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macmanx

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Support Team member at WordPress, GIF maker on Tumblr, Trumpet in Polyhedra, and general doer of things at place.

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macmanx, to queer
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"Quick, strike a pose! To help celebrate month, we’re running a photo drive to the Photo Directory and offering up some cash prizes as a bonus. The funding for the prizes are proudly powered by Queeromattic, the collection of queers within Automattic."

https://lgbtqpress.com/2024/05/share-your-pride-with-the-wordpress-photo-directory/

macmanx,
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@shalien WordPress doesn't own Tumblr. Automattic owns Tumblr, the same Automattic that's putting up the prize money for this contest.

macmanx, to Amazon
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“ CEO Andy Jassy violated labor laws when making ‘coercive statements’ about during interviews conducted in 2022, a judge for the National Labor Relations Board ruled on Wednesday.”

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/2/24147404/amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-violate-labor-laws-nlrb

chris, to random
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    macmanx,
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    @chris Sounds more like they’re both operating on the same channel than necessarily an Apple thing. Is there a difference if you switch WiFi off? Obviously not a solution, but that will rule out congestion on the channel.

    macmanx,
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    @chris Huh, could be the keyboard then? I’ve never had the issue with headphones before, but I have had a keyboard render any mouse useless just because it was basically dominating the frequency.

    davidbisset, (edited ) to blogging
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    Interesting, following @mathowie talking about this subject recently.
    @davatron5000 on his "dream "

    https://daverupert.com/2024/04/ideas-for-my-dream-cms/

    • On-the-fly fact checking
    • Auto-tagging
    • Topic bundling
    • Idea validation

    macmanx,
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    @otto42 @davatron5000 @davidbisset @mathowie can confirm

    gedeonm, to random
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    So you write a company to get tech support for a feature you hope exists. Tech support responds promptly and informs you such a feature does not in fact exist. Then later you get a request asking you to rate the support you got.

    Do you give them ★★★★★ because they answered your question quickly and clearly or ★☆☆☆☆ because they didn’t actually help resolve your problem/request? Or perhaps something in between?

    macmanx,
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    @gedeonm 5 stars, but I feel like only because I work in the industry too.

    davidbisset, (edited ) to wordpress
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    If there hasn’t been theatrics* on social in a while, it seems someone just brings up the "capital P in WordPress" conversation just to keep things stirring**.

    macmanx,
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    @davidbisset Ask, and you shall receive.

    jon, to random
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    So what would it look like if Apple made a guitar pedal?😀

    Based on what the DOJ have to say and how Apple normally does things, it might be something like this?

    1. Apple pedal only works with Apple guitar.
    2. It will not work in a rack with competitor HW and SW from Roland, Yamaha or Fender.
    3. Will only integrate well into Garageband.
    4. Will require Bluetooth connection with an iPhone and iWatch to work.

    Am I right?🙃

    macmanx,
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    @jon 🤔 Apple does make a guitar pedal (and more) though: https://www.apple.com/mainstage/

    shawnhooper, to music
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    My new IEMs just came in. Picked up a pair of KZ ZS10 Pro X.

    So... fedi-hivemind, what's your go to headphone test song?

    macmanx,
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    @shawnhooper https://m.soundcloud.com/hiddencitizensmusic/hidden-citizens-take-on-me?in=hiddencitizensmusic%2Fsets%2Freawakenings

    chris, to random
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    macmanx,
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    @chris Same. I can’t even get the reading list to sync, which feels like a low lift.

    shawnhooper, to random
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    I’m seeing lots of threads users introducing themselves. Did they just start federating today?

    macmanx,
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    @shawnhooper The opt-in has been available for almost 2 weeks now: https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/21/24107881/threads-fediverse-beta-launch-mastodon

    But, @potus opted in yesterday, and that seems to have prompted a lot of people to suddenly do the same.

    macmanx, to random
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    “This thread is a microcosm of the interactions in Open Source projects. Consumers make demands (some polite, some not-so-polite) of one maintainer (rarely two) that does everything. Make no mistake. This is the way it works. It needs to change.”

    https://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2024/03/30/a-microcosm-of-the-interactions-in-open-source-projects/

    davidbisset, to javascript
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    I miss those days too. Being able to copy and paste files and code and maybe spend 10 getting something up and running. Again, things are more complex these things but often - especially for simpler things - they don’t have to be. https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/112129522544448906

    macmanx,
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    @davidbisset I can’t been remember what I used to use. Does “Moo” sound right?

    christianselig, to random
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    Right outside the warranty period my beloved mouse started needing you to click really hard for it to function ;_;

    Comfy mouse though, will probably rebuy

    macmanx,
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    @christianselig Have you considered the MX Vertical? When I was deciding between the two, I went with the MX Vertical simply because it felt sturdier.

    macmanx, to LGBTQ
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    "The latest results show that 7.6% of U.S. adults now align themselves with the community — up from 3.5% in 2012, when Gallup started collecting this data. Compare that to four years ago, when the figure was 5.6%."

    "Each younger generation is about twice as likely as the previous generation to identify as LGBTQ+, and more than one in five Gen Z adults — age 18 to 23 during the data collection period — identify as LGBTQ+."

    "The data found that adults made up the largest proportion of the LGBTQ+ community, with 4.4% of U.S. adults and 57.3% of LGBTQ+ adults reporting that they are bisexual."

    https://www.npr.org/2024/03/13/1238262638/lgbtq-adults-us-gallup-poll-bisexual-transgender

    chris, to random
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    I want to like the new-ish Thunderbird but it's just so hard to use.

    macmanx,
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    @chris I was unenthused by the screenshots. I was excited for a radically simplified redesign, but it just seems to be the same complexity with a modern style sheet.

    macmanx, to random
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    You ever just, like, mourn the passing of a weekend?

    fevered, to random
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    So how about that weather, huh?

    macmanx,
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    @fevered Lemon, it's Tuesday.

    csilverman, to random
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    Interesting. Microsoft seems to be mimicking aspects of the visionOS UI—multiple light sources, a slight dimensionality to the edges—even though this isn't a visionOS app.

    I don't know if any pundits have officially named the visionOS aesthetic as one of 2024's top UI design fads, but I have a suspicion it's going to be.

    macmanx,
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    @csilverman Considering it only came out a month ago, and Siri still lacks anything like this, I’ve been wondering if Microsoft designed it VisionOS-first, despite it not having a VisionOS app … yet.

    macmanx, to firefox
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    So, with all the unfortunate news about redirecting folks from to focus on , amidst layoffs as well, I'd like to point out that @Vivaldi is not integrating AI in the foreseeable future: https://vivaldi.com/blog/technology/vivaldi-wont-allow-a-machine-to-lie-to-you/

    And, I say this as someone who used and swore by Firefox since it was known as Phoenix. Over the past year, I've gotten to know Vivaldi, and it's now my daily driver.

    macmanx,
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    @timelordiroh @Vivaldi A few years ago, I’d agree with you, but the web seems to be moving towards a browser monoculture in an unstoppable way.

    As far as browser engines go, the choices are Safari (Apple-only), Firefox (now losing even more contributors), and an endless sea of Chromium browsers.

    And, within that endless sea, Vivaldi stands out as the best for both being un-Googled Chromium and just focusing on being a good browser first.

    (I am aware of much smaller Gecko-based browsers, but with even Firefox losing contributors, I regrettably can’t see them holding on much longer.)

    macmanx,
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    @zef @timelordiroh @Vivaldi Yeah, definitely referring to that. There are ... conflicting reports across reputable orgs that Mozilla is either keeping the Firefox and AI team or that and relocating some of the Firefox team to AI.

    I should be clear, I'm not a journalist by any means. I'm just an almost-30-year veteran of the browser wars and fan of Mozilla since it was Netscape who made a toot and got boosted by the browser I recommended. 😅

    macmanx, to wordpress
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    It looks like this "WordPress Security Team" impersonation scam is back, so please spread the word!

    The Security Team will never email you requesting that you install a plugin or theme on your site, and will never ask for an administrator username and password.

    https://wordpress.org/news/2023/12/alert-wordpress-security-team-impersonation-scams/

    gedeonm, to TheAmazingRace
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    Another great episode of . Really enjoying S35! Also, Slovenia is a BEAUTIFUL country. 🥰

    macmanx,
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    @gedeonm I was baffled, and wondering if years of Disneyland maps really would have put me ahead.

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