donkey

foone, 1 day ago to random

So there's always the debate between QWERTY and alphabetical keyboards, but everyone is missing the obvious way to solve this disagreement.

There's no reason the alphabet HAS to be in that order. It's arbitrary, and English would work almost completely the same if the alphabet was in a different order, you know?

So, let's just put the alphabet in QWERTY order!
It'd solve all our problems from Q to M.

matt, 2 days ago to random

Microsoft claims they not only caught, but surpassed Apple silicon https://birchtree.me/blog/microsoft-claims-they-not-only-caught-but-surpassed-apple-silicon/

RickiTarr, 13 days ago to random

Where do you live and how do you feel about it?

Obviously, don't tell me exactly where you live, no actual addresses please! You can be as vague as you like.

I live in Central Missouri in the U.S.

Pros:

This is an absolutely beautiful place, green rolling hills, lots of rivers, lakes, ponds, and natural springs, cool caves to explore.

Lots of farming here, so great access to quality fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, and dairy.

It's relatively inexpensive to live here compared with other states, because it's a "flyover".

I'm close enough to three major cities, that it's an easy day trip, and I'm about halfway to anywhere in the U.S.

We have one of the best Conservation departments in the U.S. and this is one of the few things that is a bipartisan issue. Lots of awesome nature programs that are free or cheap, state parks, conservation areas, bird watching, hunting, boating, foraging available to everyone.

Cons:

Yeah, it's a big one, it is a RED STATE, while a lot of the cities are blue, there is a large rural population, that votes red. Abortion is not legal here. People often vote against their own self interest.

While I'm not against responsible gun ownership, lots of people aren't responsible, and people have access to guns that definitely should not.

We have very few employee protections here, while the cost of living is relatively low compared with other places, it's taken years to get to a $12 minimum wage, and it's still not enough.

matt, 26 days ago to random

What’s that, some fun keyboard hardware to review for the first time in like forever???

matt, 26 days ago to random

I was sharing my screen in a meeting yesterday and I was comparing two websites.

At a certain point I created a split view in Arc to see them side by side. I had to stop the meeting to explain how I did that.

A few minutes later I flipped the left/right windows and they demanded I stop the meeting to explain that move.

That’s a good UI 👌
https://isfeeling.social/@matt/112332611258044346

gedeonm, 1 month ago (edited 29 days ago) to random

If you could wave a magic wand and make one of these things disappear forever, which would it be? ATM I’m leaning towards No. 2 sadly 🤢

niclake, 1 month ago to random

As I return to Mastodon, I realize that I have no idea who is here, or who I should be following. Any recommendations for people y'all think I need to pay attention to?

donkey, 1 month ago to random

@davemark Oh! Meant to say Happy Birthday to you yesterday. Hope you had an awesome day, sir!

billbennett, 1 month ago to random

Politicians’ salaries should be index linked by law to ordinary people’s income levels. It can be set at a higher levels, but it should rise (or fall} in line with everyone else.

billbennett, 1 month ago to random

“Atmospheric river” will be the title of my next album.

donkey, 1 month ago to LGBTQ

Clearly the #LGBTQ+ community own time machines. How else do you explain the rainbow agenda starting in the book of Genesis!

Seriously though, let’s get rid of all Zebra Crossings and replace them with Rainbow ones.

#TransRightsAreHumanRights #WeAreAllFolk

viticci, 2 months ago to random

sometimes I think about all the international drama we could have avoided if only Apple said "let's make iPhones work like Macs for installing apps"

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-20/doj-to-sue-apple-for-antitrust-violations-as-soon-as-thursday

matt, 2 months ago to random

I'm still quite struck by how poorly the Twitter->X brand change has gone. I don't know anyone in real life who calls it X, and nearly a year later no news org would dare refer to a "post on X" it's always "X (formerly Twitter).

RickiTarr, 2 months ago to random

Writing Prompt:

Write the saddest sentence you can think of.

Lana, 2 months ago to random

Let's make a list of awesome women to follow for #internationalwomensday .

Leave your suggestions and I'll add them here.

I'll start things off with

@lisa
@Stoned_Deva_
@GottaLaff
@Alice
@RickiTarr
@rooster

sdw, 2 months ago to random

Restoring some life to old servers as I prepare to relaunch my personal website and came across my 2011 portfolio. A different time.

donkey, 3 months ago to TaylorSwift

Maybe #TaylorSwift could write to #Apple again and ask for a switch in #AppleMusic to only play #TaylorsVersion tracks.

gedeonm, 3 months ago to random

Anyone out there drive an Ioniq 5? I’m looking at it for my next car and need to gather opinions both good and bad. If you have thoughts you wanna share please let me know. Thx!

matt, 3 months ago to random

Apple said they would pay 10% higher royalties to songs mixed in spatial audio. Good, right?

Well, since the payout to all artists is always the same, this means anyone who can't update their music is going to get less from Apple Music now. Fun.

https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/02/spatial-audio-royalties-controversy/

matthewcassinelli, 3 months ago to Shortcuts

Ooh dev beta is re-released: https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/30/apple-releases-ios-17-4-public-beta

Let's see if this fixes the #Shortcuts issue @viticci mentioned: https://mastodon.macstories.net/@viticci/111844211690951512

gedeonm, 3 months ago to random

If Kirby inhaled you, what would his superpower be?