John Siracusa

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

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2025-03-29 03:45:48

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2025-02-19 17:17:53

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2024-12-13 17:33:49

Hey, I know this name from @nprofile…t230 feedback! Same person? https://social.erambert.me/@macthemes/113644929277122791

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

2024-11-12 21:01:04

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@npub18u5…fzcn I don’t know why they were trying to start it. Seemed like a long way to go just to test a practically brand-new engine.

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 03:14:01

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@npub1vsf…jmg7 Beards hide a lot, I guess.

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.

2024-10-08 17:50:30

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@npub17wq…ypxm 😙👌

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 16:45:07

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Note that this is not a value judgement. Maybe a reviewer thinks the changes this year are all bad! But the significance of the changes is clearly above average for the recent history of iPhone hardware.

2024-09-24 16:22:47

It boggles my mind that so many reviews of the iPhone 16 series emphasize so strongly that these phones are an “incremental” update.
How many times has Apple added a button to the iPhone, let alone one as complex as the Camera Control? And the non-Pro phones got *two* new buttons!
I’m not saying this year is on par with the iPhone X or anything. But yeesh, it sure is a more significant update than, say, the update from 13 to 14, or even 14 to 15 (only one new, simple button for Pros only).

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 23:49:06

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@npub1yrz…f55v Big difference: the original is always still available.

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…

2024-09-18 15:41:01

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@npub1un9…uqa4 I was using the Sony app for my camera (which I think has since been discontinued). I have never found an app that I actually like.

2024-09-18 11:41:23

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@npub1mcl…pr7n Maybe it hasn’t finished indexing yet? The photos search in iOS 18 is much improved for me.

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 16:56:44

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@npub1874…gx52 Something like that.

2024-09-17 13:39:46

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@npub10y3…ewt5 Talk about solving the wrong problem…

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 21:42:01

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@npub1wqm…yf0s https://youtu.be/-P_VChtMGK8?si=lqHbZG-NI75hEOui

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 20:49:14

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@npub1j2u…c034 🙅‍♂️

2024-09-08 20:46:31

“The world’s healthiest sport” is a terrible slogan for tennis. Might as well just say, “The sport of rich people that requires more movement than golf.”

2024-09-08 19:06:42

Just how old would John McEnroe have to be before he would even consider the idea that a 53-year-old actor like Jon Hamm could beat him in tennis? Maybe 90?

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

2024-09-07 12:22:51

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@npub1q0m…m2us Looks a bit like Tapestry from Icon Factory.

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.

2024-08-30 13:43:40

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@npub1nd3…w2jq Mimeo.

2024-08-30 12:22:04

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@npub1tjt…x3hx Yeah, for the first 30 years of my life.

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

2024-08-24 13:34:16

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@npub1uw3…8y5p Yes, and that badness possibly infecting anything you connect to it, or triggering bugs in HomeKit itself by connecting more things to it.

2024-08-19 14:18:38

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@npub128k…7dx2 “Fix.”

2024-08-19 14:18:15

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@npub1xwd…cn0d For “real” bread, pre-slicing helps a lot. Then defrost a slice at a time.

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…)

2024-08-15 21:13:36

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@npub1jee…83vx You could always take it to the Apple Store and have them run a hardware test on it.

2024-08-15 21:02:57

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@npub1jee…83vx Not much to go on, but this shouldn’t be happening.

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!