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EshuMarneedi

@EshuMarneedi@mastodon.social

Technology blogger, writing lengthy digressions on the intersection between technology and society; chief blazer of glory https://mastodon.social/@TodayInTwitter. Pastry connoisseur.

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EshuMarneedi, to random
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You know your website is poorly paywalled when the og:description for social media literally says “Are you a robot?” https://mastodon.social/@markgurman/112482069488694632

christianselig, to random
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Is it a visionOS bug or a me bug that if you disable a button in a navigation bar it gains a weird hover state? If me, how do you fix it?

Code: https://gist.github.com/christianselig/7f79bf92e71550f3d3f0749b312e8969

EshuMarneedi,
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@christianselig I've had the same problem. Just in navigation bars too. Very annoying.

gruber, (edited ) to random
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My Apple Card is expiring this summer, and the replacement physical card arrived in the mail today. Activating was super-duper easy—just bring it in close proximity to your iPhone and tap a button or two on screen. Done.

But what do I do with the old card? It's titanium so it's not easily destroyed.

I've had metal Amex cards since 2010 or so. When Amex sends a replacement card, they include a return envelope custom made for mailing them your expired card for recycling.

[See thread for update]

EshuMarneedi, (edited )
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@gruber Wasn’t it in the news that Apple is offering free recycling for Apple Cards? Just box it up in the package the new one came in and send it back?

gruber, to random
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It has been a good day for Esc key fans.

EshuMarneedi,
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@agiletortoise @gruber I've never gotten the hate for the Caps Lock key. DO YOU PEOPLE NEVER SHOUT ON THE INTERNET?

eshumarneedi, to random

This is absolutely psychotic. There are four iPads in the lineup as of now, but four Apple Pencils. Unbelievable.

EshuMarneedi,
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@sass Who wants a stylus? You've got to get 'em, put 'em away, yuck. Nobody wants a stylus.

ChanceHMiller, to random
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Update: AI will not be a topic at next week’s Apple event. Turns out the paraphrased quote from CNBC was inaccurately characterized. https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/02/tim-cook-confirms-apple-will-discuss-big-plans-for-ai-at-next-weeks-ipad-event/

EshuMarneedi,
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@ChanceHMiller i need a nap

stroughtonsmith, to random
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There are a whole lot of people who didn't get the memo that replies to @threads.net accounts are lost to the void 😅

EshuMarneedi,
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@stroughtonsmith I still check my Threads account’s mentions from time to time on Mastodon. I think more people should do the same.

sdw, to random
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this is some bullshit

EshuMarneedi,
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@sdw Of course it's in The New York Times.

film_girl, to random
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Apparently Apple Music for Mac has rabid fanbois (they are all men. All of them) and they are on Threads?! Of all the truly shitty products to stan, you want to defend Apple Music on the Mac?! I’ll defend Apple Music on iOS, even tho sync is a shit show, but on the desktop?! Man normies are weird.

EshuMarneedi,
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@film_girl I noticed this too. I complained about how you can't close the settings menu with ⌘W on Threads a few weeks ago and the fanbois came after me.

The Music app on macOS feels like an Electron app. It's genuinely abhorrent.

gruber, to random
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I get a kick out of knowing that ESPN’s CMS uses Markdown. (I’m guessing the author mistakenly put a space between the square brackets and the parentheses.)

https://apple.news/AT6_sOOi7SHeqFdlIKyVIXA

EshuMarneedi,
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@gruber It's also nice knowing I'm not the only one who uses inline links over reference links.

rileytestut, to random
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Woke up to see @delta is now the #1 app in the entire App Store!! In less than 12 hours!!!

I feel like I’m dreaming 🥹

EshuMarneedi,
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@rileytestut @delta @stroughtonsmith I’ll forever be indebted to you for surpassing Temu.

gruber, to random
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Electron.

EshuMarneedi,
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@gruber I don't even understand why they ask you to first install the desktop client when you try to set up the iOS one. What are they doing in the background?

daringfireball, to random
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Eclipses Should Be Celebrations of Science, Not Pseudoscience
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/04/11/astrology-astronomy-eclipse

EshuMarneedi,
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@daringfireball based, john

daringfireball, to random
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From the Annals of Underpromising and Overdelivering: Apple’s Timing for the Mac’s Transition to Apple Silicon
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/04/09/annals-of-underpromising-and-overdelivering

EshuMarneedi,
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@daringfireball The footnote is killing me. 😂

marcoarment, to random
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If I ran a website that supported Google-account login, I'd be pretty pissed at how they're suddenly putting up an obnoxious overlay over my site's layout.

Why is this not bothering more people? Does anyone give a shit about their websites anymore?

Does Google?

EshuMarneedi,
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@marcoarment Can Doordash disable this?

siracusa, to random
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https://journa.host/@samleecole/112162398394755677

So I clicked the link, and…

EshuMarneedi,
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@siracusa You don't use an ad blocker?

ChanceHMiller, to random
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Reading the DOJ/Apple lawsuit again and some of this, such as the bizarre iPod history, is like a ChatGPT hallucination.

EshuMarneedi,
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@ChanceHMiller lmao

ChanceHMiller, to random
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Yes, if you switch from iPhone to Android you ... have to learn how to use the Android interface?

EshuMarneedi,
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@ChanceHMiller Well, that's why Apple should be required to run Android on iPhones — to prevent further monopolies.

siracusa, to random
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From the DOJ complaint:

“Apple inhibits third-party smartwatches from maintaining a reliable connection with the iPhone.”

To be fair, Apple does that to its own smartwatches too.

EshuMarneedi,
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@siracusa zinger

gruber, to random
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The entire U.S. Constitution is 4,400 words, 4 pages. The Bill of Rights is about 500 words.
https://social.vivaldi.net/@brucelawson/112117411828189070

EshuMarneedi,
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@gruber Quick, lock the repl- oh wait, you can’t do that on this website.

gruber, to random
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Exactly the sort of attention to detail I've come to expect from The New Yorker:

EshuMarneedi, (edited )
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@gruber “Columnist, Letter from Biden's Washington.”

michaelsteeber, to random
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I don’t want to publish my personal address on the App Store. Should I just pull my apps from the EU?

EshuMarneedi,
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@michaelsteeber Tell them you’re not a “trader.”

nileane, to random
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The way John Gruber writes about the EU feels insulting at this point.

I’m sensing it as the same kind of rhetoric that was used by Brexiters about 10 years ago — dumbing down the narrative to the point of disregarding some of the most important aspects that have lead to the DMA.

His way of constantly implying that Apple’s anticompetitive practices can be justified because they make for better experiences is often just based on the false assumption that people are dumber than they really are.

EshuMarneedi,
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@stroughtonsmith @gruber @nileane That’s the stupidest thing I’ve heard about this issue yet.

michaelsteeber, to random
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“A brand-new Apple Store is coming soon.” https://www.apple.com/ca/retail/squareone/

EshuMarneedi,
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@michaelsteeber big day for you michael

stroughtonsmith, to random
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EshuMarneedi,
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@gruber @stroughtonsmith Replace Apple with Epic Games.

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