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jamonbull

@jamonbull@mastodon.social

Australian dad, teacher, and host of the #MichaelJackson podcast, https://mastodon.social/@themjcast. I love #history, books, music, film, and tech. I am here for respectful and productive discussion.

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markgurman, to random
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Coming in iOS 18 and macOS 15: A dedicated Apple Passwords app that will rival 1Password and LastPass https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-06/apple-to-debut-passwords-app-in-challenge-to-1password-lastpass?srnd=undefined

jamonbull,
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@markgurman Yes! Finally! This is so needed.

dangillmor, to random
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Elon Musk invents Cliffs Notes:

jamonbull,
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@dangillmor Can we get an AI plugin that does this for YouTube videos too? Would love to remove any mention of sponsors.

stroughtonsmith, to random
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Who says Vision Pro isn't for games? 😝

jamonbull, (edited )
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@stroughtonsmith If I could run fheroes2 on it, I would never take it off my head again. https://github.com/ihhub/fheroes2

whitequark, to random
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everyone knows what a motherboard is but has anyone ever seen a fatherboard?

jamonbull,
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@mcc @whitequark @anildash The future of computing is female.

film_girl, to random
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I agree with @gruber that this is a corporate pissing match, but I also understand not dedicating engineering resources (any of them) to a $3500 dev kit masked as a consumer product (it prob will be a consumer product but it won’t be at launch) at launch. Especially when the company who makes said dev kit has gone out of its way to undermine your business. Apple TV+ isn’t on the Meta Quest, for example, outside of the browser. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-17/watching-netflix-on-apple-vision-pro-you-ll-have-to-use-the-web

jamonbull,
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@chockenberry @film_girl Couldn’t agree more. Apple are constantly saying they want to make the Mac a real option for gamers, but Blizzard for example never released Diablo IV for macOS, after a long history of supporting the platform. Bridges have definitely been burned. These are the reasons Tim Cook will leave behind a mixed legacy.

stroughtonsmith, to random
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"Keynote is the most powerful presentation app ever designed for spatial computing.

[…] Edit slide content using the on-canvas format bar or pair a Magic Keyboard or Magic Trackpad to make quick edits. Interact with 3D objects during editing or playback to view them in your space. […]

Rehearse your delivery in the fully immersive Conference Room or Theater Environment to gain confidence when presenting. […] Share your presentation window with others over FaceTime…”

https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/111763282890858115

jamonbull,
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@stroughtonsmith Oh man, @leo. I hope Alex Lindsay sees this before the next MacBreak Weekly. He’s going to go bananas haha.

stroughtonsmith, to random
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Apple pitching Vision Pro as a 'spatial computer’ from the outset is setting it up to run head first into the ‘iPad is not a real computer' arguments for the next decade, except this time it costs 7x the original iPad.

I already see people on Reddit thinking the device is as powerful as a multi-screen Mac, and they're going to be quite upset when they realize it’s an iPad with a very limited app selection 👀

Apple is going to have to work damn hard to make it live up to 'spatial computer’

jamonbull, (edited )
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@stroughtonsmith Absolutely this. And there are folks who keep hyping it as this powerful gaming platform. It only has an M2! Mac laptops get very hot when you push them with AAA games. I wonder if this thing will feel hot and uncomfortable on your face if it’s pushed with an intensive game.

jamonbull, to threads
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@ivory Is the idea that when federates, I should be able to log in with a threads.net username through Ivory? I’m using the Threads app at the moment but it’s horrific. Can’t deal with the For You feed, spam, and lack of overall app functionality.

jamonbull,
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@ivory Oh! I was getting my hopes up for no reason then. I assumed that threads.net federating would also mean they were becoming Mastodon instance. This is now way less exciting than I thought it would be haha, especially if I can only follow Threads users from my Mastodon account if they ‘opt in’.

jamonbull,
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@ivory https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2024/04/08/the-threads-api-is-coming-soon/

Green_Footballs, to random
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If you look closely at it, the Santa Claus myth is nightmarish. A huge guy dressed in a weird red costume, in a sleigh drawn by hellish antlered creatures that fucking FLY, invading every house in the world in the middle of the night while everyone is asleep and doing WHO KNOWS WHAT.

[shudder]

jamonbull,
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@Green_Footballs The Germans: “Hold my beer”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus?wprov=sfti1

Gargron, to random
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My wife is looking forward to deleting her Instagram account once she can connect with the same folks from her Mastodon account. Being able to remain in touch with over 100M people who still use Meta products out of the comfort of an ad-free, privacy-friendly platform like Mastodon is a game changer.

jamonbull,
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@Gargron Sounds great, but @mosseri has recently said Threads is working towards its users having to opt in to Fediverse visibility. To me this is a total non-starter. 99% of users are not going to do that, especially if it’s a switch hidden somewhere in the settings menu.

PadreSJ, to random
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One of the members of Rudy's legal team looks like he got his hair cut from Four Seasons Landscaping.

jamonbull,
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@PadreSJ @glennf What in the heck is going on there?

Gargron, to random
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I have to admit this year has been destructively stressful for me. I wish I could feel some sense of accomplishment about work done, but it's just not there, just this sense of a million other things that are urgently overdue and another million I'm forgetting.

jamonbull,
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@Gargron Hopefully it brings you some peace knowing just many people’s lives you’ve touched. I for one am so, so much happier being here than where I was before. Thank you. Health and family before work, though!

carnage4life, to random
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I was wondering why I can’t follow people from Threads on Mastodon and found out it’s because the server I’m on has blocked interoperability with Threads.

Wow, so what are my options here? Nag the admins? Switch my account to a different server? What do I lose if I do that? Which one do I switch to? 🤔

https://www.threads.net/@thatadamguy/post/C02Bv7LPmET/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

jamonbull,
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@Gargron @carnage4life Don't you think this will be a common thing? I wonder if Meta sees the Fediverse as a potential future threat. They tend to quash threats early. E.g. Instagram & WhatsApp. They know it’ll be difficult to get Mastodon users to switch, so their plan is ‘interoperability’, AKA make 95% of the Fediverse Threads profiles. I predict they'll stop short of allowing algorithmic visibility for Mastodon posts, thus enticing a sufficient number to switch, and slowing Fediverse growth.

Gargron, to threads
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is testing federation for a few selected profiles. I'm now following @mosseri! It's one-way for now, but it's exciting. It's a step towards the interoperable social web that we've been advocating for 🙂

jamonbull,
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@Gargron Very exciting! Will Threads folks be able to see it if we @ them?

taylorlorenz, to random
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Been a heavy user of all the Twitter alternatives for a minute now and I gotta say Mastodon is my favorite. There are definitely some features I’d like to see here (like quote posts and a DM inbox), but the community on Mastodon seems to have the best vibe and there are so many smart techies that it’s been the most helpful for finding sources.

jamonbull,
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@taylorlorenz Isn’t it just a breath of fresh air? I feel gross going over to Xitter. So many negative posts. Here just feels great.

davemark, to random
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I am no longer posting on X. Even via copy/paste or some other mechanism.

First time I've not posted that the new Dalrymple Report dropped in years.

Feels odd, but absolutely right.

jamonbull,
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@davemark Every time I visit Xitter it feels gross and I can’t wait to get back here. I spent years building my podcast account there (@themjcast). 14 000+ followers. Feels like a waste.

davemark, (edited ) to apple
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My Lock Screen this morning. I really love whatever technique Apple is using to select lock screens that just fit. Well done!

This is a building at , designed by Frank Gehry, in case you’re curious.

jamonbull,
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@davemark Gorgeous.

Green_Footballs, to random
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The one thing Elon Musk is really a genius at: designing incredibly shitty logos.

jamonbull,
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@Green_Footballs The guy has zero taste. Truly.

arstechnica, to random
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Amazon Fire Tablets and other gear will reportedly switch away from Android

TVs, Echo Show, and other gear could sport Amazon's in-house replacement soon.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/11/amazon-fire-tablets-and-other-gear-will-reportedly-switch-away-from-android/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

jamonbull,
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@arstechnica Good. More competition for Google.

Green_Footballs, to random
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It’s unreal how fast YouTube went from a few unobtrusive ads to a FUCKING NIGHTMARE HELLSCAPE OF INSANELY LONG ULTRA-INTRUSIVE ADS FOR SHITTY PRODUCTS.

It’s like they’re trying to punish us.

jamonbull,
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@Green_Footballs And it’s soooo expensive for YouTube Premium. Ugh.

ChanceHMiller, to random
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    jamonbull,
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    @ChanceHMiller Sure! Let’s go.

    macrumors, to random
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    Magic Keyboard, Magic Trackpad, and Magic Mouse Still Feature Lightning Instead of USB-C https://www.macrumors.com/2023/10/30/magic-accessories-still-feature-lightning/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

    jamonbull,
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    @macrumors Absolutely ridiculous.

    stroughtonsmith, to random
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    Vision Pro is in many ways the Apple Lisa of Apple’s spatial computing platform

    jamonbull,
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    @stroughtonsmith I hope the “Mac” version is a nice pair of optical glasses that can place information over what I see in real life.

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