Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain

kept by eddie dec 12, 25

The Pebble Index 01 voice memo ring is met with widespread criticism on Hacker News for its disposable, non-rechargeable battery, limited 15-hour recording, and e-waste concerns.

Cheap code means formal verification is reasonable now — Antfly Blog
The Antfly team shows how coding agents using TLA+ can formally model distributed systems to cheaply find and verify race conditions and other bugs.
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Pebble, Rebble, and a path forward
Hacker News commenters analyze the escalating dispute between Rebble and Core Devices over Pebble app store data and open-source governance.
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Help! My Rental Car Died Within a Mile, and Avis Charged Me $1,367. - The New York Times
An Avis customer's rental SUV broke down within a mile in Italy, leading to a $1,367 repair charge he had to fight.
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The unpowered SSDs in your drawer are slowly losing your data
Consumer SSDs left unpowered for over a year can lose data due to voltage leakage from NAND cells, making them risky for long-term cold storage.
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