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tomwinzig

@tomwinzig@mastodon.social

Autonomous Programmer

2018–Present: Building Diagnostic Network.
1995–2017: Built iATN.

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arstechnica, to random
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Rabbit R1 AI box is just an Android app, and the software can run on a phone

It sounds like the company is now blocking access from "bootleg" APKs.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/rabbit-r1-ai-box-is-just-an-android-app-and-the-software-can-run-on-a-phone/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

tomwinzig,
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@arstechnica what’s next, you’re going to tell me this thing is powered by “code”???

christianselig, to random
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Does anyone else have a sassy HomePod and a well-behaved HomePod? One of them 75% of the time is like "Ummm, who is speaking??" and the other is like "Done, I gotchu Christian"

tomwinzig,
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@christianselig You probably already know this, but have you made sure Personal Requests are enabled on both?

tomwinzig,
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@christianselig Well, it still responds to requests, but you mentioned it saying "who is speaking," and so I was thinking maybe Personal Requests was turned off, so it wasn't recognizing your voice

tomwinzig,
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@christianselig E.g. if you have it turned off on one, it would still respond to generic requests, but if you asked it to do something personal like text someone, it would ask you who is speaking.

tomwinzig,
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@christianselig ahhhh yeah, I had laryngitis a couple weeks ago and Siri wasn’t helping me with anything 🤣

WWDC24 save us

christianselig, to random
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Random question, but does anyone get that bug in Safari on Mac where when navigating the YouTube website, sometimes you'll navigate back a page and the page won't actually change at all despite the URL updating?

tomwinzig,
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@christianselig are they doing stuff with HTML5 history, maybe doing a popstate but not properly handling it?

christianselig, to random
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Got my hands on Waterfield's bizarrely compact Vision Pro case and gonna do a blog review, any questions about it?

tomwinzig,
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@christianselig I originally bought the Apple official case... monstrous and IMO ugly, so returned it. Lately I just keep the official front screen protector on, and a generic VR foam pad (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WDRM83B) in the inside of the AVP, and chuck it in my backpack, and haven't had any issues?

daringfireball, to random
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Vision Pro’s Battery Indicator Is Confusing
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/03/06/vision-pro-battery-indicator

tomwinzig, (edited )
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@daringfireball It could have been worse @gruber... it could have been Morse code

arstechnica, to random
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DMA be damned, Apple cuts off path to Epic Games Store, Fortnite on EU iPhones

Epic says it's retaliation for public criticism; Apple says it can't trust Epic's promises.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/03/dma-be-damned-apple-cuts-off-path-to-epic-games-store-fortnite-on-eu-iphones/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

tomwinzig,
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@arstechnica The Dude just wanted to play Fortnite

The Big Lebowski Movie GIF by Coolidge Corner Theatre

daringfireball, to random
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Coming Soon: Apple Immersive Video Film With Highlights of MLS 2023 Playoffs
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/02/21/apple-immersive-mls-playoffs

tomwinzig,
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@daringfireball @gruber it’s inevitable that you won’t be able to watch your local teams play live, immersive, right? Akin to TV blackout BS 😭

daringfireball, to random
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Mark Zuckerberg on Vision Pro
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/02/14/zuckerberg-vision-pro

tomwinzig,
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@daringfireball “Lastly, Zuckerberg, discussing Apple’s decision to use hand-tracking for control of the interface, just casually mentions that hand-tracking is effectively a stop-gap until we get a ‘neural interface’.”

This is also what I would say if I didn't have anything anywhere near as good as Apple's eye-tracking.

macrumors, to random
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YouTube Claims an Apple Vision Pro App is On the Roadmap https://www.macrumors.com/2024/02/05/youtube-vision-pro-app-on-roadmap/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

tomwinzig,
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@macrumors no one tell @markgurman https://mastodon.social/@markgurman/111779227677441821

codinghorror, to random

The Last of Us, once it finally came to PC.. that's when I found out it was no mere video game, it was an amazing work of art, a profound, deep statement about the human condition. I still think about that game, almost every day. (and yeah the show was good too, but the show was almost a literal carbon copy of the game, minus the outstanding bottle episode). Easily top 10 all time for me.

tomwinzig,
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@codinghorror

codinghorror, to random

A quality bidet is so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend it. 🚽💦

tomwinzig,
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@codinghorror appears to be the exact one I have and I 10000% cosign, it's the only thing I miss when traveling 💩

paul, to random
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Am I weird for using different strength readers for diff tasks? I have 1.5, 1.75, 2 and even 2.25. How does that even work with the Vision?

tomwinzig,
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@paul Like in real life, wouldn't you just move the thing in question further away or closer to you?

markgurman, to random
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NEW: YouTube, Spotify — two of the world’s largest streaming services — join Netflix is not planning to launch apps - or support their iPad apps - on the Vision Pro. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-18/youtube-and-spotify-join-netflix-in-not-launching-apple-vision-pro-apps?sref=9hGJlFio

tomwinzig,
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@markgurman Your articles are written as if they're actively avoiding the platform, but based on the quotes I'm reading, they just don't have apps ready for launch. Am I wrong?

tomwinzig,
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@markgurman I still don't find it unusual that a company would want to prevent a potentially sub-par experience (iPad app auto-migration to vision) out of the gate so that they can control their customer experience on visionOS on their own terms?

stroughtonsmith, to random
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I do wonder how many big companies feel they made a mistake in handing so much power and control to Apple for their last major platform, and simply aren't prepared to do that again

tomwinzig,
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@stroughtonsmith Niche app developers will thank them

daringfireball, to random
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Vision Pro Pre-Orders Start January 19 (Next Friday), Available Starting February 2
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/01/08/vision-pro-preorders

tomwinzig,
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@daringfireball @gruber Any idea why Apple does these at 5AM Pacific? Versus a more reasonable time of day for the entire US?

ophiocephalic, to FediPact
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Interesting new details have emerged concerning planned machinations for Meta's takeover of the fediverse. The information was revealed at a "data dialogue" in San Francisco on the subject of "Meta’s Threads Interoperating in the Fediverse".

An account at this blog post: https://reb00ted.org/tech/20231208-meta-threads-data-dialogue/

And more info in this Masto thread: https://mastodon.cloud/@joemcl/111566221062518491

It seems that the plan is to gradually roll federation out in stages over the next year. The most telling reveal is in the screenshotted toot by Meta advocate Evan:

"Also, as far as I could tell, the most important use case for them is that a creator could move from Threads to their own server, even if they get de-platformed. I think the major motivator here is Mark Zuckerberg having to go testify in front of Congress twice a year or whatever, and getting grilled by conservative Congresspeople about de-platforming. Being able to say, you can get kicked off Threads but keep your followers, is a big win in this situation."

If correct, the impression here is that Meta is interested in ActivityPub's account portability, so they can offload problematic fascists to the fediverse without too much disgruntlement. They see the fedi as a dumping ground into which they can externalize toxic users without having to either moderate them on their own server, or provoke them by wiping out their social graph.

In Zuckerberg's scheme, our community is to become a landfill for fascism.

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tomwinzig,
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@ophiocephalic So the Fediverse was created to enable exactly what Meta is doing, but now we're going to get mad about it? I am not understanding the logic in all this angst.

This reminds me of when AOL started more fully embracing internet interoperability, and there was a lot of pearl-clutching and reactionism.

I welcome a popular new entrant to the open Fediverse, even though I’m not a fan of Facebook as an organization.

tomwinzig,
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@ophiocephalic If what you're saying is true — that a popular node on the Fediverse can centralize and control it — it speaks very poorly of the Fediverse design.

Last I checked, stevecase@aol.com didn't end up centralizing and controlling the web, either.

I look forward to being able to follow and interact with organizations and others that are starting out on Threads, just like I enjoyed being able to email and interact with my uncles and aunts from AOL in the old days…

Popehat, to random

I don't post on here much any more, or monitor it much, so probably better to find me on Bluesky if you need me.

De gustibus etc. No platform is perfect. But I feel more comfortable there, and less like I'm likely to get screamed at for using Latin without a CW or something.

tomwinzig,
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@Popehat been on the waitlist for months? Years? Craziest onboarding process ever

arstechnica, to random
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Elon Musk’s new AI model doesn’t shy from questions about cocaine and orgies

xAI positions sarcastic AI assistant to counterbalance buttoned-up ChatGPT.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/11/elon-musks-new-ai-model-doesnt-shy-from-questions-about-cocaine-and-orgies/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

tomwinzig,
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@arstechnica oh good a sarcastic robot

daringfireball, to random
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CT Scans Reveal the Complexity of Apple’s $129 Thunderbolt Cable
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/10/25/apple-thunderbolt-cable

tomwinzig,
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@alec @daringfireball same @gruber

thomasfuchs, to random
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I occasionally check if Google has cured itself from AI-brain rot, alas this is a screenshot from just now

tomwinzig,
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@jamwil @aer @thomasfuchs it’s not fake, he’s just using the old 3.5 model

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