might be true for some of them (fingers crossed) – I’m left wondering; for what? In which scenario will we need so much AI compute? I get it for developers, which is what Microsoft and Anthropic is targeting. These are the users that are easiest to reach, due to their already established relationship with the tech…

It’s hard to imagine that the most anticipated — and expensive — video game of all time, GTA VI, started out as a top-down game where you stole cars, drove around and killed people. And except for the top-down part, I’ve just described every GTA game in the series. So, in addition to top-down, let’s add that the first game had crude graphics and an annoying collision detection. Start of the first level in Grand Theft Auto in all its 4:3 aspect ratio glory. The view zooms out when you are…

The world of tech is in mourning after learning that Om Malik has died at 59. I remember reading GigaOm, along with other tech blogs, back when I was young and hopeful. Rest in peace. The post Om Malik has died appeared first on From thoughts to text.

I am blown away by this Apple M-series. And by blown away, I mean the complete opposite, because there are no fans. Nothing blows! And it seems like I bought it just at the right time. The new prices Apple announced today has made my MacBook Air 3000 NOK (around $300) more expensive in Norway. The price change did not come as a surprise. Tim Cook did give a warning last week that prices would have to increase due to high cost on memory and storage chips. The same chips AI eats for breakfast,…

What I made is not important — it’s a list of kayak courses and available spots. I already had created the logic — no AI needed for logical thinking1. So I already had the authentication, the API calls, the custom filtering and the presentation layer. But since I didn’t have any experience with WordPress plugins/widgets, I hosted it on a separate domain and embedded it onto the web site. This has worked for years. However, there were a few drawbacks. Mainly that it was dependent on my private…

Warning: If you click on any of the links below, you will be amused — then you will be annoyed to discover that the UI you use every day is shit. I wanted to complain about how bad User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX) has become the last decade, or two. Then I found out that people already to this — so I don’t have to. But I still want to complain. Because UX,for the most part, is horribly broken. But again, most examples are already covered by the mentioned website, so go there, see…

After fifteen years, I have finally realized that my old MacBook Air from 2011 is not up to the task of being a travel companion anymore. To be honest, it hasn’t been for a long, long time. And the age shows. No updates, including browsers, which means that some webpages won’t render properly in either Safari or Chrome. Including Apple.com. So, this week, I thought it might be time to get a new laptop. I’ve heard much praise of Apples new MacBook Neo. A quality built laptop on a budget. Good…

Less then a week after I wrote about data centers, wondering how many people really were needed to operate one, news broke that atNorth will build a data center (almost) right in my back yard (norwegian, paywall). In my previous post, I noted that Nscale was promissing 200 jobs working in Europes biggest data center for AI. Well, atNorth just promissed the very same number, excluding maintenance, canteen, security and transportation. Translated: “When fully developed, we will have invested up…

It looks like the big tech companies are building new data centers like there is no tomorrow. A few years ago, it was all about cryptocurrencty. And it should be noted that some of these data centers were not of the highest standard. Just look at the images in this article (in norwegian). Nowadays the pressure is on again, this time because of Artificial Intelligence (AI). And, like cryptocurrency, they need a lot of electicity. In return they promise jobs. But I have a hard time believing that…

I read an article on Hacker News about a guy who ran Ubuntu 16.04 for 10 years and moved over to FreeBSD. Then I rememebered, I have an Ubuntu Server running. And it has been running for a while now. I have been keeping it up-to-date, but it was still Ubuntu 22.04, with the latest long-term support released from Ubuntu being 26.04. So I decided it was time to do the dreaded release-upgrade. Why do I say “dreaded”? Well, things have broken in the past, and I was sure something would break again.…

When I was a kid, somtimes in the early 90s, my mom borrowed a computer from her work home for a weekend. I think. It is a while ago, so maybe I am wrong. But that is not important. I asked what PC stood for; “personal computer” was the answer. And while you may say […] The post Personal Computer appeared first on From thoughts to text.

A week ago, me and two other kayakers decided to have some fun in the waves. This time they were bigger than last time. A lot bigger. We started as usual in Matlaug just outside of Haugesund. A safe haven where the water can be completly flat while waves up to 2 meter can rage […] The post Fun with waves appeared first on From thoughts to text.

Saturday I had my second kayak trip of the year. This time in waves. The forcast said it would be around 1,2 meters, but I don’t think it was more than one meter. Luckly we know how to find waves to play in. Way more than one meter. After having fun in the waves, we […] The post Kayak in Waves appeared first on From thoughts to text.