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As I remember, and supported by the article quoted below, AirPods were ridiculed quite a bit when first launched.

>Of all the widely ridiculed tech products, Apple’s AirPods have experienced an extraordinary turnaround. Back in 2016, they were roundly mocked by the tech industry. Tiny wireless earbuds? It seemed like a recipe for disaster – streets would be littered with these lost headphones, which would clutter up city pavements like discarded gloves and babies’ socks." – https://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2019/feb/10...

Relevant Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/51yazy/this_is_what_...

Screenshot from the video: https://postimg.cc/sBwChF36
Re:Microsoft Azure Outage on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @12:07PM (#45748792)
Down here too (region West Europe)
Re:Gemini CLI on Thursday June 26, 2025 @04:48AM (#44385476)
That works for me, however, it automatically switches me to gemini-2.5-flash:

Slow response times detected. Automatically switching from gemini-2.5-pro to gemini-2.5-flash for faster responses for the remainder of this session.

To avoid this you can utilize a Gemini API Key. See: https://goo.gle/gemini-cli-docs-auth#gemini-api-key

You can switch authentication methods by typing /auth

Re:Gemini CLI on Thursday June 26, 2025 @02:25AM (#44384699)
Got the exact same thing here, using Gemini with an API key.
This is described in their FAQ. Running `xattr -d com.apple.quarantine '/Applications/Zen Browser.app/'` fixes the issue, see https://docs.zen-browser.app/faq#zen-browser-is-damaged-and-...
For anyone that would want to see that: ‘Mythbusters - Compressed diver’ https://youtu.be/LEY3fN4N3D8