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by shadowfacts 3y ago
https://shadowfacts.net/ I mostly write about iOS app development, but recently I'm particularly proud of my blog post about ActivityPub and portable identities: https://shadowfacts.net/2023/activi
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by shadowfacts 3y ago
No one's forcing people to categorize themselves. You can be on a non-specific server, or you can be on one for a particular community—but even then, nothing precludes you from talking about other things. It may be the case that instan
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by shadowfacts 3y ago
Right now, changing accounts is implemented by the old server sending a Move activity which tells all your followers where your new account is. This doesn't handle moving any content. But, there's nothing fundamental about Activit
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by shadowfacts 3y ago
The article answers that question in the third sentence: > Soon, we’re launching a sandbox environment to begin the testing phase of federation for the AT Protocol with allow-listed servers.
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Portable Identity for ActivityPub(shadowfacts.net)
3 points by shadowfacts 3y ago|0 comments
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by shadowfacts 4y ago
... Yes, choosing ones major based on dating prospects is definitely weird.
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by shadowfacts 4y ago
That's true of current implementations, but the spec is flexible enough to allow much simpler ones. You can have an outbox which is a collection of activities (that could even be statically generated) and software could poll the outbox
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by shadowfacts 4y ago
No, I want to be able to switch between using it like a laptop and using it like a tablet (and writing on it with the pencil).
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by shadowfacts 4y ago
I “like” how Apple makes a better keyboard/trackpad case for the cheap iPad than for the Pro. The new Magic Keyboard Folio: - has a trackpad - has media keys - can lie flat on a table without having to remove the case The Ma
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by shadowfacts 4y ago
Proper external display support was pulled from the initial release of iPadOS 16 because it was super buggy. From the press release: > Full external display support for Stage Manager on M1 and M2 iPad models will be available in a softwa
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by shadowfacts 4y ago
They probably mean at WWDC, where App Review-related appointments are also available.
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by shadowfacts 4y ago
The flag itself no, but trying to link in os_unfair_lock_lock_with_options could be caught.
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by shadowfacts 4y ago
Lots of people use it every day: myself, the people I follow, a lot of people who follow me, countless others I don’t interact with. Yes, the network has few users compared to twitter, but it’s a far cry from “little to no-one”.
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by shadowfacts 4y ago
So then run an instance yourself on your own server?
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by shadowfacts 4y ago
The phone and laptop have had them since last year, the iPad Pro has had them for years and years now.
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by shadowfacts 4y ago
Oh, I wonder what could possibly happen based on the results of the initial review. Let's see: > District staff sent out a list of questions teachers have to answer, like — does a book encourage students to believe that people are r
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by shadowfacts 4y ago
The sixth sentence on the project homepage: "Joining a server on Mastodon provides you with the power to communicate with any server across the globe." Not sure how much clearer it gets.
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by shadowfacts 4y ago
It's an artificial distinction, and I reject it. They know inciting violence is wrong, but they argue that providing services to people who do so is okay because they have a higher purpose of preventing cyberattacks. I think that'
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by shadowfacts 4y ago
That’s a lot of words to say they’re not dropping Kiwi Farms. In spite of the fact that I think they plainly meet this condition for removal: > Is otherwise illegal, harmful, or violates the rights of others, including content that discl
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by shadowfacts 4y ago
Years ago, the screen of my 2012 rMBP had broken seemingly out of nowhere one time after I opened the lid. I knew someone who was carrying a couple pieces of paper stapled together inside the lid of their 2016-era MBP, and when they opened
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by shadowfacts 4y ago
Huh, really? That's exactly what I did—I still have an empty, vestigial volume called Ventura in the same APFS container as Macintosh HD—and I was not presented with a choice.
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by shadowfacts 4y ago
You're right: I believe it's using the "Preserve Vector Data" option Xcode shows in the asset catalog editor and the PNG is just what's being rendered by the CoreUI framework.
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by shadowfacts 4y ago
The distinction is between the Print dialog (Cmd+P) and the Page Setup dialog (Shift+Cmd+P). Print still shows the normal page previews, but Page Setup is where Clarus is. In a Monterey VM, there's no page preview at all in Page Setup.
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by shadowfacts 4y ago
Ah, that definitely seems like what it is—CUINamedImage.isVectorBased is true for the Clarus image. Reverse engineering the format could be a fun project.
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Clarus returns home in macOS Ventura(shadowfacts.net)
452 points by shadowfacts 4y ago|141 comments
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by shadowfacts 4y ago
I don't disagree, but it's an unfortunately circular argument. "Calculus is the peak of HS math because college STEM programs expect you to have calculus because it's the peak of HS math." I think probability and st
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by shadowfacts 4y ago
Yes it was? It's literally on the tech specs page and was widely reported: > Video Support > Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at millions of colors and: > One external display with up to 6
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by shadowfacts 4y ago
That part doesn't surprise me, it's just the sheer magnitude of 41% of modded servers that's shocking.
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by shadowfacts 4y ago
I... kinda can't believe that one of my libraries (Forgelin) is the second most common mod on all Minecraft servers. It doesn't support the five most recent versions of the game and I haven't touched it in years. I guess ther
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by shadowfacts 4y ago
The Supreme Court could rule that no-knock warrants are unconstitutional, but that's not going to happen with this court, so yes, practically speaking, it's on Congress.

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