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Ciantic

@Ciantic@twit.social

Developer. This is my main account for the time being. I have six profiles now on Mastodon, sigh.

I will remove followers who haven't posted anything.

#Rust, #FSharp, #CSharp, #DotNet, #TypeScript

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mackuba, to bluesky
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launched DMs! 👀 (not federated or encrypted yet, just a v1) https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/post/3kt3y33tk4w2m

Took them like a month to build it all from start to finish :0

Ciantic,
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@mackuba and is on by default from people you follow, which means abuse is way smaller.

How they built it is simple but effective for their user base which doesn't care about federation.

Ciantic, to apple
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Satya Nadella is trying to bring back old Mac-vs-Windows kerfuffles, and I like it:

"Apple's done a fantastic job of really innovating on the Mac, we are gonna outperform them."

Waiting for that counter punch from Tim at the WWDC.

https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-interview-ai-laptops-76eef1e1?st=a5ugbgvcuzb1clf

#Apple #Microsoft #Windows #Mac

Ciantic, to microsoft
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I love that Microsoft takes a trend, and then takes it to the ultimate cringe. Now everything is Copilot+PC, ... Copilot+PC!

And in typical Microsoft fashion, it's not even a one-word it's some weird combination with plus: Copilot+PC.

#Microsoft #COPilot

MikeElgan, to random
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AI glasses + multimodal AI = a massive new industry https://www.computerworld.com/article/2112469/ai-glasses-multimodal-ai-a-massive-new-industry.html

Ciantic,
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@tom_streeter @MikeElgan Landfills aside, I think Mike is hitting on something. Meta's AI glasses are the only worthy contenders for mass appeal from all of these tries. In fact, I think Apple should've aimed for something like this instead of bulky big VR goggles.

Some think Apple's VR will gradually get smaller and lighter, but they will lose in that game if they build something bulky and miniaturize it. Apple will lose because Meta's Ray Ban just gets better while retaining the right form.

talosman, to random
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is there is a good Safari extension for blocking "google sign in" popup all over the web?

Ciantic,
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@talosman If you get that popup, you are logged in with a Google account. I too don't like that my Google account appears randomly in sites, I've been looking for a way to sequester Google identity to just Google domains.

With Firefox it's somewhat doable with the multi-container (allows to use different sets of cookies for different domains), but it's a bit annoying at times to use.

ricmac, (edited ) to random
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Today’s Google I/O developer conference was heavily focused on AI. However, web ecosystem concerns about AI and Google Search went unanswered. https://thenewstack.io/devs-get-ai-pixie-dust-at-google-i-o-but-no-search-updates/ #GoogleIO

Ciantic,
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@ricmac I think they did mention search, it even had pretty prominent part in IO. Showing for instance Gemini to collect recipes from Google Search.

rolle, to fediverse
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Former CEO of Twitter wanted to build a social protocol no-one can control, like SMTP or HTTP for social media. Bluesky’s ATProto was supposed to be an open source protocol that Twitter could eventually utilize, but then Musk happened and Bluesky started taking it to the wrong direction and everything fell apart in Dorsey’s mind.

A very revealing interview. I now see even more future in W3C’s ActivityPub.

https://www.piratewires.com/p/interview-with-jack-dorsey-mike-solana

#X

Ciantic,
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@rolle heavy emphasis on "Dorsey's mind", everything indicates he didn't even study Bluesky's protocol. The differences to Nostr he trumpets aren't significant.

I still prefer services where I know where my browser is connected, like Mastodon.

If you've tried Nostr, many of those web clients connect to tens of servers, some really dodgy sounding. You are basically spraying your IP everywhere, and your IP might be receiving highly unwanted content...

mrchrisadams, to random
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Dear internet nerds who use environment variables and Docker more than I do:

have you come across any linting tool explicitly for .env files, to catch the gotchas that await when you them across different platforms?

I learned the hard way last week how Docker takes a dim view of connection strings wrapped in quotes for example, when trying to dockerize and debug a django project, and I’d really like future me to avoid that footgun again in future if possible.

Ciantic,
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@mrchrisadams I had to look up, a very Docker-specific problem. https://github.com/docker/cli/issues/3630

And as expected, it's languishing there with PR.

Ciantic, to python
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Jupyter notebooks could use a cell type that is data tables, like small Excel sheets.

What I figured that for most things I would prefer Python Notebook instead of Excel, but what I want is a mix of both. Add a small sheet, then code the cell ...

viticci, to random
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if Apple ends up announcing macOS on the new iPad Pro, I will eat a pineapple pizza at WWDC. it's a promise

Ciantic,
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@viticci As long as Apple lets you in WWDC with pineapple pizza on hand.

kottke, to random
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Seabike is an “underwater mobility device” that can propel you through the water at “superhuman speed”. You pedal with your feet, driving a small propellor. https://newatlas.com/marine/seabike-swimming-propeller/

Ciantic,
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@kottke The only thing I keep thinking is, what if you slip from the pedal? Will you lose your toe?

Ciantic, to bluesky
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Good Jack Dorsey interview: https://www.piratewires.com/p/interview-with-jack-dorsey-mike-solana - he just fails to see that Nostr or any other protocol won't survive without a hit application.

Bluesky's Paul Frazee's answer is a good take on it: https://bsky.app/profile/pfrazee.com/post/3ks3iv5iwqs22 - Bluesky wouldn't even exist if they were doing just protocol.

mgs, to random
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Currently banned on Threads. No idea why. So, hello.

Ciantic,
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@mgs This is why ActivityPub would be great, if Threads really embraced it.

There is high likelihood you will get your account back, because you are in the know. But for regular whom this happens there is no chance. It's much more likely that if I get a problem with the account I can contact @leo via Discord etc. rather than say someone at Meta.

Small servers are a feature! #Mastodon

J12t, to bluesky
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So #Bluesky is implementing an (unspecified) new protocol for direct messages. Because AtProto is really not suitable for anything that isn't 100% public.

I wonder whether they can do this now that Jack is off the board. But maintaining two separate protocols in the same app? Who knows, maybe #ActivityPub is next?

https://bsky.social/about/blog/05-07-2024-product-roadmap

Ciantic,
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@J12t I don't think Jack had a lot of weight on their decisions. The reason they didn't do DMs from the get-go is the same as why they were late when it mattered. They didn't have a product, and they are still building it.

dave, to random
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After 17 years of stagnation with Twitter, the new tweet-alikes continue the no new features tradition. When will one of them break out and try something new?

https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/08/bluesky-to-add-dms-video-support-and-in-app-custom-feed-curation/

Ciantic,
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@byjp @dave @davew new and exciting would be hyperlinks, bold, italic, and optional titles.

andyn, to random
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I hope everyone is prepared for all of the posts and videos about how “the iPad hardware is just half the story!” And “just wait for WWDC to see what Apple really has planned for the iPad Pro”

Ciantic,
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@andyn Now that Apple has begrudgingly started to mention the word "AI" instead of just "LLM", maybe we will see an AI-drawing app.

Pschiller, to random
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Apple event starts soon
https://www.apple.com/apple-events/

Ciantic,
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@rstevens @Pschiller they could make a blue translucent pen. probably not this year 😀

Ciantic, to windows
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Oh, Arc for Windows just came out. Testing that now.

https://arc.net/

#Windows #Arcbrowser #arc

Ciantic,
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Initial impression, this is meant for people who don't have 16 virtual desktops 😀

I have 16 virtual desktops and the features Arc provides are not useful for me. Sidebar for tabs, ability to make split views (I can already snap windows side by side), archiving tabs.

#Arcbrowser

aaronrosspowell, to random

People—especially journalists—complain that Threads is bad for breaking news because the algorithm privileges older posts. Sometimes this privileging gets screwy (e.g., it's May 6 and I'm seeing tons of May 4 Star Wars posts), but in general I think the idea that a platform for online conversations incentivizing discussion of evergreen topics and disincentivizing immediacy is interesting, and a worthwhile experiment.

Ciantic,
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@aaronrosspowell @arossp It should be user choice what the algorithm surfaces: how much recency, what topics, etc. and they probably are making it towards that gradually. I read that is working on feeds feature, a lot like in Bluesky I think.

simon, (edited ) to random
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As a rough estimate, how often do you navigate to a website or individual page by directly typing its URL (including browser URL bar autocomplete)?

Ciantic,
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@simon I just switched from Chrome to Firefox, and it imported the history. Now I have another problem, it doesn't sync it to the mobile browser unless I also switch to Firefox in mobile.

(Side note: Automatic import by Firefox screwed bookmark dates, had to do that manually to preserve dates, apparently this is still not a solved problem.)

Ciantic, to firefox
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I'm living confusing world, I want to use #Firefox for most things, but there is still a few profiles I need the #Chrome for.

Now the big problem is how do I associate the default browser? I'm thinking of making my own CLI application as the default browser, it would then open certain links in Chrome and the rest in Firefox.

Ciantic,
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@oliverandrich I'm using Windows unfortunately. There is also more issues, like how to handle virtual desktops, Firefox can't do that but Chrome can, I would have to solve those in CLI too.

Ciantic, to javascript
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This probably doesn't matter for most, but interesting anyway:

"To complete an operation like const [a, b] = function_that_returns_an_array(), JavaScript constructs an iterator that iterates through the array instead of directly indexing from the array, which is slower. "

https://www.figma.com/blog/figmas-journey-to-typescript-compiling-away-our-custom-programming-language/

#JavaScript

scottjenson, to passkeys
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Am I the only one confused by ? They feel clunky, it's not at all clear what is going on, and honestly doesn't feel any different than a password manager (but somehow worse)

I really don't even understand what is going on under the hood. Are there any good explainers out there?

Ciantic,
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@scottjenson The main problem for me is that browser vendors have intentionally made passkeys difficult to use without hardware keys. There are clunky ways to emulate Bluetooth hardware keys purely in software but that just adds to the confusion.

I would've preferred tight integration with something we know, like GPG/PGP, though that stack has its own set of issues (mainly that there are not good secondary implementations, but they might be resolved.)

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