Bevcomm is the Internet provider for our cabin and I met with the tech yesterday to help with the site assessment for installing fiber! It is likely still a year away, but we will be getting a massive jump from DSL with speed choices up to 1 Gbps! I’ll be upgrading the network in preparation. ⚡️
Technology
Wild milestone.
Apple, an American tech giant, surpassed $3trn in market value for the first time since January 2022, when it briefly became the first publicly listed company to do so. Shares in the iPhone-maker subsequently slipped back, but they have increased in value by almost 50% this year, despite two consecutive quarters of declining revenues. The firm is now worth $500bn more than Microsoft, a tech rival. — Economist Espresso, July 1, 2023
$3 trillion? 💰💰💰
Surveillance in URLs
The Uniform Resource Locator is the glue of the web. Mostly we don’t think about URLs unless you create content on the web. Some browsers have even started to “simplify” the URL display worried that people might get confused. Or are they hiding it on purpose? URLs are however, a …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: Surveillance in URLsBitcoin Lightning makes the majority of the micropayment models that have been envisioned for the last two decades possible today. Instant, nearly free, person-to-person digital transactions — and the usability is reasonable even at this early stage. ⚡️thingelstad@walletofsatoshi.com
I got a Sonos Move to add to my system and have a portable speaker that still has high audio quality. Happy with initial results! Sound quality is great. Heavy but I like that it is very stable. Might be nice to have a second.
Apple Vision Pro Reactions
We all watched the Apple Vision Pro segment of WWDC tonight. I wanted to watch it again, and I was curious to see what the rest of the family would think. Tammy: “Looks cool but scared of where it takes us.” Mazie: “Exciting, extremely cool, but destructive to humankind.” Tyler: …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Apple Vision Pro ReactionsFoveated Renderer. Oh yeah, always wanted one of those. 🤣 Apple Vision Pro announcement at WWDC 2023.
Apple Vision Pro is a real thing! Can Apple do for headsets what they did for Phones and Watches? Maybe.
Partnering with Disney to bring their incredible catalog of stories to Vision Pro is super smart. Both companies benefit.
The hardware package behind the Vision Pro is wild.
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Lightning Ideas
Having finally gotten first-hand experience with Bitcoin Lightning, a workable and functioning micropayments option, it opens up a variety of interesting and fun use cases. Create a circular economy at home. Set your kids up with Bitcoin Lightning wallets and create bounties for …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Lightning IdeasOrdered one of these orange Bitcoin Miami 2023 Special Edition Worlds Smallest Bitcoin Hobby ATM. I was blown away by this project at the show. It will be fun to be able to share how fast and fun Bitcoin Lightning is! 🤩⚡️🟠
