@collin@ruby.social
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collin

@collin@ruby.social

I coined the term โ€œMac Assed Mac Appโ€.

A software developer from Portland Oregon. Iโ€™ve been writing iOS and Mac apps since 2008 and Ruby since 2021.

๐Ÿ“ฑ #Swift (iOS and Mac).
๐Ÿš‚ #Ruby (and Rails)

Cohost of the #RooftopRuby podcast. Friend of DeSoto.

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collin, to random
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Something is either up with me or with new Star Trek, but I have been weirdly on the side of the grumpy captains we arenโ€™t supposed to be siding with lately.

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collin,
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@davetron5000 I think of Picard as more stern than grumpy. Janeway I donโ€™t know. Kind of a wild card depending on the episode.

The thing that sold me on Shaw was in one episode he was like โ€œyouโ€™ve been on duty for 12 hours, go sleep.โ€ I want to work on the ship where the captain is making sure everyone takes their legally mandated breaks ๐Ÿ˜‚

collin, to random
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I am a fan of Star Trek Discovery, but even I can admit that some of the writing has always been a bit weak. When itโ€™s good itโ€™s really good, but when itโ€™s not itโ€™s like head scratching bad.

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@dsully thereโ€™s a lot of examples, but itโ€™s one of the only times with Star Trek where I have to not think about certain things too much because they break the show if I do.

collin,
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@Ryanbigg there are parts Iโ€™ve liked, but also parts that have really had me scratching my head.

Like once they had the first couple map pieces and Mal and Lak had none, how did that not forestall them finding the tech forever? Iโ€™m sure thereโ€™s an answer for how it was possible for them to get it in the future, but it was not well explained.

Also, having Rayner aboard has made the Disco look like a workplaces that calls everyone family. Why is it wrong for him to just want to do his job?

collin, (edited ) to random
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I know this is definitely dreaming too big, but an iPad Pro with two ports would definitely make it a little more โ€œpro.โ€

As of now, if I have any piece of hardware which canโ€™t be reliably, used through a hub, I canโ€™t do whatever Iโ€™m trying to do on my iPad.

collin,
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I think the idea that the iPad Pro could be useful for someone doing live streaming is really the bare minimum of being โ€œproโ€.

I am not even talking about making it so you could realistically edit a movie in Final Cut on iPad, I am talking about being able to play your Nintendo switch with a good face cam while charging your iPad.

collin,
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@willhbr haha you might be making a decent point. I would really be OK running iPadOS though and being an iPad if it was just a little more โ€œproโ€. There were plenty of circumstances where having that touchscreen UI is great.

MagSafe plus a Thunderbolt port would be okay. Even if I had to buy another sort of MagSafe cable that attached where the keyboard does.

CoachMark, to guitar
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Okay people - especially people - can one actually buy just a plain old acoustic guitar these days at a reasonable price? I'd love to be able to get a little more bang for my buck with just a regular old acoustic (no electronics/pickups) Auditorium or Concert size guitar (not a Dreadnought if I can help it) to play in my family room and out on my back deck.

I don't ever plan on playing out, so no need to plug in? I just want to strum and play cowboy chords and shit, but don't want a bulky dread, nor do I want a little Parlor guitar.

Please help with ideas/recommendations and used is fine.

Thank you in advance!

collin,
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@CoachMark What's a reasonable price? Under $1000? $2000? I've heard good things about Recording King guitars, but I haven't played one. For a concert sized guitar, the Guild M-120 is $699 and all mahogany, which seems like a good deal if that's your vibe.

collin,
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@tidmarsh @CoachMark I would give Guild a look as well. If youโ€™re willing to up a little, you might be able to find a used Gibson L-00 for not too much more. Thatโ€™s what I did and itโ€™s one of my favorite acoustics.

collin, to random
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Wait. iPadOS 17 supports external cameras but apps have to opt in? And on top of that the system camera app doesn't even support it? Are you fucking kidding me?

collin,
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This is the sort of thing that makes me not interested in upgrading my iPad. The OS is severely underpowered, and even when they do add features, they're always weirdly limited in some way to the point of not being useful.

collin,
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I found a third party recording/streaming app which seems like it will more or less do what I want, but I still don't get why external cameras are something every app has to support on an individual basis. If I had to go to Settings to turn it on per app, that would be fine, but at least the Camera app should support this out of the box.

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Is there a word for when you see something everyday and are moving it until you need it and then it's nowhere to be found?

collin, to random
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I got to season 9 of Stargate and man I do not like Vala so far.

collin,
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I'm happy to have something to watch, and the show is still fine, but they probably should have called it when Richard Dean Anderson decided he didn't want to do the show anymore.

collin, to random
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Do you have any kind of organizational scheme for your iCloud Drive folder? Part me wonders if I should have a top level folder I put all of my documents under so my root is just the app directories, downloads, and that.

I basically never want to see the app folders if I donโ€™t have to.

collin,
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@babbage thatโ€™s pretty much what I was thinking of doing. Thanks!

collin, to random
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I still think you should be able to add locations to tags and lists in Reminders. I want one grocery list with tags for the places I can get those things. I rarely want to add a location to an individual reminder.

collin, to random
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Downloaded this SimplySing app, and itโ€™s actually pretty cool! My issue is that like with most of these things, they donโ€™t have enough songs I want to sing.

collin, to random
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Jobs canโ€™t love you back. You canโ€™t work for a publicly traded company and think they wonโ€™t fire you the second they think it will make them more money to do so.
https://sfba.social/@drahardja/112396070679663296

collin, to random
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Here is what I love about tech people. Most of us donโ€™t get old and stop being excited about new things. I donโ€™t know that Iโ€™ve ever met a programmer complaining about kids these days.

We tend to be excited for whatโ€™s next. As forty looms, I hope I always keep that.

noellemitchell, to twitter
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"The Twitter founder unfollowed more than 2,000 accounts, and now is only following Elon Musk, Edward Snowden, and Stella Assange. Meanwhile, he chimed in on Kendrick and Drakeโ€™s rap beef quite a bit. He also seemed to call X a โ€œfreedom technologyโ€ in a tweet on Saturday, warning users to not depend on corporations to grant them rights."

Wow... I'm glad I deleted my Twitter account long ago. Because wtf?

https://gizmodo.com/jack-dorsey-call-x-freedom-tech-departing-bluesky-board-1851457748

collin,
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@noellemitchell Iโ€™m so confused. X is a corporation, but itโ€™s also a freedom technology? Is he high?

collin, to random
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Once or twice my Dad got mad at me growing for spending so much time on the computer and said โ€œare you just gonna spend your whole life on the computer!?โ€

I can now say confidently that the answer is, yeah, pretty much.

collin,
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@lw we had the internet. Iโ€™m not that old ๐Ÿ˜‚

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