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💻 Cybersecurity Researcher
💡 Electrical Engineer ..……….
📱 Indie app developer ……….
🏠 Lover of home automation
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jimmylittle, to random
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Ok, someone smarter than me please weigh in-

I have an OLED TV hooked to a 4K AppleTV over HDMI. The CEC control works flawlessly. I also have a Sonos soundbar hooked to the TV over Optical.

Somehow the AppleTV remote knows to control volume over IR to the soundbar.

How does this work? Is there an optical “handshake” like HDMI? Is that how the AppleTV figures out there’s an optical soundbar on the TV? Or is it just assuming because it found the Sonos on the WiFi?

nickfoster,
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@jimmylittle yeah that’s at least nicer than my parent’s TV which displays a FULL LINE of text which says “TV speakers are disabled when external speakers are connected” 🙄

nickfoster,
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@jimmylittle from what I can tell I think the Apple TV basically just yells “volume up” in every known manufacturer’s IR language, because I’ve never had to program it to a specific TV like I used to have to program the cable box remote.

So that explains the sound bar, and what’s left I guess is your TV ignoring its own volume up commands because it does know it has an optical connection

nickfoster,
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@jimmylittle Sony I think

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The fact that OpenAI actually reached out to Scar Jo and asked to actually, officially use her voice is insane https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/20/24161253/scarlett-johansson-openai-altman-legal-action

jimmylittle, to random
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Every time I grab my iPad to do the Apple News Crosswords, I wonder why I can’t do it with the Apple Pencil and just write in the squares.

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@jimmylittle this is dumb that you can’t, because you can literally just write in any text field in iOS and it will transcribe it for you

tashen, to random
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I was onboard with toots at first but over time it just feels way better to call them posts, I dunno 😂
Always funny when the ATP hosts earnestly call them toots, unless they’re just saying it ironically 😅

nickfoster,
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@tashen yeah I’m pretty much in the same boat, I’m pretty sure the ATP guys are being serious but it still makes me giggle every time

tashen, to random
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Honestly quite happy we can follow Threads users here. 😄
I feel less… “disconnected”.

nickfoster,
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@tashen it’s been really nice, the content feels different from my Mastodon feed and that’s made it feel more fresh I think? It’s not better content, just different. Variety!

Can’t wait to be able to reply too 😁

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Lol this is why all of my cameras can't access the internet outside of my LAN

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/report-cheap-doorbell-cameras-leak-still-images-and-allow-for-easy-takeover/

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@ivory I just discovered that I can view a translation of a post from the ⚙️ menu. Have you considered an option to automatically display translations of toots not in the default language?

nickfoster, to random
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You can pry the legacy @pcalc widget out of my cold dead hands. I use it basically every day and honestly I should install it on my partner’s phone because it feels like every time I use theirs I need a darn calculator and it’s never where I want it to be

nickfoster, to random
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Chuckled to myself at in the commercial with , thinking “oh yeah Apple’s putting their most popular show’s star in the commercial with Messi.

Like 10 minutes later it occurred to me that was not an Apple commercial, it was for Modelo. Weird that the Apple TV+ cinematic universe works this way 😂

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TIL that @marcoarment loves and that made me VERY happy to hear a reference to that game!

My dad introduced my brother and I to that game and we used to play for HOURS. Some of my best memories with my dad.

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Given that apps on iOS are so sandboxed anyway, I really wish you could install the same app twice. Run it entirely separately with two different accounts. Would be great for things like Google Meet…

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Yeah I’m all for dunking on Tesla here but this verbiage strikes me as weird/wrong

Quoting @jwz: https://mastodon.social/@jwz/111575300812829352

nickfoster, to random
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"The Blackwing team then conducted 'extensive reverse engineering' of software and hardware, during which they found cryptographic implementation flaws in a custom TLS, and deciphered and reimplemented proprietary protocols."

Reminder that "custom" and "proprietary" security is almost always a 🚩

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/windows-hello-fingerprint-tech/

nickfoster, to random
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Props to John for maintaining his journalistic integrity and walking https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/19/23924549/jon-stewart-apple-ai-china-cancel

nickfoster, to random
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Me telling my future kids about my old CDs

Quoting @mikemathia: https://ioc.exchange/@mikemathia/110815005849532408

nickfoster, to random
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Weekend project: A movie night spinner made from my old building toys!

Video in next toot👇

The rear of the spinner showing the Knex construction

nickfoster, to random
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Apple says they improved autocomplete in iOS 17 but I typed “Mario and L” and it had NO idea what should come next so I’d say that’s pretty dismal CRAIG

nickfoster, to random
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@ivory is there an option to auto-play gifs inline on the timeline?

nickfoster, to Shortcuts
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Is there no support for the new “State of Mind” Mood/Emotion tracking in HealthKit?

(Paging @matthewcassinelli or anyone else who can confirm this is missing)

nickfoster, to random
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Pro tip: Set all your passwords to lines from favorite comedy bits and you’ll get a little chuckle every time you put one in. Plus they can be both long and easy to remember!

nickfoster, to random
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Paging @jamesthomson here comes the new PCalc widget??

nickfoster, to random
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Inflation is so bad that these days we only get either “Fast” or “Furious” in each movie

I remember back when we got 2 Fast and 2 Furious all for the same price 😒

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