@Techmeme@techhub.socialGoogle makes Gemini 3 Flash the default model in Gemini app and Search's AI mode; it scored 33.7% without tool use on Humanity's Last Exam vs. GPT-5.2's 34.5% (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/goog
@zachleat@zachleat.comThinking about dark/light mode pickers that have three options: Auto/Dark/Light.
If the default is “Auto” — in what scenario might someone want to move away from Auto (which would visually be a noop to the same theme?)
I’m using Light mode as my system preference, but it seems unlikely that I would swap from Auto (Light mode) to Light mode (not Auto) on a specific site
@michabbb@social.vivaldi.net⚙️ Print mode runs by default for non-interactive execution, interactive mode enabled via .i. filename marker (task.i.claude .md), _interactive frontmatter key, or -_i CLI flag
🌐 Remote URL imports cached at ~/.mdflow/cache/ with 1-hour TTL, use --no-cache to force fresh fetch, automatic .env file loading from markdown file directory with support for .env.local, .env.development, .env.production
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOpenAI merges ChatGPT's voice mode directly into the main text chat interface by default; users can still switch back to the original, separate voice mode (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/11/25/chatgpt-merges-chat-and-v…
@nobodyinperson@fosstodon.org#Immich's search functionality is so dang powerful. It can search file metadata, OCR'd text, face recognition, and even by textual descriptions (”black cat on green grass”).
BUT you have to manually select the search mode. It is apparently not possible to "just search via every way". I think this should even be the default.
@samvarma@fosstodon.org100% I've never seen graphical glitches this prevalent on any Apple software since I started using MacOS in 2003. Definitely the glitchiest iOS I've ever seen. @… https://pdx.social/@louie/115280388834
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaThe first thing I see when I log into YouTube temporarily on an incognito tab isn’t freedom, it’s ads for Disney and honestly, that’s not marketing… that’s fascism in high heels! 🤢
SecureBlue comes with Trivalent as the default browser with a weak adblocker, and I use FreeTube, but I keep this Google account around just to download banking apps on my secondary GrapheneOS profile.
#Fascism
