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danblondell

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Children and art.

I live to be wrong. Please let me know.

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exchgr, to random
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free idea: m4 max apple tv with aaa games

danblondell,
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@exchgr
This is so close to what the Xbox Series S is

danblondell,
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@exchgr That thing, god bless it, looks like a dollar store Oculus

danblondell,
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@exchgr
Why did they do this for a device that needs to fit near a TV.

Also, I realized saying Oculus in the context of gaming is ambiguous: I mean the downtown transit station

danblondell,
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@exchgr
I could almost forgive it if it wasn’t so… arbitrary. I keep expecting to see it in a store one day and have it click, just like one day I expect to like olives.

danblondell,
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@exchgr
It’s clearly superior to Xbox in pretty much every way except how it looks and battery life of the controller.

Though something about the PS aesthetic feels overly serious to me. When I had a PS3, powering it up always felt like putting on a suit to sit at a cafe.

exchgr, to random
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watching x-files and they “as you know bob”’d origami. like:

a: look at that, it’s beautiful.
b: it’s called origami.
a: yeah, japanese paper folding

was origami just largely unknown in the west in the early 90s? i can’t remember a time when i didn’t know what it was

danblondell,
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@mrcompletely @exchgr
There must have been a regular worry that viewers would be thrown off by something “strange” that has nothing at all to do with the plot.

danblondell,
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@exchgr @mrcompletely
I’m thinking something like they don’t explain the origami and a viewer thinks “so this alien leaves behind folded paper birds”

danblondell,
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@mrcompletely @exchgr
Don’t forget the sexual tension. That dynamo could power Times Square.

exchgr, to random
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prefab foley

danblondell,
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@exchgr
Aka: the experience of being “outside” in a couple hundred years

danblondell, to random
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What cabal keeps Harry Nilsson from complete cultural domination?

danblondell,
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@exchgr
Like magic, you can start anywhere

danblondell,
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@exchgr
The Point is so fun and weird

danblondell,
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@exchgr
Nilsson Sings Newman is pretty marvelous

mrcompletely, to random
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Here's my fedi advice

Unfollow any and all of the super booster accounts. Build your feed organically.

I'm not sure why exactly, but it worked well for me. For one thing the "look at me senpai" energy around some of their followers is very Twitter style parasocial. And they're just subbing for an algo.

If you rely on them for most of your TL, do this first: follow anyone interesting that they boost for a week, then unfollow. It's easy.

If you don't want to, ok. Don't bother arguing with me

danblondell,
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@mrcompletely
This approaches a broader point that I think is right: this protocol is at its best when it isn’t just Linux flavored twitter

exchgr, to random
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wait has anyone tried installing asahi linux on iPad pro

danblondell,
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@exchgr
🤯

danblondell,
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@exchgr
Ok now bootcamp on iPad should absolutely be a thing. Apple could do the laziest possible version and let Linux devs worry about drivers and such.

danblondell, to random
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Sam Altman hates consent in all forms https://www.threads.net/@bobbyallyn/post/C7NOBury1H9

exchgr, to random
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apple news would be great if only text was legible in it https://werd.social/@ben/112474225097970752

danblondell,
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@exchgr
I love that the only place I see scummy web ads is an Apple product that I pay a subscription for

danblondell,
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@exchgr
That this is a sensible reading flow for a paid Apple subscription is real no good

StillIRise1963, to random
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How many fucking shrimp did people eat at Red Lobster.🙄

danblondell,
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@StillIRise1963
Actually laughed out loud at this

StillIRise1963, to random
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I hope the wealthy haven’t given up on deep sea exploration. They should keep pushing the boundaries.

danblondell,
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@StillIRise1963
More carbon fiber hulls for the very very rich

exchgr, to random
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the most depraved of all UI gestures is the long press that only responds when you let go.

  • can’t tell when it’s been long enough
  • wastes time if it hasn’t
  • what if you simply missed the target
  • what if the ui element next to or behind the target also responds to long press, and takes forever to complete its action

specific example: the “do not disturb” button on the lock screen, which is too easy to miss and bring up lock screen customization instead

do not disturb: two successful long presses, and one miss, which brings up lock screen customization

danblondell,
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@exchgr We need “Force Touch" back

danblondell,
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@exchgr It was certainly extra hardware and, based on how it rattled by the end of my iPhone 6S Plus's life, probably broke pretty often

exchgr, to random
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now all we need is iCloud sync for games, saves, etc. (i’ll be damned if i’m manually typing a webdav password into retroarch using the apple tv remote) https://mastodon.social/@kottke/112457031455385827

danblondell,
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@exchgr
Do you use the iPhone remote thing that lets you copy passwords directly on to the Apple TV?

danblondell,
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@exchgr
I hate that that is even possible.

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