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jwz, to random
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How did Apple screw up screen savers this time?

Well! In macOS 14.0, it calls startAnimation, but never calls stopAnimation, or kills the process.

So once a screen saver has launched, it just keeps running forever in the background on a now-invisible window. A top-level window with both 'visible' and 'onActiveSpace' being true.

Any ideas how to detect this crazy state?

purp,
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@jwz I don't know if it's helpful, but here's the source for ioreg which might have some clues? https://opensource.apple.com/source/IOKitTools/IOKitTools-114.40.1/ioreg.tproj/ioreg.c.auto.html

purp,
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@jwz I'm sadly not at all deep in objects so couldn't spot a path deeper than that.

major, to webhosting
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Wow, the non-profit I've been helping gave me access to their billing portal and oh my...

They've been getting billed an extra $110-120 a year on top of a high hosting cost for services that aren't even turned on. If they were turned on, they wouldn't be helping them anyway. 🤦‍♂️

purp,
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@major I had a similar experience auditing an organization's GoDaddy charges. Presented an A/B choice of migrate elsewhere or stay and negotiate. Got about a $3k credit for a couple of years' worth of overcharges.

whack, to random
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Perceived scarcity is a hell of a thing. If I make one box of Mac and cheese, it’s inhaled instantly by the kids who then get mad at whoever dished themselves the last bits. If I make two boxes, it is barely eaten and without conflicts between the kids, most of it going to waste.

purp,
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@lkanies @whack our tactic was to teach them to cook and offer that they can make the second box if they're still hungry. The Hunger/Effort Utility Metric seems to sort things out. It was hit-or-miss when they were 3, 7, and 10, but 5, 9, and 12 got us two cooks and an excellent wheedler.

purp,
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@lkanies @whack Fast forward and the Sam (20) made chicken curry from scratch for his 6 roommates last weekend, Ash (17) made from-scratch minestrone yesterday, and Alli (13) has three basic meals solidly at their command.

purp,
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@whack @lkanies I feel you. That takes a lot of time and support. Hell, I'm still nervous around the oven, but that's just because it's evil and is trying to kill me.

purp,
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@lkanies @whack @binford2k I think there's an opportunity to develop a standardized measure here.

Too few -> Enough -> Too many -> Far too many -> So many they're filling the space between galaxies and annoying the chickens*

*https://browse.arxiv.org/pdf/2303.17626.pdf

purp,
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@whack @freeformz @lkanies ... so true. Learned to make an excellent pasta quattro formaggi and I still jones for Kraft M&C from time to time. Can't expect more from the kids.

palvaro, to random
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is there a single book that you would credit with teaching you to program (in the sense that you could not write programs before you read it, and after you read it you were on your way)? if so, what was it?

purp,
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@palvaro O’Reilly’s Learning Perl was the first time I learned a language on my own. Always appreciated how well thought out that book was.

major, to austin
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If you grew up in Austin in the 90's, you remember. 🎵

purp,
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@major I miss that and KLBJ’s “Album Rock” format from back in the day. And KUT’s Eklektikos. And occasional X broadcasts on a clear night.

purp, to random
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So, @palvaro ... if you were going to update this list now, what drops and what's new? https://blog.acolyer.org/2015/02/16/desert-island-papers-peter-alvaro/

purp,
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@palvaro srsly interested and sad that they minimized your choice of duality of operating systems just because they'd seen it before.

purp,
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@palvaro ah, got it. I read it poorly, then. It’s a great paper. Wish I’d seen it earlier in my career.

purp,
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@palvaro so what are the next five?

jesse, to random
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Damn it. I broke my protractor.

purp,
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@jesse @robert I'm sorry for your loss. The emotional pain must be acute.

dnalounge, to ethelcain
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♬ Just announced: Tue Oct 31, 9pm: ALL HALLOW'S EVE
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2023/10-31.html

purp,
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@dnalounge that poster ... is fucking gorgeous. 😍

lkanies, to random
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Sounds like some people had trouble with ordering phones this morning. I somehow managed to buy mine 2 minutes before the store was supposed to open.

I triple checked that it went through, just because it seemed so weird.

(I did the purchase on my phone, while my iPad still showed the store as not open.)

purp,
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@lkanies did it from my iPad, reloading until the store showed open at ~5:08a PDT? Went through smoothly, and phones arrive in a week.

major, to books
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After trying out a John le Carré spy novel and realizing it wasn't my style, I'm taking the recommendation of a neighbor and reading Stephen King's "The Gunslinger". 📚

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43615.The_Gunslinger

purp,
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@major curious which le Carré book you put down? Also will be interested to hear your take on The Gunslinger.

purp,
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@major if you want another Smiley, maybe try Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. For something different, maybe something post-Cold War like Constant Gardener?

bhaggs, to random

Stayed up entirely too late last night digging into old SF Bay Area transit maps, photos, and videos–a pastime of mine. This is a great then and now type segment from 1984. https://youtu.be/ObOLGzSnNHI

purp,
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@bhaggs you're such a geek, Bryan.

And I'm here for it. 24/7/365. ❤️

palvaro, to random
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I've made this huge breakthrough but unfortunately there are only maybe one or two people in the world who would care

purp,
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@palvaro some of us are at least curious, though not likely to grok in detail … where do we watch for the paper/talk/announcement?

purp, to random
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In addition to being ridiculously smart and solid at executing good ideas, it seems @briankrebs has his finger on the pulse of

purp,
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And yes, I know, there's a different hashtag ... just didn't think this content was a worthy contribution to it.

gruber, to random
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Feels ironic.

purp,
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@gruber agree. They should at least have rotated one of them 180° to make wrong orientation recovery a single motion.

pancake, to random

A minute of silence for all the Medium posts i didn't read because it requires payment subscription

purp,
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@pancake that's like, what, >1k unread posts per second of silence? Astonishing how pervasive it is.

joeld42, to random
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We're hiring! Join us and make games except without the stress!
https://www.goodtrouble.games/careers

purp,
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@joeld42 any chance y’all are considering internships? Sam’s a junior in game design at UCSC and looking for next summer’s learning adventure.

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