# weekly column (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover weekly column. Page: Feed: --- ## [August 19, 2026 – Favorites/Incumbents Win August Congressional Primaries](https://steveflowers.us/2026/08/19/august-19-2026-favorites-incumbents-win-august-congressional-primaries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=august-19-2026-favorites-incumbents-win-august-congressional-primaries) _2026-08-19 · Steve Flowers · Steve Flowers_ Voters headed back to the polls in four of Alabama’s congressional districts on August 11. The turnout was very sparse, \[…\] The post August 19, 2026 – Favorites/Incumbents Win August Congressional Primaries first appeared on Steve Flowers . ## [August 12, 2026 – Alabama’s Workforce Future Depends on Expanding Opportunity](https://steveflowers.us/2026/08/11/august-12-2026-alabamas-workforce-future-depends-on-expanding-opportunity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=august-12-2026-alabamas-workforce-future-depends-on-expanding-opportunity) _2026-08-12 · Steve Flowers · Steve Flowers_ Alabama’s economy continues to grow. New companies are choosing to locate here, existing industries are expanding, and employers across the \[…\] The post August 12, 2026 – Alabama’s Workforce Future Depends on Expanding Opportunity first appeared on Steve Flowers . ## [August 5, 2026 – Vote Next Week on New Congressional Lines](https://steveflowers.us/2026/08/04/august-5-2026-vote-next-week-on-new-congressional-lines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=august-5-2026-vote-next-week-on-new-congressional-lines) _2026-08-05 · Steve Flowers · Steve Flowers_ There is no question the U.S. Supreme Court is in the process of dismantling the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which \[…\] The post August 5, 2026 – Vote Next Week on New Congressional Lines first appeared on Steve Flowers . ## [July 29, 2026 – Jere Beasley Story](https://steveflowers.us/2026/07/28/july-29-2026-jere-beasley-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=july-29-2026-jere-beasley-story) _2026-07-29 · Steve Flowers · Steve Flowers_ Many famous successful lawyers in our state have served a stint in politics. Jere Beasley, the legendary Montgomery trial lawyer \[…\] The post July 29, 2026 – Jere Beasley Story first appeared on Steve Flowers . ## [July 22, 2026 – Cullman Is the New Breeding Ground for Alabama Political Leaders](https://steveflowers.us/2026/07/22/july-22-2026-cullman-is-the-new-breeding-ground-for-alabama-political-leaders/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=july-22-2026-cullman-is-the-new-breeding-ground-for-alabama-political-leaders) _2026-07-22 · Steve Flowers · Steve Flowers_ Alabama political history reveals that the Rural Black Belt area of our state dominated the power in Montgomery, both legislatively \[…\] The post July 22, 2026 – Cullman Is the New Breeding Ground for Alabama Political Leaders first appeared on Steve Flowers . ## [July 15, 2026 – The RSA Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail is Helping Alabama Become a Move-In State](https://steveflowers.us/2026/07/14/july-15-2026-the-rsa-robert-trent-jones-golf-trail-is-helping-alabama-become-a-move-in-state/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=july-15-2026-the-rsa-robert-trent-jones-golf-trail-is-helping-alabama-become-a-move-in-state) _2026-07-15 · Steve Flowers · Steve Flowers_ Dr. David Bronner is revered by our Alabama governmental employees, especially retired state workers. Dr. Bronner has overseen the administration \[…\] The post July 15, 2026 – The RSA Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail is Helping Alabama Become a Move-In State first appeared on Steve Flowers . ## [July 8, 2026 – Voting Rights Act Beginning to End](https://steveflowers.us/2026/07/08/july-8-2026-voting-rights-act-beginning-to-end/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=july-8-2026-voting-rights-act-beginning-to-end) _2026-07-09 · Steve Flowers · Steve Flowers_ It is apparent that many Alabamians are confused by all thefuror and hullabaloo surrounding the continuous federal litigation. The shifting \[…\] The post July 8, 2026 – Voting Rights Act Beginning to End first appeared on Steve Flowers . ## [July 1, 2026 – Katie Britt is Emerging as a Very Effective U.S. Senator](https://steveflowers.us/2026/06/30/july-1-2026-katie-britt-is-emerging-as-a-very-effective-u-s-senator/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=july-1-2026-katie-britt-is-emerging-as-a-very-effective-u-s-senator) _2026-07-01 · Steve Flowers · Steve Flowers_ When Katie Britt assumed her role on the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, she did so as the most junior Senator \[…\] The post July 1, 2026 – Katie Britt is Emerging as a Very Effective U.S. Senator first appeared on Steve Flowers . ## [June 24, 2026 – Republican Runoff Results Revealing](https://steveflowers.us/2026/06/24/june-24-2026-republican-runoff-results-revealing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=june-24-2026-republican-runoff-results-revealing) _2026-06-24 · Steve Flowers · Steve Flowers_ The June 16 Republican runoff yielded the final revelation of the 2026 election year. Winning the GOP Primary nomination is \[…\] The post June 24, 2026 – Republican Runoff Results Revealing first appeared on Steve Flowers . ## [June 17, 2026 – Several Legislative Incumbents Ousted in Primaries](https://steveflowers.us/2026/06/17/june-17-2026-several-legislative-incumbents-ousted-in-primaries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=june-17-2026-several-legislative-incumbents-ousted-in-primaries) _2026-06-17 · Steve Flowers · Steve Flowers_ Prior to the primaries, I had disingenuously written that state legislative seats have become analogous to congressional seats. Very few \[…\] The post June 17, 2026 – Several Legislative Incumbents Ousted in Primaries first appeared on Steve Flowers . ## [AI Summaries & Audio Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/8QUkxoCecUib) _2026-06-17 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to concise audio briefings for the latest stories. ## [在香港骑共享单车：访客视角的经验](https://hsu.cy/2026/06/hkbikeshare/) _2026-06-04 · Posts on neverland_ 骑共享单车游香港，听起来似乎不是什么主流选择。的确，香港总体来说对单车不算很友好。特别是港岛、九龙一带，地形起伏大，开发密度高，基本没有条件开辟单车径，政府也明确 不鼓励 以单车代步。 不过，在临近深圳的新界区域，地势相对平坦，新市镇开发过程中也普遍规划了单车设施，可以骑行探索的部分其实颇多。再加上香港的共享单车市场经历一轮发展和洗牌，已经逐渐稳定，车型和使用流程都与内地无异；只要稍微学习适应当地的骑行规则，骑车游玩基本没有门槛。 去年下半年，我因为懒得走路，临时起意扫开一辆车，从荃湾骑到屯门，体验相当好，此后便开始主动选择骑共享单车。到现在，共享单车已经成为我在新界闲逛时的常用交通工具，既可以独自支撑半天的远途行程，也可以用来连接两段不方便转乘的公共交通，非常值得推荐。 位于天水围和康城的单车径 … ## [What exactly is an executive chair, Tim Cook’s new position?](https://hsu.cy/2026/04/tim-cook-as-the-executive-chair/) _2026-04-20 · Posts on neverland_ On April 20, Apple announced that Tim Cook will step down as CEO on August 31 and, effective September 1, become Executive Chair of the Board of Directors. John Ternus, currently Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, will succeed Cook as CEO and join the board. Arthur Levinson, who has been Apple’s chairman since November 2011, will become Lead Independent Director. Cook’s departure… ## [中文 Markdown 强调标记的渲染问题](https://hsu.cy/2026/04/markdown-emphases-cjk/) _2026-04-16 · Posts on neverland_ 在与 AI 对话的过程中，你一定见过这样不伦不类的输出： 换言之，那些本该加粗的部分并没有加粗，周围却多了一堆星号。 有一定技术背景的读者都知道，这些星号是 Markdown 中的强调标记。Markdown 是一种格式标记语言，可以用一些简单而直观的语法，为纯文本附加格式信息。近年来，Markdown 文档常用于模型训练，从而成为了 AI 模型的原生语言。如今，AI 模型的回答大多都是以 Markdown 格式输出，然后再在客户端渲染为带格式文本的。 当然，上述问题并不只出现在 AI 聊天中。如果你用 Markdown 记笔记或者写作，应当对类似的现象早就不陌生了。 可是，Markdown 语法不就是把 \*\* 之间的内容当作强调部分的吗？为什么在一些场景下能加粗，另一些场景下就不能加粗了呢？ … ## [关于深圳过港看电影](https://hsu.cy/2026/04/hkmovies/) _2026-04-12 · Posts on neverland_ 最近几个月在香港看了一些电影，体验还不错。在深圳电影院越来越贵的「衬托」下，如果合理安排地点和时间，去香港看的成本也算不上离谱。以下是一些个人经验，仅供参考。 \>\> 戏院选择 目前全港有 51 家常规戏院，大多数（30 家）在香港和九龙，如果只是纯粹看个电影，时间和票价成本都不划算。相比之下，对穷鬼更友好的位置是屯门（4 家）和元朗（2 家），深圳湾过去也就十块钱出头、半小时内，而且价格普遍便宜很多。（北区只有粉岭有一家，考虑到东铁线的坑爹过境票价也不划算。）可能是因为已经过几轮市场淘汰，这些偏远戏院虽然规模、设施一般，但也都算是整洁舒适，没有见到过内地那种看着就破破烂烂的小电影院。 完整戏院列表可参考 维基百科 。 \>\> 排期查询 … ## [Use Obsidian Sync on Desktop without Installing Obsidian](https://hsu.cy/2026/03/obsidian-headless-launchd/) _2026-03-26 · Posts on neverland_ I know this might sound a bit odd. Let me explain: (1) Obsidian Sync is, for now, the most stable, lowest-latency cross-platform (including desktop and mobile) service I’ve found for syncing plain text notes, and it works better than various cloud storage options; but (2) I mainly use Obsidian on mobile, while on desktop I prefer VS Code (see my setup in “ VS Code as A Scratchpad ”). Previously,… ## [My Media Diet, Redux](https://hsu.cy/2026/03/fluctuat/) _2026-03-03 · Posts on neverland_ 2019 年初，我写过一篇关于 信息消费 心得的文章，以「放弃」为线索，记录了自己在碎片信息、新闻、长文章、播客和视频等不同内容形态上做减法的过程。此后我偶尔重读，觉得当时的想法大体上没有过时，但也确实留下了不少可以补充和修正的空间。 又过了七年有余。这期间，信息获取的外部环境也在剧烈变化：传统媒体继续式微，算法推荐愈加强势，生成式 AI 更从根本上改变了大众生产和消费内容的方式。这些变化叠加在一起，让我觉得有必要重新整理一次自己的实践和想法。 显然，这篇文章和上次一样，只是个人经验的记录，未必是正确或者值得借鉴的。事实上，我对自己在信息消费上的判断从来没有真正确信过，过去几年也在不断地检视和推翻旧的看法和习惯。将来回头看这篇，大概又会觉得不少地方需要修正。但也正因如此，趁想法还没有被下一轮自我否定覆盖之前，把它们记下来或许是值得的。 … ## [My Bibliography of 2025](https://hsu.cy/2026/02/bib25/) _2026-02-11 · Posts on neverland_ Books and essays that have impressed me in 2025, with notes and resources. Previously: Bibliography of 2024 . \>\> Books Arendt, Hannah. What Remains: The Collected Poems of Hannah Arendt . Edited and translated by Samantha Rose Hill. Liveright, 2024. \[ See listings on Goodreads and Douban ; my excerpts ; and the review on LARB .\] Drawn to the… ## [Kindle Paperwhite 6](https://hsu.cy/2026/02/paperwhite/) _2026-02-04 · Posts on neverland_ A version of this article appears on Feb. 5, 2026 on SSPAI as a part of a weekly column. 我上次用 Kindle 还是十多年前的 Paperwhite 2 和 Voyage。当时，墨水屏还是一个小众市场，而 Kindle 几乎是唯一在国内使用体验比较完善的选择。后来的故事大家也都知道了：国产厂商越来越多地接管了 Kindle 的份额，而 Kindle 也在 2022 年正式 退出了中国市场 。我之后的墨水屏设备也大多是国产品牌的。 诚然，我乐见国产厂商带动的竞争局面：如今墨水屏市场一个季度出现的新品就多过以前一年，性价比也不断提高。但另一方面，用过不下十台各种国产墨水屏设备后，我也很确定目前主推的彩屏和 Android 系统并不是我想要的。 就彩屏而言，目前主流的… ## [Clawdbot’s Capacity Is Less a Triumph of AI and More a Triumph of Desktop OS](https://hsu.cy/2026/01/clawding-around/) _2026-01-30 · Posts on neverland_ By this time, it’s almost impossible not to have heard of Clawdbot , now called OpenClaw after two renames . You’ve probably also been flooded with endless tutorials about it. In a nutshell: Clawdbot is a personal AI assistant that runs directly on your desktop operating system. You talk to it through chat apps like Telegram and WhatsApp, and it can get work done by exposing local files,… ## [Times New American: A Tale of Two Fonts](https://hsu.cy/2025/12/times-new-american/) _2025-12-29 · Posts on neverland_ A less romantic truth is that aesthetic standards rarely travel alone; power tends to follow in their wake. An episode at the U.S. State Department this month makes exactly this point. On December 9, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a memo titled “Return to Tradition” that requires all State Department documents to switch back to 14-point Times New Roman, overturning a Biden-era… ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/VpNr1kURs2pO) _2025-12-29 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## [技术语境中那些熟悉又陌生的英语动词](https://hsu.cy/2025/12/interesting-verbs-in-computing/) _2025-12-24 · Posts on neverland_ 不管是阅读计算机领域的英文内容，还是使用英文界面软件时，你可能都会见到很多生词。其中，有的词本身就长得张牙舞爪，或者在日常语境下用得很少，因此一眼就知道是个技术术语。 但又有这样一些眼熟又陌生的单词——尤以动词居多——它们本身并不生僻，很多甚至都是中小学阶段的基础单词；但第一次在技术语境下看到时，还是容易稍感意外，并在了解含义后产生「原来还可以用在这里」的感觉。了解这些词的含义和用法，能让阅读和使用更加顺畅；如果自己在工作或沟通中要表达相应含义，也可以借此让表达更加简洁、精准和生动（多用动词也是一个常被鼓励的写作优化技巧）。当然，即使没有这样的需求，知道点稀奇古怪的事情本身也挺有意思的。 接下来介绍的就是一些曾经让我产生过这种意外的动词。显然，这只能是一个不完全列举，并且筛选标准完全是个人的，因此欢迎补充指正。 \>\> … ## [无忧行号码托管和 eSIM 的一些体验](https://hsu.cy/2025/10/cm-number-parking/) _2025-10-08 · Posts on neverland_ 因为今年 iPhone 单卡槽的版本变多，以及 iPhone Air 变成纯 eSIM，最近出现很多关于国内如何使用 eSIM 的讨论。其中，一种出现率较高的变通方案，是使用中国移动的「无忧行」号码托管服务。简单来说，这个服务可以让移动号码在不插卡状态下，继续通过无忧行 app 接收通话和短信，并且提供有限的拨号功能。这样，就可以省下一个卡槽，也能满足纯 eSIM 手机的通信需求。 我之前用的是联通，用前几天时间携号转网尝试了这个方案。结论是：基本可行，前提是有一台备用机来放被托管号码的 SIM 卡以倍不时之需。以下是具体步骤和情况。 \>\> 携号转网到移动 一开始，我为了省时间去了线下办理，但附近的移动营业厅声称深圳只在每天晚上 7 点放出 10 个名额（wat?），并且转入后可选的套餐最低只能选… ## [Beyond the Front Page: A Personal Guide to Hacker News](https://hsu.cy/2025/09/how-to-read-hn/) _2025-09-21 · Posts on neverland_ \>\> A Cure for The Eternal September In early 1994, a group of frustrated users on Usenet, a precursor to modern forums, inadvertently coined a term: Eternal September . The problem wasn’t the month of September itself, but the people who arrived with it. In its early days, Usenet had a relatively high barrier to entry, which helped maintain user quality and… ## [Comparing the Chinese Translations of Copywriting for Releases at Apple’s September 2025 Special Event](https://hsu.cy/2025/09/apple-cn-translations-fall-25/) _2025-09-15 · Posts on neverland_ Note: H/t Lawrence Li a , b , c , d , e , f , g and Mivansaka a , b , c , d , e , f , g for their prior works. All copywriting referenced herein is Apple property and subject to Apple’s terms of use . No claim to third-party copyright. 仅供参考，欢迎批评。 \>\> General … ## [Is OOXML Artifically Complex?](https://hsu.cy/2025/09/is-ooxml-artificially-complex/) _2025-09-04 · Posts on neverland_ A while ago, the official blog of LibreOffice published a provocative article : “An artificially complex XML schema as a lock-in tool.” Its target is Microsoft’s XML-based file formats — the Office Open XML (OOXML). The article alleges that, although Microsoft put its Office formats through standardization, the spec is engineered to be so complex that it obstructs interoperability with… ## [夏日游泳（交通）条例 Summer Swimming (Traffic) Ordinance](https://hsu.cy/2025/08/summerpool/) _2025-08-08 · Posts on neverland_ 本戏仿条例旨在就夏日拥挤时段公众游泳池内的水上交通规管、泳道及相关设施的使用，以及为其他相关的目的而订定条文。 A parody Ordinance to provide for the regulation of aquatic traffic in public swimming pools during the summer peak hours, the use of lanes and associated facilities, and for other purposes connected therewith. zh en… ## [Batch Downloading and Transcribing Podcast Episodes](https://hsu.cy/2025/08/poddl/) _2025-08-04 · Posts on neverland_ I recently wanted to collect and peruse the transcripts of some older podcast episodes. While Pocket Casts, my go-to podcatcher, supports bulk downloading of audio, exporting the files for further processing is an extra, cumbersome step. This led me to look for a command-line workflow to automate the task. After evaluating a few open-source projects, I settled on poddl . It’s been… ## [Creating iTunes Plus AAC from the Command Line](https://hsu.cy/2025/07/itunesplus/) _2025-07-24 · Posts on neverland_ For those who still maintain a local music collection, choosing an audio format is an important decision. While lossless formats offer the best quality, they can be demanding on storage and data usage. For mobile listening, converting your music to a lossy format is often the more practical choice. Which format should you choose, then? Those who lived through the iPod era might… ## [从来无我：在审视 AI 中重识自我](https://hsu.cy/2025/07/the-self-that-never-was/) _2025-07-03 · Posts on neverland_ 按：本文原标题为 “The Self That Never Was”，作者为心理治疗师、摄影师 Robert Saltzman，最初于 6 月 17 日 发表 在 The Hedgehog Review 上，得作者惠允翻译并发布。原文无脚注，以下脚注均为译者所加，仅供参考。 翻译本文的动机并不是赞同它的具体观点。实际上，相比于文章将自我和自由近乎消解的决定论和后结构主义视角，个人更倾向于存在主义的解读：人通过行动来创造将要成为的自我；被迫自由，并且要对（即使是非自主施加的约束下的）选择负责。尽管如此，我认同本文提示的思考角度：在与日益人格化的 AI 互动时，不能只满足于问题解决或情感满足——尽管出于这些需求的用例是完全正当的——必须保持高度的警觉和审视；当机器学会说「我」时，人可以做的不只是惊叹或者恐慌，也可以借此反问「我」的所指，而具体答案则并不重要。 … ## [A Policy Statement on GenAI Content](https://hsu.cy/2025/06/genai-sspai/) _2025-06-02 · Posts on neverland_ Note: The following policy statement regarding our standards for user-contributed, generative AI content was written on behalf of the editors at SSPAI, where I am a staff editor. It was first published by SSPAI on June 2, 2025. 少数派是以写作为根基的社区。AI 的普及改变了很多人写作的方式，也创造了无数讨论话题，这些影响都快速而直接地体现在我们收到的文章上。这也给编辑部提出了新的问题：能否接纳用 AI 辅助写作的文章？如何筛选层出不穷的 AI 工具介绍？ 在生成式 AI 刚进入大众视野不久的… ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/zVk2fkK5sqeo) _2025-06-02 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [En Joey](https://hsu.cy/2025/04/en-joey/) _2025-04-12 · Posts on neverland_ I. Attending a Joey Yung concert wasn’t something I had anticipated. Since my baptism into Cantopop after overhearing a roommate listening to Miriam Yeung in my sophomore year, it was Yeung’s work that had defined the genre for me. Yung, by contrast, has a mainstream influence that extends beyond Cantopop; I knew about her through her Mandarin releases. Thus, when I began exploring Cantopop… ## [不要逃避解释：论「相关」和「有关」在日常写作中的滥用](https://hsu.cy/2025/04/irrelevancy/) _2025-04-06 · Posts on neverland_ 在《怎样改进英式中文？——论中文的常态与变态》一文中，余光中曾经 痛斥 过「作出」和「进行」这两个「弱动词」：但凡它们所到之处，总有一个动词被肢解成「作出/进行 + 抽象名词」的繁琐词组。这与中文的简洁是格格不入的，余氏称其为当代中文的一种「病态」。 但「作出」和「进行」绝不是当代中文里唯一的恶势力。如果要再评选些一丘之貉，我一定会首先提名「相关」和「有关」。正如「作出」和「进行」二词「几乎要吃掉一半的正规动词」，「相关」和「有关」也几乎要吃掉一半的正规形容词。 作为实验，你不妨随便从目力所及之处找一个句子，恐怕总能找到某处塞进这两个词作为定语，然后觉得似曾相识——相关规定、有关方面、相关材料、有关问题…… … ## [公共运营商视角下的网络中立（2018）](https://hsu.cy/2025/03/net-neutrality-common-carrier/) _2025-03-12 · Posts on neverland_ Note: This is the undergraduate dissertation I wrote in 2018 as a requirement for graduation. Yesterday, a past Weibo post reminded me that I had submitted the printed copy exactly seven years ago. So, I salvaged the PDF from a dusty hard drive and am republishing it here for archival purposes. Looking back, I see a lot of awkward or overwrought phrasing in an attempt to sound more academically… ## [Moving Away From .xyz](https://hsu.cy/2025/02/new-tld/) _2025-02-09 · Posts on neverland_ When I got my first domain name, cyhsu.xyz , about ten years ago, .xyz was the new, cool kid on the block, known for hosting Alphabet’s corporate domain, abc.xyz . I also liked that it contains two of the three letters in my pinyin initials. Over time, though, .xyz became overrun by spammers and crypto/NFT scammers, drawn to the perceived “coolness” and low cost. Its reputation tanked so… ## [译文：正则表达式的真正实力](https://hsu.cy/2025/02/the-true-power-of-regular-expressions/) _2025-02-03 · Posts on neverland_ 按： 本文作者为 nikic (Nikita Popov)，是 Red Hat 高级软件工程师，参与 LLVM、Clang 和 Rust 等项目。原文题为 “The true power of regular expressions”，于 2012 年 发表 在其博客上。我第一次看到这篇文章是好几年前，虽然有点晦涩，但硬着头皮看下来，还是对理解正则表达式的本质有很大启发。最近回顾旧书签，又重新想起、复习了一遍，并得作者惠允翻译后发布。 根据个人阅读体验和理解，对于原文中一些较生僻的术语和较跳跃的推理，通过译注加以补充，仅供参考。请注意本文并非正则表达式教程，其中讨论假定读者对正则表达式语法（PCRE… ## [Driving Force](https://hsu.cy/2024/12/driving/) _2024-12-25 · Posts on neverland_ A faint pain in my molars reminded me how tightly I must have clenched them the day before. It was only then that I realized my stress level while driving in actual traffic for the first time — three years after receiving my driver’s license. Driving had always felt irrelevant, even alienating, to me. My bodily agility is not as naturally developed as mental faculties, necessitating greater… ## [Bibliography of 2024](https://hsu.cy/2024/12/bib24/) _2024-12-13 · Posts on neverland_ I’ve long resisted writing “best of,” “annual review,” or similar posts. Besides my distaste for listicles, I also question my credibility in recommending artistic works, given my limited exposure to and understanding of such material. This year, however, has seen some significant changes in my preferences and priorities — much more fiction and much less tech, among others — the cause of… ## [R2 Smart Ring](https://hsu.cy/2024/11/r2-ring/) _2024-11-27 · Posts on neverland_ A version of this article appears on Nov. 28, 2024 on SSPAI as a part of a weekly column. 如今的智能穿戴设备有什么通病？过于智能。 ——过于智能，以至于将采集自用户身体的数据心安理得地锁在自家平台；过于智能，以至于收不到订阅费就拒绝开放一些基本功能；过于智能，以至于在软件支持结束之后就相当于自动退休。这些聪明玩意对自己的本源和使命有清晰的认知：副业是服务于用户的生活健康，主业是服务于厂商的财务健康。 而当机关算尽成为常态，「傻」就被衬托成了一种新的美德。R02 就是这样一个傻得有点可爱的产品。 我不是故意要省略 R02 的品牌名的。它在国外玩家的 视频 和 文章 中姓… ## [iReader Smart 5C](https://hsu.cy/2024/11/smart5c/) _2024-11-13 · Posts on neverland_ A version of this article appears on Nov. 14, 2024 on SSPAI as a part of a weekly column. （Full disclosure: 这段话发出来的时候，设备已经被我退回去了。尽管不符合预期，但我觉得它还是有做得很好的地方，值得一写，故有下面这段表扬和挖苦都很用力的矛盾评论。） 坦白讲，我之所以会关注到 Smart 5C，最初只是因为一个非常庸俗的理由：它的 8GB 内存实在是有点……大方？此前，10 英寸国产 Android 阅读器内存一般在 3—4GB，只有少数能达到 6GB；直接加到 8GB 确实是用劲挤了挤牙膏的。 诚然，如果需求只是看书，内存少点也是一样用。但我主要是想用墨水屏阅读器当一个「护眼平板」，使用最频繁的应用是浏览器；按如今 web… ## [The Case Against ‘The Case Against Travel’](https://hsu.cy/2024/10/in-re-travel/) _2024-10-01 · Posts on neverland_ I was on a short trip last month when I somehow thought of “ The Case Against Travel ,” a polemic essay by the philosopher Agnes Callard. Ranked tenth in the New Yorker ’s top stories of 2023, it has drawn numerous responses after publication, mostly of anger. As I have traveled more this year than in the past, revisiting the piece evoked more nuanced and personal perspectives than a simple… ## [How iOS Restricts Features by Region: A Look at MobileGestalt and Eligibility](https://hsu.cy/2024/09/ios-feature-regional-lockout/) _2024-09-25 · Posts on neverland_ As agreed by many reviewers, the iPhone 16 series launched this year in a curiously “hollow” state: the heavily touted Apple Intelligence won’t be enabled until iOS 18.1 in October, and even then, it won’t be available to users in mainland China and the European Union. Indeed, this is just the latest example of iPhone features being fragmented by region. Against the increasingly complex landscape… ## [Remote Book Scanning with 1DollarScan and Optimizing Scanned PDFs](https://hsu.cy/2024/09/1dollarscan/) _2024-09-14 · Posts on neverland_ \>\> Using The Service Last month, I got interested in a textbook recommended by an online open course I happened to find. However, it’s quite old and not easily available for international shipping. Plus, since it’s in the “reader” format meant to be read non-sequentially and piecemeal, carrying it in its 600-page physical form seems to defeat the purpose. … ## [Comparing the Chinese Translations of Copywriting for Releases at Apple’s September 2024 Special Event](https://hsu.cy/2024/09/apple-cn-translations-fall-24/) _2024-09-09 · Posts on neverland_ Note: H/t Lawrence Li a , b , c , d , e , f , g and Mivansaka a , b , c , d , e , f , g for their prior works. An earlier draft was posted to SSPAI Member Community (paywalled). 往年苹果文案的翻译经常有一些「语出惊人」的地方，这两年似乎收敛了不少，但还是保留了每次看新品文案对比几版翻译的习惯。这里摘录美国官网原版和中、港、台版本翻译对比（方法见结尾），并就自己注意到、觉得值得一提的若干译法作出评论。观点仅供参考，欢迎批评。 …