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ethanschoonover, to random
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All AI voices should just be HAL 9000 so we start from a position of adversarial hostility and always carry the pod bay door key with us.

ethanschoonover, to random
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YEARS back before Evernote was stripped for parts I used to use my ScanSnap to dump scans directly into it.

I missed that and built a free little script to do the same in

https://youtu.be/KrVcf2nN0b8?si=rMxEQHpaGtkGXhOT

rscottjones,
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@ethanschoonover This is great! Oh man, that one button ScanSnap to Evernote workflow was so useful, easily one of my favorite tech items to use at the time.

ethanschoonover, to random
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I loved iRobot as a kid but the idea that a robot wouldn't be programmed by code but would instead be negotiated with through natural language and "robot psychology" seemed like 1950s scifi missing the mark to my 1980s computer nerd sensibilities.

Machines hallucinating? Daydreaming? inconceivable

ethanschoonover, to HikingPics
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Continuing the biennial "completely rebuild my water filtration and storage system" (DIY quick release bite valve so I can plug in my gravity filter to the same inlet)

tr,
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@ethanschoonover always tinkering.... I enjoy that almost as much as the hiking! 🤣

ethanschoonover,
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@tr totally agree

ethanschoonover, to random
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My wife and I both play Quartiles (one of the word puzzles in Apple News)

Me, seeing my wife score 103 on Quartiles: "Nice... but I got 107"

My wife, 5 minutes later: "112"

Me, 20 minutes later, sweating: "ha! 113"

My wife, 2 minutes later: "117"

Me, crying softly, 40 minutes later: "117, let's call it a tie"

ethanschoonover, to random
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Disney could throw money at management consulting firms all day and not get a post mortem this comprehensive and insightful. It's like a top notch HBR case study with extra plush toys.

https://youtu.be/T0CpOYZZZW4?si=ywcF6V0fsEOkcgBh

ethanschoonover, (edited ) to random
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Did my Wilderness First Aid course today and I've never see that much Arc'teryx in one room before

(edit: this includes my hoodie, so I'm not judging... it's good gear albeit $)

ethanschoonover, to HikingPics
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Added a dedicated crane-type scale to my sliding / gear storage

ethanschoonover,
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@jc00ke an outstanding pack IMO!

ethanschoonover,
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@scott It's unistrut with trolleys and some hangers: https://mastodon.social/@ethanschoonover/112347077909221595

ethanschoonover, to random
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Cabin air filter in my truck: new vs old after 5000 miles of great american road trip, wild fires, and general hard use.

ethanschoonover,
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@mkornblum always a surprise to me as well how much makes it in

exkclamation,
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@ethanschoonover …reminds me that I have to change my cabin filter too! Thanks for the reminder 😉

ethanschoonover, to random
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Today's TodayInTabs with a must read overview of the general WTFness of the OpenAI choice to make ChatGPT an obsequious flirt.

https://www.todayintabs.com/p/omnisteve

ethanschoonover, to random
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"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world files didn't exist and apps could just handle everything like magic. iPadOS still sucks."

  • Charles Baudelaire
tantramar,
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@ethanschoonover To be au courant, apparently it has to be typeset in Helvetica, centred all-caps with insufficient leading. Because this timeline is my personal hell.

ethanschoonover, to random
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ChatGTP-4o demos all sound WAYYYYYY to perky.

Let's take it down a notch or 10.

BrendanThompson,
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@ethanschoonover always room for Marvin

ethanschoonover, to iPad
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My last post on was a critique but now for some praise: It has truly transformed the way my daughter takes notes and studies (below: IB Bio exams). She can search her handwritten notes, make flash cards, add images. They never get lost and they are all always with her (using Goodnotes).

ethanschoonover, to HikingPics
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Modding my DIY water filter setup for a new water pack

ethanschoonover, to random
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Solar maximum in Seattle is a pretty wild time.

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