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vanitalo

@vanitalo@mastodon.social

Developer | Automator | Technology & Apple Enthusiast

Currently working in the higher education sector as a Lead Enterprise Software Engineer.

Disclaimer: Your perception is not my reality ;-)

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marcoarment, to random
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ok look I know this is really stupid and pedantic, but come on, we’ve had 26 years to learn this

It's Wi-Fi

not Wifi or WiFi or wifi or wi fi

Wi-Fi. Hyphenated. Both words capitalized.

thank you for coming to my ted talk

(while you're here, “log in" is two words when being used as a verb… your login button or link should not say "login”, because the action they take is to "log in”)

vanitalo,
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@marcoarment Oh-Kay 🤪🫥

9to5Mac, to random
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X is now rolling out audio and video calls – and here’s how to turn them off https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/25/x-audio-video-calls-how-to-turn-off/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

vanitalo,
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@9to5Mac Delete your account, it’s the ultimate way to turn X off. 🤣

ADHDefy, (edited ) to privacy
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Almost got scammed selling some stuff online. 🤙

Had a person send me their number as an interested buyer and told me to text them. I did (first mistake), and we arranged a meetup time. Then they asked if, for their safety, they could send me a six digit code (some of you already know where this is going) that I could repeat back to them to verify myself.

I said, "absolutely!" And sure enough, I got a Google Voice verification number. lol

If you're not familiar with the scam, shady people will take your phone number and try to create a Google Voice account with it. If you provide them with the 6-digit code that Google sends you, they can "verify" that they are you, and then basically use your phone number to run scams, commit fraud, etc. It's nasty business.

I called them out, blocked them, then reported them to the marketplace website and to the FTC--though, almost certainly, they were using the phone number of another poor soul to carry this out.

I used to work as a social engineer, running phishing campaigns (ethically, with consent lol), against Fortune 1000 companies to assess their level of vulnerability. Luckily for me, I was super familiar with this, but most of the people I told about it have said, "Oh, I probably would have fallen for that...", and even I set myself up for it.

So that is why I'm posting this. Please be aware of sketchy shit like this. If someone is asking you for a verification code over SMS or email, tread with EXTREME caution. Also, it's usually pretty shady if a stranger you're already chatting with wants to move to a new platform. Not always, but if someone emails or messages you on Facebook to ask you to text them, that's a little weird. I'd had legitimate buyers/sellers do that, so it's not unheard of, but it should put you on guard.

If you buy/sell/trade online frequently, it's a good idea to use a dedicated MySudo number, VOIP number, and/or a burner phone for that.

Stay safe out there, kids.

vanitalo,
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@JustinDerrick @ADHDefy Now there are deep fake AI scammers who record people’s voices when they answer scam calls so that they can then synthesise your voice and call other people you know using your voice to try and scam them. So it’s not recommended to engage with scammers at all anymore, don’t answer calls from contacts you don’t know or hang up immediately as soon as it starts to feel like a scam call. My voicemail message is spoken by Siri 😎

9to5Mac, to random
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Poll: Would you want a folding iPad or a folding iPhone? https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/20/poll-would-you-want-a-folding-ipad-or-a-folding-iphone/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

vanitalo,
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@9to5Mac Maybe an iPhone, but not until they can make it near as thin as current phones (when folded) and not have a visible crease or separation in the display… so probably unlikely to happen any time soon.

macrumors, to random
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Netflix Raising U.S. Prices Yet Again, Premium Plan Now Costs $23/Month https://www.macrumors.com/2023/10/18/netflix-price-increase-2023/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

vanitalo,
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@macrumors Seems like FOMO is the only reason to keep the subscription going… I hardly ever watch Netflix even when I’ve got lots on my watch list. Think it may be time to flip the off switch.

stroughtonsmith, to random
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Being honest with myself, I'm not going to be building anything for visionOS until/unless I have a headset of my own, and the chance of me buying the €4000+ first-generation device is near-zero. I'm already burned out on visionOS just thinking about it over the past few months; at this point I don't plan on revisiting the SDK until after launch. I don't think anybody will miss my apps not being there for the first year or two, and that probably goes for most indie devs too

vanitalo,
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@stroughtonsmith @chockenberry Yep, I would have preferred visonOS to be a closer fork of macOS… I think that would have had greater potential. I fear that visonPro will constantly hit the same walls that iPad has, and that will make the product less useful for me. 😔

macrumors, to random
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Apple Expands Vision Pro Test Labs to New York City and Sydney https://www.macrumors.com/2023/10/17/apple-vision-pro-lab-new-york-sydney/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

vanitalo,
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@macrumors Well I guess that could also mean that Australia will be one of the first countries to have the opportunity to purchase Apple visionPro. 👏😎

stroughtonsmith, to random
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I think I have not-posted more things this past year than posted; so many conversations I just don't feel like starting, or participating in, anymore. It's just as cathartic to write it all out, then hit the cancel button

vanitalo,
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@stroughtonsmith Same. 🤣

stroughtonsmith, to random
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This new lower-cost Apple Pencil is very much aimed at students and schools, not artists. Though I don't envy any teacher who has to recharge 30 styluses via USB-C every week

vanitalo,
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@stroughtonsmith It’s giving an opportunity for a 3rd party to create a 30 pencil charging rack! 🤪

stroughtonsmith, to random
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I interpret this as Apple opening up a space for an 'Apple Pencil Pro’, as this new USB-C model is very much lesser than the 5 year old Apple Pencil (2nd generation)

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/10/apple-introduces-new-apple-pencil-bringing-more-value-and-choice-to-the-lineup/

vanitalo,
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@stroughtonsmith I had the same thought. I foresee a Pro model coming in the future that has all the features of the current gen 2 pencil plus the USB-C connector and more.

9to5Mac, to random
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Cheaper next-gen Apple Vision headset will likely drop EyeSight feature to save on cost https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/15/cheaper-apple-vision-headset-eyesight/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

vanitalo,
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@9to5Mac They’re going with a cheaper option…

Steve Martin Snl GIF by Saturday Night Live

christianselig, to random
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iPad feature I'd love: deep sleep. I find whenever I go a few days or a week between using an iPad, it's often dead or almost dead. An auto-deep sleep mode after 24 hours of non-use would be awesome, even if it took 5 seconds or so to wake back up

vanitalo,
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@christianselig @mikahsargent Perhaps Mikah and @rosemary could show how to build power saving shortcuts automations on iOS Today if they haven’t already.

I think there might also be some prebuilt shortcuts on RoutineHub that you could take a look at and adapt to your usage.

https://routinehub.co/search/?q=Power+save

macrumors, to random
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Some iPhone Models Mysteriously Shutting Off at Night https://www.macrumors.com/2023/10/11/iphone-models-turning-off-at-night/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

vanitalo,
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@macrumors Yes, it’s definitely a problem. I’ve seen it a few times on my iPhone 12 Pro Max, but last night was the worst - iPhone appeared to shutdown for 5+ hours between midnight and 6am causing all of my overnight to fail to run 🤬 really needs to fix this!

appleinsider, to random
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Apple objects to Australia plan to regulate Apple Pay
https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/10/11/apple-objects-to-australia-plan-to-regulate-apple-pay?utm_medium=rss

vanitalo,
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@appleinsider I really wish lawmakers weren’t so technically inept! 🤦‍♂️

I doubt the average Australian citizen who uses Apple Pay wants this. It’s more likely the big banks lobbying to stick the🔪 into Apple because they opposed Apple Pay in favour of their own bogus solutions for age’s, even though their own customers were demanding access to Apple Pay and didn’t want to use the Banks native and inferior options.

9to5Mac, to random
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PSA: Recovering Mac storage space may just mean waiting a while https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/08/psa-recovering-mac-storage-space-may-just-mean-waiting-a-while/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

vanitalo,
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@9to5Mac I’ve found that deleting the APFS Snapshots can help reclaim the free space more quickly, I always do a TimeMachine backup first.

https://eclecticlight.co/2022/02/10/managing-snapshots-how-to-stop-them-eating-free-space/

cabel, to random
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Question! Is there a Mastodon app that lets you pre-write a few messages in a chain, and then post them all at once? I’m so used to doing that on Twitter for bigger ideas, and I don’t want to have to rapidly reply to my own message to then type the second part. Or, is that like philosophically not good on here?

vanitalo,
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@cabel @conlan @outadoc Most Mastodon apps I’ve used do have a show more function for posts that are longer than 500 characters, some allow finer configuration. I’ve seen instances that allow 1000 characters and a few that allow even more.

I think around 1000 chars is the sweet spot, would be nice if Mastodon would officially increase the default limit.

Threaded long posts work, but they’re clunky and often 500 characters is just a tad too restrictive to get out a well formed post.

BasicAppleGuy, to random
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I’d love to know what “partly false information” Threads thinks I’m promulgating. That Steve has passed? That I celebrate his legacy? That 2011 wasn’t 12 years ago?

vanitalo,
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@BasicAppleGuy Maybe Zuck’s feeling insecure because even now, Steve Jobs holds more influence than he does. That’s so Meta!

matthewcassinelli, to random
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I love shortcuts and I don’t like Shortcuts

vanitalo,
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@matthewcassinelli Yes, it really is a love/hate relationship 🤣

matthewcassinelli, to random
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Oh look all my Shortcuts widgets just fucking reset again.

What a shit show

vanitalo,
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@matthewcassinelli @ryanashcraft Apple just doesn’t seem to put enough resources and care into continual improvement of Shortcuts in general. The shortcuts editor is an absolute sh!tshow to use when trying to edit long complicated shortcuts & you need to move things around to refactor it. This stuff has so much potential, but Apple just doesn’t seem to care enough about it. 😔

My biggest gripe with widgets atm is when they sometimes don’t refresh after I update something in their linked apps.

arstechnica, to random
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Facebook’s new AI stickers can generate Mickey Mouse holding a machine gun

Instagram, Messenger AI feature goes viral for offensive user-created stickers.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/10/facebooks-new-ai-stickers-can-generate-mickey-mouse-holding-a-machine-gun/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

vanitalo,
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@arstechnica 🤣🤣🤣 one could argue that the problem is not the AI, it’s the people using the AI 🤣🤣🤣

macrumors, to random
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Netflix to Raise Ad-Free Subscription Prices Soon https://www.macrumors.com/2023/10/03/netflix-price-increase/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

vanitalo,
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@macrumors Netflix: We’re making more profit from advertising and the password sharing crackdown. Let’s raise the subscription prices too!

Cracking Up Lol GIF by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

appleinsider, to random
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Apple drops all human support on X
https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/10/02/apple-drops-all-human-support-on-x?utm_medium=rss

vanitalo,
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@appleinsider Apple should delete all of their accounts on the platform and stop advertising on there.

appleinsider, to random
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The best SSD for recording video on iPhone 15 Pro
https://appleinsider.com/inside/iphone-15-pro/best/the-best-ssds-for-recording-video-on-iphone-15-pro?utm_medium=rss

vanitalo,
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@appleinsider So are we no longer concerned about SanDisk Extreme SSD data loss now?
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/05/sandisk-extreme-ssds-keep-abruptly-failing-firmware-fix-for-only-some-promised/amp/

appleinsider, to random
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Instagram being blamed for iPhone 15 overheating issues
https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/09/30/instagram-now-blamed-for-iphone-15-overheating-issues?utm_medium=rss

vanitalo,
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@appleinsider I always force quit all Meta apps when I’m done using them even when they’re configured to not run in the background. These apps have had a long history of increasing battery drain.

Some claim that the apps may even do this intentionally… 😲

https://nypost.com/2023/01/28/facebook-fires-worker-who-refused-to-do-negative-testing-awsuit/

9to5Mac, to random
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How to limit iPhone Photos app access for apps with iOS 17 https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/29/limit-iphone-photos-app-access-with-ios-17/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

vanitalo,
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@9to5Mac What’s the difference between Private Access and Limited Access?

When selecting Limited Access in settings it asks to select the photos, but I’m wondering if it’s possible to not select any in settings and then select different photos each time from the picker when in an app.

It doesn’t appear possible to manually set Private Access in settings, this seems like something iOS 17 does for some apps only. 🤷‍♂️

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