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jaredwsmith

@jaredwsmith@mastodon.online

Dachshund dad. Software engineering, weather, indie web, Padres baseball.

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jaredwsmith, to random
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Gave my music library a really thorough scrub today. Very pleased.

Mrfunkedude, to random
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Remember, it's only Easter if it comes from the east side of Er.

jaredwsmith,
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@Mrfunkedude Otherwise it’s just sparkling resurrection.

blogdiva, to random
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i miss my Blackberry. i miss that keyboard. also had a Huawei phone that looked like a Sidekick (the one pictured is by LG but twas similar).

the Huawei slider was my favorite phone and it irritates me we cant get Huaweis in the US. that was a solid phone; and rootable too boot.

pic of a two-tiered phone with a slider keyboard. the one pictured here is not the Huawei i had but it's a similar looking LG from the 2010s.

jaredwsmith,
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@blogdiva I absolutely flew on that BlackBerry keyboard and could do it without looking at the device. I clung for dear life. Hardware has a place.

ricmac, to wordpress
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My wife was trying to do some work on a site (she’s not a techie) and was complaining loudly about the terrible new interface. It was of course Gutenberg and its hideous blocks UI. I immediately recommended a plugin called “WordPress Classic”, which I have used for a while now. It fixes WP and brings back a UI that people can actually use. Sometimes I dispair about so-called progress in my profession (web tech). Gutenberg, React and its JavaScript bulk, what happened to Twitter, etc.

jaredwsmith,
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@ricmac I am a Gutenberg user for post editing primarily because it gave me a quick way to get up and running when my time budget was low, but it absolutely came with a cost because if I wanted to design a workflow around MarsEdit (for instance), I’m suddenly introducing incredible inconsistency. In retrospect, I somewhat regret it.

jaredwsmith,
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@ricmac One thing that has certainly flown under the radar is just how difficult of a problem it continues to be to implement a proper WYSIWYG web editor that doesn’t come with data integrity or otherwise severe performance compromises. And Gutenberg is actually not that bad in this respect, either, comparatively!

JenMsft, to random
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I just accidentally typed duel booting instead of dual booting, and my mind immediately pictured some sort of star wars esque lightsaber fight between your OS' lol

jaredwsmith,
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@JenMsft May the best bootloader win!

jaredwsmith, to WX
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Big, honking, well-stacked ridge smack dab in the middle of the CONUS. (Technical term.) #wx #WxMastodon #AWIPSAtHome

jaredwsmith, to random
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Getting so close to getting the new @chswx bot in production (in beta form, anyway) it is palpable.

Once it’s up there and is stable, I intend to open-source it.

Green_Footballs, (edited ) to random
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Twitter lying in pieces on the ground.

Photo by Alan Kyle: https://bsky.app/profile/alank.bsky.social/post/3k3c5mr7st627

jaredwsmith,
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@Green_Footballs Now that’s an image.

jaredwsmith, to iOSBeta
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Who out there is on iPadOS 17 beta 3?

jaredwsmith,
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@stooovie How’s it working for you? Thinking about getting on board at least on that device.

jaredwsmith,
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@stooovie I have the exact same iPad so that gives me quite a bit of confidence :) Archiving a backup now! And thank you!

jaredwsmith,
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@stooovie Yeah, I did the 15 and 16 betas on this guy, too, so I know what I’m getting into there for sure. Had a false start with the iOS 17 beta on my phone so I’m not ready to commit there just yet. :) Thanks again!

ai6yr, to random

@mattlanza I vote Mastodon, the algorithm-driven Threads thing is not great for disasters/emergencies/timely weather info.

jaredwsmith,
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@mattlanza @ai6yr One thing I think Mastodon will always have a leg up on is how simple its API is to work with for automating feeds. That was a big reason wxtwitter won out the way it did.

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Chris Geidner:

NEWS: Senate Judiciary Committee will mark up and vote on the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency (SCERT) Act on Thursday, July 20, per release from Sens. Durbin and Whitehouse.

jaredwsmith,
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@GottaLaff @brooklynmarie Co-equal branches of government FTW.

ai6yr, to threads

Hmm... really is built on brands and celebrities. 🙄 https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/6/23785588/meta-instagram-threads-celebrities-brands

jaredwsmith,
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@ai6yr Kevin Belle on the WeatherBrains podcast said once that Facebook/Meta “has you by the balls of your friends and family.” Zuck exploited that once more.

jaredwsmith, to random
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Shoutout to @mastohost for getting chswx.social patched in a flash 👏

jaredwsmith, to random
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I have no problem with government agencies, etc. flocking to places like Twitter to disseminate information. You go where the people are. There was always the risk of things going downhill with a centralized platform, but it was better for them to participate than not.

That being said, I’d love to see more government agencies stand up ActivityPub-compatible presences and start publishing to them. The Web standard is usually the safest bet for the long haul, IMO.

jaredwsmith,
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@Karoli Yep. The best time to do so was six months ago, the next best time is now.

jaredwsmith,
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@Karoli YES. In the age of $8 blue checks, this should be a slam-dunk for publishers.

jaredwsmith, to random
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Clown. Show.

jaredwsmith,
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@mjf_pro @BakerRL75 We could only hope!

ai6yr, to random

I'm curious how accurate the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature is in the NOAA model. 95F is about the limit of human beings without A/C. https://digital.mdl.nws.noaa.gov/

jaredwsmith,
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@ai6yr That should be derived directly from the NWS forecast grids if that’s coming from NDFD, so probably pretty good (and human quality controlled as well).

jaredwsmith,
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@ai6yr It’s a pretty stout ridge. Add Gulf moisture and it’s game over. 🔥

christianselig, to random
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Apollo will close down on June 30th. Reddit’s recent decisions and actions have unfortunately made it impossible for Apollo to continue. Thank you so, so much for all the support over the years. ❤️ https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/144f6xm/apollo_will_close_down_on_june_30th_reddits/

jaredwsmith,
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@christianselig Apollo was the only way I read Reddit. Thank you so much for your hard work.

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