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If you do store your data, like me, in iCloud and Apple Photos then you should still take a backup.

The easiest way to do this to request a data export of all your Apple data. It’s then prepared into zip files you can download onto a local storage device.

I do it about once a year, which for me is a reasonable balance between risk and impact.

Here’s a guide: https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/get-a-copy-of-your-apple-account-data/

Don’t the airlines already handover manifests to CBP anyway?

The BNPL company also charges the merchant much more than a credit card company does. Something like 6%. So they’re also making money on people who do pay in full at 0%.

The theory goes that the merchant is happy to pay the higher rate because it makes a sale happen that otherwise wouldn’t. Unfortunately that increased cost just gets added to the price everyone pays.

I’m old enough to remember the days before the Apache web server and OpenSSH. If you wanted to run these services you were forking out for licenses. Obviously the open source alternatives won out, who would even think of paying for a web server these days?

I expect the same will happen again. Businesses who are capable of investing in their own inference compute will run the, already probably good enough, open weights.

This will become more and more likely as the big players finally run out of investor cash to subside their services and inevitably raise prices, making self hosting more and more appealing.

I picked it up in a sale recently, it’s not normally my type of game but I thought I’d give it a shot. I’m only a couple of hours in and loving it so far.

The story is sucking me in and I’m starting to appreciate the combat, things seem to be unlocking at about the pace I can understand. I’m a little worried it’ll be repetitive but it looks like there’s plenty of opportunity to be creative to keep it interesting.

Definitely my solo game for the longer nights ahead.

Glad to hear it

Remember when OpenAI launched Dall-E 2? You got a few tokens for free images and then had to pay for it. Presumably that was at least some reflection on the cost of producing the images.

Now you can create video for free and consumer expectations that generative AI should be super cheap have been set. That genie is not going to go easily back into the bottle.

I’m reportedly getting ready to move to CoMaps.

Rise and shine Mr Freeman. Rise and shine

Just picked this up in the Steam sale, looking forward to diving into it and the nights draw in.

He who controls the algorithm controls the spice.

Balatro

I still have two decks to gold stake. Then I’ll quit. Honest.