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There's a Mail piece with a headline that seems like people are angry at the development work on Jony Ive's home, as though he's about to drop a giant translucent Bondi Blue structure in the neighbourhood.
But the quotes are like:
> 'Initially people were worried because it is a big project and they thought it was bound to disrupt the community but they have been perfect.'

The house iPhone built: Apple icon Sir Jony Ive under fire for turning his £17million listed Cotswolds mansion into a 'James Bond lair'
When it comes to Grand Designs, Sir Jony Ive's transformation of his Cotswolds mansion is possibly the grandest of them all with work due to take three years.

The Stock Market Is More Expensive Than It Looks. Tread Carefully.
Up 8%, down 5%, down 4%, up 6%
—these are just a handful of the single-day herk-a-jerks since the beginning of February for shares of America’s largest company, Nvidia.
The broader S&P 500 index this past week had briefly slid 9% from its January high, then rocketed back several points, and was last seen trying to decide on its next adventure.
This isn’t a call to flee stocks.
It’s a suggest…

The Stock Market Is More Expensive Than It Looks. Tread Carefully. — Barron’s
Corporate profits have been wonderful, but they seem puffed up by an accounting quirk and more.

If only I had known this earlier, I might have been more enthusiastic about GenAI. 🫣
"Microsoft is paying influencers to say Copilot isn’t awful garbage that makes work miserable by, e.g., “posting an Instagram video about fun things to do with Microsoft Copilot.” [CNBC]
Microsoft and Google are spending $400,000–$600,000 per influencer."

Apple expands its American Manufacturing Program, bringing in Bosch, Cirrus Logic, TDK, and Qnity Electronics to make components in the US for sale worldwide (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/26/apple-american-manufacturing-program-trump.ht…

Apple expands American manufacturing program with four new partners
Apple is adding Bosch, Cirrus Logic, TDK, and Qnity Electronics to its American Manufacturing Program, committing $400 million through 2030.

So now that Meet.Coop isn't working (they shut down the @… instance and don't seem to be able to bring it back) wondering if anyone knows of another #privacy or #cooperative

Any reason why Apple decided to go all Halloween with their new iWork icons?
Is anyone in control of the clown cart over there?
#apple #design

... angepisste mächtige Vernünftige auf dem Wirtschaftsgipfel 2026 in #davos
in der redezeit #trump
professional #disgust all through the lines.
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I’ve been hesitant to share this since the post is strictly visuals sans alt text, but I think the examples it shows are worth it for those who are designing GUIs.
“It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons”
https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/
Though if you’re a sighted visual designer, you’ve like…

It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons
Looking at the first principles of icon design—and how Apple failed to apply all of them in macOS Tahoe

So, decided to make the `sisyphus-client` Docker image a multi-stage build because it was a really large image. Ended up taking it from 1.3GB to 708MB which isn't too shabby. Unfortunately, that's about as small as I'm gonna be able to get it with all of the encoding binaries/libraries that I have to install.
Still, pretty solid reduction in container size.
#homelab …

Is Apple going Adobe?
Say it isn't so!
Update:
It looks like they have gone to subscription model to access the “Pro” apps (FCP, Motion, Logic, Mainstage, Compressor, Pixelmator)
But the original “iWork" apps are still free. Pages, Keynote, Numbers (and by extension iMovie though it is not included in the "Creator Studio” presumably because it ships with every Mac)
That said... and yes... this is how they get you… the annual subscription for everything is "only” $180/yr or $18/mo plus Family Sharing privleges.
That goes down to $40/yr and $4/mo if you do the Educational license, but no family provisions.
#AppleCreatorStudio #Subscription #OwnAThing #Apple #Adobe #Software