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: @caseyliss random thought, it would probably work just as well with any magnet if the screw mounts sticking out bother you.
: @marcoarment @caseyliss but the important part is the mail carrier only sees the magnet, and only inside the mailbox. You don't see anything from the …
: @atpfm @caseyliss you can cut the wires for the contact sensor, run it inside the mailbox, and then splice them back together with wire nuts. Lets you …
: I just completed “Print Queue” - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode https://adventofcode.com/2024/day/5
: I just completed “Ceres Search” - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode (I also finished days 2 and 3 and forgot to post it.) …
: @caseyliss what you want for the washer/dryer is the vibration sensor: https://a.co/d/fLjwqeb Note that they also have a garage door sensor ... …
: I just completed “Historian Hysteria” - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode https://adventofcode.com/2024/day/1
: @due I would love to see an option for an hourly repeat.
: @RecDiffs @hotdogsladies's two-sided dial heats up different parts of the coil. One side does only the center section, the other does the entire coil. …
: Understandable that @atpfm may not be super familiar with the full-sized truck market, but there are more $100k trucks on the road than you might …
: @atpfm another way to try and resolve the 3D vs. immersive video comparison Casey was trying to make: 3D videos are like looking out an apartment …
: @beccaowen I clearly just haven't been paying attention enough 😆
: @beccaowen @chronicling am I imagining things, or did the charts for last # weeks change? I thought this used to show on the chart just the day I …
: @connected @imyke @viticci @ismh @_Davidsmith those should have been shall statements to be more enforceable 😉
: @danielpunkass @brentsimmons
: @micaheriksson @hotdogsladies @siracusa yikes ...
: @hotdogsladies @siracusa I mean, I'll add it to the list. But I have a few other things to do first 😂
: @siracusa you realize you just handed me a 1,344 page book and said, "go find your answer somewhere in here"? I think @hotdogsladies would be …
: @atpfm why can't @siracusa drive a U-Haul on the parkway?
: I don't remember who exactly, but I definitely remember a podcast with either @imyke or @jamesthomson discussing the length of the UK coastline. So, I …
: @petergam sorry, I don't. I'm sure you'll make a lot of people happy with this!
: @petergam I'd be happy to help test your app. Can you share some more info about it?
: @mergesort Nancy Boy products. I adore their shaving products, body soap, and shampoo. Well worth the cost, and something I enjoy daily.
: @flexibits yes, but you have not incorporated Intune, so it is not allowed to connect to my organization's M365 account. Probably the same issue …
: @azizbawany @flexibits I really miss using Fantastical with my Outlook calendar. Hopefully they will incorporate the needed MS frameworks at some …
: @nileane if it makes you feel better, my commute three days a week starts at 5 am ...
: @atpfm does the scare sheet also have a scarrow?
: @hemisphericviews and to make @martinfeld feel better about the name in the cafe thing, I somehow get called Nathan when I give my name in coffee …
: @hemisphericviews regarding episode 102, the chair is the HAG Capisco chair. I have the same one and love it, even if I never sit backwards on it.
: @atpfm I'm with @caseyliss and @marcoarment on the iPhone introduction. I wanted one so badly, but wasn't in a place I could give up my crackberry …
: @ivory now it's working as expected , and I swear it wasn't before ... 🫤
: @mercury I would love it if the text widget on the Lock Screen had a version that showed today's high and low temp in addition to the current temp. …
: @havn @jsnell I went down this same path and decided BusyCal wasn't as good as Fantastical, but it does work much better for me than Calendar.
: @ivory why is that my keyboard doesn't suggest emoji as autocomplete replacements when I type out a typical emoji name? Like, if I type "rofl", the …
: @vincent@micro.blog I mean, I'm sure not busy doing other things 😆
: I recently realized I need the tinylitics version of Mailchimp ... just saying @vincent@micro.blog.
: @vincent@micro.blog I resemble this comment ...
: @cdmoomaw @hotdogsladies Yes! I work on a Mac and iPad, and using any MS application breaks my brain when I try to do text selection and navigation. …
: @manton @vincent@micro.blog aren't your S3 charges going to dwarf what Backblaze costs though?
: @vincent@micro.blog I wonder, if I make this my email signature at work, how long before I get called in by HR?
: @imyke @jsnell and thanks to @viticci and Phederico for a glimpse of Apple yet to be!
: @imyke @jsnell thanks for keeping me company on the drive to my sister's house on Christmas! This was quite the treat!
: @hotdogsladies I appreciate the sentiment though!
: @robot I agree the method is not important. Did you use water and coffee beans? Then it's coffee.
: @film_girl setting aside the name (because we never submit to changing things here in the south, right?), I'd say it's much better than things like …
: @danielpunkass That's amazing!!! I didn't realize basil could propagate like that.
: @ttscoff since when did @christianselig start making pepper sauce‽ 😳 😆
: @jsnell you've linked before to where you buy the rainbow logo sticker you put on the lids of your MacBooks, but I can't find it (searching for "Jason …
: @georgetakei And the tech companies dwarf that, in terms of both gross earnings and profit margin. Exxon had a profit margin of about 10% that …
: @tomjacob well, that sounds like a terrible internet experience to me. But if it works for you, then 👍🏻. I'll stick to Kagi.
: @tomjacob I don't know when I'm ever not logged in to Google for one service or another. I don't believe being logged out is that effective and …
: @tomjacob and that's useful because?
: @tomjacob you aren't logged in to Google when you use it?
: @caseyliss, if you're ever having a down day, go back and listen to the last few chapters of your discussion with @martinfeld on …
: @marcoarment in addition to the grounding issues others have mentioned, the charger may not be happy with the sine-wave output of the AC outlet. I …
: @vincent@micro.blog my pleasure!
: @vincent@micro.blog I think @caseyliss has mentioned someone that does logo design on @atpfm before.
: @simonbs I was so happy when MS Teams added this feature. The not disturbing people is nice, but it's even better not getting a reply to my message …
: @christianselig as others have said, finding the screws attaching the wall board to the studs is helpful. Are you sure you have metal piping and not …
: @siracusa at least not until after the iMac section ...
: @ttscoff I think the person you are sharing the meal with can say for themselves if it makes them uncomfortable. If they simply express gratitude, …
: @manton there isn't much out there, but the sunrises and sunsets are amazing aren't they!
: @siracusa the cure: https://kagi.com
: @chrishannah it's a really great service, and Vincent keeps gradually refining it over time. It's the simple, lightweight analytics service I've been …
: @cabel that was bonkers. What did you use to generate the video from your audio recording?
: @jsnell yes, you are 😆 Numbers game 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟪🟪🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Solve Time: 5 minutes, 2 seconds
: @clockwise One issue @lschmeiser may run into with Fantastical is not every organization allows third-party apps to connect to their Outlook data. I …
: @drdrang I hope there's room for two of us here then! 🤣
: @simonbs European airport lounges are the best. In America we have to go ask a bartender to pour our drinks at the lounge. Though I've never had as …
: @chrishannah more British English fodder for @siracusa and @hotdogsladies
: @drdrang Yeah, that was more of a lame joke about how the BIOS and OS used to never stay in sync than a question. 🙈
: @mergesort it's amazing though, isn't it?
: @paul I'm late to this, but replaced that Logitech doorbell with the UniFi one and it's like night and day. UniFi is super reliable, and 24/7 …
: @simonbs I did the same with my wife for my master's thesis. Her insights into what did and didn't make sense as someone outside my field of study was …
: @manton if only @vincent@micro.blog could help with some house stuff in return!
: @drdrang you mean the OS time or the BIOS time?
: @simonbs tell me you've seen every slide deck I've ever prepared without telling me you've seen all my slide decks ...
: @mergesort the Mophie 3-in-1 charger is my savior when traveling. Doesn't matter what connector on the device, and everything gets charged at the end …
: @kyle @mergesort ... it's the exact reason I upgraded ...
: @chrishannah This happens to me randomly sometimes. It's my least favorite Apple Arcade game ... drag the volume slider to zero, watch it pop back up …
: @alexcox ONLY two days behind? I'm jealous!
: @mvo "speed-of-light fiber optic", you know, as opposed to that other speed of fiber ...
: @imyke https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=htJKNKFlV-k&si=ZoOHuFg6pi_2vL69
: @drdrang yes, I’m using Feedbin. When I add the feed locally, it does show up correctly. Interesting side-note, NetNewsWire properly centers the …
: @drdrang I'm curious what you are using to generate the MathML?
: @marty @drdrang I wouldn't say this is working in ReadKit.
: @jamesthomson instead they put a giant tv screen inside Vision Pro.
: @jamesthomson There's a PCalc TV???
: @clockwise @jeffcarlson @jean My trick for getting the Siri volume set is to ask her to tell a story. That makes her talk long enough that you can get …
: @agiletortoise I prefer my eggs free-range ...
: @dnanian thankfully I think mine is old enough it doesn’t complain at all. Hopefully it lasts a long time. 🤞🏻 I also went from Reds to Ironwolfs a few …
: @dnanian It's a shame newer Synology systems nag you about using third-party drives.
: @vincent@micro.blog It's an interesting idea, but paying for something once used to require hundreds of dollars for some software packages, where a …
: @johnvoorhees I resemble this comment ...
: @mliberatore that is genius!
: @agiletortoise if you buy enough extra parts on each trip, someday you will have a plumbing repair that requires no trips to the store ...
: @chrishannah It just needs a library to convert any images you want to use to ascii art ...
: @manton Did you shoot this with your iPhone?
: @xinsight @magnuskahr What about an option to always restore text, so the only way data is removed is if the user manually clears the screen?
: @dmoren @matt If you are using Linode, you can set up the new server and then swap the IP addresses of the old and new to avoid modifying your DNS …
: @vincent@micro.blog Agreed, that line chart does look great!
: For those of us that don't upgrade very often, this is the weight/size comparison that matters. @atpfm @connected @upgrade
: @johnvoorhees @viticci I went through this setup on my NUC, and it works as expected. When the client enables exit node usage it routes all traffic …
: @dmoren @ismh has anyone heard what happens if you are not using carrier voicemail? I use Google Voice for my voicemail (until Google cancels it) and …
: @simonbs A Runestone per room ratio of 1?
: @jeromechoo I had the exact same issue. Plus, it ended up coming back with some garbage charging brick that was not what I sent them.
: @johnvoorhees @viticci My pleasure. I hope it helps!
: @johnvoorhees and @viticci, did you make sure to set up John's Tailscale server as an Exit Node to make sure all of Federico's traffic was routed …
: @stroughtonsmith @_Davidsmith can you imagine if more people in more professions did their work in public? Hey I'm working on this recipe, but it …
: @film_girl I'm not sure what I'm more excited about, this great song or being introduced to song.link!
: @atpfm RAID/Ubiqitui NVR question ... setting up my new NVR with four drives I have leftover from previously updating my Synology disks. Went with …
: @RecDiffs I've dealt with this in two houses now, but in older homes (I mean 1997 and before) no one waterproofed the wall behind the shower tile. …
: @agiletortoise Allows the system to develop laminar flow prior to entering the junction box.
: @brentsimmons For a moment I was certain it was getting rusty near the knob ... then I realized you just needed a sprinkle of salt.
: @paul that's some good bull! 👍🏻
: @hotdogsladies So, I remember reading Kenji Lopez-Alt explain this helps with fried eggs. It keeps the runny whites from spreading all over the pan …
: @dobyfriday @hotdogsladies people strain their eggs to remove the loose whites. Why this helps? Don't remember.
: @vincent@micro.blog Apologies, I should have checked my extensions first. Something StopTheMadness is doing created madness this time. Disabled that …
: @vincent@micro.blog it seems I can't copy the embed script on an iPad?
: @sarahhbickerton Zotero seems to have a pretty nice PDF annotation system built-in, and I like the way I can tag references with different topics. I'm …
: @sarahhbickerton For example, I have close to 70 years worth of papers from a particular conference I attend regularly, but they are all just PDFs …
: @sarahhbickerton That was a great read! First, your tech setup at the time is a flashback to my nearly identical setup while working on my masters. I …
: @sarahhbickerton I'll be sure to check that out. Thanks for sharing!
: @sarahhbickerton That sounds like a topic I'd love to hear more about. I went though several moments of, "wait, which pdf did I highlight that in 🤔," …
: @sarahhbickerton has sent me down a rabbit hole with Endnote alternative Zotero (it appealed to me more than Endnote for … reasons). This is taking up …
: @settern @lindadong how fun must it be to show up at WWDC in the same outfit you recorded your video in!!!
: @_Davidsmith you have proven with Widgetsmith you are in tune with what colors are fashionable!
: @alexcox but that might deprive all of us of YOUR version of that joke!
: @jeremyburge @viticci This is why I use "Tony" at coffe shops and such, because when I say "Anthony" in public people somehow hear "Nathan" ... 🤷🏻♂️
: @heyheymomo that bear on a bicycle and the cows are the greatest!!!
: @zeealeid What would be great is if they would just use the same keyboard navigation shortcuts. Things like Command + arrow keys should behave the …
: @rob @upgrade @jsnell Yes! We need more canine cuts!
: I thought @imyke might enjoy this story about the architect who designed part of the Beverly Hills Hotel: https://youtu.be/f-aPMBPYYvM
: @dnanian Very cool, thanks for the insight!
: @dnanian Gotcha! Mine is actually similar in that I have and EdgeRouter and EdgeSwitch in front of everything, then the UniFi APs after that. Plume …
: @dnanian I know it's stupid expensive, but I am amazed at how well my UniFi equipment works. Is it overkill for my home networking, WFH setup? Yes. Do …
: I'd love to see @overcastfm adopt something like this, where you can assign a podcast to one or more playlists from the podcast setting screen as …
: @alexcox @dobyfriday I wish I had been exposed to more thoughts like these years ago. My dad dealt with undiagnosed bipolar for years, and it was hard …
: @billvinson I'm way behind but had the exact same thought about @gruber.
: @manton thanks for mentioning this. I have gotten so tired of the noise that is mixed into Google search results.
: @atpfm @marcoarment it's a brilliant feature and you know you'll do it just so your own devices don't hear any wake words 😉. And we all thank you for …
: @simonbs @viticci What is this "Touch Bar" you speak of? 🙃
: @caseyliss Seems like a macOS/iOS only developer. Not big like 1Password, but maybe that's a good thing? I don't hate 1P8 like you do, but I certainly …
: @caseyliss, have you ever looked at https://secrets.app/ as a 1Password replacement? Just noticed this was available through my Setapp subscription.
: @drdrang easily the worst way to dispense paper towels ever.
: @ttscoff I know my mail carrier and UPS guy both on a first name basis. FedEx and Amazon are almost never the same person twice.
: @paul I used to pay almost 4x that highest plan for 50/50 dedicated fiber because it was all I could get. Thankfully I'm on a more reasonable plan …
: @redpandaclub I'd love to help test the Mac beta if you still have space available! Email is anthony@anthonyallison.me.
: @manton gotta love Texas weather!
: This got me thinking back to the recent episode of Downstream with @jsnell and Tim Goodman ... https://xkcd.com/2727/
: Thanks for sharing @stroughtonsmith! Never heard of this, but it may be the thing I needed to jump into stickers on my MBP.
: @johnvoorhees @macstories @viticci hmm, maybe I should amend my statement to say Texas bbq then?
: @macstories to add to the regional aspect of foods, hush puppies are almost never eaten with bbq in the south as @johnvoorhees mentioned to @viticci. …
: @FinchHaven@mastodon.sdf.org but you were still the one that first taught me!
: @FinchHaven@mastodon.sdf.org I deal a lot in failure analysis at work and am going to liberally re-use this 😂
: @alexcox there is nothing that compares to the greeting from a pet upon your return home. I know that feeling when it goes away, and my heart is with …
: @allanjackson @marcoarment I think there has been a significant shift in quality of their recommendations post-acquisition. For example, I never tried …
: @dmoren @jsnell @dcseifert @matt ecobee has been great for me for many years now. Imagine, controlling the HVAC system from temperature sensors in the …
: So sorry to hear this @alexcox. It's hard not having them around, but the joy you shared together can never be lost.
: @jelly oh I know, it just surprises me that the upload speeds offered continue to lag so far behind download.
: @jamesthomson instead of "mistakes", have you considering calling these "goals"? 🙃
: @jelly that upload speed though 🤮
: @johnaugust @cabel but I would imagine almost everyone with an Apple TV is a Netflix user?
: @jamesthomson if only the iPhone had a crank ...
: I can't believe that @jamesthomson wasn't first to release a talking calculator!
: @drdrang I noticed the ones about fracture mechanics and went "ohhhh". Fractured metal (or the prevention of) is much of my work life!
: @dobyfriday @marcoarment @overcastfm I felt uneasy, like the world no longer made sense when I first saw it ... what's next, RecDiffs?
: @marcoarment, I think something is broken in @overcastfm. I'm seeing chapters in @dobyfriday ...
: @atpfm @marcoarment the App Store may not make this possible, but it would be interesting if you could figure out how many of us with the one-time …
: @alexcox I'm sure there are many people like me that have had pets go through similar things, are big fans of your work, and are happy to have some …
: @redpandaclub Sounds great, and thank you for the speedy feedback!
: @redpandaclub loving this so far! Any chance we will eventually be able to sync our Side Chats between multiple devices? And maybe store our API key …
: @Moltz they make our lives so much more than they could have been alone, and it hurts to have that missing. My heart goes out to you sir.
: @stroughtonsmith I am constantly amazed at your various ways of holding these models.
: @Aaron @CARROT @brianmueller I can't wait to see the emails you get over this 😂
: I'm happier reading about vector math, which I'm fairly inexperienced with, than dealing with people today ...
: The @dobyfriday after show where @hotdogsladies discusses his use of tags vs. folders with @alexcox just blew my mind ... now I can't resist the urge …
: @mikestanley then the sadness sinks in when I go to the webpage and see it's owned by Amazon now ... 😞
: @mikestanley the amazing part of this post is realizing that Woot! is still a thing ! 😂
: @marcoarment it's a terrible testament to the advertising of my youth that I saw this picture and the Hot Pockets theme song immediately played in my …
: @Cdespinosa @caseyliss other benefit I remembered as I backed into a space today—most newer cars have backup cameras, so if you are backing in it is …
: @ttscoff maybe you could you get it delivered to your hotel?
: @ttscoff travel bidet FTW: TOTO Travel Handy Washlet YEW350-WH https://a.co/d/4KPS7Q7
: @Cdespinosa @caseyliss we call it "first movement forward" parking, and it is the best way to park in my opinion. Other benefit, when backing into a …
: @haditurk @atpfm @siracusa I second this! And they have great customer service too; an actual human answers the phone or your email if you ever have a …
: @viticci why do people feel the need to point out text selection works great on Android, when there is nothing else about an Android tablet that makes …
: @atpfm listening to the after-show, I think @siracusa undervalues his time ... a little money spent on a new hacksaw blade and vice would have given …
: @jsnell every sports broadcast on every platform should be offering the same!
: @cabel have you ever seen the minis available this way?
: @dmoren I assume they are related, but I also hate the proliferation of "predictive" text as you type in some apps. I have a hard enough time finding …
: @brianmueller 🫶🏻 for a you and Mushroom. Also, what a great name for a cat!
: @Aaron @paul I like the idea of asking someone to purposely choose one path or the other.
: This one is just for @film_girl https://www.instagram.com/p/CpuHl59NNy-/
: @jamesthomson @imyke @ismh @viticci and yet no mention of the Triple J ...
: @hotdogsladies they have "a" and "an" before the numbers backwards. With us all I can see now 😆.
: @atpfm symmetrical internet is nice, but my eyes were opened when I had dedicated fiber service for a while. It was only 50/50 mbps, but felt so much …
: @mhannemann I wouldn't hold my breath on the system settings topic. Doubt it will meaningfully change anytime soon, and you are giving up other …
: @jelly fun fact, Mastodon seems to store GIFs as MP4s (or at least this one from @caseyliss seems to be). Have you ever been asked to import an MP4 as …
: @jelly deflated balloons can be aired up again, right?
: @film_girl if only we had the new emoji for my Wordle group chat 😔
: @Moltz reminds me of the days we were on satellite "broadband" and had to use our phones for the last week of every month for internet.
: @mikestanley the problem right now is there are very few options for an EV with 3 rows of seating. Maybe some more affordable brands will release one …
: @atpfm because @caseyliss needs an excuse to spend money ... https://www.volvocars.com/us/cars/ex90-electric/
: @simonbs those look amazing! We can never get things like that cut so cleanly in the first place. Also, I call dibs on that last tiny one that was …
: @johnvoorhees @macstories @club it really is an amazing app! I'm not sure it's been ten years, but feels like I've been using it forever. Wish there …
: @heyheymomo and we love you too!
: @ivory any plans to support viewing someone's follows in-app if they are on another instance?
: @jelly yes, brains are weird. I always tell people, no matter the topic, you likely know more about what you are specifically presenting than anyone …
: @brianmueller @paul I mostly act like season 2 didn't happen. I like how 3 has started though.
: @jamesthomson @tomo you'll make it up in volume ... that's how that works, right?
: @jamesthomson @tomo James, just have Cotton Bureau bulk-ship the European ones to you, and hand-deliver them on the train all across Europe!
: And we appreciate you @jamesthomson !
: @ssamulczyk @jsnell @CARROT you go on vacation with the forecast you have, not the forecast you might want or wish you had at a later time.
: @christianselig biggest issue with the Air for me was the RAM limit of 24 GB. Just got my MBP with 64 GB of RAM, and I'm loving how well that …
: @jelly Right? Especially after getting @ivory on my phone, it felt like Mastodon on the desktop didn't exist yet.
: @dnanian same here. And of course it went lightning fast.
: @paul how are you liking typing on it? I just saw this on their website the other day and have been intrigued. The problem is I have two K2's now (one …
: @lenaTea from a user's perspective, HealthKit makes the data more portable long term, just in case the app ever goes away.
: @lenaTea do the entries get added to Apple Health, or are they only stored in the app?
: @drdrang @drio @NetNewsWire ditto. I get Twitter alerts still for the weather guy I follow nearby, but that's all Twitter is to me now.
: @manton I drove through Austin on 290 to Fredericksburg today ... I was amazed at all the broken tree branches along the way!
: @5am@defcon.social @stroughtonsmith This looks great! I can't wait to try it out.
: Let the weekend begin! #fredericksburg #garrisonbrothers #breadpudding
: @imyke how does someone launch a mail client without support for something so basic? 🤨
: @mvo @imyke @viticci is the Fiberdon on the 'don 🙃
: @film_girl @anthonyallison so ... this hot take of mine didn't age well 🤣