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Chancerubbage

@Chancerubbage@mastodon.social

Fifteen years at the other place. Post Punk tech Luddite. First toot June 2 2023.

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verge, to random
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Apple doesn’t understand why you use technology https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/9/24152987/apple-crush-ad-piano-ipad

Chancerubbage, (edited )
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@verge

Being ‘Skinny’ is not an ‘exciting new marketing feature’. It’s a sad throwback to the form over function fiasco of the post Jobs Jonny Ive years, that nearly tanked the notebook line.

sundogplanets, to random
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I am talking o a reporter about this in a couple hours: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/from-outer-space-sask-farmers-baffled-after-discovering-strange-wreckage-in-field-1.6880353

This is about an hour away from my farm, so this'll be a fun conversation, and yet another great opportunity to tell a lot of people about what a huge problem we have with unregulated commercialization of orbit. (Also I just redid my slides for my public talk next week, this is going in!)

Chancerubbage,
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The bigfoot of military modeling.

Looks like a furry thing was using someone’s toy to scratch its back.

danielpunkass, to random
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Has anybody done a mashup of Apple's "Crushing" and "1984" ads? That's the vibe I get.

Chancerubbage,
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@danielpunkass who is the boogie man this time around?

hotdogsladies, to random
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You learn a lot about a machine from using it wrong.

Conceivably, even more than the people who are using it right.

Chancerubbage,
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@hotdogsladies have you toyed with acetone fume smoothing?

RickiTarr, to random
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What cracks me up is when you go to a restaurant, and they ask if you've been there before, and then they say, "Well, we do things a little different here", and then it's exactly like every other restaurant, but more expensive.

Chancerubbage,
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@RickiTarr @WarnerCrocker

I had one mansplain a creme brûlée to me.

I had to say I know what Creme brûlée is, I ordered it.

I think they just wanted to warn they use vanilla bean so there might be black specks in it, because presumably someone complained about the black specks?

But don’t condescend to your customers by fluffing up your dishes. Be confident in serving as they were in ordering it, let it speak for itself.

StillIRise1963, to random
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Hmmm. I’m sure there are many productive things one can do with their life having a brain compromised by a worm eating a hole in it and poisoned by a love of tuna fish sandwiches, but POTUS isn’t one of them. wtf.

Chancerubbage,
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@StillIRise1963
Googling ‘RFK Brain Parasite Tuna’ was not anything I expected to do today.

You see, No one should be vaccinated, because vaccines use Mercury apparently, and he was eating so much Mercury and parasite laden fish, he just can’t handle any more Mercury, look what it’s done to him

hotdogsladies, to random
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Breathtaking psych-pop bubblegum from The Lemon Twigs.

This is my AM radio childhood in three sweet minutes.

https://youtu.be/Vbppp0j7f5w?si=dDO--0El3AmUFYO6

Chancerubbage,
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@hotdogsladies this elicited me wanting to create a mashup of this with Clarence Carter’s ‘Patches’, a bonafide AM radio hit of its day, because of a similar melodic hook.

Chancerubbage, to random
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Second cicada I’ve seen is a teensy guy, about half the size of the other.

schwa, to random
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I see "Apple presenter hands” is still a thing.

Chancerubbage,
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@schwa @flargh

Can you imagine having ‘Gesture Coach’ on your appointment schedule?

davemark, to apple
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That new Logic Pro update really makes me want the new iPad Pro.

Just wonder if it's compatible with the various plugins people use on their Mac.

Chancerubbage,
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@davemark some of the built in stuff will eliminate some of the plug ins.

It’s always been an issue as processors change, but at least Audio Units seems to have become the standard.

davemark, to apple
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Love that iPad Pro opening video. Guessing we'll see that as an ad?

That Cher singing?

Chancerubbage,
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@davemark sounded like her.

gedeonm, to random
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Is thinner really better??

Chancerubbage,
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@gedeonm

I thought it a questionable idea too, until I considered that was mostly to make it more manageable with the new keyboard.

I’d hate for one to get bent in a backpack, or by someone sitting on it though.

siracusa, to random
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Someone at Apple has been watching the hydraulic press channel on YouTube.

Chancerubbage,
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@siracusa tangential aside- what creates the German language generic you Tube link card on Mastodon? Is it the Mastodon’s ‘DDOS’ problem?

Bevor sie …weitergehen?

Chancerubbage,
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@siracusa but do you see it too?

Chancerubbage,
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@siracusa

It’s a systemic issue somehow.

Chancerubbage,
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@siracusa I’m using Ivory on iPhone . Perhaps it is related to poor cellular bandwidth. But I have seen it with multiple mastodon users posts.

The URL is intact it is only the ‘link card’ that is generic. And German. ‘Before you go to YouTube’ IIRC.

siracusa, to random
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Apple built a fake house for HomeKit…and a fake train car for this video?

Chancerubbage,
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@siracusa Train? HomeKit in use? in iPad Event video?

siracusa, to random
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Vision Pro remains a product in our lineup.

Chancerubbage,
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@siracusa actually, I was halfway expecting (wanting) a 3D camera mode on the new iPads. For users to create content for the Vision Pro.

I would like ‘normal’ cameras with true interocular distance placed on an iPhone form factor.
Maybe iPhone 16….

harrymccracken, to random
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I'm at a small in-person viewing of Apple's event, which starts in 11 minutes, and will write about it over at https://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com.

(There are a LOT of events coming up in the next few weeks and I plan to cycle through social networks as I cover them.)

Chancerubbage,
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@harrymccracken honestly, it is likely to actually be news more than expectations on BlueSky

davemark, to apple
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"'iPhone 17 Slim' Said to Feature 6.55-Inch Display"

I get that this is a rumor (driven by supply chain suppliers), but I love the idea. Skinny for skinny pockets.

Is it real? Who knows. 🤔

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/05/06/iphone-17-slim-to-feature-6-55-inch-display/
#Apple #iPhone

Chancerubbage,
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@davemark I think the diagonal measure being used to promote this rumor is fairly useless.

Someone needs to convert it to height by width.

Chancerubbage, (edited )
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@davemark if that has a 16:9 ratio of most iPhones- 6.55 diagonal describes an iPhone pro max. Nothing Skinny about it. It is 3.21 inches on its shortest side, wider than iPhone 14 Pro in my hand.

Chancerubbage, to random
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Relax.

Dracula could never bring a coffin full of Transylvanian soil into the states now, because of customs and the FDA.

daringfireball, to random
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Logitech’s Mouse Software Now Includes ChatGPT Support, Adds Janky ‘ai_overlay_tmp’ Directory to Users’ Home Folders
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/06/hackett-logitech-mouse-driver

Chancerubbage,
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@daringfireball Hello Computer, Mr. Mouse put the pointy thing on the clicky thing.

danbz, to generative
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more iterations with different speed and densities

video/mp4

Chancerubbage,
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@danbz I see ‘gif’ and I expect motion, but I’m seeing none. Must be my 2 bar bandwidth.

verge, to random
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The best new browser for Windows https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/5/24148223/arc-browser-windows-claude-sofa-bose-beats-hacks-coffee-installer

Chancerubbage,
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@verge why is it not picking up more Mac users? Linux users?

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