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tomwinzig

@tomwinzig@mastodon.social

Autonomous Programmer

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

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My guess is that Sam Altman will not be in the WWDC keynote, but if he is, how awesome would it be if he wears two or three stacked polo shirts?

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arstechnica, to random
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TinyPod wants to turn Apple Watches into minimalist phones that feel like iPods

Creator shares price and design details, and mission to help people disconnect.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/tinypod-wants-to-turn-apple-watches-into-minimalist-phones-that-feel-like-ipods/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

tomwinzig,
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@arstechnica No offense, but very few people want to disconnect…

daringfireball, to random
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tomwinzig,
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@daringfireball An accountant looks at these clauses, and says what an elegant solution!

A developer looks at these clauses, and dies a little inside.

daringfireball, to random
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Apple Stiffs Researcher on Bounty for iOS Kernel Vulnerability
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/15/apple-stiffs-researching

tomwinzig,
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@daringfireball @gruber You should do an article highlighting how Apple also seems to completely ignore bug reports... I've filed dozens over the years, I've think I've gotten one, maybe two responses?

daringfireball, to random
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Reuters: OpenAI to Announce Google Search Competitor on Monday
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/10/reuters-openai-web-search

tomwinzig,
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@daringfireball sometimes consistently executing on a product roadmap and having a good API is enough of a moat (has worked for Stripe)

gruber, to random
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It has been a good day for Esc key fans.

tomwinzig,
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@gruber First iPad keyboard with a dedicated Siri button, among other things. And the arrow keys appear to have a raised up-arrow to help you orient your fingers without looking?

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

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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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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 💩

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 😭

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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.

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tomwinzig,
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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.

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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?

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

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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?

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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?

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