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brianstorms

@brianstorms@mastodon.social

Author of "The Friendly Orange Glow" computer/tech history book (Pantheon, 2017) https://amzn.to/2ol9Lu6

Now: In #NewMexico. Producer-arranger-musician, Confusion Boats. Also working on new #writing project.

Before: Founder of tech startups incl Coconut Computing, Flatworks, Eventful, Nettle. Also stints at MP3•com, Eazel, eBay, and Real.

#EVs #climate #books #historyoftech #history #science #nonfiction #film #design #UX #UI #CX #product #architecture #music #bass #keyboards #guitar #movies

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eff, to random
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Did you love NOVA on PBS when you were kid?
Now's a great time to tune in again—EFF joins the program to discuss "Secrets in Your Data" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/eff-covers-secrets-your-data-novl

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@eff

Yes, I loved it as a kid. But in the past 20 years, as attention spans have shrunken to flea-size, I can't stand NOVA and refuse to watch it. The editing is rat-a-tat machine-gun style, as in "ooh! look at this! NO! look at this! NO THIS! ahhh hey this! and what about THIS! and check THIS out! did I mention THIS! and THAT! look at THIS! here's something! and more! more! more!" I mean it's effing nuts, as if the show is scared to death someone might aaaaaaagh flip the channel aaaargh 😱😱😱😱

macrumors, to random
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Netflix Testing Major Apple TV App Redesign https://www.macrumors.com/2024/06/06/netflix-tv-app-redesign/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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@macrumors

Ads are coming.

verge, to random
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Samsung’s new MicroLED TVs cost up to $150K for a 114-inch https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/5/24172262/samsung-microled-tv-89-101-114-inch-2024

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@verge

Wimpy screen. For that much $, in 2024? Should be 20ft diagonal width.

Green_Footballs, to random
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Zefrank’s True Facts: Not-Dead Opossums and Their Weird Defenses - Little Green Footballs

https://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/53684_Zefranks_True_Facts-_Not-Dead_Opossums_and_Their_Weird_Defenses

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@Green_Footballs

appleinsider, to random
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Apple has reportedly been in talks with China Mobile which might make Apple TV+ the first US streamer in the country.
https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/06/04/apple-tv-tries-to-become-the-first-us-streamer-in-china?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

brianstorms,
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@appleinsider So no Tiananmen limited series on AppleTV+ likely any time soon

exchgr, to random
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nyc housing market feels like an oligopsony

brianstorms,
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@exchgr

Is that the thing one is supposed to get every ten years, where they run a probe through all your accounts to make sure you’re sufficiently in debt and not still holding onto any money?

dave, to random
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“That's why podcasting, unlike the music industry, never went to war with its users.“

http://scripting.com/2024/05/31/123255.html#a125308

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@dave

Lots of good insight here. It’s so true about music industry going to war with its users. Same with movie industry. I tried to help the cinema industry with MovieGoer and they were so terrified of an app that might, while empowering users, act as a rising tide lifting all ships/cinemas, they, like movie studios, got completely paranoid. They were fine as long as they had exclusive rights to the tech for their users only… but to SHARE?! 😱😱😱😱

Some industries are their own worst enemy.

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@davew @dave

Prediction: the coming wave of robotaxis will be one where the companies which own the robotaxi networks (lookin’ at you, Tesla) will be at a spectacular level of war and mutual distrust with the customers/users.

verge, to random
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Google’s Pixel Watch 2 is $65 off at Wellbots for a limited time https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/31/24167116/google-pixel-watch-2-smartwatch-fathers-day-deal-sale

brianstorms,
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@verge

All one need know about these Verge advertorials

schwa, to random
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    brianstorms,
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    @schwa

    “vintage AI lens”? Ahhhh… aperture indexing. Thought maybe it was some lens powered by Eliza or something

    brianstorms, to random
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    It really is extraordinary, the uniformity… how identical the narratives are across the mainstream US media outlets at the moment: this was a “hush money” trial. Not fraud committed to deceive the American voters in an election. No “election fraud” narrative to be found anywhere across mainstream US media.

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    brianstorms, to random
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    Meanwhile on Xitter…

    Douchebag VCs coming out of the woodwork to show their support for the convicted felon.

    Including one douchebag VC at Sequoia proudly announcing he just gave $300,000 to the Trump campaign.

    exchgr, to random
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    who called it “google zero” and not “new google”

    brianstorms,
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    @exchgr

    Hmm I thought google zero was kind of akin to inbox zero, but signified one had gone a full day not using any google products

    exchgr, to random
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    mainstream society has long accepted the idea that 2+2=4. but a growing number of brave dissidents think 2+2=5. who’s right? we’ve investigated the merits and flaws of both claims so you can make an informed decision.

    brianstorms,
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    @exchgr

    Sounded like a good imitation of the New York Times until you got to the final seven words 😁

    appleinsider, to random
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    There's a near-unlimited number of YouTube videos that you might want to have an offline MP3 copy of, like podcasts or instructional audio. Here's how to convert YouTube to MP3 with iTubeGo.


    https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/05/30/how-to-convert-youtube-to-mp3-on-mac-with-itubego?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

    brianstorms,
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    @appleinsider

    An ad on Mastodon. Whoda thunk it possible.

    hrbrmstr, to random
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    The American media is gonna end up either killing or subjugating all of us due to the laziness and incompetence of most reporters, and perverse agendas of editors and news execs.
    https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/112521995675929287

    brianstorms,
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    @hrbrmstr

    I blame editors first, second, and third. They’re largely unseen and unaccountable. Yet fully responsible for all the narratives they want fed to the public.

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    @hrbrmstr Yes, totally right. I’ve seen it too. I just blame editors first for setting the narratives which are often misleading. Bad/misleading narratives can benefit from badly-reported facts so maybe that’s why they let reporters get away with it. Even scarier, maybe the editors are simply dummer than reporters.

    exchgr, to random
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    i absolutely love how my ipad can be so slow to wake up on pressing the power button that it thinks i’m holding it down and activates siri. no privacy violations detected there

    brianstorms,
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    @exchgr

    Reason 6732145 why I have Siri so shut down, gagged, blindfolded, and ears muffled, the only way to disable it further would involve a) hacking the OS and b) phyically opening my Apple devices and surgically removing the microphones and speakers, or, alternatively, if it comes down to it, driving to the tallest building within 500 miles, going to the roof, and flinging all my Apple devices over the edge.

    It’s left to the reader to decide whether my Siri antipathy is excessive or not.

    brianstorms,
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    @exchgr

    They make it difficult and time-consuming. Then with app and OS updates they find ways to enable some Siri crap and you have to go turn off once again things that mysteriously got turned back on.

    That alone is reason aplenty why not to trust a company when it’s so eager to snoop.

    danyork, to space
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    A third Chinese company files with the ITU to launch a 10,000 satellite mega-constellation into low Earth orbit (LEO) - https://spacenews.com/chinese-firm-files-plans-for-10000-satellite-constellation/

    If all these LEO operators actually launch their constellations, it’s gonna get pretty crowded up there!

    #Space #LEOs #InternetAccess #Internet #Starlink #OneWeb #China

    brianstorms,
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    @danyork

    The UN needs to step in.

    sjvn, to random
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    And you try to tell the young people of today that ... they won't believe you!

    brianstorms,
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    @sjvn

    Bah, internet newbies. WE had it tough.

    exchgr, to random
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    ahhhh thank goodness, the baratza virtuoso+ uses mostly the same parts as the original virtuoso, which i’ve owned for about a decade. so i can still replace a recently-cracked burr ring holder, and a cracked-since-day-one hopper for like $15 total instead of getting a whole new grinder for $250

    brianstorms,
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    @exchgr

    I feel like it’s 1799 and I just got off a boat from England, and I’m walking around the streets of New York and the first person I bump into states the text of your toot verbatim and I realize I have absolutely no idea what the person just said 😂

    brianstorms,
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    @exchgr

    NARRATOR: Yes, by 1807 the baffled visitor had had sufficient time pondering those strange 1799 words that he’s concluded it must have had something to do with the strange local custom of preparing to drink hot brown dirtwater

    exchgr, to random
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    this display technology looks very impressive. unfortunately it’s attached to a cringey technospiritual vision https://youtube.com/watch?v=9M6zT0mRvW0

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    @exchgr

    “Cringey Technospiritual” sounds like the perfect music genre for certain groups, like, for example, those who frequently utter the words “humanity” and “the light of consciousness” and of course “Mars,” often all in the same sentence 🙄

    spacerog, (edited ) to random
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    I’m not big on New Year’s resolutions, but I made a few this year. The pile of books on my bedside table has gotten out of hand. I hear by resolve to read all of these books by the end of the year. And at least start to work on the box of books under the bed.

    brianstorms, (edited )
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    @spacerog @orkneydullard

    Hey! I know this book! I hear it’s good! 🙂

    (And to be resting atop True Names, now that is an honor.)

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