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The phrase 'in a pickle' traces back to Shakespeare's The Tempest, where Trinculo uses it to describe being so drunk that his body would be preserved from fly-infestation. The original Shakespearean line is arguably better than the modern idiom.
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David opens by clarifying a misconception that's been spreading on tech Twitter: many observers assumed Apple was deliberately restricting the new Siri to Apple apps only. The truth is more mundane but more important. iOS 27 introduces two new developer tools — entity schemas (structured index cards that label app content types so Siri can categorise and search them) and intent schemas (a list of specific actions Siri is permitted to take within an app). The current Xcode beta does not allow developers to ship these capabilities, meaning all current Siri demos and reviews only show Apple's native apps working. Third-party support won't appear until the official fall release alongside iPhone 18. The crew then reaches the existential question: will Google support these schemas? David relays former Apple Shortcuts team member Matthew Castanelli's optimistic take — that Google is already pivoting away from in-app advertising as its primary revenue driver, making a better user experience in its iOS apps more strategically valuable than keeping users inside the app. Marques remains cautiously hopeful but notes that for Google's dominant services, the calculus is different than for smaller developers who have competitive pressure to adopt. The closing plea — 'Google, support this stuff because I want to use Siri' — neatly encapsulates the entire segment's stakes.
Apple's current Xcode beta does not allow developers to ship apps with the new entity and intent schemas, meaning full third-party Siri integration won't arrive until the iPhone 18 launch in September.
The more Google services are used on iPhones, the more leverage Apple gains through Siri. But Google's reported pivot away from in-app ad revenue as its primary driver — according to former Apple Shortcuts team member Matthew Castanelli — may mean that a better user experience in Google's iOS apps is now more valuable than keeping users inside the app.
The phrase 'in a pickle' was popularised by Shakespeare in The Tempest, where it referred to being so drunk one's body would be preserved like a pickle.
Your brain only rewires when there's a gap between where you are and where you want to be. Errors trigger elevated norepinephrine and epinephrine, which chemically tag the synapses that need to change. Sleep then seals the new wiring. The uncomfortable agitation you feel while learning something hard is not a problem to fix — it's the mechanism itself.
The best way to consolidate and accelerate learning isn't re-reading or visualization — it's deliberately trying to recall what you know, hitting the wall of what you don't, and going to look it up. That gap triggers the same norepinephrine response as making errors in physical practice. It's why drivers used to have to retake tests, and why physicians still do.
A baseball-playing junior who learned about compound interest now wants to quit the sport to start working and investing. George says let him decide and own it. Jade says team sports build something a job can't replace — try doing both during off-season first before making the call permanent.
May is 33, carries $69K in combined household debt, and wants to spend 11–13 years training to become a forensic pathologist at $14K/year in tuition. The prerequisite is non-negotiable: zero debt before a single class. Then, with the spouse earning $4,500/month and able to run the household debt-free, cash-flowing medical school is genuinely possible.
Kavak launched the Jedi Academy, an internal program where every employee — from CEO to mechanics — completes a 6-week training and ships a production-ready AI agent. The message to staff was blunt: train and adapt, or this may not be the right place for you.
The worst AI outcome for young people isn't cheating on homework. It's that passive, mindless consumption strips away the motivation and agency their brains need to develop. The second worst outcome is banning AI from classrooms entirely. The winning path is giving students AI-powered agency.
Prompting AI effectively is a skill that should be taught in K-12. The best prompter in history? Socrates. His method of relentlessly asking precise questions to uncover truth is exactly what powerful AI interaction looks like — and schools should explicitly teach it.
When ChatGPT launched in November 2022, Fei-Fei Li's first move was to email her child's elementary school principal and offer to lecture teachers and students. No investor or tech company did that. Teachers are scared, forgotten, and lectured at — and if they're not helped, neither are the kids.
After the KSI show exposed how hard physical comedy really is, Andrew Santino sincerely proposed doing a semester at clown school in France. Bobby agreed. This is apparently a real plan.
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