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siracusa

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Programmer, tech writer, and co-host of Accidental Tech Podcast, Reconcilable Differences, and Robot or Not.

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JPEGuin, to random
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Making steady progress with the new Mastodon app. Any ideas for what the app icon should be? (Currently using a placeholder)

siracusa,
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@JPEGuin No icon ideas…but how do you feel about adding an option for a Twitterrific-style unified timeline? (i.e., a “home” timeline that shows the usual stuff, plus ALL replies and mentions, even from people you don’t follow, allowing the user to read everything by scrolling through a single timeline)

Drwave, to random
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Hey @viticci - listening to @upgrade - you were asking why throwing up was the default response to a mismatch in human i/o sensors.

Not sure if this is the reason, but back in the 80s, when I was in grad school at MIT Media Lab doing VR stuff, we referenced the "bad berry" syndrome.

The idea was that humans evolved to, when perceptual systems mismatched, assume a “bad berry" had been consumed - so throw it up to reset the system.

Made sense to me then - still does now.

// cc: @ismh86

siracusa,
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@Drwave @viticci @upgrade @ismh86 I’ve read this as well: if you just consumed something that, say, makes you feel like you’re spinning when you’re not actually spinning, it might be very bad for your health (perhaps even deadly). Puking may give your genes a slightly higher chance of appearing in future generations than people that don’t puke under the same circumstances. Repeat for many thousands of years and you get modern humans and motion sickness.

NanoRaptor, to random
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What are some numbers in your field that anyone else in the field would identify without even thinking about it, but folk outside may have no idea. Just the numbers, no explanations. Yet.

105 148 210 297 420 594 841 1189

siracusa,
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@NanoRaptor Maybe too easy, but: 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 14.4, 19.2, 28.8, 33.6, 56k.

ryanoff, to random
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@siracusa considering this recent ATP episode, I’m curious to hear your thoughts about having external monitor support for the iPhone. Is there any technical reason why iOS wouldn’t be able to use Stage Manager with an external display, keyboard and mouse? Samsungs Dex is interesting and I’m curious if Apple could see a future where some use iPhone as a MacBook replacement. I’ve used my iPad this way and it’s “usable” for simple computing.

siracusa,
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@ryanoff I’m not sure if the display drivers on the Axx SoCs could support that today.

arcticleo, to random
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THREE styles of New York pizza? Including a “grandmother style” from Long Island? I would love if @atpfm and especially @siracusa could sort out what a New York style pizza really is. Heh or maybe that’s one for @robot …? 😊

https://youtu.be/FRr1mt5lDow?si=mGzxjz1uvnZtneKb

siracusa,
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@arcticleo There’s even more than that, but the “classic” and Sicilian are the main two from my youth.

RollingGoron, to random

@siracusa thoughts on the ATP discussion about current issues with giving the iPad more power user features. I agreed with most, but not sure why (in my opinion) the most glaring issue is never mentioned.

The fact that a finger is the primary input device for the iPad and iPadOS. That alone makes using the iPad for “power user” tasks a huge pain. The imprecision of a finger, large onscreen keyboard, and relatively small screen, make the experience frustrating for even moderately complex tasks.

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@RollingGoron Power users probably have a pencil and/or keyboard with trackpad.

siracusa,
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@RollingGoron Keeping a Final Cut Pro render running in the background doesn’t require a change to input devices. Ditto for allowing multiple simultaneous audio streams, etc. Look at the things people are requesting. None require subverting or abandoning the touch interface.

wpattison, to random
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Is it just me or does this latest tshirt from feel like lesser quality cotton was used? @siracusa @marcoarment @caseyliss

siracusa,
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@wpattison I don’t think there’s been any change, but you can ask @cottonbureau directly.

tmysl, to random
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@siracusa I’m driving myself nuts looking for the pasta recipe you shared on one of your podcasts a few years ago (lentils, pancetta), any chance you have it handy? Thanks in advance!

siracusa,
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@tmysl https://www.notanothercookingshow.tv/post/pasta-with-lentils

Modug, to random
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@siracusa you have to get one of these. It’s a total game changer for using an iPad as a solo bed tv.

siracusa,
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@Modug I think I like my setup better.

callionica, to Spotify
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Why do some podcasts on have auto-generated transcriptions and chapters (ATP), while others do not (History Extra)?

Is this something you had to opt in to @marcoarment @caseyliss @siracusa ?

siracusa,
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@callionica We did not opt into it. Also, we put our own chapters in the actual MP3 file, which Spotify is apparently ignoring.

siracusa, to random
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I spotted this car on the road, and my daughter asked why I thought it was cool. After I explained, she said, “Why would a company name a car 9/11?”

siracusa,
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@freediverx A lot.

bw, to random
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Picked up a used copy of “Our Universe” from Amazon. This thing is great! Thanks for bringing back some memories, @siracusa and @MichaelWhelan !

Page 45 of “Our Universe“, showing speculative aliens from Mars and Europa.

siracusa,
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@bw Me too!

des1gnerd, to random
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@siracusa I think you’ll find it interesting that the M4 sits directly behind the copper Apple Logo, therefore acting as a heat sink.

They probably didn’t throw some thermal compound on there because that would just transfer a lot of heat to the logo and be really hot to touch.

https://youtu.be/HvW-I8EczZ4

siracusa,
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@des1gnerd The tear-downs seem to show a sheet of copper stuck to the M4 itself.

siracusa, to random
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Me after my Global Entry interview.

siracusa,
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@christopherbowers A few weeks, I think.

siracusa,
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@mruelle 🤷‍♂️

moridin, to random
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@atpfm When you’re a subscriber to the bootleg feed and it expires, you still get episodes in the feed but the free ones instead. How can I tell which episodes are not the bootleg feeds? @caseyliss @siracusa @marcoarment

siracusa,
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@moridin I think all this behavior is up to the podcast client. I’m not sure how Overcast deals with it. Maybe @marcoarment knows?

siracusa,
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@moridin @marcoarment https://atp.fm/membership/faq#expired-feed

timbueno, to random
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@siracusa Is there an episode of ATP where you talk about your photography workflow when importing / editing photos from your vacations?

I recently bought my first big boy camera and am struggling a bit with where to keep the files (jpeg + raw). Do you keep everything in Apple Photos? Just jpegs? How to you manage moving files between Lightroom and Photos?

siracusa,
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@timbueno I don’t know. I keep both the RAW and the JPEG as separate images.

atpfm, to random
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587: No Dots Are Going to Help Me
https://atp.fm/587

Apple's accessibility announcements, returning to an old scanner friend, and leaping into the iPad discourse.

siracusa,
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@david The beauty of Dropbox is that I can quit the app, do a bunch of development, and then relaunched it later. Much better control, and deterministic behavior with reasonable execution time.

siracusa,
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@nonrevguy It’s the lesser of two evils. Also, I can easily quit and relaunch Dropbox, controlling when it’s trying to sync stuff and when it’s not.

siracusa,
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@jramskov Wait until you hear about our healthcare and electoral system.

siracusa,
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@jxmullins 💸

4nd3rs, to random
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@jsnell I just got my iPad Pro 11 M4 – purchased almost exclusively for the new OLED display 😉

But I have to say I’m a bit underwhelmed (the blacks are still not as black as the bezel), and almost shocked to see what looks like the dreaded soap opera effect when watching movies?!

It’s nice to see a greater dynamic range, but everything is maybe popping too much – colors, light, etc?

I almost prefer the more muted, movie-like look of the iPad Pro 2022 LCD, which seems blasfemous.

Am I crazy?

siracusa,
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@4nd3rs I’ve been watching TV shows, and the blacks are completely black.

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