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exkclamation

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Graphic designer, father, husband, San Franciscan. Loves music, art, design, and photographing the texture of life.

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_Davidsmith, to random
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I was incredibly fortunate to have the opportunity to try Vision Pro this week. The experience was overwhelming in the best possible way. I'm still collecting my thoughts for a longer Design Diary post, but it was so transformative that I'm finding it hard to put the experience into words.

As I work on that, I wanted to ask for any questions folks had with regards to using it and more generally for the platform from a developer/designer perspective. I'll do my best to answer to them.

exkclamation,
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@_Davidsmith you probably won’t have this information yet, but I keep wondering if the Vision Pro will interact with the Apple Watch hardware similar to how in the keynote demo it “syncs” with a Mac when you look at a MacBook Pro for example?

Would be so cool to be wearing the Vision Pro and look at your Apple Watch, and some special informatics or UX happens in the spatial view! Any chance this was mentioned or demoed in the hands-on?

sindresorhus, to random
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Now that macOS 14 and iOS 17 will support interactive widgets, what would you want? Any creative ideas? (Other than the obvious like checking off tasks/lists)

exkclamation,
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@sindresorhus it would be nice to have a quick mood entry widget. Like a colorful mood ring of sorts? Not sure if that is possible, but something easy access to tie into the new health details?

exkclamation,
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@sindresorhus what if there was an ultra-quick Apple TV remote widget? Play/pause menu mute?

exkclamation, to random
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gedeonm, to random
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Holy cow! I knew the PAC Man set was cool but I didn’t know it was this cool. It’s animated, lights up and has a mini build inside!! Amazing!

Walk through of the LEGO Pac Man build

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@gedeonm omg I want it so badly. How cool is that animation?

dustin, to random

WHAT. HAPPENED.

exkclamation,
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@dustin …looks like someone just did a ‘Hot Ones’ wing challenge 🌶️🤣

TheDinosaurDave, to random
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This week for we have another that .

This one I would rate as medium difficulty. Its obviously a ceratopsian, and its name starts with a Z

Reminder: hide your answer behind a CW. This will allow others to guess without a hint. I will post the answer tomorrow (and to anyone who guesses correctly).

The body was designed by Kongzilla with the head designed by me to be a new species.

exkclamation,
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@TheDinosaurDave has to be Zuniceratops, but i am second guessing myself because the horns, eyes, and snout shape. (Although, seems more likely from limitations of the LEGO medium.)

Loving that little upturned bottom jaw detail!

TheDinosaurDave, to random
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This weeks is .

Spinosaurus has one of the most interesting backstories. It was originally found by Richard Markgraf in Western Egypt. It was described by Ernst Stromer in 1915. This partial skeleton was destroyed in World War Two. It was survived by Stromers drawings of the fossil.

It wasnt until 2002 when other fragments were found. They were later identified as Spinosaurus.

In 2005 more partial skeletons were found. Slowly our view on Spinosaurus changed.

Fossil of Spinosaurus

exkclamation,
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@TheDinosaurDave beautiful work on the model! fascinating backstory too!

TheDinosaurDave, to random
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This week for we have another that .

This one is a bit of an easy one. I wont even drop a hint.

Reminder: hide your answer behind a CW. This will allow others to guess without a hint. I will post the answer tomorrow (and to anyone who guesses correctly).

This was designed by S7evinDE, you can get the build plans here - https://tinyurl.com/ms72cfvk

exkclamation,
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@TheDinosaurDave I keep wanting to say this is Stegosaurus, but I know in my heart it is incorrect. Also, I am posting a day late so i'm pretty sure you've already posted the correct answer above... no need to reply, I will just check for myself. Thanks! 🦖

exkclamation, to random
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@TheDinosaurDave Pretty cool little built by featured on today!

https://www.brothers-brick.com/2023/05/24/the-mighty-giraffatitan-takes-a-stand/

paul, to random
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Neat.

exkclamation,
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@paul what a great feature! Congrats on the launch! 🎉

david_senate, to fediverse

🐘 Alright, fam - let's talk Last.fm.

Does anyone else still use this ancient relic? Went back and notice that I've been scrobbling since 2012 and have racked up a whopping 144,489 scrobbles 😱

exkclamation,
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@david_senate I used it extensively from 2007-2011 and only recently picked it up again after a recommendation by @nfd. Now I’m a paid ‘pro’ user, happily scrobbling along and really enjoying tracking my music stats again!

chrismessina, to random
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Who needs deep fakes? https://youtu.be/fAcYS-_8L2s

exkclamation,
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@chrismessina wow, is this real?

exkclamation,
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@chrismessina 😉

gedeonm, to random
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Includes one of my fav Disney shows - The World According to Jeff Goldblum. I really. Hate corporate America. 😓

Disney will remove over 50 shows from Disney Plus and Hulu this month - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/19/23729642/disney-plus-hulu-remove-pull-shows-willow-streaming-bob-iger

exkclamation,
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@gedeonm 💯 removing shows seems antithetical to the whole customer benefit of streaming content

viticci, to random
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Apple is pre-announcing some Accessibility features likely coming to iOS 17 later this year, and we have the details on @macstories.

Two features are especially a big deal:

  • Personal Voice will let users who are at risk of losing their voice create a synthetic version of it. All done with Neural Engine on-device.

  • Assistive Access is a brand new, simplified UI mode for iPhone and iPad that streamlines the entire UI.

More details: https://www.macstories.net/news/apple-marks-global-accessibility-awareness-day-with-features-coming-to-ios-ipados-and-macos-later-this-year/

New personal voice feature

exkclamation,
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@viticci @macstories always great to see more focus on disability features! Thanks for article!

glennf, to random
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If you're on mastodon.social, please give a shout—curious if anything/everything remains broken in the federation.

exkclamation,
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@glennf everything seems good from where I’m at

_Davidsmith, to random
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The reason I was curious about the number dial direction is because of how Live Activities animate numerical fields changing. iOS has chosen that the next number comes from above for "count up" and from below for "count down", which feels natural to me...but according to initial results of that poll about half of people think the opposite way.

A video showing an iPhone Home Screen counting up time. The numerals on the timer appear to animate in from above.

exkclamation,
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@_Davidsmith I voted “below” but seeing this demo, agree it looks most natural. Above for counting up and below for counting down makes a lot of sense…

mrxmrt, to random
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I think Mastodon people should use the "like" button more.

People are told not to like because liking doesn't broadcast posts like boosting does, and the site needs boosts. And replies are preferred because they're deeper engagement or something.

But, on some level, we want people to keep using Mastodon. If someone posts something and followers like it, they know stuff is getting seen here and they'll want to keep using the site. I just don't see what's gained by holding back on the likes

exkclamation,
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@mrxmrt exactly! I go by the rules:

if it brings joy, then favorite;
if I think it will bring others joy, boost;
if I want to recall later, bookmark;
and if I have something to add (that hasn’t been said already), comment!

TheDinosaurDave, to random
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This week for we have another that .

This ceratopsian is one of my favorites. I wont give too many hints because it is relatively well known.

Reminder: hide your answer behind a CW. This will allow others to guess without a hint. I will post the answer tomorrow (and to anyone who guesses correctly).

The body was designed by kongzilla, the skull was modified by me to be the new design.

exkclamation,
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@TheDinosaurDave I think I am going with Achelousaurus here!

ivory, to random
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Ivory for iOS/iPadOS 1.4 is out on the App Store! It will slowly roll out over the next few days, but if you want it now, go to the App Store and manually update.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ivory-for-mastodon-by-tapbots/id6444602274

Our next task is getting the Mac app out and then we will continue with the items on our public roadmap: https://tapbots.com/ivory/#roadmap

Illustrated meme of no one in line for the booth titled, “FEATURES EVERYONE HAS BEEN ASKING FOR SINCE DAY ONE!” While everyone is in line for the booth titled, “NEW ICONS…”

exkclamation,
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@ivory congrats on the launch, and thank you for all the hard work. The new media viewer improvements (and lovely icons) are a nice addition!

TheDinosaurDave, to random
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I was at earlier today and I got hit with some inspiration for my Lego for the book. 5 hours later, and I had a semi-decent looking model.
Well now I have the digitized it, and refined it a little.
Well here are the references for both, and the render for both the fossil and the model.
Colour version in my response.
I am open to any and all feedback.

Fossil Display of Muttaburrasaurus
Here is the fossil side of the pair of the builds with a 1.8m tall person for reference.
Here is the model side view of the same pair of builds.

exkclamation,
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@TheDinosaurDave nice work!!!

TheDinosaurDave, (edited ) to random
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You are starting your own Jurassic Park, on your own private island.
You can snap your fingers and get 5 prehistoric life forms from any time period to be the first exhibits.
What animals do you choose?
Reply and let me know. Maybe some of those will become dinosaurs of the week... maybe :D

exkclamation,
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@TheDinosaurDave definitely plant eaters 🦕😉

paul, (edited ) to random
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Should I waste money on something pretty stupid?

exkclamation,
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@paul how cool!! I immediately started singing Jane's Addiction as soon as I read your post:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz5lHkYNHKI

royscholten, to art

9 Dinos

These dinosaurs from 2017 were the first serious LEGO Letterpress designs that set off all further explorations and the technique.

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@royscholten 👀 @TheDinosaurDave

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