October 16, 2025

Pleasantly Whimsical

48 minutes

Discord was hacked and user government photo IDs were stolen, Synology walks back drive restrictions in their NAS enclosures, Dan shares his initial impressions of iOS & MacOS 26, and concerns grow about a possible investment bubble in generative AI software companies.

Discord users suffer first high-profile age-verification hack

Synology reverses policy banning third-party HDDs after NAS sales plummet

Synology drive compatibility policy

Benjamin Button Reviews MacOS

AI bubble is 17 times the size of the dot-com frenzy and four times bigger than 2008 subprime real estate crisis

OpenAI, Nvidia fuel $1T AI market with web of circular deals

Circular AI Deals Among OpenAI, Nvidia, AMD Are Raising Eyebrows

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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