Clarko

Hack things together ‘til they’re cute

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2024-09-20 15:09:26

Occasionally I look at Threads, because Instagram does a phenomenal job of cross-promotion.
And I see some of you over there, and I see you complaining about the engagement farming their algorithm seems to encourage, and the garbage replies from anonymous dickheads.
So I have to ask, in all earnestness, why are you over there?
If I walk into a bar and I don’t like its vibe? I leave and I find another bar. That’s the era of social media we’re in now. Monoculture is over if you want it.

2024-09-16 16:06:59

I hope Control Center Widgets are a big success and encourage Apple to invest more.
Third party widgets can only be buttons and toggles, and only support 1×1, 2×1, and 2×2 layouts.
Obviously it’d rule if third parties could have sliders and menus and multi-button controls like Apple’s.
And obviously I want to resize any control to fill any amount of rectangular space.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/148/088/443/246/844/original/3c49d03b7661d69a.mp4

2024-09-10 03:59:59

I’d love to reprogram my Action Button to switch between hearing aid and noise cancellation.
…if there was a way to GET the current noise cancellation mode from your AirPods.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/111/256/003/207/395/original/249d878d8909d2e8.png

2024-09-06 01:56:06

Sorry to say I’ve been reading Linkin Park as LinkedIn Park all day

2024-09-02 05:28:28

I’d go to a 7:00am movie if they served breakfast food. 100%.

2024-09-02 01:42:58

When you say: modern
I hear: modem

2024-08-31 00:55:45

Some nuclear bad takes about the Telegram CEO arrest and “free speech” this week.
Stop conflating broadcast media and private messaging and you’ll be fine.

2024-08-30 22:10:28

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@npub1238…g63g bemused/befuddled

2024-08-30 19:19:37

“Drink Vitamin Water: it’s from New York!” is a wild fucking marketing angle from the Coca-Cola company I gotta tell ya.

2024-08-20 16:16:27

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@npub1sdu…w074 paged TabView is so frustrating.

2024-08-10 00:47:31

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@npub1eee…e209 I had to look this up and… he shot over 3,000 commercials??

2024-08-09 16:46:42

I’ve just learned that Jim Varney (Ernest, The Beverly Hillbillies, Slinky Dog in Toy Story) died?
Twenty four years ago??

2024-08-01 21:08:11

The toolbar situation on iOS is going to get much worse before it gets better.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/888/806/601/078/739/original/624d5977db8dda49.jpeg

2024-07-31 13:31:37

Someday record labels will realize that an album is a time capsule, and after the first year what they’re actually selling is nostalgia.
So sell me a separate record of b-sides or lost tapes. Sell me a remaster. Sell me a production documentary.
Just don’t screw with the track list.

2024-07-27 16:17:21

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@npub1p9k…865w Eventually!

2024-07-27 15:44:05

Can anyone on this earth explain visionOS power management to me. Please.
Every time I put this thing on my face it has powered completely off and I have to fumble around pressing buttons for a solid minute waiting for that display bloom that tells me it’s booting??

2024-07-18 00:11:05

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@npub1238…g63g I’ve chipped my main lens before. Had to do a whole AppleCare unit replacement just to eliminate the little blurry artifact from my camera.

2024-07-17 23:55:00

Some people use cases.
Some people go bare.
Some people invest too much effort into finding invisible ways to protect their phone’s critical components from scratching and cracking, leaving the rest of the phone open to wear and tear.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/804/527/849/083/087/original/27cbb814393dbc89.jpeg

2024-07-13 17:01:01

I don’t wanna tell you how to live your life but getting back from vacation on Friday and having the whole weekend to get your life back together before work on Monday is 100% the correct move.

2024-07-03 14:01:55

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@npub1p9k…865w oh I remember now! Use the .simultaneousGesture modifier with a LongpressGesture(minimumDuration:)
I think by gestures are exclusive unless you explicitly make them simultaneous.

2024-07-03 13:43:10

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@npub1p9k…865w regular button, plus onlongpress modifier, SHOULD keep the onpress state from the button style(?)
Otherwise you could make your own buttonstyle and do whatever you want in the style body.

2024-07-01 14:00:55

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@npub1sdu…w074 on the other hand, the part of App Intent and Widget development where you get stuck with a stale version of your thing, and the only recourse seems to be rebooting… I can do without that even more.

2024-07-01 13:58:56

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@npub1sdu…w074 Oh thank god it’s not just me

2024-06-24 00:02:43

Lookin prooty hot
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2024-06-15 00:49:30

Trying to migrate to SwiftData from in-memory data structures… an interesting journey so far.

2024-06-14 05:13:03

iOS 18, visionOS 2, macOS Sequoia and all their friends will ship September 16, 2024.
Release has been extremely regular these last few years. Second or third Monday of September. I’m calling third Monday.

2024-06-14 02:43:34

Watching vids in AVP.
Shoot WWDC25 in Immersive I say.

2024-06-11 17:49:54

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@npub1sy6…5dxr 100%
“Look upward with your eyes, not your head” was pretty brutal for newbies.

2024-06-11 17:47:04

visionOS 2 system gestures are nice! A shame you have to look at your palm to get the home button but I suppose they had too many false positives otherwise.

2024-06-10 18:27:09

“We all deal with a ton of email every day” is some old people shit

2024-06-10 16:25:53

Sometimes I want to post the most unhinged shit on here but then I remember it’s not 2010 and this isn’t Twitter.

2024-06-06 23:05:59

What on EARTH was Humane doing with 250 employees?!
Pre-launch! That is unconscionable, and the board should've known better.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/06/technology/humane-ai-pin.html

2024-06-06 16:40:49

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@npub1src…fms4 Figma is free. The paid tier only gets you features that are useful to a corporate design team.
That said, it’s absolutely not a tool for retouching photos. Captioning, sure.

2024-05-24 14:19:55

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@npub1sdu…w074 is there a word for both sequels and prequels in IRL chronology instead of story chronology? Furiosa is also a prequel.

2024-05-24 01:13:44

About to see Furiosa
Every single trailer has been a sequel
• Maxxxine
• A Quiet Place: Day One
• Joker: Folie a Deux
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

2024-05-18 16:39:42

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@npub1sdu…w074 I see your “crowdsourcing” and raise you “large language model”

2024-05-15 18:09:29

To the designer behind this vocal shortcuts icon: bravo 👏
Love it
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/446/477/598/353/294/original/e58eb6c894025a9f.jpeg

2024-05-13 16:27:45

The philosophical takes from journalists about iPad Crush, and the projection to AI anxiety, are so weird. You’re reaching.
When you love something, seeing it crushed isn’t inspirational.
Nobody who dedicated any part of their life to an instrument or a sculpture or a video game wants to see that thing destroyed.
It’s really not complicated.

2023-09-12 02:55:46

Apple Vision Pro labs are great! Go do one!
Because… remember those iPhone apps where the developers had only ever used the Simulator with a mouse to drive their UI, and didn’t have a clue how a good mobile app should *feel*?
They're giving you a place to go learn how Vision Pro feels. All day. For free. And there's snacks. If you have any excuse at all to apply, then apply.