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by fitzroy 5y ago
My recent/related iOS hack is screenshotting difficult-to-select text in sites and apps. Live Text immediately performs OCR on the screenshot and the text can then be copied/pasted.
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by fitzroy 5y ago
To paraphrase Tolstoy: Bad CGI is all alike; every bad practical effect is bad in its own way.
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by fitzroy 5y ago
I had a laser iridotomy a few weeks ago for "narrow angles". Other than feeling like you're in a staring contest with Locutus of Borg, it was quick and painless.
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by fitzroy 5y ago
Joseph Goebbels and the Amazing Technicolor Dream-Blimp
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by fitzroy 5y ago
Both proud and embarrassed to say I've had 150+ open Safari tabs persisting across three Mac laptops and five years of OS updates.
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by fitzroy 5y ago
The dead driver, his slumped body having fallen toward an "Accept" button on the car's touch screen just as an offer to drive for Uber appeared, now makes $200,000 / year going non-stop without bathroom or sleep breaks.
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by fitzroy 5y ago
I wonder if a motivator would be requiring push-to-talk from those people. Better yet: disallowing any beautification filters.
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by fitzroy 5y ago
I'm curious to know how much the reaction to the second or subsequent jabs correlates to antibody/immunity level. I had no reaction to the first jab and a 12-hour flu-like reaction to the second jab the next day (both Moderna). NO
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by fitzroy 5y ago
What is the point of setting up a hardware or Google Authenticator-type 2FA solution when most companies will fallback to SMS? Is there a way to prevent the SMS fallback (last I checked it was 'No' for most sites except maybe Goog
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by fitzroy 5y ago
Apropos of nothing, these photos remind me of trying to join a "club" for the video game Pitfall (on Atari) which required sending proof of a 20,000 score by mailing them a Polaroid of your TV screen. EDIT: Wow! I guess it's
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by fitzroy 5y ago
A sequel is coming to Apple Arcade: https://blog.iconfactory.com/2021/04/frenzic-overtime-coming...
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by fitzroy 6y ago
If you’re interested in this stuff, the book, Class: A Guide Through the American Status System by Paul Fussell is an entertaining and insightful book (from 1983, so a bit dated in parts but well worth it). https://en.wikipedia.o
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by fitzroy 6y ago
Also, perhaps, difficult to come by: "...Though the company removed cocaine from the carbonated concoction over 100 years ago, coca leaves are actually still used to flavor Coke. The soda brand has an exemption with the government allo
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by fitzroy 6y ago
Wait until Apple realizes that "Final Cut Pro" seems to promote irreversible self harm for profit.
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by fitzroy 6y ago
Is there a class of "noble" APIs that are completely non-reactive and just timeout?
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by fitzroy 6y ago
This seems to be a hastily-written 'summary', complete with misattributed photos, of a much better long form piece from a couple years ago. https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/lotto-winner...
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by fitzroy 6y ago
Apple Releases Unaugmented Reality Headset Analysts criticize lack of ports, launch titles, developer support.
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by fitzroy 7y ago
I've keep pitching friends on the idea of "Infinite Text" (Infinite Jest, one sentence at a time in text messages). Also, Tolstoy's 'War 'n Pieces'. That said, a page/day via email and using public do
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by fitzroy 7y ago
Almost everything digital in audio seems to have been a decade or two ahead of video (non-linear editing, lossless/uncompressed quality, digital synthesis of elements, distribution, etc), primarily due to the bandwidth and processing p
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by fitzroy 7y ago
2021: Apple TV+ Pro
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by fitzroy 7y ago
"No Bake Apple and Sweet Potato Pie" ... "bake in a 375º oven" Have to say, I'm a bit disappointed with this recipe.
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by fitzroy 7y ago
Thanks, just found it here in Chrome: chrome://settings/content/cookies I've mostly switched back to Safari ...so I look forward to getting this option in a decade or so. In all seriousness, this would naturally fit
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by fitzroy 7y ago
Instead of asking for each site, just allow first-party cookies and delete them by default when the last tab of that domain is closed. The user should be able to favorite cookies to keep indefinitely, with the rest being cleared on a user-d
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by fitzroy 7y ago
For anyone looking for a place to stay, I just wanted to recommend this place we stayed in late August (sorry about the Hotels.com link): https://www.hotels.com/ho679197/105-a-townhouse-hotel-reykja... It was about hal
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by fitzroy 7y ago
I got hit with the "not enough space" endless reboot loop during installation. Booting into Recovery Mode and reverting to a previous local Time Machine backup fixed everything in about 5 minutes. However, discovering that 5 minut
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by fitzroy 7y ago
Three factors of security: Something you have. Something you are. Something you nose.
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by fitzroy 7y ago
New Dark Forest theory: The universe is teeming with alien civilizations that have survived The Great Filter ...but they all built Dyson spheres around their respective stars to harness the maximum amount of energy for mining cryptocurrency
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by fitzroy 7y ago
That's a pretty funny/clever hack (took me a minute to figure out you're Zooming with yourself). You can also try AirServer (similar to Reflector). There's a free trial. https://www.airserver.com I use it ma
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by fitzroy 7y ago
I've bought Scrivener twice now and have never actually used it — but it's so beautifully made. I just want it to still be here when I finally get around to it.
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by fitzroy 7y ago
Agreed. I've started taking the M15 SBS in the last month and it would be great except the driver has to honk and weave around vehicles stopped in the bus lane on almost every block.

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