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drfyzziks

@drfyzziks@makervine.net

Non-practicing physicist. Unix sysadmin. Small biz owner. Big fan of Icelandic sheepdogs. 🇨🇦 eh?

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Migueldeicaza, to random
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At the Godot Conf, at our last dinner the population breakdown was:

  • 3 iPhone users
  • 7 vanilla Android users
  • 7 fully liberated Android, no Google users.

It is a crowd that vibes at a different frequency.

Background: I tried to privacy shame the Android folks at the table.

drfyzziks,
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@LouisIngenthron @Migueldeicaza What you likely heard somebody’s misinterpretation of the “Significant Locations” feature in iOS which can keep track of places that you visit frequently (which the phone assumes must be “significant” to you). It does this to provide useful context to locations in Photos, Maps, etc. If you are signed into your Apple ID it will encrypt this info end-to-end & share across your Apple devices.

However, it can easily be turned off.

drfyzziks,
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@LouisIngenthron 15 years old, but interesting! Looking over the iOS location privacy settings today, there’s a pretty decent amount of fine-control over the settings they mention in that 2nd screenshot:

drfyzziks, to random
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My latest pet peeve: receiving very obviously AI-generated email messages from work colleagues & clients. If you’re going to send me an email, please take a few minutes to write it yourself.

But, if you insist on using AI to generate your emails, at least delete the “I hope/trust this email finds you well” opening line. It’s a hallmark of chatGPT-generated email.

drfyzziks,
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@luciedigitalni There's more to it than just the opening sentence. The content of the messages are overly, inappropriately formal and don't match their writing styles from years past. And some of them have outright said that they just ask chatGPT or CoPilot to write all their email now.

And then there's the frequency… In the past hour I've received three extremely similarly-worded messages with variations of the same opening, from 3 entirely different people/organizations.

jwildeboer, to apple
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Yes, will demote WebApps to bookmarks on iOS 17.4 in the EU. Yes, they claim the EU is to blame. And no, that is not true IMHO. What is right is that under the DMA (Digital Market Access) rules WebApps could become a real escape route for Apps to avoid the Apple App Store tax. So better to close that possible loophole and blame the evil EU. IMHO. Reminds me a lot of the Cookie Banner stuff. Same story. Same blame game.

drfyzziks,
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@Gargron @takeitev @jwildeboer the web apps are served from somewhere. Depending on what a web app does, having a whole backend of always-running servers in one or more datacentres could be considered unnecessary.

viticci, to random
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I am so fascinated by what The Browser Company is doing with Arc, and today's announcement of their 'Arc II' next phase is all about the idea of "a browser that browses for you".

We have all the details on what this means, from Instant Links that skip Google search to Live Folders and more: https://www.macstories.net/news/the-browser-company-announces-act-ii-for-arc-the-browser-that-browses-for-you/

drfyzziks,
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@viticci LLMs are nifty little toys that consume inordinate amounts of energy in order to return less-than-reliable information. Not sure I want to be trusting my search results to one.

mike, to fediverse
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One of the big things @Gargron talks about in this interview is his experience with and whether or not the embrace, extend, extinguish playbook would work in the . This discussion happens at minute 41

https://flipboard.video/w/cTBu4HusskGTuPBahqm6WY

drfyzziks,
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@mike @Gargron Can confirm. Playback issues on both Safari 17.2 and Firefox 120.01 on macOS 14.2. The initial thumbnail loads, but when I click play I just get a spinning loading indicator. Seems to be specific to the Flipboard Peertube instance - I don’t run into this issue when playing video back on other instances, like @lonseidman’s https://peertube.lon.tv.

drfyzziks, to android
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If you want secure messaging between and phones, don’t use . Seriously, don’t do it. There are other, better and more reliable options out there (cough Signal cough).

I've used Beeper (w/a test Apple account) & liked it. However after the recent kerfuffle around Beeper Mini, I deleted the app b/c I didn't like how Beeper handled things (adding devices to my iCloud account & unregistering a phone number, both w/o my permission)

Glad it was a test account / number.

christianselig, to random
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I will never understand this phenomenon

drfyzziks,
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@christianselig Looking forward to your follow-up post at 45+. Your eyes will have a different opinion then. “THE BRIGHT MONITOR! IT BURRRRRNS! The googles do nothing!” 😆

(Sadly speaking from experience here)

amyfou, to tech
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    drfyzziks,
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    @amyfou Which LMS software? (I manage/run LMSes for a bunch of universities and colleges)

    drfyzziks,
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    @amyfou ahh. Sorry then. All I can tell you about that particular LMS is that it's awful (but you probably already knew that! 😂)

    christianselig, to random
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    Any other non-Americans planning how to acquire a Vision Pro at launch? 🥽 Currently considering the long drive to New Hampshire, no sales tax will at least help the import duties 😬

    drfyzziks,
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    @christianselig ROAD TRIP!

    peterbutler, to iPhone
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    I switched to a stupid iPhone so I could manage my kids’ stupid screen time but 99% of the time I try to use the feature I get a stupid blank page with a stupid spinning cursor that never resolves

    Anyone else have this problem? Any solutions?

    drfyzziks, (edited )
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    @peterbutler I have similar issues from time to time. Usually swiping up and quitting/restarting the settings up resolves it. When it doesn’t, I often have to resort to a blood sacrifice of some sort. sigh technology…

    christianselig, to random
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    Introducing Language Pal, easily learn languages right on your iOS Home Screen, no opening apps needed! Available now (for free!) in Pixel Pals! 🥳🇫🇷🇪🇸🇩🇪🇮🇹🌍🇨🇦🇮🇳🇨🇳🇰🇷🇯🇵

    Trailer for Language Pal, an iOS 17 interactive Home Screen widget where you can learn 10 different languages right from your Home Screen

    drfyzziks,
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    @christianselig CANADA REPRESENT! (Also, awesome!)

    christianselig, to random
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    Releasing something fun today! 👀

    drfyzziks,
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    @christianselig Locusts? It’s locusts, isn’t it?

    amyfou, (edited ) to Dogs
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    drfyzziks,
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    @amyfou Sometimes your sympathetic nervous system feels a little neglected and wants to remind you that it’s still around.

    drfyzziks, to random
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    Best thing about owning a fast 3D printer? On-demand fidget spinners!

    drfyzziks,
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    @danyork True, that is an issue. But there are some non-bearing fidget toys that are still fun to play with. Printed this one as a test of my printer’s tolerances, and I was really surprised by how freely it moves:

    https://www.printables.com/model/7876-rotating-rings-toy

    drfyzziks,
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    @danyork Just found these … print-in-place bearings!

    https://www.printables.com/model/561588-bearings-print-in-place-with-real-rolling-elements

    drfyzziks,
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    @danyork I am printing ALL THE HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS right now

    gruber, to random
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    I popped into my local Apple Store today. Turns out Apple no longer sells leather anything in their stores. No more leather cases for iPhone 14 and earlier, no more leather watch straps.

    They still sell the remaining stock of MagSafe Battery Packs and Duo Folding Chargers, but they yanked the leather stuff from the shelves.

    drfyzziks,
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    @gruber I’m going to hazard a guess that Nomad Goods is going to see a big bump in their sales figures this fiscal.

    alisca, to random

    Just did that thing in ME3 when you have to laze a Reaper for the fleet in orbit and it's so much fun. Took me only about 50 minutes this time. Little bastard. Die

    drfyzziks,
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    @alisca that is one of the best parts of that whole series. Which is saying something!

    danyork, to Canada
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    This is one of those “DUH!” moments when the government of realizes that yes, indeed, imposing a TOLL on all news links means that there is no financial incentive for companies to allow those links! 🤦‍♂️

    Meta and Google were both very clear that it would not make financial sense for them to continue offering news. The Canadian government thought they were bluffing.

    Oops!

    https://www.reuters.com/technology/meta-starts-process-end-news-availability-canada-2023-08-01/

    drfyzziks,
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    @danyork And I don’t really care. Can’t remember the last time I used either one for news.

    drfyzziks,
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    @abff08f4813c @danyork just tested it out and according to Google News, people in my area are most interested in news from 4 provinces away, and 3 small town newspapers in Northern Ontario...

    drfyzziks,
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    @abff08f4813c @danyork this might be one of those weird Canada vs America differences. I imagine Google & Meta are insanely popular as news "sources" in the US. But (anecdotally) most Canadians I know go directly to the source for their news ... eg: the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, CBC, etc. Sure, Google News is used here, but I just don't think it's nearly as prevalent. Possibly because it tends to suggest stories that aren't necessarily relevant to Canadians.

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