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Chancerubbage

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Fifteen years at the other place. Post Punk tech Luddite. First toot June 2 2023.

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hotdogsladies, to random
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Reconcilable Difference : "Big Magazine"

John complains about a podcast that Merlin likes, and Merlin announces that professional eye care is a racket.

https://www.relay.fm/rd/236

Chancerubbage,
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@hotdogsladies so much detail there I’ve forgotten. I treat myself to a re-reading of all of Kurt’s catalog every 20-30 years. Sometimes the changing times make them much more wise.

harrymccracken, to random
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I’d like to see Humane remain independent and succeed, and probably don’t have to tell you what the possibility of them being acquired by HP brought to mind. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/06/technology/humane-ai-pin.html

Chancerubbage,
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@harrymccracken haven’t read it yet, but my knee jerk responses are ‘Wow, that happened?’ And ‘What ever happened to Palm?’

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Jon Favreau:

  1. Republicans block a bill that would protect contraception

  2. Trump floats jailing his opponents; an informal advisor suggests executing them

  3. DataProgress poll: 63% of swing voters have heard little to nothing about Trump's guilty verdict

May I humbly suggest that Biden supporters use their feeds to put some of this info in front of people instead of continuing to complain/amplify stupid WSJ story …?

152 days to go. Lots of work to do. Gotta pick our battles wisely.

Chancerubbage,
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@GottaLaff @WarnerCrocker

The feeds don’t intermingle. Siloed. Preaching to the choir. Delusions fiercely defended.

hotdogsladies, to random
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I just had an idea for a neat thing Apple could do.

Y’know the little tabs that pop up when you select text in iOS?

It’d be cool if the device learned which actions you tend to choose in a given situation.

So, if you choose “Translate” more often than, say, “Format,” they could make that a little easier for you.

This is an idea that I just had.

Chancerubbage,
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@hotdogsladies

I actually see that dialog (with different choices!) most often when I have no text selected at all, when dropping an image into an email.

daringfireball, to random
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eBay Is Dropping Support for American Express
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/06/05/ebay-amex

Chancerubbage,
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@daringfireball

With the general level of trustworthiness of an eBay transactions, there are probably more chargebacks and stop payments coming from Amex due to disputes too.

Chancerubbage, to random
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Yeah, yeah, good artists borrow great artists steal, whatever, but give me back my guitar you fucking thief, I LOANED it to you, I didn’t GIVE to you, you delusional narcissist!

Chancerubbage, to random
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Do you use any character animation software, 2d or 3d?

Is there a tool to automate lip sync phoneme mouth shape direct from dialog track?

What does your animation program call that feature?

hotdogsladies, (edited ) to random
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Okay, so, Midge Ure.

The guy from Ultravox who also co-wrote “Do They Know it’s Christmas?”

Yeah.

Last night I learned he was also in Visage and THIN LIZZY.

I also learned that his name is a phonetically reversed pronunciation of his given name, “Jim.”

So, I’m gonna kinda take it easy today, because that’s a lot for a person to process and integrate.

https://youtu.be/VVkHZz0WOqs?si=NcQGysQXta8zIEe0

Chancerubbage,
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@hotdogsladies I think I discovered Steve Lilywhite via an Ultravox record (with Plank? Eno?) which led to other pleasant discoveries. I bought Drums and Wires on the strength of Lilywhites name and the cover art.

Chancerubbage,
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@hotdogsladies Makes me miss Misty MacColl just about everytime I think of him though.

appleinsider, to random
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It's the idea that just won't go away -- Apple is again looking at adding screens to AirPods charging cases.
https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/06/04/apple-is-still-considering-screens-for-airpods-charging-cases?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

Chancerubbage,
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@appleinsider unnecessary I would say. Maybe as an add on?

What many people inside the Apple Ecosystem may not realize is- air pods are very poplar as Bluetooth ear buds among a wide swath of people not even connecting them to ANY Apple Hardware. Android users, etc…

It is a larger market than many may be aware of. Because people like them the best.

davemark, to apple
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Apple drops 3 new Mac ads. Very weird. Creepy even. Give 'em a look.

Powered:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb4jrtDzFhE

Found:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeE4l2MlWMo

Charged:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpLYP-JHg9A

Chancerubbage,
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@davemark

I didn’t expand on my phone for better viewing.

Charged- James Urbaniak?

hotdogsladies, to random
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Man, you guys really light up if I say literally one thing about computers.

It’s uncanny.

Thing is, this new insight gives me a malign sort of power by which I can simulate your interest in my life without your even knowing I'm doing it.

It's gonna get really weird and there's gonna be a LOT of computers.

And, to be clear, I will not be using my new power responsibly.

I will be using my new power as irresponsibly and insufferably as possible.



Chancerubbage,
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@hotdogsladies Reverse Emett Kelly

davemark, to apple
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😮😐
The more than $600 Mac battery replacement!?!

"top case with battery and keyboard for my MacBook Pro cost $615.12"

And that's if you do it yourself. Is this the new normal?

Details here, laid out by @lapcatsoftware —

https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2024/5/7.html

Chancerubbage,
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@davemark @lapcatsoftware

Sometimes I wonder if the airplane safety rules nudged decisions against changeable batteries in a hard case towards something in a flexible casing, that might leak before it overheats and ignites.?

Chancerubbage,
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@davemark @lapcatsoftware

This is totally tangential but I am curious if it is faster to totally backup let’s say a full terabyte of data with the the new M chip devices. It used to be overnight to 24 hours. It is something I might wish to do right before taking a Mac load iPhone in for repair.

davemark, to apple
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From @gruber on Apple / OpenAI deal:

"OpenAI is — according to multiple reports — not only looking to create its own personal computing devices, they’re considering partnering with Jony Ive and LoveFrom to do it. They’re setting themselves up to be frenemies with Apple before the first partnership is even announced."

Google went down this "frenemies" path before Android existed. Interesting take on OpenAI as the new frenemy. I buy it.

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/30/information-altman-apple

Chancerubbage,
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@davemark @gruber

Altman is problematic enough on multiple fronts I would not be surprised if the deal falls through. Nor would I necessarily mind.

arstechnica, to random
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Fracking wastewater has “shocking” amount of clean-energy mineral lithium

40% of US need for lithium could be covered by Pennsylvania's fracking byproduct.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/fracking-wastewater-has-shocking-amount-of-clean-energy-mineral-lithium/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Chancerubbage,
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@arstechnica

As long as this research wasn’t funded/faked by the oil industry. They simply can’t be trusted. They lie.

marcoarment, to random
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My favorite thing about tethering is

nothing

nothing is my favorite thing about tethering

Please, cellular Macs already!

(Today's anti-favorite: if the phone loses reception for even a moment — common on trains! — it disconnects tethering and never reconnects. You're just offline until you notice. Then you need to reconnect from the Mac's Wi-Fi menu again, after waiting for the option to become available, a process that's almost as slow as dialing up your ISP with a modem in the 1900s.)

Chancerubbage,
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@marcoarment eh, my carrier won’t even allow use of phone cell signal as wifi hot spot. I think it’s even cheaper to get a standalone hot spot from them.

Cellular is a huge push in my buying an iPad.

davemark, to TeslaMotors
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"Chinese automaker BYD is rolling out cars capable of driving more than 1,300 miles without refueling or recharging"

That's New York to Miami without a recharge. US cars are lucky to get 1/4 that range.

The bar has been set pretty high.

Oh, and they are priced at $13K. Yikes.

https://apple.news/AQV2DtmurQA-tW6Qln_7hPA

Chancerubbage,
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@davemark @flargh

300 mile range for EV seems a bit of a tipping point for me (if only fast charging stations were as common as gas stations.)

I drive 100 miles a day minimum.

I fully expect electrical rates for charging to raise to match gas prices, if that is not already the case.

Chancerubbage,
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@davemark @flargh

I wish the ‘domestic’ manufacturers would dare be so aggressive.

Also I’m sick of the way miss Yoga Pants parks her 12 foot tall SUV.
They are a safety hazard because you can’t see around them.

I remember when people removed their hats on entering the theater.

Chancerubbage, to random
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How might I search my own Toots that have posted images?

Involves some sort of syntax, regex like code to narrow it down

davemark, to apple
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Went to the Apple Store last night, got to spend some quality time with the M4 iPad Pro.

  • The screen is ridiculous. Delicious. Bright. A pleasure to interact with.

  • It's SO THIN!!! And light!

  • Add in the Magic Keyboard and it becomes SO HEAVY. Like a ship anchor.

  • The Apple Pencil Pro is next level. The shadow detail (shadow shows the pen tip in use, VERY precise) makes you want one.

If it wasn't so 💰 would have walked out with it.

Chancerubbage,
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@davemark I have pent up demand from the the first Apple Pencil announcement.

That and cellular are the reasons I’m giving it priority over a new MacBook, which I am way overdue on updating as well.

And I’ll pull the triggers given no more gotchas.

I think most tech pundits were/are too busy airing their wish list grievances about the OS to actually review what IS there, and if any bugs exist.

Their review: but I wanted a pony!

davemark, to apple
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Heading to the Apple Store. Going to hold that new M4 iPad Pro in my hands.

Try out that new Apple Pencil.

See if I can see that fountain pen shadow for myself.

Chancerubbage,
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@davemark

Have you heard anything more about this memory issue? That memory is there, but iPad OS apparently thinks it isn’t? A thread with multiple chime ins.

https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/112501196259668578

Chancerubbage,
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@davemark @stroughtonsmith

I’m not certain the thread is providing enough info (for me) about exactly what might be happening or how widespread it is. Large files? Files brought over from elsewhere? iCloud conflict? I just find it concerning and a bit under the radar for someone considering a one terabyte model. Especially with how much that Terabyte costs. External storage an option?

hotdogsladies, to random
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Roderick on the Line, Ep. 537: "Cold Breakfast"

The Problem: The first problem is ordinal.

http://www.merlinmann.com/roderick/ep-537-cold-breakfast.html

Chancerubbage,
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@hotdogsladies

spencerdailey, to random
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i wonder: what will the lack of "political correctness" have to say about bone saws? 🧐

Chancerubbage,
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@siracusa @caseyliss @griffd @spencerdailey

A few interesting aspects around Mercedes Benz level 3.

It only works up to forty miles per hour.

Turquoise safety lights to let human drivers know.

Benz HQ is around Atlanta, a famously traffic dense area, and many areas with more Mercedes owners are probably Urban with a higher level of distracting mind numbing traffic congestion.

If traffic suddenly allows for faster than forty mph does an alarm alert the driver.

Strangers in chaos.

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