John Siracusa

Programmer, tech writer, and co-host of Accidental Tech Podcast, Reconcilable Differences, and Robot or Not.

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2024-11-18 04:37:16

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@nprofile…z5gp The system works!

2024-11-18 04:15:03

There's just 45 MINUTES LEFT to buy something from the @nprofile…t230 holiday store. https://atp.fm/store

2024-11-17 00:14:16

The @nprofile…t230 holiday sale ends TOMORROW! See this thread for some product highligts, or just go to https://atp.fm/store to see for yourself.
https://mastodon.social/@siracusa/113409459580796724

2024-10-29 22:38:52

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@npub15ns…pk8z I think you might get that same dialog even if you tried to switch to another library on the local disk.

2024-10-13 02:20:56

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@npub1vsf…jmg7 I watched the whole season and didn’t realize until I looked up the actor’s name!

2024-10-13 02:12:53

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@npub14cz…hyap I mean, at this point, people (claim to) have the actual hardware. https://youtu.be/0JV5dQeqIP8

2024-10-11 18:15:13

“So much of the conversation around misinformation suggests that its primary job is to persuade. But as Michael Caulfield, an information researcher at the University of Washington, has argued, ‘The primary use of misinformation is not to change the beliefs of other people at all. Instead, the vast majority of misinformation is offered as a service for people to maintain their beliefs in face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.’”
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/10/hurricane-milton-conspiracies-misinformation/680221/

2024-10-09 01:47:55

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@npub1g7n…ct0u Backups!

2024-10-08 17:57:48

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@npub1el8…4l26 Mind blown.

2024-09-29 20:22:40

Tomorrowland really coming through on the promise of its name. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_HUhpuo1q3/

2024-09-29 19:47:53

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@npub1neq…ge9p Keep listening and find out!

2024-09-24 22:27:22

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@npub19yz…g8u0 Closed bottom, so no go for me. Also, it looks a lot like Apple’s clear case, which does have an open bottom (and also Apple’s very good Camera Control pass-through).

2024-09-24 17:03:12

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@npub1p9e…qcnv They mean the ability to read the format.

2024-09-24 15:59:23

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@npub1ed3…6ryy You can hear my review of the new Beats case on the upcoming episode of @npub1cuf…6f4c. My Bullstrap leather case is arriving tomorrow, and I’ll talk about it on next week’s episode.

2024-09-20 17:21:28

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@npub1ftg…pnxq A plastic back would also work…

2024-09-20 15:52:48

“It may take a few minutes to activate your iPhone.”
…where by "a few minutes" they mean 35 minutes and counting…

2024-09-20 15:49:35

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@npub1snq…qn08 Mentioned and linked in the show notes in late August: https://atp.fm/602

2024-09-20 02:09:54

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@npub1dft…8hvg I have a DRM-free ebook version.

2024-09-19 22:09:16

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@npub1cxu…vdms Car and Driver magazine, then watch any random YouTube channel that will show you all the stuff you’d want to see in the car if you went to the dealer showroom.

2024-09-19 17:01:33

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@npub1edp…hm05 It’s just a cheap thing from Amazon: https://amzn.to/4e0maMp

2024-09-18 16:04:22

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@npub1f7p…e4ww There’s gotta be a way somewhere out there…

2024-09-17 19:53:25

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@npub1dkf…46ak I’ve always used Apple’s keychain to store my passwords, so no migration needed for me.

2024-09-17 11:00:47

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@npub1wap…sza3 I use Letterboxd.com to discover movies and add them to my (Letterboxd) watchlist.

2024-09-16 23:04:05

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@npub140g…wyz8 I’m not sure, but deleting the episode and trying to download it again should work.

2024-09-16 17:55:18

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@npub12h0…e7sz I used to use BBEdit’s built-in ASCII table a lot. It’s probably still in the app somewhere…

2024-09-15 01:05:10

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@npub1twv…sqc7 At least it’s not BMW drivers or tennis fans, I guess?

2024-09-14 03:06:13

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@npub1jx7…0jmm I think I paid $70 for that gold cart. Not as shiny as the NES cart, sadly.

2024-09-13 18:12:18

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@npub1pws…d3l8 Twitterrific, not TweetBot.

2024-09-12 22:44:39

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@npub1qcy…qpzu I think they’re saving additional information on capture to make more adjustments possible later, but it’s just a theory because I haven’t seen technical details.

2024-09-10 01:36:56

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@npub1utv…87lr The Hermes version is polished silver titanium, which looks a lot like the old stainless steel.

2024-09-09 19:30:07

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@npub1ftg…pnxq I don’t think so.

2024-09-09 18:12:09

By putting most of the good stuff on the plain iPhone 16—which is good, to be clear!—it's going to make it that much harder to differentiate the iPhone 16 Pro. “Fewer colors, 5x camera, and more money” probably isn’t a great slogan. Let's see what they've got…

2024-09-09 03:46:59

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@npub17ax…5232 I hope that guy doesn’t have a cat.

2024-09-08 18:40:08

Thanks to large portions of the courtside walls being replaced with screens, this year’s US Open is sponsored by off-axis color shift.

2024-09-07 19:44:43

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@npub1nyt…9ksy Thank you! 🙏

2024-09-07 16:10:39

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@npub17fk…dmyd It’s discussed in this episode, I think: https://atp.fm/581

2024-09-06 15:25:12

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@npub1u24…32pl How are you going to merge them? Is there a merge feature somewhere, or will you do it by manually transcribing the username and password into the entry with the passkey?

2024-09-05 15:20:00

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@npub1gag…te3c When I unlocked my phone this morning, I was greeted by an iOS dialog telling me that Widgetsmith had crashed. (Latest TestFlight version.)

2024-09-05 14:55:39

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@npub14uf…sqcc Clarified next episode.

2024-09-04 11:30:03

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@npub13m5…7qza Duplicate detection works well enough to catch most duplicates, but you have to manually review every single one because it often gets it wrong with two similar-but-not-identical photos.

2024-09-03 16:25:48

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@npub19zt…65zw The text was extracted from an ebook, so there are no fixed page numbers.

2024-09-03 13:24:21

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@npub19zt…65zw https://siracusafamily.org/recdiffs/show-notes/power-broker-long-sentences.html

2024-09-03 12:33:15

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@npub1hdt…euex Maybe try 11/22/63 and see how you feel about it?

2024-09-02 01:43:50

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@npub16vv…j780 I do. I had one.

2024-08-31 16:51:39

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@npub1hx5…ju7f Anything’s possible with enough glue, but the seal between the free-floating screen in the bend and the rest of the device surely makes it more difficult.

2024-08-31 02:17:09

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@npub1ae7…rv5j I can’t tell if that’s slightly older or slightly newer than my 1984 Californian.

2024-08-29 16:58:02

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@npub1hln…kemr I use this for icons: https://neilsardesai.com/pictogram

2024-08-27 16:40:35

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@npub1el8…4l26 Turns out he’s not a native speaker. His English is so good that he fooled me!

2024-08-27 11:54:01

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@npub1el8…4l26 Can we talk about the (human?) narrator’s pronunciation of “tear” when referring to the torn photograph? WTF?

2024-08-26 22:48:56

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@npub1hx5…ju7f This is the version that played: https://youtu.be/y6_i-HZYuMA?si=I1TIJGRUoGvxydvN

2024-08-19 04:33:20

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@npub17pk…zakg I think that’s more Casey’s thing than mine.

2024-08-19 01:38:37

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@npub1a67…ed34 Apple’s dividing line is (roughly)“physical goods,” so McDonalds doesn’t get charged.

2024-08-18 23:08:29

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@npub1jaj…54mc The spinoff slots in just before the season you just watched, so you’re a bit out of sequence (and may now be slightly spoiled on the spinoff).

2024-08-18 19:29:29

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@npub1v68…u66e Those don’t look great at absorbing or catching condensation.

2024-08-17 21:14:00

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@npub1gye…3xzu I haven’t seen any of my own spatial photos or videos in VR.

2024-08-16 17:54:52

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@npub1yty…fvt4 I did mention PWAs! (Albeit briefly, and probably talking fast…)

2024-08-13 17:39:08

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@npub10qz…gsr5 Maybe someday, but I'm not sure if that would be "special" enough.

2024-08-13 13:08:08

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@npub1r2f…7xle 🙌

2024-08-12 22:53:51

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@npub1ucu…eg5r Desire paths. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desire_path

2024-08-12 16:40:25

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@npub1ygp…ccxn Maybe too naked for Apple’s tastes.

2024-08-12 13:43:51

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@npub1m6a…h6pa Sacrilege.

2024-08-11 19:34:03

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@npub1qwe…3w6a Not an ideal placement when it comes to minimizing the cost of repairs after a fender bender.

2024-08-11 15:28:55

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@npub1gye…3xzu I have no idea how I’d find someone to do this.

2024-08-10 19:09:37

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@npub1ek5…f6da He’s listening to the normal members-only version of the episode.

2024-08-09 22:08:39

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@npub1gc6…jl7d …but what about making the logo bigger?

2024-08-09 21:58:30

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@npub1wtx…3gx7 I’m trying to expunge all that stuff!

2024-08-09 14:51:11

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@npub1upk…tcwy I’m using tcsh (because it was the default shell on my first Unix account in 1993, and I’ve stuck with it since!)

2024-08-09 12:28:17

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@npub1lm2…88r3 I haven’t installed the beta yet.

2024-08-09 11:13:28

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@npub13cy…5z38 Yeah, that doesn’t look like the system color picker to me.

2024-08-09 10:58:08

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@npub13cy…5z38 I think the system color picker may enable apps to do that without requesting screen record permission.

2024-08-09 02:11:10

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@npub1sf7…m3th Nope.

2024-08-08 16:43:03

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@npub1upk…tcwy Backspace doesn’t work and shows ^H instead.

2024-08-08 16:35:04

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@npub1wnf…azhg Technically, you can write an iPad app on your iPad and release it to the App Store using Swift Playgrounds. I believe this has been possible for a few years now.

2024-08-07 19:55:14

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@npub1h4v…aflx I'm going to guess that person knew that what they were doing was weird, and it’s therefore not really a secret weird thing. But it is a weird thing!

2024-08-07 16:08:40

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@npub18sp…u636 Cast iron is quieter, though!

2024-08-06 21:53:07

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@npub10v6…3ye6 There’s no new TV tech coming in the next year that is worth waiting for. (You want to avoid the first generation of new tech anyway.)

2024-08-06 19:45:45

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@npub1fxn…s93x I use an Xbox Elite 2. You can do everything from the controller, I believe, just like on console.

2024-08-05 19:36:51

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@npub1jv5…e22d Twitterrific-style unified timeline! It would literally be the only Mastodon client for Apple platforms that has this feature.

2024-08-03 18:57:19

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@npub1jdk…dn20 I’d wait.

2024-08-03 03:27:20

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@npub1p4e…q6sp “Concerns” are less concrete than actual regulations (or directly communicated feedback from vendors).

2024-08-02 22:50:57

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@npub1qwe…3w6a I thought it, but didn’t say it. (The other two wouldn’t have gotten it anyway.)

2024-08-02 17:32:45

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@npub136s…0ka4 I mean, there’s always an aperture, even when it’s fixed. Presumably a mechanical aperture would go both wider and narrower than an existing, fixed aperture.

2024-08-02 14:31:37

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@npub1enw…a7xa As far as I'm aware, you are the first person to report this. I'm not sure what could be causing it, but maybe try removing and re-adding the feeds?

2024-08-02 00:02:21

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@npub1an6…r529 Sorry, I’ve never used YouTube music. Maybe try a podcast client app instead?

2024-08-01 21:40:10

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@npub1mdx…yy3y 🙏

2024-08-01 21:37:49

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@npub1p4u…22tm We were definitely not advocating against it! We were just sad that it’s so uncommon in the US.

2024-08-01 18:49:40

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@npub1hw5…zxms Keep listening…

2024-08-01 15:46:21

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@npub1r0g…3r94 I think that’s for structural stuff, not body panels, which I believe are still stamped from sheets, not liquid metal injected into a (mega) mold.

2024-08-01 04:06:56

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@npub1kxj…vzpq 11”

2024-07-31 14:04:24

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@npub10c0…ydzf Apple’s going rogue.

2024-07-29 17:50:26

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@npub1d8w…c4xu It disappeared after I updated the app, so I don’t know.

2024-07-29 16:50:44

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@npub1tmk…4k2s https://mastodon.social/@siracusa/112870650329738813

2024-07-29 13:56:35

Texts on macOS with the mutant Single-Window Mode energy.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2000/02/mac-os-x-dp3/5/#single-window-mode
https://texts.com
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/870/122/547/736/371/original/1efa28d8bc667da5.png

2024-07-28 17:21:24

Kids love Unix!
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/865/265/627/331/240/original/110daf0cca1faa95.jpeg

2024-07-28 02:23:32

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@npub1683…f0qg (Never had one lesson.)

2024-07-25 20:38:15

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@npub1zr8…83de 🤷‍♂️

2024-07-25 02:03:03

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@npub1kpd…hdwc Probably not the most ideal environment for that.

2024-07-24 02:21:09

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@npub1eax…kr8v The bootleg is out. The edited episode is not. The bootleg gets show notes only after the edited version is published.

2024-07-24 02:18:35

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@npub1laq…jhtd HDMI CEC is notoriously finicky. Maybe try unplugging (not just turning off) everything to reset?

2024-07-22 02:13:23

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@npub1hyt…6xwl Not much of a looker…
(And top left is also a really hard spot for me to reach.)