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joesteel

@joesteel@duck.haus

VFX artist, and nerd in LA. Personal blog: joe-steel.com Podcasts: defocused.co VFX reel: artofjoe.com he/him

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“I need my pain.”
https://socel.net/@TheSpaceshipper/112587651974385436

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And remember the most important part: you can sit on it.
https://mastodon.social/@Gammitin/112575354703598048

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Yeah, I recorded a video of my tv like a boomer watching cable news, so what!

joesteel,
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@dan It’s weird to know so many people that have names on your TV. You did it, you magnificent jerks.

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Me wondering if my neighbors can hear me blasting Gettin’ Jiggy With It :coolbread:

joesteel,
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@matt nah nah nah nah nuh nah nah

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Blog: A few quick thoughts on the announced Netflix redesign.

It’s like the old saying goes, “There are only two ways to redesign streaming interfaces: moving top row navigation to side bars, and side bar navigation to top rows.”

https://joe-steel.com/2024-06-06-Netflix-Is-Testing-an-Even-Worse-Home-View.html

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How much worse could AI be really

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joesteel,
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@imyke at least no one is eating a rock, but maybe Spotlight suggestions aren't so great either.

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Late Capitalism

joesteel,
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@virtualbri Better late than never amirite?!

Up high! 🙋‍♂️

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A good post from Nick Heer rounding up some Meta stuff

https://pxlnv.com/linklog/meta-big-squeeze/

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I only mean this slightly in jest, but sometimes I swear millions of Star Wars fans think the ultimate measure of fandom is how long it’s been since they enjoyed anything Star Wars.

“Yeah, I’m a huge Star Wars fan! I haven’t enjoying anything Star Wars in 40 years!”

Anyway, I enjoyed the first 2 episodes of The Acolyte. Not amazing, but fun and new characters I’m interested in.

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@matt I like when you really get into a conversation with a true fan and you find out they haven't really liked anything since Empire Strikes Back.

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@matt oh, lol, that's literally what I wrote in 2015. https://joe-steel.com/2015-01-14-Canon-Wars-The-Trek-for-Understanding.html#i-only-eat-real-pasture-raised-all-natural-original-recipe-star-wars

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The fun thing about the Menubar fiasco is it gives you an opportunity to go through and inventory all the permissions. Which is an absolute pain in the ass in Settings, but whatever.

Like I have software named after a person’s first and last name for Karabiner Elements, and networked storage. I’ve got software from Artel Software Corporation, which after some googling is apparently the company that made the BorisFX software that handles Mocha. None of it is doing something bad. OR IS IT

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Meet the Parents. Animated GIF of Robert De Niro as Jack Byrnes asking, “I mean, can you ever really trust another human being, Greg?”

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Oh yeah, you definitely need background permissions for those. They both do stuff. Trusted developer stuff.

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The thing I really like about Michael's blog is that he gets a whole running chronology. From the first posts about the signing certificate changing to the statement allegedly issued by original developer Ben Surtees today. What. A. Mess.
https://mastodon.social/@mjtsai/112565864238736413

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EDIT: Thanks for the feedback. I'm trying out Plausible. No more feedback needed for now. Thanks!

I posted last year about getting off of Google Analytics for something simple, and not creepy. I got that but now I’m looking for another alternative again. $5/mo-ish. Let me know what you use.

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@cory @powerllama I'm trying Plausible first but I bookmarked your referral if I don't stick with Plausible.

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Yeah but when will this have some AI?

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Bartender 5 was on the old version from December 5.0.49. It was last used March 8, and now its permissions are revoked and it's in the trash. I'm not really going to rush to install anything else at the moment. This MacBook Pro is so old it doesn't have a notch, so what a "win" for me.

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@ry galaxy brain: no menu bar

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I guess they had to do something with the mountains of Thread radios they weren’t putting in the 64 GB Apple TV 4Ks. It must have just been piling up in warehouses from all those Thread-free Home Hubs.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/5/24170446/apple-macbook-ipad-imac-thread-radio

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People don’t tell you this writing trick, but the best way to catch grammatical errors and typos BEFORE you publish is AFTER you publish.

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Blog: Not a WWDC Wish List

tl;dr: All the stuff I always say, but more of it.

https://joe-steel.com/2024-06-04-Not-a-WWDC-Wish-List.html

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Someone asked me if this was a cry for help, and it has a table of contents so it obviously is?

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Disappointed The Verge, and Sean Hollister are platforming Palmer Luckey. Maybe the CEO of Raytheon will have a Game Gear emulator they’d like to hawk, or maybe another fascist weirdo will have a sick titanium Atari Lynx.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/3/24170572/modretro-chromatic-game-boy-color-palmer-luckey-price-release-date

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@glennf No I don’t remember that but it sounds like something that totally would have happened

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