siracusa

siracusa, 11 months ago to random

I’m not linking this @snazzyq video just because it agrees with everything I’ve been saying for years on @atpfm about Apple and gaming…but it’s also not a coincidence that so many knowledgeable people have the same thoughts on the subject. https://youtu.be/ZZrnciMxksM

siracusa, 11 months ago to random

Yo dawg… https://youtu.be/YE9rEQAGpLw (via @ccgus)

snazzyq, 11 months ago to random

My siblings have a band (I’m not cool enough to be included) and their new music video is a great summer vibe. Please do check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6RJFdXM7Vg

snazzyq, 11 months ago to random

@siracusa @caseyliss @marcoarment Nice iPhone tier list, bozos 😜

siracusa, 11 months ago to random

@paul What API does Ivory for Mac use to set custom app icons? I'm asking because I'm trying to figure out if my app can detect and display Ivory's custom icon when Ivory is running. Both NSWorkspace's icon(forFile:…) method and NSRunningApplication’s .icon property just return the standard icon, regardless of the custom icon set in Ivory's settings.

Mulderc, 11 months ago to random

damn it @atpfm finally convinced me to get a membership to hear how they ranked all of the iPhones

siracusa, 11 months ago to random

The latest members-only special episode of @atpfm, where we made a tier list of every iPhone ever released, is also our first episode with a video version! https://atp.fm/atp-tier-list-every-iphone If you want to see the tier list as we build it, become a member and then look for the link to the video in the show notes for the episode.

siracusa, 11 months ago to random

These Instagram ads are trolling hard.

A pan with smoking food inside it. The caption reads, “But olive oil had a low smoke point and…”
Food being thrown in the trash. The caption reads, “…all of our food was either burnt or tasted just like olives.”

siracusa, 11 months ago to random

My SwiftUI view and its containing NSHostingView/NSWindow are not getting along, and I think it's an Apple bug. I did my best to isolate and explain it in a sample project: https://github.com/siracusa/SwiftUIJitterBug

I filed this as FB12453748.

If any SwiftUI and/or AppKit folks want to tackle a subtle stumper, please take a look.

jamesthomson, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to random

I can build Dice by PCalc as a native Reality OS app, but there isn't a way to draw the dice with depth unless I replace all the SceneKit rendering with RealityKit, as expected.

But, at least there is a route forwards, and I can relatively easily make it feel more native by moving the controls into ornaments outside the window, etc.

esther, 11 months ago to random

@atpfm related to the vergence/accommodation conflict in AR/VR, there’s a thing called fixation disparity where the eyes fail to point at in the same spot regardless of focus. I have this condition and while each individual eye has very good vision, both together produce a slightly doubled image which appears as a blur and the constant readjusting of the eye muscles causes constant headaches. This condition can he compensated by specialized prism-shaped glasses but those are fairly uncommon and by far not every optometrist even has the equipment to diagnose and measure this.

Is there anything known about if/how AR/VR headsets compensate for this? I’d honestly be surprised if they do.

counternotions, 11 months ago to random

If consumer tech churnalism can get worse than this, I don’t know how.
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Migueldeicaza, 11 months ago to random

23 years ago, IBM introduced the 1Gb Microdrive for laptops - it fit in your PCMCIA expansion slot, great for expanding your laptop storage. It sold for 500 dollars. We couldn’t wait for it to be available at retail.

This week I paid 10 dollars for 256 Gb micro as card to backup my zelda game.

Micro SD adapter and 256Gb micro sd card

TechConnectify, 11 months ago to random

Alex on Autos referred to the Toyota bZ4X as the "busy forks" and now, quite happily, I exclusively call it that!

You should, too