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Abstractions

Justin Mayer & Dan Jacobson
Abstractions
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    Martian Human Vats

    25/06/2026 | 44 mins.
    SpaceX stock price plummets, Llama.cpp and LlamaBarn are now “Llama”, and Microsoft hopes to make people addicted to its software.

    🔗 Links

    Are you in the weights?

    Steam Machine launches

    Llama

    Microsoft Wants to “Make People Addicted” to its New AI Assistant

    Original paywalled article

    You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space.

    Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.
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    Operating System Boomer

    18/06/2026 | 1h 1 mins.
    Apple II retro-gaming, small wins in Apple OS 27, Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 & Mythos 5, and the SpaceX IPO.

    You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space.

    Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.
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    Tickets to a Cat Museum

    11/06/2026 | 44 mins.
    At its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple announces Siri AI and other improvements to its upcoming OS 27 line of operating system software.

    🔗 Links

    WWDC26 highlights: Apple Intelligence, Siri AI, and more

    Apple introduces Siri AI

    You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space.

    Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.
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    Existential Horror of Existence

    04/06/2026 | 47 mins.
    Google kills its search product after 25 years and announces its Gemini-LLM-centric “Googlebook” notebook, while Plex triples its lifetime pass price to $750.

    🔗 Links

    The Virtual OS Museum

    Is AI Profitable?

    Google kills its search product after 25 years

    On Google declaring war on the Web

    Ad Infinitum

    Search alternatives:

    Kagi

    DuckDuckGo

    Ecosia

    Startpage

    Googlebook

    Official Reddit announcement post

    Dropover: wiggle cursor to open a “shelf” (MacOS)

    Plex lifetime pass to jump from $250 to $750

    Jellyfin

    Jellify music app for Jellyfin

    Awesome Jellyfin

    You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space.

    Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.
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    Boy Oh Boy Does It Show

    28/05/2026 | 38 mins.
    Friends don’t let friends use Ollama, local software needs to be the norm, and why it’s not fun to read what LLMs write.

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    Since You Arrived

    Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Ollama

    Local AI needs to be the norm

    Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the cloud

    Local-first Software Directory

    Sinceerly

    Your AI Use Is Breaking My Brain

    original 404 Media link (paywalled)

    You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space.

    Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.
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About Abstractions
Abstractions is a podcast about technology, software, hardware, and the Internet, and the way the ever-increasing layers of these technologies permeate every aspect of our everyday lives.
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