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Coverage Map Update: coveragecritic.com/map/ -Zoom out freely -Better coverage reporting along water & shorelines -Improvements for Alaska & US territories -More visible roads coveragecritic.com/2024/01/16/cov…


Short-term, on-demand priority is coming to MobileX Not sure how often people will use it, but love the direction—giving users visibility + control over something carriers usually bury

Coming October 18th, @mobileXus Gold Network is designed to deliver faster speeds and lower latency during times of network congestion in busy areas. Customers can choose Gold On Demand for a one-time high-speed boost at a concert or sporting event, or select Gold Unlimited or…



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there is insufficient moral panic around short form video content imo


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the time picker on iphones alarm app isn’t actually circular it’s just a really long list


Interesting 🧵 w/ @peter_adderton & @Saeren_ Peter’s right: consumers don’t know what QCI is—they just want service that works Saeren nails that while priority levels usually don’t matter, they often explain mysterious “why is my service trash right now?” moments. What I've…

I don't know but a lot of people pay for UNLTD and don't need it, my point is it’s an individuals end user experience that is all that matter most consumers have no idea of QCI levels as you know and most consumers complain about no coverage or lack of not QCI levels and…



Popup when you try to select Starlink on BroadbandNow Incredible

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Incredible

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"The most interesting thing about these spectrum battles is the cellular carriers mostly want more spectrum to be able to compete for home broadband service. I think we should be having the policy discussion if that is in the long-run national interest." potsandpansbyccg.com/2025/05/23/bat…


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This is a common experience. I've been through multiple rounds of it myself. And empirical studies have found that a majority of dentists routinely lie in order to do unnecessary, expensive, tooth-degrading work. It's time for pitchforks. x.com/thecaptain_nem…

every time a dentist tells me i have cavities i switch dentists and the next one says i have no cavities



Helium Mobile launched a free plan last month My contrarian-ish take-- Goal is to generate attention & grow the subscriber base. User data isn't valuable enough (internally or for sale externally) to justify the plan coveragecritic.com/2025/03/04/hel…


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claude plays pokemon is still stuck in cerulean city after, i think, 3 days? and the way it's stuck is kind of interesting: overthinks everything + incapable of getting bored. it would make more progress by taking way more actions even if they were random. makes ya think huh

QiaochuYuan's tweet image. claude plays pokemon is still stuck in cerulean city after, i think, 3 days? and the way it's stuck is kind of interesting: overthinks everything + incapable of getting bored. it would make more progress by taking way more actions even if they were random. makes ya think huh

Cursor is nuts

Vibe coding is wild. I was a software engineer for 5 years. Coding knowledge helps with context but I don't need to write any code anymore. Today I crushed 6hrs of 2023-era work in 1.5hrs. I even killed and resurrected my whole Python env all within 30min. What is going on.



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Offline features like battery level

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Very amused that GSMA is now calling 5G Standalone “complete 5G”… … presumably because “real 5G” would have been too embarrassing as a brand


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I still cannot believe that I can: - look at a world map and tap anywhere to zoom in at street level - instantly access any song, book, movie, tv show, or podcast ever made - have any conceivable question and get an immediate answer or video explanation - take a photo or…


Insults from ChatGPT were fun, but Claude took the gloves off

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Feels largely true for apps in general, but completely untrue for apps that are genuinely useful

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