mattferrell

TechConnectify, 2 months ago to random

Hey! Remember those toots from yesterday of mine? I've got a name now for the phenomenon I've been picking at:

Weak Induction

I'm probably not using it correctly in this explanation, but this is when you're looking at something (say an online post) and, because you have a brain which is constantly looking for patterns and motives, you induce things about what the author means.

But watch out for weak inductions! If what you assert isn't plainly there in the post, you might be on about nothing!

TechConnectify, 2 months ago to random

As we do our silly Chicago tradition of dyeing the river a violent shade of green, I think it's a good time to remind people that our ancestors reversed the flow of the river to provide safe drinking water from Lake Michigan and earlier, in the 1860's, lifted the entire city to improve drainage and public health.

Remember that any time someone says heat pumps and renewable energy are hard.

simplenomad, 3 months ago to solar

Just watched the latest video from @mattferrell which is extremely timely for me. I posted a blog post earlier today where I mentioned I was wanting to get a heat pump water heater, and a few hours later Matt posted this: https://youtu.be/abGiNL9IT54?si=w_GyCuD47w4Yn-H4

My blog post from earlier: https://www.markloveless.net/blog/2024/2/27/solar-adventures-continue

#solar #solarenergy #greenenergy #heatpump

jsnell, 3 months ago to random

Just posted on Six Colors: Apple in 2023: The Six Colors report card

https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/02/apple-in-2023-the-six-colors-report-card/

macstories, 3 months ago to random

Vision Accessibility on Apple Vision Pro https://www.macstories.net/linked/vision-accessibility-on-apple-vision-pro/

TechConnectify, 4 months ago to random

OK, time for a short* thread** about gas stoves. At this point, I have been thoroughly disillusioned and don't know how I ever thought they were any good. I never want one again***

• I hope

** Please read the whole thing (I'll mark the end) before replying, as I might be touching on your thought!

*** Wok-users and enjoyers, boy do I have some interesting news for you about plug-in induction woks and how they're getting fairly cheap

viticci, 4 months ago to random

Apple has announced some SWEEPING changes coming to the App Store in the EU with iOS 17.4:

• Alternative app marketplaces
• 0% commission for apps sold outside the App Store, with 0% commission on alternative payment methods (!)
• Third-party browser engines now allowed (!!)
• Game streaming now allowed on the App Store

We have an extensive summary of all the changes on MacStories, with more to come shortly: https://www.macstories.net/news/apple-details-how-it-plans-to-comply-with-the-eus-digital-markets-act/

lauren, 6 months ago to random

I continue to be appalled (as I have been for many, many years) at how little so many techies understand about the real world of real world nontechie users.

TechConnectify, 6 months ago to random

everybody wake up

it's time to do this nonsense again

https://youtu.be/va1rzP2xIx4

georgetakei, 8 months ago to random

Al Gore warned us some two decades ago that we faced an “Inconvenient Truth.” We didn’t heed his warnings, and now he warns us again. Will we heed it now?

paulbraren, 10 months ago to random

Stopped by New London Connecticut's State Pier today, with new, massive wind turbine parts laying around there, all new since my last visit 5 weeks ago.

More about this Ørsted + Eversource project:
https://revolution-wind.com/state-pier

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