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gallaugher, 6 months ago to random

Aussies: when I teach in the US I toss out candies to students who complete challenges or catch a coding error I’ve made before I find it. Am teaching at UTS next semester & would like to do the same. Is it common to find a bag of fun size candies in Aussie supermarkets? Can I bring US candies or will this get confiscated at the border? If I bring candies, what are hard to get in Oz? I will, of course, also bring the Swift stickers :)

gallaugher, 6 months ago to random

Apple releases open source AI tools. I have yet to code much with AI/ML nut hope to see if I can work more into my lessons. https://www.thestack.technology/apple-quietly-open-sources-key-ai-tools/

gallaugher, 6 months ago to random

Hey chefs! I cook Thanksgiving. Most is perfect for us but one gap is a good orange root veg (eg sweet potato/yam/squash) w/texture that doesn’t repeat mashed potatoes texture & that has a good savory/sweet mix. Recs?
I could also use a green veg recipe that is a hit with picky eaters (getting that right for my kids is a constant challenge).
May your Thanksgiving be loving and wonderful. Peace.

geekmomprojects, 7 months ago to random

First glimpse

exchgr, 7 months ago to random

the more i think about it, the more i think left vs right is just labor vs capital

gallaugher, 7 months ago to random

Boston Public Media nerd date night w/Mrs. G! Stories from the Stage “Laugh Out Loud” at @gbhnews HQ.

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gallaugher, 8 months ago to random

Yesterday was Canadian Thanksgiving. Today my neighborhood is full of asylum seekers. Careful, Gobblers. The 4th Thursday in November is coming.

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gallaugher, 8 months ago to apple

I love #Apple products but I'm surprised #Siri hasn't been refined for better coordination between devices. Oftentimes when I say "Hey Siri" a response battle ensues between my watch, phone, laptop, and speaker. To get the coordination I want, I sometimes have to sneak out of the room and whisper to my watch (I feel like an attorney speaking to a client on trial). Do others see this? Is there a way to improve things?

gallaugher, 8 months ago to random

SciFi has taken up the "colony collapse" trope that bees are in danger. Apparently it's not true - there are more bees on the planet than ever before. Also: conspiracy theorists should note the NYT published this piece. There's hardly some sort of cabal hiding press that goes against a conservation narrative. When truth is found, it'll be reported on. When corrections need to be made, they will be https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/19/business/beekeeping-companies-colony-collapse.html

gallaugher, 8 months ago to random

Paying to get a high schooler a “scholarly publication” to help them on a college app. The scamming continues. https://www.propublica.org/article/college-high-school-research-peer-review-publications

gallaugher, 8 months ago to AppleWatch

Seeing reports that #AppleWatch Ultra 2 won’t support finger tap til watch OS 10.1. Is this correct? Mine doesn’t seem to be working. Thx.

gallaugher, 8 months ago to random

Mac-using hive mind: I find that sometimes my browsers will freeze and I can no longer use either Safari or Chrome. Force quitting and restarting doesn’t seem to solve the problem and nothing lingers in Force Quit after I cancel a stuck app but restarting the app doesn’t correct the prob. Restarting the Mac does. This occurs several times a day. I’m not using tabs excessively (3-8), but I do have Google Docs up in some and a JavaScript heavy text editor from my publisher in another. Any ideas?

gallaugher, 9 months ago to random

Sigh…

gallaugher, 9 months ago to random

I love listening to the #AppleEvent science I don't understand but think it's cool, anyway. "We're now using Grade 10 Vibranium, Solid State Diffused with Quantum Nano-fibers"

gallaugher, 9 months ago to linguistics

I’ve been trying to regain Spanish. Four years high-school and a summer in Spain but 35 yrs ago. Duolingo isn’t very good. Babel better. Memrise also ok, but I really like flash cards in Brainscape. They read aloud - have multi levels of retry, show written answers, and multiple words or phrases for a concept. For me Brainscape is the most useful. #leaen #language

gallaugher, 9 months ago to SwiftUI

If you are learning #SwiftUI remember the entire semester-of-SwiftUI playlist (zero to full stack, 100+ lessons) is at https://bit.ly/prof-g-swiftui. And the sides for each week are in the open google drive under the course at https://gallaugher.com. Each week’s slides have review notes plus challenges and solutions. I’m on sabbatical this year but material is up for self-learners & other educators. And there will be MORE new content coming. Hack on!

gallaugher, 9 months ago to SwiftUI

Hoping to make a decision on where I’ll be teaching abroad (outside US) Spring 2024. Still open to suggestions from any universities. I need to teach in English but does not need to be an English-speaking country. A look at what i do in #SwiftUI : https://youtu.be/e9FpboKo5LM and #CircuitPython https://youtu.be/t7lh2O13YWg I don’t drive so need to be in an area that’s walkable or with good public transport. Also happy to share all teaching materials with local faculty so they can continue these courses.

gallaugher, 10 months ago to random

We need something beyond robots.txt. I want my context search engines indexed. I do not want my content used to train AI. https://searchengineland.com/gptbot-openais-new-web-crawler-430360

janeadams, 10 months ago to random

Oof. TIL that Superhuman AI uses tracking pixels to send its email senders read receipts... How would you go about avoiding this? Would blocking image downloads from emails work?

https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/3/20681508/tracking-pixel-email-spying-superhuman-web-beacon-open-tracking-read-receipts-location

exchgr, 10 months ago to random

playing my favorite game: earthquake or helicopter

beatnikprof, 10 months ago to random

I’m really struggling w/ one of my colleagues. We’re the two most senior faculty members in the program, same rank, she’s been there longer. I don’t understand all of the new scholarship and the new ways of exploring literature, but I want junior faculty to feel they have ownership and to build courses and chart our path forward . She’s so canonical she had objections to my proposed Irish Lit class. I don’t know how we can reach any kind of meaningful resolution and compromise.

gallaugher, 10 months ago to random

Hey @gbhnews just want to say I enjoy P & J’s AM take. They’re great. Keeping the news, but just enough whimsy and positivity. Keep at it! Also more Wait Wait style fun on the weekends. Ask Me Another was a big loss. How about bringing something fun like that to the Hub!

gallaugher, 10 months ago to random

We need to call out “Mamas for DeSantis.” They aren’t defenders of our children - they deliberately downplay the real problem that continues to harm kids. If you actually listen to kids & teachers, the concern isn’t library books or “too much LGBT visibility,” it’s guns. Kids have nightmares about guns in school. They are traumatized by active shooter drills. Fighting the library & the gay kid doesn’t make you a good parent. You are ignoring the thing that is actually causing trauma in schools.