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gruber

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I write Daring Fireball, host The Talk Show, and created Markdown.

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daringfireball, to random
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Daylight Computer’s DC-1 Tablet
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/24/daylight-computer

gruber,
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@gingerbeardman Updated, thanks:

daringfireball, to random
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Atari Acquires Intellivision
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/24/atari-intellivision

gruber,
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@shanecyr Glorious play, there.

daringfireball, to random
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★ Spotify’s Car Things to Be Rebranded as Car Bricks
https://daringfireball.net/2024/05/spotify_car_brick

gruber,
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@samburkhard Noted, will watch!

gruber,
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@callin Like a HomePod, which Spotify has complained about?

nickheer, to random
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I like the look of the Daylight tablet a lot. It’s very expensive, but it is intriguing. I do not like the marketing that describes it as a “healthier” computer, non-addictive, “for your wellbeing”. https://daylightcomputer.com

gruber,
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@nickheer @jsnell Even Apple peddles some snake oil with Night Shift: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/05/06/more-on-night-shift

daringfireball, to random
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How to Make Google’s ‘Web’ View Your Search Default
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/22/google-web-tedium

gruber,
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@leoncowle So you run this script when the front window is a default Google search, re-run the same search through the new Google Web?

gruber,
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@leoncowle Should we call this disenshittified Google Search “Google Web”, or “udm14” or “&udm=14”? The last one is a nightmare verbally.

gruber,
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@leoncowle Spitball: map the script to ⌘R

Tweak the script:

— if the current URL is a Google search, append &udm=14 and reload
— else just do a regular browser reload

daringfireball, to random
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Pixar Lays Off 175 Employees, 14 Percent of Staff, Shocking No One Who’s Tried Watching Their Recent Films
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/21/pixar-layoffs

gruber,
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@bshanks None of them have achieved the cultural relevance of even “A Bug’s Life”. Even if I’m wrong and the movies are great, none are popular. And Pixar’s business isn’t making good but unpopular movies.

daringfireball, to random
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Semafor: ‘As Clicks Dry Up for News Sites, Could Apple News Be a Lifeline?’
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/21/semafor-apple-news

gruber,
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@swingerofbirch I agree but I love browsers and I’m savvy enough to install and configure browser extensions to make the web work the way I want it to. I bet you are too. I think Apple News is well-liked by people who don’t have such expertise.

daringfireball, to random
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Adobe Unveils Firefly-Powered Generative Remove in Lightroom
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/21/adobe-lightroom-generative-remove

gruber,
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@Gregmaletic Ditto.

gruber, (edited ) to random
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My Apple Card is expiring this summer, and the replacement physical card arrived in the mail today. Activating was super-duper easy—just bring it in close proximity to your iPhone and tap a button or two on screen. Done.

But what do I do with the old card? It's titanium so it's not easily destroyed.

I've had metal Amex cards since 2010 or so. When Amex sends a replacement card, they include a return envelope custom made for mailing them your expired card for recycling.

[See thread for update]

gruber,
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@digitalqualms Whoops, same here!

gruber,
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Update: So, it turns out, Apple DOES include a FedEx return envelope in the new card's packaging. But I almost threw it away because it just looked like part of the cardboard. Kind of a pain that I can't just drop it in a USPS mailbox, but I wonder how many others won't see that this return envelope is a return envelope and throw it away?

E.g.:

https://mastodon.online/@digitalqualms/112477244179031928

gruber,
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@pmcg @digitalqualms Exactly!

daringfireball, to random
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Microsoft’s New Flex Keyboard for the Surface Pro Tablet
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/20/microsoft-flex-keyboard

gruber,
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@frankly Whoops, fixed, thanks!

gruber,
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@ravi Correct. People seem to care very much about Vision Pro.

daringfireball, to random
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‘Inside Microsoft’s Mission to Take Down the MacBook Air’
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/20/microsoft-vs-macbook-air

gruber,
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@raoufdool Oh, I disagree. You certainly need to take “inside” with a degree of skepticism, but there’s also so much to learn. Even if what to learn is reading between the lines, not the lines themselves.

daringfireball, to random
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Perhaps the New Ultra-Thin iPhone Rumored for 2025 Is in Addition to, Not Replacing, the iPhones Pro
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/20/perhaps-iphone-17-ultra-in-addition-to-iphones-pro

gruber,
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@Agsystems The port is used for pro camera features. They’d need Thunderbolt-speed data transfer of some sort.

gruber,
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@kaplag You think they should engineer, market, and sell unpopular phones? I wish the Mini had been popular but it wasn’t.

gruber,
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@hova414 They’re not speculating. They’re going by what customers choose.

jsit, to random
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@gruber I can't read your mind, of course, but I'm noticing something I also noticed a couple weeks ago -- I think this is more left padding than you would want on lists inside of blockquotes. It's the user agent default, which is 40px in Safari. When not inside a blockquote, lists on your site have a left padding of 0.5em:

gruber,
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@jsit Not quite sure how it got like that, but thanks to you, I spent some time tweaking those margins and paddings.

Let me know what you think, and thanks again for pointing this out.

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daringfireball, to random
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The Information: ‘Apple Plans a Thinner iPhone in 2025’
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/20/the-information-iphone-17-thinner

gruber,
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@danprovost @rjj I think that’s why true same rumors say the camera module is getting a new layout / position.”

gruber, (edited )
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@danprovost @rjj In fact I’d be willing to bet that if this rumor pans out, this iPhone “Ultra” will have a better camera than the iPhones Pros.

gruber,
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@5tu @danprovost @rjj I could see that, but I can also imagine multiple ways to make a thinner phone but bigger camera protrusions.

tvaziri, to random
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deeply fucked up that Apple doesn't still sell these puppies

these things are so damn reliable

gruber,
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@tvaziri I’m surprised they don’t picture the remote/mic because I think that’s what people like best about wired earbuds.

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