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Bryan

@Bryan@macaw.social

ex-Apple, ex-Yahoo, ex-Digg, ex-NASA, “i like pop music”

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paul, to random
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I have mixed feelings about the death of the 27" iMac. As someone who likes to swap out both frequently, I've never been a fan of tethering the display to the CPU. But it was arguably the best Mac for development for a number of years. User upgradable RAM, great display and a decent config was “affordable" (at least as much as any Mac is).

IMO the Studio is a better replacement, unless Apple jacks up the M3 price. But would like to see some Apple monitors that aren't full of compromises.

Bryan,
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@paul I think the Studio Display is top notch. I prior had the LG 5K monitor and it was cheap plastic junk. About a year into owning the LG the display plug got loose and it suffered from disconnect/reconnect over and over. Terrible display.

GossiTheDog, to random
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    Bryan,
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    @GossiTheDog how about Tesla worries about phantom braking and other nagging anomalies in the current “AI” driving cars before getting all worried about janitors and cooks losing jobs to robots?

    catsalad, to random

    Which version of Windows runs best on an iPhone?

    Bryan,
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    @catsalad Windows95 runs fine for me on iPhone over here: https://www.pcjs.org/software/pcx86/sys/windows/win95/4.00.950/

    TechConnectify, to random
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    Hi, I'm stuck waiting on laundry to finish and am bored, so why don't I come on here and write some hot takes about YouTube?

    I mean, I can think of several reasons, but too bad I'll do it anyway.

    Knowing the leanings of the folks on this particular platform this is likely to spark some debate, but note that I'm not trying to paint YouTube as a saint - in fact, the first thing I want to talk about is a strategy they've taken which puts me and all YT creators in a weird place:

    Bryan,
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    @TechConnectify

    IMHO YouTube needs to break out music - I don’t need or want it. I already have Apple Music (or friends of mine have Spotify) and it makes YouTube Premium feel like monopoly leveraging of YouTube to get more music subscribers.

    It’s a gross abuse and I won’t be part of it.

    futurebird, to random
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    Sometimes I encounter videos on tiktock/tumblr: "wealth attractors" -reblog it & get good luck with $. At first I'm disgusted. Crass displays of wealth are ugly-- then I'm struck by how modest these dreams of 'wealth' really are.

    It's always like ... just a few thousand dollars ... never even close to the obscene sums that distort our world. "root canal money" not "buy a supreme court justice" money.

    I'm doing OK for now. But, I remember when $500 could have changed everything.

    A young woman with long wavy dark hair obscures her face with a fan of $100 US bills. "my aura is like a money magnet i never go negative"
    View of a Chanel shopping bag and a designer purse resting on the passenger seat of a car. In the foreground a manicured hand with red nail polish clutches a bunch of US cash of various denominations. Some $20 bills have purple bank bands that read $2000. There are also $20s and $50s in rubber bands.
    Another manicured hand with long pastel pink gel nails holds a thick wad of cash that contains at least a few $100 bills.

    Bryan,
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    @futurebird I just had a root canal tooth from 22 years ago pulled. Finally failed. 😞 They did a bone graft and in about 6-9months I’ll have an implant. I was told root canals last ~17 years on average. 😖

    BlackAzizAnansi, to random
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    Do any of y'all own a fully electric car? What has your experience been like?

    Bryan,
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    @BlackAzizAnansi Tesla model y long-range.

    So far best car I’ve owned. I think Tesla car would be perfect with CarPlay.

    I’ll probably go for IONIQ 5, EV6, or EV9 once the connector is changed to work with Tesla Superchargers.

    dangoodin, to random

    Dude in a 2-ton pickup truck has been idling outside my office window for more than 20 minutes. Today's weather is perfect: partly cloudy, 65 degrees, light breeze. I can see no sound reason why he'd do this. I asked him if he'd consider turning off his car while he's stationary and he gave me a nasty look.

    This is probably the same climate-change-denying douche bag who complains about gas prices being too high.

    Bryan,
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    @dangoodin i think calling 311 will get parking enforcement. Might want to give them a ring sometime to see if they will ticket idling vehicles. They will ticket and tow abandoned cars or vehicles blocking driveways.

    CmdrTaco, to random
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    Cookie Crisp cereal had the theoretical advantage both in terms of marketing and being made of cookie, but Cinnamon Toast Crunch was always the superior choice because the cookies tasted like stale shit and cinnamon toast milk is the holy grail of breakfast cuisine.

    Bryan,
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    @CmdrTaco

    I take it a bowl of grape-nuts isn’t to your likening? 😅

    Bryan,
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    @CmdrTaco

    I was just at Costco and observed evidence of an actual high number of sociopaths… of the 4-6 bulk cereals Costco always keeps in stock grape-nuts is one of them. 😂

    davidbures, (edited ) to Korean
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    A question for all the KDrama enjoyers out there:

    Which series, in a contemporary setting, has the most stylish outfits in your opinion?

    My girlfriend keeps saying I dress like a KDrama villain, so now it’s time to go all in.

    Bryan,
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    @bougiewonderland @davidbures

    The Great Queen Seondeok is my all-time favorite series. I’ve watched it twice. 62 episodes at 1 hour each. It’s long.

    https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/the-great-queen-seondeok/season-1

    ChanceHMiller, to random
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    I have so much I want to tell her, but she's not here anymore. https://www.chancemiller.me/p/shes-not-here-anymore

    Bryan,
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    @ChanceHMiller I’m sorry for your loss and pain. I’m sure your mom would be very proud of your accomplishments. Heck, internet strangers like me follow because of the great job you do. Keep it up!

    “It has been said, time heals all wounds. I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.” —Rose Kennedy

    TechConnectify, (edited ) to random
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    An observation:

    Many people seem to be under the impression that series hybrid drivetrains (where the ICE powerplant turns a generator which powers a motor) are superior to parallel hybrid (where the ICE can spin the wheels directly).

    I think a lot of this comes from knowledge of diesel-electric locomotives, and trains are known to be efficient. But, in fact, those trains would be even more efficient if they could parallelize the diesel engine - that's just really hard, and isn't the point.

    Bryan,
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    @TechConnectify the BMW i3 with its REx "rage extender” is probably the best example of an engine tuned to just generate electricity in a car platform. Seems ~37MPG for charging mode is below what a Prius could easily get. (fwiw i've read other i3 owner reviews and this is about average for real-world usage of REx).

    https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1110512_bmw-i3-rex-owners-3-years-with-range-extended-electric-car

    davidbures, to random
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    My Safari is completely broken in Sonoma. Randomly, it shows this „website is too busy“ error and nothing helps apart from restarting the entire machine. My internet works fine… :(

    Bryan,
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    @davidbures iCloud private relay? Try toggling it off/on or on/off.

    arstechnica, to random
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    HP wireless all-in-one has 83 Wh rechargeable battery, handle for portability

    A 24-inch Windows PC weighing 9 pounds.

    https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/hp-wireless-all-in-one-has-83-wh-rechargeable-battery-handle-for-portability/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    Bryan,
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    @arstechnica looking forward to seeing these in Starbucks and other coffee houses

    dangoodin, to random

    Smoke rising from somewhere in the vicinity of SF General hospital.

    Bryan,
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    @dangoodin this is to signal they’ve selected a new attending physician. 😆

    (I hope all is ok!! 😬)

    paul, to random
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    Can someone help me decide which HomeKit Doorbell to get? All the choices are overwhelming.

    Bryan,
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    @paul I have that Logitech Circle doorbell and it works great. I didn’t experience overheating but I also live in Portland Oregon metro… so… it isn’t really hot here.

    grumpygamer, to random
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    I'd probably get a lot more work done if someone could fire me.

    Bryan,
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    @grumpygamer I tell my wife I’m a great boss but a lousy employee when asked how my app/game is going… 😆

    Raspberry_Pi, (edited ) to RaspberryPi
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    :raspberrypi: Raspberry Pi 5 is coming :raspberrypi:

    With more than twice the speed of Raspberry Pi 4, and featuring our brand new RP1 chip, we’ve refined the Raspberry Pi experience.

    It’s the everything computer. Optimised.

    Priced at $60 for the 4GB variant, and $80 for its 8GB sibling, units are already available to pre-order from many of our Approved Resellers, and will ship at the end of October.

    https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-raspberry-pi-5/


    Bryan,
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    @Raspberry_Pi
    😎

    TechConnectify, to random
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    Would you like a short thread on a weird internal conflict I have regarding a fairly widespread issue Hyundai/Kia E-GMP cars are having?

    That question was rhetorical. Strap in.

    OK, so my car can (in theory) charge at 48 amps. With our Freedom voltage, that's 11.5 kW. A fair number of owners are having problems charging at this speed because the charge inlet overheats.

    Now, initially, Hyundai had a very stupid strategy for this occurrence: stop charging entirely. That was awful.

    Bryan,
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    @TechConnectify I do a lot of road trips and stays at hotels with free AC car charging. Many hotels have 3 hour limits on charging for high demand areas (for example the Hyatt Regency Lake Washington).

    Being able to charge at max is pretty important if you’re trying to top off in under 3 hours (or moving to different plug every 3 hours). FWIW I don’t have a Hyundai so I’m able to get the full 48amp.

    grumpygamer, to random
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    I have a 300 line Bash script that fully automates my build process. Rewriting it in Python won't make it any faster or make the game come out any sooner, but I'm having a hard time resisting the call of the coding siren.

    Bryan,
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    @grumpygamer rewrite in zsh so you can scratch the itch but finish quickly?

    futurebird, to random
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    Yall think I'm kidding about that "sailing to Borneo to see the giant ants" thing... But I do really know how to sail granted... only in LI sound (We went from CT to NYC and more.) not the open ocean as of yet. But with a big enough boat and my husband's help I think we could totally do it.

    The only real question is if we should go east or west to get there.

    Bryan,
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    @futurebird I really like watching this old guy singlehanded sailing from California to Hawaii. His videos are really inspiring to just get in a boat and go…

    https://youtu.be/Oz8wpl9YG1o

    kwf, to random
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    Question for people driving electric vehicles: Do you carry a portable Level 2 charger in your car, and if so, what NEMA adapters do you carry with it?

    I'm contemplating if it's worth me having something bigger than a NEMA5-20 at the front of my garage for visitors. Can't quite justify installing a fixed Level 2 charger since I don't actually have an EV myself.

    Bryan,
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    @kwf I carry a portable level 2 charger with a case with every adapter. Have never used. Never. (Waste of money looking back).

    I installed a wall charger on a 60amp circuit. But car maxes at 48amp/240v for AC charging.

    stshank, to random
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    When you're watching Google's latest video exhorting Apple to support the RCS messaging technology, note this: Google is the sole host of public keys used in the end-to-end encryption (E2EE). https://www.gstatic.com/messages/papers/messages_e2ee.pdf

    Bryan,
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    @stshank fine with me as long as RCS stays a green bubble. 😂

    _dm, to random

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    Bryan,
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    @_dm in both cases (iOS and Mac) it’s to access keys to write to the disk (at the block/fs level) to resize file systems and change bootloader target.

    The /User file system might need to be shrunk for the new OS partition to be laid down. Then the bootloader is changed to point at the new OS.

    Note (for iOS) if you don’t know the password you can still upgrade via DFU and booting from a Mac host. It will just overwrite the old OS partition with updated OS.

    Bryan,
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    @_dm

    I think a good read is this entire website: https://support.apple.com/guide/security/welcome/web

    If you just want the boot process (and boot target details) take a look at the System Security sections starting here: https://support.apple.com/guide/security/system-security-overview-sec114e4db04/web

    It’s a pretty good system and it’s why only old iPhones can be tether-jailbroken via vulnerabilities in iboot.

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