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jamesthomson, to random
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People ask me, “How's your mental health doing at the moment, James?”.

I trust this answers the question.

A man shoots bananas out of his hands in VR. It’s unclear why.

MacBalance,
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@jamesthomson That good, eh?

daringfireball, to random
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Netflix Will Stop Reporting Subscribers Numbers Next Year
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/04/18/netflix-numbers

MacBalance,
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@daringfireball The “Paranoia” phase of streaming where no one wants to talk numbers directly.

Netflix is kind of on my list to be cancelled when it’s not watched for a bit.

thomasfuchs, to random
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Apple product packaging from 40 years ago still looks better than any product packaging of their competition today

MacBalance,
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@thomasfuchs Built for the era when a computer store other have product boxes on the floor in the front area.

finestructure, to random
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If you’re angry about EU regulations because of cookie banners then malicious compliance has worked on you.

MacBalance,
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@finestructure I think the California ‘Prop 65’ notices are somewhat similar. According to a recent 99% Invisible the intent was that manufacturers would reformulate products but instead the answer was often to just label everything.

cstross, to random
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A killer app for Apple Vision Pro: replace the view of the user's eyes displayed on the front screens with empty eye sockets (eerie blue glow optional).

It'll be a hit with the goths ...

MacBalance,
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@zarfeblong Heard a great comment from @siracusa on pointing out the at if this had been a thing in the classic Mac era we would already have a dozen apps to change the eyes to cartoon eyes, disable them, etc… And we’d get a lot more info on how people think this feature should work.

grumpygamer, to random
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The of Slack drives me to Discord but it feels like it was designed for teenage boys.

MacBalance,
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@grumpygamer Don’t worry, Discord has its own enshittification coming down the pipe. Forums specific to niche topics seem to be making a comeback. Maybe IRC.

jamesthomson, to random
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Today the internet has brought me a thread of people on Twitter complaining about PCalc being featured on the Vision Pro store:

https://twitter.com/_LucasRizzotto/status/1757361280732606603

MacBalance,
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@jamesthomson “It’s PCalc you philistine! Featuring it is tradition!”

christianselig, to random
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Couldn't find an Apple Vision Pro stand, so I threw together a quick 3D printable one over lunch where it can stand vertically and cover the lens 🥽

Printing now to test it, then I'll put it on Thingiverse or something (no I'm not printing it in steel but that would be cool)

MacBalance,
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@steveriggins @christianselig That seems excessive even for the AVP accessory market.

Much like a boat, don’t buy a 3d printer… make friends with some who bought one. It’s the easier option.

MacBalance,
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@christianselig I’ll be honest I’m considering one, but worried I’m going to spend several hundred for a box that sits in a cabinet my sunroom unused most of the year.

I’m also looking at fancy resin ones for miniatures printing and possibly some jewelry making projects with my wife, so I admit to being specific.

siracusa, to random
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macOS continues to find new and creative icons for my aliases to folders on other Macs.

MacBalance,
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@siracusa Isn’t that the old ResEdit icon, but higher resolution?

christianselig, to random
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Change of pace with an HTML/CSS question! I have a transparent div at the top of the page, position fixed, and text positioned normally underneath it. How do I offset the text so it is never visible under the top bar when scrolling? https://codepen.io/iamthatis/pen/zYbPXpJ

MacBalance,
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@christianselig Maybe a second doc for the “body” with padding equal to the height of the top bar?

cstross, to random
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New blog entry: Same bullshit, new tin

https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2024/01/same-bullshit-new-tin.html

MacBalance,
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@cstross Kind of related, but back in 2020 I did some cursory digging into how life was for non-military US citizens during WW2 and I really don’t think it would go well now… much less how much more dire I’m sure it was in Europe.

Minor shortages bothered a lot of people a few years ago. Not sure how many countries would handle (as you mention) massive labor shortages meaning things like home repairs might take weeks more than expected.

glennf, to random
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Have a date to go on press at a newspaper to watch the Sunday comics printed!! I am so excited.

MacBalance,
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@glennf Reminds me of the rare times I got to see my dad’s work (ar a couple big commercial printers) back in the 80s…. And then my own time as a bottom tier helper in one of the shops as a summer job. He worked on a lot of magazines, along with some other items and I think some Sunday comics.

alexanderhay, to Warhammer
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What does everyone think about the recent scalping scandal, and Gee Dubs' response to it?

MacBalance,
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@alexanderhay I assume GW has factions ranging from those who are truly offended that product is being speculated to those that figure the money from scalpers spends just fine.

For a possible solution, has GW reached the point where the printed boxes cost more than the plastic yet? I feel like they’re close if mold costs are paid off. Perhaps a solution is that special releases get the full box treatment and make on-demand boxes cheaper that come in the white boxes they use for the resin kits.

cstross, to random
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NO FUCK OFF GET AWAY FROM ME YOU CREEP— https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/ai-comes-for-your-pcs-keyboard-as-microsoft-adds-dedicated-copilot-key/

MacBalance,
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@cstross Runors are that Apple is investigating on-device LLM which is at least more controllable. I’ve heard suggestions it may be effectively a better search for content of local documents. Or they’re just noodling with it and will abandon the effort if the whole fad blows over.

NanoRaptor, to random
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A better iPhone incoming call screen.

MacBalance,
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@NanoRaptor What if I get calls from people beside an Emma, though?

18+ nuintari, to random

nuintari's rules of networking 0x04:

Forward and reverse resolve everything. DNS is not hard.

MacBalance,
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@Rairii data quality in my experience. People reallocate stuff, don’t have standards, etc.

cstross, to random
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Tech I want/don't want:

I don't want a foldable screen on my desktop. (I just want the best single monitor I can get.)

I don't want a foldable screen on my laptop. (I'm okay adding a portable external monitor—if I ever need one.)

Where I want a foldable screen is on my phone, so I can have a tablet with me all the time.

And I STILL want my goddamn Waytools TextBlade for text entry!

MacBalance,
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@cstross is the TextBlade the one I hear ld got hit with a patent troll and can’t fulfill orders despite product sitting in a warehouse?

cstross, to random
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Nov 21 - What things make a good book cover design?

A good book cover makes a reader who has never heard of the author or the book click on it in a web storefront or pick it up in a physical bookshop, because customers are more likely to buy produce they've inspected or physically handled. The end.

(Source: I was told this by a senior editor at Penguin, many years ago. Updated more recently to include the ebook angle.)

Books only have covers because they boost sales.

MacBalance,
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@cstross Something interesting I’ve noticed is (presumably due to rights issues) re-issues of older books as e-books often have terrible cover art. Like, “designed by someone only recently acquainted to vision” kind of bad.

stroughtonsmith, to random
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If Disney World fireworks are representative of the rest of the US, I can see why you have such a firework culture. Those things aren’t fireworks, those are warheads 😳

MacBalance,
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@stroughtonsmith Disney is, supposedly, the largest buyer of explosives in the US after the military.

stroughtonsmith, to random
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Kerbal Space Program 2 finally has a roadmap update, and its For Science! update is coming in December. They have yet to post official videos of the announcement presentation, but it sounds like this could be the start of the turnaround this project desperately needed

  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgDqXIriSf4
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHQXJuSBR4I

https://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com/news/introducing-for-science

MacBalance,
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@stroughtonsmith Is a Mac version on it?

Sobex, to internet

For a lecture dealing with DNS, I am trying to find a ballpark estimate of how often a DNS record gets updated. (In order to show how hosts.txt would never scale).

Up to date ballpark estimates of the current number of records on the internet are also appreciated.

Retoots while prevent a new Morris worm to ask all DNS servers to report the count in their zones :D

MacBalance,
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@kkarhan I’ve seen a couple instances of load balancers set to use 5 seconds! It caused cache problems.

DrH, to Warhammer40K
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Refinery?

So named (with the ?) as it reminds me of a refinery, but I had no idea what I was building as it was built.

Scratch-built from household junk and a few kit parts.

Space Marine for scale.

High angle view of the front of the refinery. A door is visible, flanked by posters; one a warning the other an advert for engineers.
Low angle scale shot of the refinery with a space marine miniature.
High angle view of the less busy side of the refinery.

MacBalance,
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@DrH I like it, if I was changing it I might replace or modify the orange sprue a bit. It looks a lot like, well, a chunk of sprue.

MacBalance,
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@DrH maybe if you could add something to the ‘bulges’ to look like wheels to control pipes?

It’s still very nice, trying to give constructive feedback.

DrH, to ageofsigmar
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Is it still a UFO if it's no longer flying?

UFO crash. Terrain piece built from scratch at 28mm (1:56) scale.

Everything down to the leaves on the vines have been carefully placed.

The graffiti visible here was inspired by some I saw in Poland once.

The UFO is inspired by none other than H R Giger. But was made from random junk pieces blended together and overlaid with wires.

A UFO has crashed through a concrete fence and come to rest in a shallow crater. Outside the fence is a muddy path and some plants. Half of a strange graffiti piece is visible on the remaining fence.
A UFO has crashed through a concrete fence and come to rest in a shallow crater. Top view. Pieces of the fence are scattered about. A box has been knocked over revealing a toilet.
A UFO has crashed through a concrete fence and come to rest in a shallow crater. The UFO is clearly not of terrestrial make and resembles something from the mind of H R Giger.

MacBalance,
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@DrH Love the signage and graffiti!

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