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mikeyp

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Over the past few decades, I've worked on lots of games that you've probably played.

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mikeyp, to random
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I’m happy that I bought the iPad Pro for myself, but after trying out the current iPad lineup at the Apple Store last weekend, it’s hard to imagine why a regular consumer would need anything more than the cheapest base iPad.

mikeyp, to random
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TIL that I should have photographed the aurora with high ISO + fast shutter instead of low ISO + slow shutter. That would explain why my pics are a bit washed out. Well, it was my first time seeing, let alone shooting, an aurora. I'll be sure to remember this for the next solar cycle 11 years from now.

mikeyp,
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@bentomn Yeah, it’s an entire specialized skill that requires practice. Still, it’s pretty amazing what you can recover from a RAW file even if the settings are not optimal.

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The wildest bag someone recommended from this post is the TomToc Navigator. It's 40L, but only weighs 2.8 lb, has water bottle holders, compression straps, great laptop/iPad compartment, and one massive clamshell bucket for clothes. And it's only $80, which concerningly cheap

If they used X-Pac or a nicer material it could be even lighter and more durable, add in stowable straps, would be an absolute slam dunk
https://mastodon.social/@christianselig/112417643959065431

mikeyp,
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@christianselig I have 3 Tomtoc slings (different shapes and sizes), and I’m happy with all of them. They’re basically Aer knockoffs, but the quality seems nearly identical to my Aer items. Recommended.

mikeyp,
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@christianselig Understandable. I’m in year 2 of my TomToc slings, and so far so good. I’ll report back in 3 years. ;-)

In all seriousness, I’m happy with the quality - cordura, good stitching, waterproof zippers, no hanging threads, etc. It’s tempting to believe they are manufactured in the same factory as other premium brands. They’re on Amazon, so I figured I could get hands on with free returns, and I was satisfied enough with the price/quality to keep them. YMMV.

bentomn, to random
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Rain two years in a row, and the grass grows quickly. Probably looking at a few more cuts before the hot and dry season arrives to blast furnace what remains.

mikeyp,
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@bentomn For real. Tons of growth this year. I’m waiting until the last minute before fire inspections so I can (hopefully) avoid having to cut multiple times.

mikeyp, to random
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Had my first Cybertruck sighting in my neighborhood. Except it was a little kid driving the Kids Cybertruck with his Dad strolling behind him.

$1,500(!)
https://shop.tesla.com/product/cybertruck-for-kids

mikeyp,
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@bentomn let’s hope so

coffeegeek, to coffee
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Also, from a few days ago, something I put online:

A bit about caffeine...

cc @coffee

https://coffeegeek.com/blog/techniques/a-bit-about-caffeine/

mikeyp,
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@coffeegeek @mako @coffee Great post. Not sure if this is compatible with your understanding, but America’s Test Kitchen found that their dark roast test brew had less caffeine than the light roast, specifically due to the volume (not weight) of coffee after grinding: https://www.americastestkitchen.com/cooksillustrated/how_tos/8237-caffeine-content-of-coffee-dark-roast-vs-light-roast

mikeyp, to random
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It might be my specific use-cases, but so far Google Bard/Gemini is giving me more usable results than CoPilot (GPT3-4) and Perplexity. It even appropriately answered “I don’t know” to a question where the other engines invented a BS answer.

bentomn, (edited ) to random
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One of my email addresses is being used by adversaries to test for weak passwords at all the websites.

My new hobby is to rotate a few weak passwords, and configure MFA where it’s now available.

Fully automated password testing is yielding for adversaries, isn’t it?

Guess an email + weak password is perceived as a juicy target at a commercial scale these days.

Next time, try to use several distinct email addresses?
Hardware keys on the priority accounts.

mikeyp,
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@bentomn Such a pain to have to deal with this. Years ago, I decided to create a unique email address for every major service I use, or every semi-dodgy web site, or for unreliable family and friends. When they inevitably get hacked, I create a new email and blackhole the old one. It’s a minor hassle. It works.
I have around 400(!) email addresses right now.

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    mikeyp,
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    @0xSim I’m sticking with the search engine from the tone-deaf CEO for now.

    I really miss Neeva.

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    Swipe to zoom out.

    @halide + iPhone 12 Pro

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    mikeyp,
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    @sdw @halide Do you disable "Smartest Processing" when shooting in ProRAW?

    clive, to random
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    "Let's Stop Calling It 'Content''

    I first starting noticing the word "content" in the late 90s

    Companies looking to put writing, animation, video or art on their web sites would call it "content"

    It flattened innumerable forms of culture into a sort of goo, extruded from a tube

    25 years on, the term "content" has metastasized, eating whole the way many people talk about -- think about -- culture.

    Let's stop now

    My essay: https://clivethompson.medium.com/lets-stop-calling-it-content-8410bf5f94a9

    A free link: https://clivethompson.medium.com/lets-stop-calling-it-content-8410bf5f94a9?sk=7a2668c44c31a4359876cfcd25a5f2d0

    mikeyp,
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    @clive Great essay. Seems to correlate with Mike Monteiro’s plea: “Don’t let them call you a creative.” https://youtu.be/TCGMSuDJYVY?si=lEELCZvp-C77kOG5

    mikeyp, to mechanicalkeyboards
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    Extremely satisfying to cobble together a quality custom keyboard using cheap parts ordered from aliexpress.

    It's also a bit addictive. What can I make next?

    paul, to random
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    Still bummed that Deliveries got discontinued. The FedEx app is truly awful. UPS is less worse but still pretty janky.

    mikeyp,
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    @paul I miss Deliveries too. I tried Parcel, but wasn't satisfied. Now I use AfterShip, which is free and has so far supported every shipper I've used.

    mikeyp, to random
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    Microsoft's "Start" is a repulsive abomination of tabloid dumpster stank, and now it's showing up on the Win11 desktop and Edge browser default tab. Glad I'm technical enough to figure out how to disable this offensive crap, but it's sad to know that ~90% of Microsoft users will see this junk, and some large number of gullible users will believe it all.

    This is not the Microsoft I admire. Makes me wonder if there is a rogue team of PMs that Satya needs to be aware of.

    mikeyp, to random
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    I feel bad for everyone doing cynical hot takes on the Vision Pro. It's the first truly optimistic view of an AR future. Apply Moore's Law to this, and imagine 5-10 years from now. Wow.

    I also feel bad for everyone working at Meta.

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    Anyone got a good recommendation for a standing desk VESA mount, that's not a $250+ Ergotron LX Tall? The Amazon Basics Ergotron white label that I was planning to use is pretty great but needs to go up 6-9" more for proper positioning.

    mikeyp,
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    @paul Do you have the Magic Trackpad lag/skipping/jumpy issue with your Apple Silicon mini? I do, which is why I also keep it connected via USB.

    mako, to random

    Best app for scanning documents on iOS? (Not MS Lens, as it needs to work with iCloud)

    mikeyp,
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    @mako I've been using Genius Scan forever, and recommend it. Auto-detect capture, grouping scans, OCR, export to whatever, etc. Probably the oldest app on my phone, maybe next to GoodReader.

    mikeyp,
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    @mako Oh right, sorry about that. I forgot that I'm grandfathered into a lifetime Plus plan from a premium upgrade I purchased years ago.

    mako, to random

    One on the best features of @MonaApp is the ability to browse other Mastodon instances timelines. It’s so interesting to quickly jump into mozilla.social, me.dm, etc and see the different vibes.

    mikeyp,
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    @mako @MonaApp I just discovered that the author of Mona also created MessageFilter. I think it's the only useful text msg filtering app for iOS. Hugely helpful for filtering out sms spam for me. Should be part of the OS, etc.

    mikeyp, to random
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    Really don't want to spend time spinning up a new CI/CD pipeline, but Unity's new Cloud Build pricing increases costs by 15-20X (!) for me.

    Their metered rates wouldn't be unreasonable if the service was reliable and performant. But random failures, unexplained restarts & double-builds, and extremely slow build times don't support the basic requirements of a metered service.

    They're clearly working on improvements, but they shouldn't have switched the pricing model until the service is ready.

    mikeyp,
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    @bentomn For real. I miss DOS batch file builds. They always worked... after you learned the hard lesson that one typo will accidentally everything.

    mikeyp,
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    @bentomn Right. Buildkite and buck2 both look compelling. For jamstack stuff, I've been fine with Gitlab and Bitbucket pipelines. But Unity->iOS is a huge hassle.

    GameCI has some of this worked out with Docker containers, and Codemagic seems to have a full Unity solution. And some places (including EC2) are offering M1 macs for <$1 hour.
    But I think I'm ultimately looking at either paying up for UCB, or running Jenkins on my dev machine. Boo.

    mikeyp,
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    @bentomn Ha, the cycle never ends. I swear I'll just end up with a pile of shells scripts anyway. "Twas ever thus."

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