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brunoph, 15 days ago to random

Unpopular opinion: fries are perfect as they are. They don't need hot sauce.

(Guess who didn't order the spicy fries but got them anyway)

tvler, 18 days ago to random

We need to move past this hardware category as a society

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brunoph, 19 days ago to random

People who were monied adults in the 90s and 00s: did anyone ever use those credit card terminals on the back of airplane seats? Or was that a whole vaporware idea that got sold to airlines and never actually made to do anything useful?

brunoph, 23 days ago to random

Electronic display on TransLink bus reads "Go Team Go!"

Yay! Sportsball!

brunoph, 1 month ago to random

I really like playing WhenTaken.com but there's been so many instances of photos with obviously incorrect location/dates that it's become frustrating.

It's clear some automated sourcing approach was used with zero quality control. A simple side-by-side of photo and date that a human could glance over would have caught many incorrect dates so far.

Other times, photos have the timestamps right on them. It's all just annoying… 😞

christianselig, 1 month ago to random

What is the "SwiftUI way" to prevent an unrelated view from updating as a result of a model change? I know I can separate into a separate view, but it feels off for something so simple. Totally cool if that's the way, just want to make sure!

Code: https://gist.github.com/christianselig/2ae2e42d5edc3ffab513f5d7af72d740

brunoph, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

The fact this cable is possible and exists is equal parts cursed and amazing.

Update: it sucks lol – check my reply below

axiixc, 1 month ago to random

One of these days I'll understand the subtle nuance to why there are like four competing EXIF fields for every piece of image metadata.

lol jk, as if 😭

brunoph, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

Also, since this appears to be common knowledge but I couldn’t find evidence of it anywhere: most tripods (except perhaps smartphone-only tripods) use the same 3/8” screw mount for their head adapters. Which means you can mount your fancy-pants tracking mount to basically any tripod.

But you probably shouldn’t do that, as these things are heavy (this one weighs 75% of this tripod’s capacity), and they shift weight around as they move, meaning it can go from stable to unstable very quickly.

axiixc, 1 month ago to random

I can’t believe it’s 2024 and I’m still trying to convince people that perhaps wrapping your cables into tiny, tight balls is why they’re becoming damaged so quickly.

Please, please, please wrap them loosely. They last so much longer, I’ve got cords from 15 years ago and they still look new!

brunoph, 3 months ago to random

I found a box of Kraft M&C that expired almost a year ago in the pantry. Should I eat it?

(Consider I'm not Stuart Ashens)

brunoph, 4 months ago to photography

Noir Manhattan.

#photography #manhattan #cityscape #noir #urbanphotography

A cityscape shot from a tall building, showing streets and buildings compressed by the telephoto lens, making it look almost like a screencap from sim city 4. The city is covered by a thin fog, making it look hazy.
A telephoto shot of a cityscape, with many tall buildings visible. They look very close together due to the crop angle. Fog and clouds cover the city. The Chrysler Building is visible crowing the whole city

christianselig, 6 months ago to random

Recommend me a new coffee maker, our beloved Braun just gave up the ghost after 6 years, and tell me why yours is better

dlx, 7 months ago to random

I probably disabled something here but what's the purpose of the screen left of the home screen now? Just hosting legacy widgets (and overflow space for modern widgets)?

Mine is empty except for a lonely Edit button…

sundogplanets, 7 months ago to random

Anybody want to take bets on whether today's the day I actually submit this paper that's been really-almost-so-close-to-done for like...3 months? (I completely hate the paper now, so it's probably done. That's what that means, right?)

axiixc, 9 months ago to random

Random shout out to https://streetpass.social (by @tvler) which has been super fun for helping me find new people to follow.

christianselig, 1 year ago to random

You know how if you flick a scroll view, you can just touch your finger on the screen to stop it or to start scrolling again? How do you accomplish a similar effect with a pan gesture recognizer and animation?

I've tried a custom gesture recognizer that immediately starts on touch down, but the state change doesn't get sent fast enough (there's a short delay between the update and it propagating as you can see in the video).

Anyone play around with this before?

Gist: https://gist.github.com/christianselig/1555d08257133577e1fc929122e4c24f

Video of Xcode and an iPad simulator on the right with an orange rectangle moving across the screen from left to right, with text boxes popping up indicating different states of tap, and the rectangle finally stopping after a delay. Code is on the left in Xcode, and available in the linked GitHub Gist.