John Gruber

I write Daring Fireball, host The Talk Show, and created Markdown.

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2024-11-16 04:42:07

Mike Tyson is a 2-1 underdog vs. Jake Paul, but the entire reason this is the biggest fight in years is Mike Tyson.

2024-11-16 04:42:07

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My money’s on Iron Mike. If the fight’s legit, I think he can KO Paul. If the fight’s fixed, it’s fixed for Tyson.

2024-11-03 18:47:47

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@npub16uq…h05e Are you referring to Paul Rudd's (new) character, or the nurse? Or both?

2024-10-29 22:14:07

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@npub15ns…pk8z I for one am quite curious what's in the 29 October episode of The Talk Show!
(I presume the dates are from when you ran it, not the episode. 😃)

2024-10-21 19:34:30

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@npub1dmf…mryw @npub15ml…2w4s Last year @npub15ns…pk8z tested 11 different leather cases, and preferred both the look and feel of the Ryan London to Bullstrap’s:
https://daringfireball.net/2023/10/best_leather_cases_for_iphone_15_pro

2024-10-21 19:29:43

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@npub1dmf…mryw @npub15ml…2w4s Looks like it’s the same basic case as Bullstrap’s and Ryan London’s leather cases with no bottom lip. I never tried a Ryan London, having always been happy with Bullstrap’s. But, even though these cases seemingly share the same white-label designs, the leather quality can differ.
I’m a little turned off by Satchel & Page’s name, which seems to me like a “too close to call it homage” ripoff on the great baseball pitcher Satchel Paige.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satchel_Paige

2024-10-06 21:41:54

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@npub1890…gdud Possibly people who despise him tell him that.

2024-09-26 00:03:29

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@npub1ytq…9rrp Trust me, I totally, 100 percent see the appeal of “put an X wherever you used to put a \”.
But my mind starts turning…

2024-09-25 23:19:00

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@npub1ytq…9rrp So you could type this to get three consecutive literal open parentheses:
«(((»
or
«\\»
to get 2 literal backslashes. Both of those are zillions more legible than `\(\(\(` or the infamous matchsticks of `\\\\`.

2024-09-25 23:15:29

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@npub1ytq…9rrp I thought of that too, but didn't want to send you down that rabbit hole. But it's intriguing.
The problem I'm thinking about is that sometime you want to escape a literal character: «(» would mean a literal open paren, but «n» would mean a newline. There aren't many non-literal escapes, though. So, another spitball (could be a truly horrible idea?): what if you keep backslash for non-literal escapes like \n and \r, but use «…» to mean “quote these characters literally”?

2024-09-20 02:21:19

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(Almost a shame no one needs to camp out overnight anymore. The weather is perfect in Philadelphia.)

2024-09-20 01:26:08

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@npub1el8…4l26 https://www.threads.net/@johnmulaney/post/DAElX7hTPx-

2024-09-20 01:13:18

I actually think this segment of the film goes on too long but this is one my very favorite shots from the sequence. Just lovely.
(And yes, in 1968, this whole segment was what kept people coming back to see the movie over and over, with the aid of pharmaceuticals.)
https://botsin.space/@2001faster/113167034470572308

2024-09-19 03:18:43

Jiminy.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/162/054/529/083/461/original/52d853847b8bf9c0.png

2024-09-11 20:08:12

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@npub1m9r…7lue Ask the Irish government? I'm not sure how you think it's controversial for me to suggest Ireland be able to set and collect its own taxes.

2024-09-08 18:34:47

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@npub1fpw…mrnw You don’t think people should have a choice to pick a platform where that can’t make a mistake like that?

2024-09-07 00:17:11

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@npub1ff6…2vfk How? I've been using Fantastical since like forever. On the Mac I can't think of a single way it isn't "default”. What am I missing?

2024-09-07 00:15:43

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@npub1tgt…68dp Yes it is, fixed now, thanks to you!
You'd think I would have noticed the red underline:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/093/387/204/209/348/original/ed1134c72d24c004.png

2024-08-25 16:05:49

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@npub1q5n…vwcn I too promote the ascetic private jet lifestyle.

2024-08-24 00:25:48

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I’m starting to think maybe RFK Jr. isn’t hooked up right.

2024-08-15 00:40:39

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@npub143w…pykj If you switched her to Apple's system, she definitely wouldn't be reusing the same password.

2024-08-11 16:26:20

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@npub1yq6…c3qv It’s been a long time since I last (re-)read that. Seems apt again, thanks.

2024-08-10 15:27:29

Gee, I wonder if this is a scam or not. If only there was a telltale glaring mistake…
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/938/427/743/661/679/original/9a6bde92214ea75a.jpeg

2024-08-10 01:17:42

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@npub1pk7…r8xr Is your personal Mac experience hindered by malware? Is the Mac experience of anyone you know?

2024-08-10 01:10:13

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@npub1s6t…veuc Oh man, I experienced the same thing with the wiper controls in a rental recently. Talk about solving a problem no one actually had with simple manual controls.

2024-08-10 01:07:27

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@npub1vsf…jmg7 As everyone booked on that flight follows you to your gate to try the same on your flight…

2024-08-10 00:48:49

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@npub1mhy…2x65 If the goal is to eliminate the possibility of malware on the Mac, then the Mac might as well be renamed because it wouldn't be a Mac any more. It's like trying to make a power tool you can't hurt yourself with.

2024-08-10 00:26:32

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@npub1dpj…ayn4 Vern, what's these dead minnows doin' on my pizza pie?

2024-08-07 18:21:49

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@npub1aw3…hdee I think that's nonsense. Chisolm is an interesting historical figure but what percentage of today's US electorate even recognizes her name, let alone her 1972 branding? I’d venture to say, effectively, zero.

2024-08-05 00:54:47

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@npub1k9m…tej5 I think the Studio Display is worth its exorbitant price for the nanotexture matte option alone. I’ve never seen anything else like it.

2024-08-02 12:48:59

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@npub1el8…4l26 You say that only because you don’t depend on my organizational skills or diligence in any way.

2024-08-01 15:37:27

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@npub199g…nc0a Personally I find that extra weird because I never write about productivity or organization.

2024-07-31 17:53:42

One of the most American sentiments is this: Live and let live.
Stay out of others’ personal lives.
That’s what’s fueling this “MAGA Republicans are weirdos” vibe. It’s not just fucking weird but *wrong* that they are so concerned with how others, including every woman, chooses to live their own lives.
It rubs most Americans wrong. It’s not a liberal/conservative thing. It’s an American thing.
I think it’s a human thing too — and America should exemplify that aspect of humanity.

2024-07-31 17:45:55

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@npub13a9…n46n She’s my second pick.

2024-07-30 23:25:38

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@npub1el8…4l26 "The momentum in this race is shifting.”

2024-07-28 05:01:48

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@npub1dpj…ayn4 None of it feels deterministic. It’s baffling!

2024-07-18 22:52:03

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@npub19x0…9ve7 Jiminy!

2024-07-17 23:08:04

Hey @npub1j2u…c034, remember when you argued that me just leaving Markdown alone was a mistake and that somehow I was a poor steward of my own creation?
https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/112803059828661703

2024-07-16 16:59:37

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@npub10qj…73eg Nobody still using X is confused about what a blue checkmark means.

2024-07-13 17:44:25

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@npub1u80…90et The author clicked the wrong button.

2024-07-13 15:49:08

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@npub1fzy…pkz4 Youbsont find it gratuitously un-Mac-like?

2024-07-12 19:09:33

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@npub1xwd…cn0d Pittsburgh's role in the founding of the nation is fully represented in the design of these plates.

2024-07-12 19:07:38

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@npub1hyw…njdp My sympathies. That is awful.

2024-07-12 19:03:47

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@npub1xu2…ymau I disagree. Ugly license plates are a problem. Just like any bad branding is a problem.

2024-07-12 18:45:54

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@npub1zq0…5jtr Nice try but that plate gets an F. The big "Maine" and “Vacationland" are set in Arial.

2024-07-12 18:43:48

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@npub1el2…ykw9 I agree. That’s why I despite this regulation: it doesn't prevent anyone from doing that.

2024-07-12 18:38:48

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@npub17zl…hak3 They could and should charge extra for that one (and make one for the Phanatic to boot).

2024-07-11 19:58:36

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@npub1grd…km72 Just got the alert for Skenes’s throwing a no-no through 7!

2024-07-11 18:06:08

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@npub1jx7…0jmm I hadn’t noticed the extra (but disconnected!) hoof, but I’d guess almost certain yes. So many of them are just wordmarks.

2024-07-10 19:16:07

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@npub19f8…hqhc I don't think anyone is opposed to the feature. It's the fact that you can't turn it off that's offensive.

2024-07-10 18:59:23

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@npub1q39…lu3s Agreed, that's a great one. Check out this beaut from Delaware circa 1999:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/763/729/342/287/559/original/4adbbcb2096662c6.jpeg

2024-07-10 18:57:10

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@npub1c53…l54w That's how progress works.

2024-07-08 20:53:28

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@npub1m22…m4pk Yep. Happier with it now than ever, in fact.

2024-07-07 21:46:33

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@npub1f6a…pnql I hope it isn't self-serving to say that I enjoy the changes.

2024-07-04 21:01:55

Five minutes into episode 1 of “The Acolyte”: it looks like a show shot with a $50 high school play budget. What a disgrace to both Star Wars and Disney.

2024-06-27 15:13:35

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@npub1htz…wjw2 That’s a good point. I should have, and will endeavor to hence, emphasized that what’s unique to Apple is having access to that personal context in a private on-device way.

2024-06-25 04:34:02

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@npub1jlv…pzz8 I think of it every time I try to screenshot a DRM video still, get a black rectangle, and then take out my phone to point at the screen.

2024-06-24 21:38:39

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@npub1jlv…pzz8 It's hard to take a screenshot when your problem is your screenshot utility!

2024-06-24 04:16:47

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@npub10ex…tmfn I will say though that iCloud Drove has been very good me for in the last two years or so. Maybe three years? No more problems where it claims to have multiple conflicting copies of a document.

2024-06-24 04:14:58

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@npub10ex…tmfn Have you tried Maestral? Open source Dropbox client that works better than Dropbox itself ever has.
https://www.maestral.app/

2024-06-23 21:51:55

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@npub1xxt…f2tp “Fuck it I’m going to Lowe’s this time.”

2024-06-23 19:11:50

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@npub10y3…ewt5 What do you think they should do differently?

2024-06-23 17:59:48

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@npub13xu…5qhv Then I don’t see why so many EU citizens seem upset.

2024-06-23 15:34:23

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@npub1z2p…wa7z They’re not ignoring it for training data, and don’t seem to be plagiarizing in the way Perplexity is, so for now, no.

2024-06-22 23:56:43

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@npub192r…6pt8 It’s too good to be true, right?

2024-06-22 19:56:04

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@npub1xzm…eykm What explains the prominence of IFTTT?

2024-06-22 19:55:29

Interesting numbers on which platforms Mastodon posters are using:
https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/112662023734261452

2024-06-22 19:23:17

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@npub1v03…4smt A missed follow-up that I regret, alas.

2024-06-22 01:08:26

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@npub1fq5…p8du I saw that on a Thursday and we went back to see it again in the theater on Saturday. It was like "how did they make a movie that exciting?” good.

2024-06-21 21:37:57

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@npub1car…g4j0 iPhone Mirroring and SharePlay Screen Sharing have nothing to do with English, and are going to be delayed in the EU too.

2024-06-21 21:25:50

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@npub1ksp…mql7 Very foreign to my admittedly American-centric perspective, but that's how it works. Wikipedia has an overview:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_and_spirit_of_the_law

2024-06-21 17:44:09

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@npub1n3v…yvsf What do you expect when you enforce the “spirit”, rather than letter, of the law? The CTF doesn't violate the letter of the DMA either and Apple is going to get dinged for it.

2024-06-21 15:01:16

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@npub1gy6…0x63 Wonderful news!

2024-06-20 23:28:42

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@npub1g4j…ffkv Hadn't even heard of it. How long have you been using it?

2024-06-20 20:13:11

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@npub1q5n…vwcn You made me check (by creating a shortcut with that name), but nope:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/650/773/297/457/289/original/b3bcd7c9a23c66e2.png

2024-06-20 00:47:42

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@npub18up…rmla That's the whole point of this story! Whether the US should require cigarette-style warning labels. Not whether social media for kids ought to be limited by parents.

2024-06-19 13:02:59

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@npub1ym9…f8c3 No, alas. The Threads API is basically for posting only; there’s no API to get timelines.

2024-06-19 12:55:42

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@npub1t88…2k4v If it works as advertised you’re wrong about Apple Intelligence — the whole thing, every aspect of it, is oriented around making their products better.

2024-06-19 00:57:16

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@npub1yxu…pvyd Whoever made that one should have served some time in prison for shipping that.

2024-06-18 03:47:14

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@npub1lkv…amqh Then he'd be wrong because that's not what he claims.

2024-06-16 22:15:20

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@npub1td4…q4cm Now that you've caught up (and I'm catching up), please accept my hearty congrats on a big week for you and your team. Passwords app looks very good.

2024-06-16 22:06:42

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@npub1euc…5lhy I wouldn't call a single one of them a “heckler” -- just ... rambunctious. Every single shout/call from the audience was in good spirit. Hecklers, to me, imply disruptive intention.

2024-06-16 22:02:07

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@npub18ty…v73v Interesting. And it's just... a website? How does that work?

2024-06-16 17:45:27

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@npub14p6…5npj Is that for real?

2024-06-16 17:44:56

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@npub1qzx…wjhy Put that one in the Hall of Shame.

2024-06-16 17:36:17

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@npub19ty…n6ln What say you to the claim that iOS is so popular and successful *because* of the App Store model?

2024-06-16 17:30:59

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@npub1s7c…0zxl What do you think most app store revenue comes from? Answer: games.

2024-06-16 17:14:22

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@npub1ygp…ccxn No I don’t think so? But the Reddit post doesn’t have a photo.

2024-06-16 02:17:11

How to write a Cancel dialog box without using “Cancel” as a button name. Good labels.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/623/893/093/039/582/original/639ae58347760b87.png

2024-06-16 01:12:38

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@npub1f6a…pnql First time I can recall Markdown playing a part in an exploit pattern.

2024-06-15 23:45:56

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@npub1src…fms4 Yes, the Athletic Golden is a fave too. Smooth.

2024-06-15 22:48:39

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@npub1quk…vpjy Dual Apple logos outside looks wrong, but I see why they did it -- no room for one in the center.

2024-06-15 22:39:56

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@npub1m65…v5tc Of course drilled lugs! Two lines of text on the dial was the big one for me, but all two-lines have drilled lugs too. (That said, I've owned it since 2013 and never once removed the bracelet.)

2024-06-15 22:02:07

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@npub1m65…v5tc 14060M circa 2006, two-line dial.

2024-06-15 18:34:22

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@npub1zzg…zn5q 🙏

2024-06-15 15:18:10

The worst aspect of Mastodon by far. So bad and it might hard for the platform to ever design its way out of this mess without breakage.
https://federate.social/@mattblaze/112616918668012429

2024-06-15 07:33:45

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@npub1prn…ytmz Me too. But it could be sports for all we know.

2024-06-15 01:16:04

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@npub1w9a…04m0 But Ray Gun was shooting for “unreadable but cool to look at”. I think this dumb IBM design was supposed to be legible.

2024-06-15 01:15:30

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@npub1w9a…04m0 Do you remember Ray Gun magazine?

2024-06-14 03:12:46

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@npub199g…nc0a 🕺