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jamesthomson

@jamesthomson@mastodon.social

Indie iOS / Mac developer from Glasgow, Scotland. Maker of the PCalc scientific calculator, and a cool dice app. Occasional writer, conference speaker, D&D player, and podcast pundit.

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💅🏻 by Kayla’s
👚 by @jamesthomson
🧑 by me

Bonus points if you recognize that color scheme on the shirt 🏳️‍🌈

jamesthomson,
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@bgannin I do!

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Uh oh. I am officially old now. I think I sprained my ankle dancing like an idiot last night 😅

jamesthomson,
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@kanec You’re officially old when you sprain your ankle while asleep and motionless :)

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Who is the best Star Wars character and why is it Chopper?

jamesthomson,
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@aleen The only character who feels truly free.

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This is oddly satisfying in VR. One of these days I might make an actual game!

A man destroys a wall with a series of dice and other objects fired from his fingertips. This is clearly the killer app for the Vision Pro.

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@markv 🥰

jamesthomson,
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@jm3 The word work is debatable, but thank you :)

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Dumb question, but if I bought one of those "MagSafe stickers" on Amazon, that are traditionally used to give an Android phone MagSafe-like-stickiness, could I instead use it in reverse, and stick it to a non-MagSafe accessory so it would stick to my iPhone?

For instance, say I want to stick it to a banana so the banana magnets to my phone

jamesthomson,
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@jamie_blumberg @christianselig Just a line of bananas that MagSafe to each other so you can arrange them in pleasing ways.

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@jamesthomson Is there a PCalc feature where I can do some subtraction (for example) and it tells you how to work that answer out on paper? Then I could use that to show my 7 year old daughter how to do it rather than her just cribbing the answers of my phone?

jamesthomson,
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@richard5mith Not really, I’m afraid!

jamesthomson,
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@richard5mith The problem is more that I haven't done math on paper for 30+ years :)

bynkii, (edited ) to random

Okay, new iPad Pro is downloading its initial SW update. Using my iPhone for the initial setup really removes so many pain points. It is indeed very thin.

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@bynkii Appreciated!

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I'm looking for people with Vision Pros to give me some feedback on the PCalc About screen. I think it's at the point where it's fun to play around with (if still wildly pointless). You can join the beta here:

https://testflight.apple.com/join/6l5z8Rmu

Thanks!

A man fires dice into the air from his fingertips for no readily apparent reason.

jamesthomson,
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@Ardvaark If you switch gravity back on, absolutely!

jamesthomson,
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@jonathangrenier Thanks!

jamesthomson,
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@digitalfx Not currently, but I like the idea!

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@eliehass Oh joy. Did it get as far as asking for access to hand movements?

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@jonathangrenier By latest, do you mean 1.1.x or 1.2? Do you remember if you saw a popup asking for access for hand movements?

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@simonmuller Heh :)

jamesthomson,
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@jonathangrenier If you look in the system settings, under Privacy / Hand Movement & Surroundings, do you see the app listed?

Could you submit the crash, then I should get an indication as to where it's happening in the code. Thanks!

jamesthomson,
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@joechrysler Hmm, crashes are not good. Did you submit it? Hopefully I'll see where it's happening. Did it crash while you were out and about in the environment, or while it was starting up?

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@joechrysler It's possible if it took out the whole springboard, there wasn't anything running to ask if you wanted to submit the crash! It might be stored somewhere though, in Settings, Privacy, Analytics & Improvements, Analytics Data.

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@jonathangrenier Ah, that's interesting! Must be hitting some bug around that. Thanks!

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@eliehass Try the build that just went up today and let me know!

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@eliehass Can you try fully deleting the app, and see if you get the hand permission request?

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@eliehass Did it crash springboard, or did the app just close?

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@eliehass Ok, thanks!

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@joechrysler Yes, that one would be interesting to see!

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