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jasoncox

@jasoncox@mastodon.social

Geek dad, tech enthusiast and all around dork.

Formerly https://mastodon.social/@jasoncox on Twitter.

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christianselig, to random
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Hmm, do I bring the iPad with me to WWDC? Not sure I'll have time to use it, but would be pretty curious if iPadOS 18 has some cool stuff in it

jasoncox,
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@christianselig Cool? iPadOS? Sir, this is Apple.

christianselig, to random
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I am dying to know what the Vision Pro does while it's off because that thing chews through standby battery life like nothing else

jasoncox,
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@christianselig It’s mining Bitcoin, duh.

christianselig, to random
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Tesla: any minute now our car will be able to drive coast to coast without a human, using only cameras

Tesla using cameras for wipers:

jasoncox,
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@christianselig Also Tesla:

christianselig, to random
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It's kinda wild seeing the scales tip so far that even the Tesla subreddit now hates Elon

jasoncox,
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@christianselig Rememebr when we all thought he was the real life Tony Stark? And now flash forward and he’s just some rich anti-progress asshole.

christianselig, to random
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noooooo

jasoncox,
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@christianselig You are not special enough.

(nor am I)

paul, to random
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Probably should’ve looked around the room before going to sleep.

jasoncox,
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@paul Is that just for freight trains blowing their whistles? Or is this some weird thing in College Station like how some northern towns set off their air raid sirens to signal shift change in car plants?

christianselig, to random
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Survived my first talk 😅
https://iosdev.space/@DeepDishSwift/112395460344582814

jasoncox,
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@christianselig Looking at the name of that conference… how was the pizza?

thurrott, to random
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Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard in October. Since then:

Number of Xbox Studios games on rival platforms: 4

Number of Activision Blizzard games on Xbox Game Pass: 1

WTF.

jasoncox,
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@thurrott My money is on anti-trust. Not that I think MS is doing anything wrong, I just think they’re concerned about the EC.

christianselig, to random
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Playing around with a Meta Quest 3 version of my Vision Pro stand, and I want a flourish on top to differentiate them, but I can't decide if I prefer the inset or raised sensors. What do you think?

Meta Quest 3 rendered in stainless steel in Fusion 360 with the three sensors inset from the "pringle" top

jasoncox,
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@christianselig Raised. Inset seems like it’d end up collecting dust or skin debris.

BasicAppleGuy, to random
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M1

The team at @gridstudiocc sent this beautiful acrylic piece commemorating the first Apple Silicon chip for the Mac.

jasoncox,
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@BasicAppleGuy You got me all excited that it was back in stock again! :-(

christianselig, (edited ) to random
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Randomly curious: what email provider do you use?

jasoncox,
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@christianselig O365

simonbs, (edited ) to random
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Incredibly often, it seems that Safari fails to load a website. It happens both on my Mac and iPhone and has been happening for a long time. I think this has to do with my WiFi, but I fail to see anything unusual in my Ubiquiti setup.

Anyone seeing similar issues with Safari, or is this some issue in my Internet setup?

(Yes, I've tried disabling all extensions)

jasoncox,
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@simonbs It happens a few times a month to me. Normally I have to restart Safari or, at the worst, reboot.

christianselig, to random
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The Vision Pro really needs swipe to type or something. This only took me four minutes to write

jasoncox,
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@christianselig Does it not have dictation?

christianselig, to random
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Random question, but does anyone get that bug in Safari on Mac where when navigating the YouTube website, sometimes you'll navigate back a page and the page won't actually change at all despite the URL updating?

jasoncox,
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@christianselig Yup. That’s Google rewriting the URL, IIRC. One of the great legacies of Web 2.0 that just won’t die.

BasicAppleGuy, to random
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Collection of my April Fools' Day pranks over the years, including The Magic Button (2022), iPod (2023), and 12-inch MacBook (2024).

Magic Button: https://basicappleguy.com/basicappleblog/themagicbutton
iPod: https://basicappleguy.com/basicappleblog/ipodaprilfoolsday
MacBook: https://basicappleguy.com/basicappleblog/macbook

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jasoncox,
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@BasicAppleGuy Magic Button would sell like hotcakes to all the folks with 3P keyboards!

christianselig, to random
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Dang there's no SF Symbol for pinch/select in visionOS, considering just using 🤌

jasoncox,
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@christianselig That symbol would make me want pasta in an authentic Italian restaurant.

thurrott, to random
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Phil Spencer Suggests Allowing Other Game Stores on Xbox https://www.thurrott.com/games/300091/phil-spencer-suggests-opening-up-xbox-consoles-to-other-stores?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

jasoncox,
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@thurrott Translation: Tim Sweeney has threatened to sue them too.

christianselig, to random
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tfw your wiper blades start streaking so you look up how often you're supposed to change them on your six year old car and it says every six months to a year

jasoncox,
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@christianselig Take the opportunity to check your tread wear while you're out there changing them. Bad tires can sneak up on you.

thurrott, to random
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EU Competition Chief Suggests Apple’s Core Technology Fee May Not Be DMA Compliant https://www.thurrott.com/apple/299791/eu-competition-chief-suggests-apples-core-technology-fee-may-not-be-dma-compliant?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

jasoncox,
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@thurrott So stupid question from an annoyed developer to a journalist whose been covering the EC’s shenanigans for ages… The DMA is requiring Apple to publish my contact info to my App Store product page. Is that even GDPR compliant? Because it sure seems like a privacy violation to me.

BasicAppleGuy, to random
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How much storage are people using on their Mac? 💻

I’ve outgrown 256 & 512 GB & feel I need at least 1 TB with my current usage. I don’t carry external SSD’s and prefer to keep all my files/photos on my device.

jasoncox,
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@BasicAppleGuy I have a 4 TB drive here, but that’s less because I use that much storage and more because I didn’t feel like waiting 1-2 months for a BTO model when the local Apple Store had the high end model in stock for same day pickup.

jasoncox,
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@BasicAppleGuy

christianselig, to random
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I really want to make Juno for tvOS one day, but for whatever reason tvOS 17 still does not have any support for web views, which are required to make an app like Juno :(

jasoncox,
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@christianselig One does not simply browse the web on a television!

  • Tim Apple (probably)
BasicAppleGuy, to random
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Apple Vision Pro launched one month ago.
How has your view of product changed since launch?

jasoncox,
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@BasicAppleGuy Still hugely overpriced for a single user headset with a tiny app market.

christianselig, to random
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Okay, up until last week I could say "Siri, kitchen light” and the light would toggle to the opposite of its current state, super handy. Now Siri just says “On or off?” Did I break something? Did Siri break? I've tried restarting the Apple TV hub and HomePod mini multiple times

jasoncox,
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@christianselig Seriously man, don’t try to understand the schizophrenic nature of Siri and HomeKit. Commands just randomly stop working for months and suddenly start working again. Or they start activating things in the wrong zone. Or worse, Apple starts prempting your existing commands and directing them to iOS features.

paul, to random
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If I wanted to re-live an alternate childhood and experience the SNES/TurboGrafx/Neo Geo classics, on the couch, which way should I go? Analogue Pocket or Steam Deck OLED?

I like the idea of FPGA emulation but that screen looks so tiny…

jasoncox,
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@paul These post is six minutes old… So you've already enabled it, right?

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