Dominic Hopton

Person, collection of elements producing something less than the sum of its parts. (Opinions are mine, and do not represent those of my employer)

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2024-08-24 17:33:15

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@npub1t5m…9guy I don’t paint, and I wouldn’t have put it in those terms un prompted, but this is definitely resonates

2024-08-20 02:02:53

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@npub1l8q…f4up thats only an average for 4.16mph! Seems easy /s

2024-08-19 14:13:18

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@npub1src…fms4 and every bank office will turn into a vibrant gathering space! (At least in the Uk)

2024-08-17 18:08:58

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@npub1t5m…9guy AA had been on my list to try after getting screwed by British Airways last year… thanks for taking one for the team? I think? I’m sorry?
(What was AA’s excuse for cancellation?)

2024-08-16 19:51:56

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@npub1ept…jcl3 only 10% in the bathroom? You’re not spending enough time on the internet!

2024-08-09 00:44:57

@npub15ml…2w4s did you change your recording setup? You sound different on this weeks episode of ATP?

2024-08-07 03:10:40

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@npub1t5m…9guy yesterday was yesterday, tomorrow is age away. And today is almost gone.

2024-08-05 17:28:37

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@npub1hxf…g8qu excited to read it, but I’m only a casual observer!

2024-07-29 23:00:36

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@npub1sdu…w074 Terminator 3: The Queen?

2024-07-29 22:27:40

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@npub1sdu…w074 should t they have renamed it when she passed? “The Kings Terminal”?
Too soon?

2024-07-24 13:29:46

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@npub1mmf…eknq what’s the background on Obama wanting a messy open convention?

2024-07-24 03:22:39

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@npub1sy6…5dxr double marks for the updated exception code.

2024-07-18 02:38:36

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@npub1sdu…w074 I thought that was the problem — everyone is cool, and normal about it _when they really shouldn’t be_…

2024-07-17 19:47:02

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@npub1c0m…xqjl what if we sent around someone with a bat until you started feasting on the chum box ads like a guppy?

2024-07-14 19:37:52

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@npub1c0m…xqjl they already failed to produce a Wimbledon win*, so it’s all downhill now
*actually, men’s wheelchair winner was a British winner!

2024-07-10 16:03:05

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@npub1l8q…f4up that is way more blood than I was expecting. Hopefully your jaw/teef were ok!
(Time to upgrade to a full face hat?)

2024-07-05 17:34:16

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@npub1sdu…w074 strong opening with a spike milligan quote

2024-07-05 04:37:40

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@npub1lks…a4mq I mean, he’s not _the_ Ian Paisley.

2024-07-01 20:04:43

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@npub1sdu…w074 cat content is best content

2024-07-01 16:36:50

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@npub1sdu…w074 would you be willing to expound upon whats causing this to be a real pain in the rear?

2024-06-24 05:35:45

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@npub1t5m…9guy weird house noises are something I thought meant problems until I heard them in other ppls houses.
But I have cats, and believe 70% of haunted house stories are cats.

2024-06-18 13:04:57

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@npub1sdu…w074 are they “omg missed you” or “we will follow you at a distance and show you how annoyed we are that you left us” or “oh, were you gone? We didn’t notice”? (Cats, not Sara) (Ours are 1, prior were 2)

2024-06-11 06:14:02

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@npub1sy6…5dxr is this a security concession now that there’s enough performance to do it in proc rather than farming it out to a system compositor?

2024-04-09 23:31:07

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@npub1src…fms4 for the user?

2024-04-05 21:55:29

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@npub1sy6…5dxr my wwdc bingo card for the last two years has been “up ends App Store policy, reins down glorious new balances utopia”.
I’m still putting it on my bingo card for this year, but I am not hopeful.

2024-04-04 16:24:12

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@npub1src…fms4 I’m on hover. Works fine.

2024-04-02 16:05:57

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@npub1p9k…865w
- ease of zipping when no goggles in it (zipping closed from an airline seat)
- squish factor when full
- speed of shoving all the bits in it in a rush (like getting off the plane)

2024-04-01 15:43:49

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@npub1src…fms4 is that a popcorn bucket sized coffee?

2024-03-30 16:06:45

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@npub1sdu…w074 This just saves you time — pre-haired, no need to find one in a rush when you’re leaving the house and need to ensure your clothes are covered in hair.

2024-03-30 15:23:36

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@npub1sdu…w074 ERR_NETWORK_CHANGED comes for us all? Or something?
Something is clearly invalidating your token. The only question is who…

2024-03-26 21:16:26

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@npub1xzm…eykm was it a United flight, or another airline?

2024-03-26 17:34:54

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@npub1p9k…865w moar cat pls k thx

2024-03-25 23:14:52

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@npub1ept…jcl3 looks like down town Seattle

2024-03-25 16:18:51

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@npub1yy8…yfzq it’s not the destination it’s the fun we have along the way something something?

2024-03-23 19:53:29

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@npub1slp…4xfq @npub19qm…sn8k “seductive adoption”? Meaning to “sell a vision, and they will join your cause”?

2024-03-20 15:21:36

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@npub1p9k…865w I have two of these, either side of an XDR. It (almost) hits the sweet spot of triple mon without being too wide. Wings are perfect for email / slack / docs, with ‘action’ happening on the Big Boi in the middle.
Tracking these down, bidding on eBay, and then ALSO finding the VESA adapters was a challenge.

2024-03-19 20:07:25

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@npub1c0m…xqjl it’s weirder. The dude that’s runs bing / edge etc is also titled ceo, and will report to the new ai ceo who reports to The CEO

2024-03-15 19:45:40

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@npub1src…fms4 they’re offing .net maui?

2024-03-15 14:52:30

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@npub1u24…32pl it’s ok, the 787 hasn’t got bits falling off it these days. The exploding battery from many years ago is fixed. And the latam flight drop maybe have been pilot error due to poorly designed seat movement buttons. You should be fine.

2024-03-14 23:08:08

I’ve started enjoying vertical tabs in edge on my work computer.
I feel dirty. And not in a good way. Who have I become?

2024-03-14 03:02:12

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@npub1src…fms4 compliance comes for us all eventually

2024-03-13 16:29:34

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@npub1l8q…f4up being next to the freeway adds a little extra jeopardy!

2024-03-13 14:16:44

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@npub1p9k…865w is the knife part of the process? Maybe to threaten the device into compliance?

2024-03-11 19:41:28

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@npub1yy8…yfzq @npub158t…v0ut I always find that running ads drastically increases your ‘state’ & ‘real-time’ needs. And once the money machine starts printing dem notes, they only go up.

2024-03-11 18:52:09

Ads come for all of us, eventually
Equally, the enterprise also comes for us all eventually
In between, hope dies.
https://mastodon.world/@nickycolman/112078385083359534

2024-02-28 23:51:57

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@npub1c0m…xqjl ah! No longer “should make a tv”, now it’s “should make a car”!

2024-02-24 01:56:34

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@npub1sdu…w074 mmmmm that foam is mmmmmmm good foam

2024-02-23 20:30:08

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@npub1sy6…5dxr Is there a pun in here somewhere? Since you’re on a plane, but it doesn’t know it. Did you try putting it in travel mode? _ahem_

2024-02-23 04:12:16

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@npub1src…fms4 the only way to bring focus is to be told no a lot! It’s the only way to force them to focus /s

2024-02-18 03:58:01

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@npub1t5m…9guy 1.5x-1.75x here. Helps me get through them, but also enough that I can narrow my attention and keep up.

2024-02-17 18:16:38

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@npub1t5m…9guy I sense the second sentence is born out of hard fought life experience.

2024-02-16 02:27:51

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@npub1p9k…865w no, I’m hoping that “seek inspiration” from yours!

2024-02-15 20:55:29

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@npub1p9k…865w has someone dropped a hands on of it yet? All the cases so far seem OMGXBOXHUGE, and i’m not ready for that in my life.
(Also: hurry up twelevesouth with your stand!)

2024-02-14 20:44:16

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@npub1src…fms4 track pls

2024-02-14 20:34:56

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@npub1sy6…5dxr It certainly wasn’t for Winning in the last two seasons…

2024-02-14 18:59:23

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@npub1sy6…5dxr merry W15 day to you & yours! Looking forward to RB20 celebrations tomorrow - especially if it’s got kinda ZeroPods!

2024-02-13 04:57:17

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@npub1t5m…9guy @npub1l8q…f4up LA Traffic 🤝 Seattle Traffic

2024-02-11 03:07:36

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@npub1sy6…5dxr @npub1p9k…865w whats their cat-chphrase?

2024-02-09 19:17:04

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@npub1t5m…9guy tgif thou

2024-02-09 17:30:27

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@npub1p9k…865w @npub199g…nc0a they’re a creative choice - let those who create express their creativity however they feel!

2024-02-07 23:40:40

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I can totally see why it seemed like a good idea! Stupid real world!

2024-02-07 22:48:59

@npub1p9k…865w does juno block gesture input into the embedded webview? I keep finding myself accidentally spooling through the content when I’m watching videos, and doing things with my hands — washing up being the primary one thats driving me batty.
E.g. Video on, playing
Look at video ‘cause it’s a video
use hands to pick up a dish, put dish to one side… oh, i’m 15 minutes skipped ahead.
Or is this something way deeper?

2024-02-07 22:35:45

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@npub1p9k…865w I like it! Stops dust from settling inside!

2024-02-07 22:13:24

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@npub1p9k…865w do you rest the interior on this with the eyesight pointing up?

2024-02-06 16:43:29

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@npub18p3…03wh @npub1xzm…eykm hbd Trev!

2024-02-04 17:22:14

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@npub1p9k…865w AVP really needs the bloom gesture from HoloLens. Although it appears they changed it to this - which would be pretty good too: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/hololens/hololens2-basic-usage

2024-02-02 21:23:53

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@npub1sy6…5dxr @npub1l8q…f4up while I await for my pick up time… what’s the jittering? The frame moves (likes it’s not tracking motion properly?)

2024-02-01 14:38:51

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@npub1l8q…f4up first pic makes me think of the not-xenomorh alien at the beginning of alien.

2024-02-01 14:33:42

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@npub1u24…32pl sleep. Rested means bestest work!

2024-01-30 19:31:43

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@npub1src…fms4 0 to 1bn* business in first year is pretty good.
*10bn in r&d not withstanding

2024-01-27 12:23:25

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@npub1xzm…eykm cat!

2024-01-26 17:24:49

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@npub1sdu…w074 I assume that if Apple were to try that again they’d (a) only highlight apps with OG App Store agreement (b) disscuss some sort of ‘free increase’.
I wonder if this basically means Apple will never highlight apps on ‘alternative’ term sheet ever again.

2024-01-26 17:21:00

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@npub1yyx…qa5g what counts as a ‘bank account’? I have 4 with my stock company (401k, stocks, health savings, retirement), 6 with ‘banks’ (savings, checking, savings at one, savings at another, savings + certificate deposit at another), another 4 credit card ‘accounts’, and another deposit account with the treasury. Excluding the credit cards that’s 11, and I’m only mildly dodgy.

2024-01-21 22:33:50

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@npub1t5m…9guy ohhh, good choice on the turbo vs targa path!

2024-01-19 13:16:55

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@npub1p9k…865w pick up at 8am, have a relaxing day, return it at 8pm…

2024-01-19 03:47:06

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@npub1p9k…865w @npub1cfp…nsnn I’m still working on the assumption that theres a meaningful content component here ‘cause apple has pitched the device as a ‘computer’, and lots of content contracts have lots of “rules” about content showing in “apps” not being available on “computers”

2024-01-18 14:11:31

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@npub1u24…32pl does vortex automatically use that system on visionOS? Or or vortex 2d for now?

2024-01-17 21:02:44

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@npub1c0m…xqjl theres something slightly dark about the fact that the female CEO (Peggy Johnson) and CTO (Julie Larson-Green) recently “separated” from the company, and suddenly with two generic dudes running the show they land $590m? Sus.

2024-01-17 03:41:47

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@npub1sy6…5dxr Did it launch today? I thought I’d missed it ‘cause their blog didn’t have it on the top, and I saw help articles from last year.
(I’m excited to try it)

2024-01-16 21:00:30

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@npub1eee…e209 is it true that bob iger was there, and gave a demo wearing the headset?

2024-01-16 17:47:39

Missing Browser "AI" (*cough* ML) feature: Up sampling poor quality audio to sound amazing. E.g., someone recorded using AirPods vs a real high quality mic.

2024-01-14 23:39:33

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@npub1ftg…73wz I mean, they *did* want to ban BBS & the internet because we kids *could* search & find The Anarchists Cookbook (and print them out and read them at school). They failed — rightfully so — but the absurd logic endures!

2024-01-14 18:37:19

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@npub1c0m…xqjl I deeply enjoy your capturing of unhinged headlines. Thank you!

2024-01-11 15:40:08

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@npub1sdu…w074 teefsies! My Melvin had those! He’d drool so much when petted ‘cause his lips wouldn’t close. Adorable!

2024-01-11 15:31:55

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@npub1sdu…w074 oh no. Fingers crossed for mild case & speedy recovery (and your whole house doesn’t get it!)

2024-01-11 03:21:46

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@npub1src…fms4 @npub16v8…aq0e @npub1dnn…yyg8 in a cruel twist of fate, they *don’t* have the logs this time (Blackbox recorder got left on and accidentally ring-buffered over the cockpit audio during the incident)

2024-01-03 16:46:34

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@npub1yy8…yfzq PSSH. FUNCTION OVER FORM. They have truly ascended to the purest form, unbound by petty meat bag needs! /s

2024-01-02 22:03:06

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@npub1t5m…9guy not again! This trip can’t make its mind up. Hopefully the bit in the middle has been good!

2024-01-01 19:36:24

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@npub1l8q…f4up I’m currently in negotiations to stop buying Formula 1 Baseball Caps. I’m do something like a 130, all mounted on my office wall. The problem is I get excited at the start of the season, buy a few, and I’m kinda committed at that point? Gotta have the whole set for a team, or why even bother?

2024-01-01 01:59:08

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@npub1src…fms4 When they do, it’s ‘cause they’ve moved out and only come visit a couple times a year…

2023-12-31 20:55:16

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@npub1sdu…w074 @npub1g4h…gr5e omg, I thought this was just me & I needed a reboot. TIL it’s an everyone problem.

2023-12-23 22:39:48

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@npub1u24…32pl muppets a christmas carol. classic, family friendly.

2023-12-22 17:46:10

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@npub1t5m…9guy oh no! Don’t cancel it - consider YOLO. We had our flights cancelled < 24hrs back home in May. I just said “fuck this shit”, and booked a different airline a day later. Was, uhh, spendy, but I’d been waiting to go home for 3 years, and had 2 weeks of plans to see ppl. I wasn’t going to accept it.
Good luck, and Godspeed.

2023-12-19 04:06:57

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@npub1t5m…9guy I’m guessing there is no cat to blame? (friends cat brings a lot of dead things to their porch…)

2023-12-15 04:55:46

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@npub1xzm…eykm I’m sorry. And I’m also in awe, and thankful for all that you have enabled here. Working with teams, and all the things that it entails has been amazing.
If there is anything us great unwashed masses can do to help, just say.

2023-12-13 03:43:41

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@npub1sy6…5dxr o. I hadn’t noticed that. I retract my dumbass statement.

2023-12-13 01:19:31

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@npub1sy6…5dxr they don’t want to out the DMA support before the christmas lull. Jan 3rd next year, and it’s gonna be wall to wall ‘app store side loading’ op ed’s, SEO and scams

2023-12-11 20:54:37

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@npub1sy6…5dxr they straight up miss the important things almost every time.

2023-12-11 20:39:34

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@npub1p9k…865w ask not what safari supports, but that which YouTube supports…

2023-12-10 18:27:48

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@npub1u24…32pl All the underdog brands! (pre 2007)