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isaiah

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i run YourHead Software http://yourhead.com we make Stacks http://yourhead.com/stacks

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gedeonm, to random
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I’ve possibly made the world’s most adorable bacon cheeseburger. Related: it was yummie! 🍔😋

isaiah,
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@gedeonm i had a huge grilled-mushroom burger the size of my head tonight. i may not need to eat for a week.

isaiah, to random
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a while back i asked if any other Mac devs were using the (MS rebranded) Hockey crash reporter -- because Microsoft says they're shutting it down soonish.

@bwebster suggested Sentry as a possible replacement: https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/apple/guides/macos/

i'm back to report that i made the switch and it's going OK so far.

it's really an all-around data collection deal for a zillion platforms -- very flexible i think -- but the Cocoa setup is (relatively) painless and the framework is open source.

👍 👍

isaiah,
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i ended up avoiding the cocoa-pods setup and just adding the Sentry framework to my project manually.

Stacks has a handful of external dependencies, but I'm hyper critical of what goes in there.

i used cocoa-pods in the past, but it just seemed to generate about 2x the work it saved -- and when it goes wrong it goes very very wrong.

now i either manually add the framework/library or absorb the code into the Stacks repo (license permitting). it's often worth the extra time spent.

isaiah, to random
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my kid just sent me images of his first real circuit he built on an fpga doing serious logic design…

…and now i have something in my eye… 😭

i never encouraged either of them to go into tech, and definitely not logic design. jonas doesn’t even remember when that was my job. they just gravitated to it naturally.

but it makes me pretty happy when i get to see them be good at this one weird thing i’m also good at.

isaiah, to random
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every time i read an article about AI/LLMs it inevitably says something like, "AI's don't really understand _____" (fill in the blank with just about anything.

i really feel like some folks need to take a few philosophy courses before writing these think-pieces. not because they're wrong per se, but because it's the wrong framing.

even my tiny bit of philosophy coursework made it abundantly clear that humans don't possess the level understanding that we believe we do.

isaiah,
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i'm not saying AI's do understand. or that their abilities are near ours.

just that framing this as a contest of understanding is… problematic.

humans are wired up to believe our perception of reality is crystal clear and our understanding nearly infallible. it's why it's so difficult to change someone's mind -- even when they themselves are fully aware they're in the wrong.

when we're hard-wired to measure "understanding" badly, it's probably a poor metric to choose.

isaiah, to random
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bought a fridge today.
two strategic decisions.
one tactical.

  • over 80% of all warranty repairs are with in-door ice chute. i’ll miss it but i opted for water only in the door.

  • kids are out of the house so i opted for counter depth. about 25% less volume to keep cool.

tactical decision was to buy last years model that’s on clearance and a solid 30% cheaper than other stores.

the other stuff is just details. the branding is just a badge. supply chain for these things and is worldwide.

isaiah,
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@jenni the one i got has a secondary small door to access water.

it also has a 1/2 of the freezer that you can switch to fridge mode. we have a tub-style freezer in our laundry room — i don’t need any more freezer space. so this way i basically get a tiny freezer and a huge fridge.
there are a few fridges now that have some “flex space”.

also it makes two kinds of ice. which is just silly and unnecessary — so i absolutely had to have that. lol.

isaiah, to random
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if anyone has a recently purchased fridge they love** please let me know what you got. repost if you can.

** modesty priced options plz. i’m sure those with $5000 thermadore commercial fridges love them — just not what i need right now.

isaiah,
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@agiletortoise lololol

that’s exactly what we have now. it’s been pretty great — but the ice maker always had problems.

isaiah,
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@agiletortoise i’m not an ice fanatic (tho my in-laws are) but it gets solid use.

the circuit board has a bad solder point on some sensor so it would spontaneously open the ice chute door sometimes leading to melting and one giant ice cube in the bin. i resoldered it a few times but something about the housing puts pressure on it and breaks over and over.

isaiah, to random
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currently on the side of the road at an old ciwboy cemetery north of lampasas.

much more north and we leave the path of totality.

clouds are spotty here. it’s a crap shoot whether one will pass over during the final few minutes.

but partial starts in five minutes.

isaiah,
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i had a really amazing eclipse experience. out in the middle of nowhere texas, over about an hour, the tiny little turnoff that wasn’t even marked except with a sign that said “cemetery” slowly filled with people from all over the world.

it was party atmosphere and everyone broke out their picnics, champagne, and some fancy photo gear.

mostly it was just a beautiful spot to watch celestial bodies align. we had over four minutes of complete nighttime darkness.

absolutely stunning.

isaiah,
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@gedeonm we had a couple from mexico city, a family with a six year old from southern india, a few from texas of course, and lots from all around the states. some people had been driving 10+ hours.

but totally worth it, it was really amazing.

the crickets came out, the birds got quiet, and a hot muggy day was suddenly chilly and cool.

a really special experience.

isaiah, to random
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prepping a little release
practicing a talk for friday
making slides for saturday talk
i did not need to add any more to the list.

but…

our fridge just died 😩

or something. it seems to be blowing frosty air — but everything in the freezer is lukewarm — all food for the neighborhood trash pandas now.

do people even try to repair refrigerators anymore? seems an awful waste to trash it. i’m guessing the lightning on monday fried a thermistor. probably a cheap fix for someone with the know how.

isaiah,
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i just hauled about 3.5 million dollars of once frozen food to the bin.

while digging things out i discovered a whole section of freezer drawer that was covered in sticky red mystery goo.
🩸 🩸 🩸 🩸 🩸 🩸 🩸

🫣

i thought for a moment it was some leaking brisket chicken gizzards gone all liquifaction.

thankfully it was just a bunch of raspberry purée 😂 that my wife had put into ice trays for some cocktail thing.

does anyone want a slightly warm, quite red, very sticky fridge?

🫠

isaiah,
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@ottaross our second kid moved out last fall. it's just my wife and I now. We went from multiple real meals of real cooking everyday to maybe twice a week.

It meant the freezer was nearly devoid of expensive things. A few some chicken thighs, some very nice pork sausage that I will miss, and about half a package of IKEA veggie meatballs. Apparently we don’t eat very much meat anymore.

The rest was mostly leftovers that, let's face it, I was probably going to toss… someday.

isaiah, to random
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rad. i love this.

https://pdx.social/@dustin/112197603427199366

isaiah, to random
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in sad news i found that my uncle is losing the unwinnable war with alzheimer’s.

he’s Turkish but grew up in Naples. he worked as an eye surgeon in a MASH unit in Korea, but drove me around Hollywood at 100mph in his Lancia. sharp, fun, and always impeccably dressed.

i was the ring bearer at his wedding and he is 100% the reason i love cappuccino so much.

he’s left an indelible mark of positivity on my whole life, so raise your glass and enjoy an espresso today and think of uncle Hasan.

isaiah, to random
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i think the folks who continue to insist that monopolistic app stores are a net positive are just beyond help at this point.

it’s like those people that believe pizzagate, there’s no way to get any signal through all that noise.

jenni, to random
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I can't believe this is a real movie, it looks amazing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lqRPUhPfho

isaiah,
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@jenni yaaaasss!

isaiah, to random
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any sufficiently detailed post about swift concurrency is indistinguishable from nonsense.

fahrni, to random
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I love this little building. It would make an amazing office! 😍 https://botsin.space/@oldroadside/112150929759968196

isaiah,
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@fahrni the front door pompadour really sells it

tonyarnold, to random
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Made it through surgery - far bigger than I was hoping, but now the ball is back in my court to recover and get back to health.

Thanks for all of the kind words, you beautiful people!

Now, time to slap the PCA like nanna at the pokies 😂🎰

isaiah,
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@tonyarnold get well soon. enjoy the pain meds.

agiletortoise, to random
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As a person who did not watch it, asking honestly, was “Game of Thrones” a good show, or a shared experience? No one seems to talk about it now, or want to rewatch it. Is it fair to put it in the “Lost” bin and not bother or should I consider it?

isaiah,
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@agiletortoise my wife and i came late to the party and watched one-ish a day seemingly forever.

which is to say that we didn’t participate in the shared experience until the very end when we finally caught up.

if you like like swords and dragons and don’t mind a lot of excessive gore and/or boobs you’ll dig it.

but if you like shows with a nice message that wrap up neatly at the end, maybe give it a pass.

but i found the characters and subplots worthwhile and enjoyed it quite a bit.

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