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joesteel

@joesteel@duck.haus

VFX artist, and nerd in LA. Personal blog: joe-steel.com Podcasts: defocused.co VFX reel: artofjoe.com he/him

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virtualbri, to cars
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Ok so…
1: 4pm Tire blows out in off city area of LA.
2: New spare doesn’t fit.
3: Wife calls 30 min service place pay $400 for new tire and install
4: 60 minutes later they say “another 60 minutes.”
5: Another 60 minutes, guy arrives in Prius with used tire.
6: Used tire doesn’t fit
7: Guy leaves with blown tire to buy new one
8: It’s past 7pm all the local stores are closed
9: He calls to say he is “going downtown” to get a tire, will take 50 minutes.

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joesteel,
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@virtualbri ugh. Sorry

joesteel, to random
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joesteel,
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joesteel,
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They do move in herds

A bunch of geese headed toward Echo Park Lake. Some juvenile geese as well. A few scratch their heads with their feet. Hopefully they aren’t covered in fleas and I have fleas now and I’ll die from some goose blood parasite

joesteel, to random
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And remember the most important part: you can sit on it.
https://mastodon.social/@Gammitin/112575354703598048

dan, to random
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Yeah, I recorded a video of my tv like a boomer watching cable news, so what!

joesteel,
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@dan It’s weird to know so many people that have names on your TV. You did it, you magnificent jerks.

joesteel, to random
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Blog: A few quick thoughts on the announced Netflix redesign.

It’s like the old saying goes, “There are only two ways to redesign streaming interfaces: moving top row navigation to side bars, and side bar navigation to top rows.”

https://joe-steel.com/2024-06-06-Netflix-Is-Testing-an-Even-Worse-Home-View.html

matt, to random
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Me wondering if my neighbors can hear me blasting Gettin’ Jiggy With It :coolbread:

joesteel,
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@matt nah nah nah nah nuh nah nah

joesteel, to random
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Should I do that when Jason’s driving the car we’re both in?

imyke, to random
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How much worse could AI be really

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joesteel,
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@imyke at least no one is eating a rock, but maybe Spotlight suggestions aren't so great either.

virtualbri, to random
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Late Capitalism

joesteel,
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@virtualbri Better late than never amirite?!

Up high! 🙋‍♂️

matt, to random
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I only mean this slightly in jest, but sometimes I swear millions of Star Wars fans think the ultimate measure of fandom is how long it’s been since they enjoyed anything Star Wars.

“Yeah, I’m a huge Star Wars fan! I haven’t enjoying anything Star Wars in 40 years!”

Anyway, I enjoyed the first 2 episodes of The Acolyte. Not amazing, but fun and new characters I’m interested in.

joesteel,
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@matt I like when you really get into a conversation with a true fan and you find out they haven't really liked anything since Empire Strikes Back.

joesteel,
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@matt oh, lol, that's literally what I wrote in 2015. https://joe-steel.com/2015-01-14-Canon-Wars-The-Trek-for-Understanding.html#i-only-eat-real-pasture-raised-all-natural-original-recipe-star-wars

joesteel, to random
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The fun thing about the Menubar fiasco is it gives you an opportunity to go through and inventory all the permissions. Which is an absolute pain in the ass in Settings, but whatever.

Like I have software named after a person’s first and last name for Karabiner Elements, and networked storage. I’ve got software from Artel Software Corporation, which after some googling is apparently the company that made the BorisFX software that handles Mocha. None of it is doing something bad. OR IS IT

joesteel,
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Meet the Parents. Animated GIF of Robert De Niro as Jack Byrnes asking, “I mean, can you ever really trust another human being, Greg?”

joesteel,
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Oh yeah, you definitely need background permissions for those. They both do stuff. Trusted developer stuff.

joesteel, (edited ) to random
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EDIT: Thanks for the feedback. I'm trying out Plausible. No more feedback needed for now. Thanks!

I posted last year about getting off of Google Analytics for something simple, and not creepy. I got that but now I’m looking for another alternative again. $5/mo-ish. Let me know what you use.

joesteel,
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@cory @powerllama I'm trying Plausible first but I bookmarked your referral if I don't stick with Plausible.

joesteel, (edited ) to random
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People don’t tell you this writing trick, but the best way to catch grammatical errors and typos BEFORE you publish is AFTER you publish.

joesteel, to random
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Bartender 5 was on the old version from December 5.0.49. It was last used March 8, and now its permissions are revoked and it's in the trash. I'm not really going to rush to install anything else at the moment. This MacBook Pro is so old it doesn't have a notch, so what a "win" for me.

joesteel,
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@ry galaxy brain: no menu bar

joesteel, to random
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“I need my pain.”
https://socel.net/@TheSpaceshipper/112587651974385436

joesteel, to random
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A good post from Nick Heer rounding up some Meta stuff

https://pxlnv.com/linklog/meta-big-squeeze/

joesteel, (edited ) to random
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The thing I really like about Michael's blog is that he gets a whole running chronology. From the first posts about the signing certificate changing to the statement allegedly issued by original developer Ben Surtees today. What. A. Mess.
https://mastodon.social/@mjtsai/112565864238736413

joesteel, to random
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Yeah but when will this have some AI?

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