Fifteen years at the other place. Post Punk tech Luddite
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Last Notes npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1c8l…sldj was his Apollo mission one closer (perhaps closest) to the suns termination line ? (what we would call sunrise or sunset) npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1c8l…sldj And any bystanders… Mitch Froom is now officially a member. New record check it out. I always wonder ‘Where’s Tim?’ Neil has sold the split Enz and Crowded House catalog. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1qw5…037m you might not want to be a vampire that has trouble going back to bed npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1qw5…037m Just for the fun of it Just for the smile of it Just for the taste of it Che-eese Coke npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1qw5…037m seems like someone is falling down on their ad placement if that ad is not for a competing movie opening against the movie you are viewing the trailer for…. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1qw5…037m Good friend is an Eric Carmen Stan, and I understand why EC deserves some positive attention, but I am not blinded to the treacle he has produced. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1c8l…sldj I think there might be an assumption that if a listener isn’t listening already, they aren’t about to capture anyone new via any web or micro blog info. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1sk4…d83s maybe some link interaction analytic? npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1c0m…xqjl that did make the post game radio show ‘fun’ I’m sure. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1ahq…wjwd is this PAC shaming? Or are corporations or media being targeted? npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1p9k…865w Seems sensible, but does it still have that ovoid form factor? Seems much of its shape may be possibly hidden at this angle of view npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1ahq…wjwd did they contract to other candy makers? Because I haven’t heard of blonder, yet that seems a fairly large plant. Chicago has a rich candy history I wouldn’t mind reading more about. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1qw5…037m thanks. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1qw5…037m why do I feel that this DOJ and EU stuff could have been avoided simply by Apple giving those governments a back door into the device. As far as closed app ecosystems, plenty of other platforms, consoles, have them, with similar markups. The EBook thing was simply publishers and Apple trying to even the playing field to keep Amazon from eating their lunch. I’d be curious as to the lobbying perks and cooperation coming from Amazon and Google compared to Apple. Bezos owns the WashPo too npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1u24…32pl At one point I believe you had to maybe ‘become a developer’ to even download Xcode. I wanted to download Xcode to see what coding for the Mac might be like, if I even learned to code. At least I think there was a similar hoop to jump through. If you want Xcode, you are a developer, in the ‘program’ npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1su4…a0dw I’m sure there are Tesla execs and others that would jump at the opportunity to seperate from Musk. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1syx…d6lz @npub1su4…a0dw Some of that IS about the supply chain, and the available manufacturers and types. And the corporitizing of medicine. Flu Vaccines have been a long time staple. My Covid vaccinations were via public health department and schedule and supply constricted. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1su4…a0dw When I grew up doctors said, you need vaccination, time for your vaccination!, and we said ‘Garsh! Yup! Of course, doc, stick me! Today In deep red America, clinicians are afraid to bring up the topic, as it might raise controversy, or worse, they believe the conspiracy angles themselves. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1qw5…037m the flat versus thin side have to make it a fluttering range. At a point it acts like a wing and starts zig zagging. For 2011 models. Havent read. https://www.wired.com/2011/04/what-is-the-terminal-velocity-of-an-iphone/#:~:text=Just%20for%20fun%2C%20what%20if,%2Fs%20(95%20mph). npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1qw5…037m @npub1c27…s8tz is knew that was how they were harvested been gawking at photos of cranberry lakes for 50 years; it was the bit about ‘rewilding’ that confused me, suggesting nature was already doing that part of the process anyway. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1c27…s8tz @npub1qw5…037m how the heck all them berries end up in the drink? Are you saying Mother Nature would do the same thing? npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub15l7…aang if you want to stick with MacOS, use the last version that model supported, unless it will break software that may be on it (if that matters). VAR resellers, users groups may have a disk image of the installer for it. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub15l7…aang is this another one of your wacky breakfast cereals? Honey Bunches of oaks? npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1ahq…wjwd perhaps it is metadata syncing later? Or hashed clues for machine learning, as in ‘found some new faces, doggos and kitties!’ Update to HEIC? One thing iOS 17 seems to have fixed is the long standing dialog about a certain number of your photos NEVER being analyzed in the People and places. No longer there. I always thought this ‘never updates’ ‘bug’ might be referring to duplicates. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1ahq…wjwd Why is it ‘a problem’? I mean, if you had made a change on one device (let’s say you used your Mac, Apple TV, whatever… wouldn’t you EXPECT your library to be restored from iCloud? That is, I’m interpreting ‘restore’ in this situation as a mere sync, to make sure all devices are on same page. It is just that my iCloud syncs are in the direction ‘TO the cloud’ only. I was assuming yours is still refreshing new phone from iCloud. Could also suppport ‘new update soon drops’ idea npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1ahq…wjwd I’m assuming you have a new phone and did not do device to device transfer. Or sync multiple devices to the same iCloud account. Either or both Correct? I’m curious, if it is merely from an earlier phone- how long have you had the new phone? If it is from a change on another device, how long has it been since activity on other device? Have you noticed a time of day that iCloud syncs happen? I’m noticing (to iCloud) more frequently, when changes happen. Perhaps new info for us? npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1qw5…037m @npub1wkv…nk6p I think the thing as far as I was concerned was that I never considered them as separate entities, in my mind, they were the exact same thing. I was no longer including EPS and fonts with a job sent to a service bureau. I didn’t even know how to manage fonts on OSX and later. I don’t even know if inkjet or laser printers need printer drivers anymore, perhaps they just natively understand PDF. But this new beard might be of some concern perhaps npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1wkv…nk6p @npub1qw5…037m As someone who gave up DTP for multiple reasons when OS X was new (one of the technical reasons being how early OSX managed fonts) this is hitting me a bit like Rip Van Winkle discovering his new beard on waking up. I don’t know how much it really matters. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1qw5…037m @npub14qv…2hh3 I’d try it. I was a fan of Apple Jack, which I’m not certain tasted anything like Apples. BooBerry has been my favorite of that line. Never tried Fruit Brute nor Yummy Mummy. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1sdu…w074 so is the story behind the story that whatever computation shenanigans is getting the iPhone 15 pro to ‘5x’ is fuzzing up ‘text at a distance’? I read a @npub1f4d…42zv toot/convo last night jesting about reading store signage from across the street, was there talk of this being ‘an issue?’ npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1hvd…9sq9 I just spent an hour trying to find a retweet or post I made of someone’s remarkable comic strip bio of Bill Blackbeard, whose newspaper comic Strip collection became the basis of the book ‘The Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics’ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Blackbeard https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/101/038/153/460/407/original/f5cc1395a15a1ff8.jpeg https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/101/037/878/613/940/original/20443ace3031198d.jpeg npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1u4k…vxe4 @npub1hvd…9sq9 He might be thinking either that they won’t bother or have so many to chase down it will be a burden to them. I’m more concerned if the artists on the series are getting income from the work. Which will probably stay in print. It probably opens DC to toss the concept to other creative teams now if they choose. Warners has much larger PR issues now for this to even register. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1qw5…037m I wish they had more respect for the Showa era designs though. And something about 50 meters tall is fine. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub15l7…aang aren’t you vegan? This squirt the blue milk at daddy except it’s mustard scene reminded me how you love cereal , but then I realize, most take that with moo juice. Are you oat soy coconut or other? npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub15l7…aang these places all had their day, with quality food at one time. Although I think at least one never should have been. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1yk6…4zz4 @npub1wrc…ugl0 @npub1rsa…qcdh So are they concerned you might be turning their hidden Indiana Jones location into a theme park photo op with seminars, or what? npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1yk6…4zz4 or squatters and homeless actually relying on the soace for everyday shelter, I imagine. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub16gl…syzj what is the two dollar difference. To customers I mean. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1hvd…9sq9 in the last 30 years, it seems business cards and invitations upsold as ‘embossed’ were not actual via any mechanical impression from either side of the stock but were instead accomplished chemically via puff paint inks or powder additives npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub15ml…2w4s @npub1wv5…5cmq I first noticed it in mainstream news stories on geek culture, 45 years ago. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub15l7…aang no really, doesn’t R2 do a flop take in IV? I mean seems like falling over in exhaustion would take too much effort. And, how would he right himself? Or sure you’re saying Lucas will probably give him magic Dalek rockets in a later film, right. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1sk4…d83s Narrator Voice over: they actually grow on trees. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1tpj…fmcs @npub1rls…7sp6 what us the interstellar distance in such a cluster. Seems it would be much shorter distances than our nearest neighbors, perhaps not though, maybe it’s all about density npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1w9a…04m0 @npub1hvd…9sq9 if it’s criminal, does he have a case? Even a civic case? npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub15ml…2w4s @npub13xj…sys0 So good to finally see someone directly compare my decision before this latest MacBook Air and say that decision may still be the most viable for my needs. There may still be an m3 before I buy, and I still want a large iPad Pro, because, cellular. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1qw5…037m we are boring, and people don’t like us or trust us. Hey, how about a jokey penguin on a bike? We’re all in this together! npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1qw5…037m seems like a lot of corporate businesses yakking on conference calls about ‘trade secrets’ might start shopping for something other than Zoom, if they thought it was ‘ok’ before because ‘vpn’ npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1eee…e209 @npub1hvd…9sq9 how could it possibly take less than 15 minutes per different deli Corned Beef sandwich? 3 days? Did she have help trying them eating them? What? Read the article? Okay…. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub15ml…2w4s it isn’t the planet soup of the original Solaris. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1qw5…037m he’s got a foot boo boo too! npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1utv…87lr I’m terribly concerned about the data I’ve been sending them to form a station of recommendations around . I often use Apple Music to help identify music I really don’t like, random Shazam’s, and songs I skip just because I know them already. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1su4…a0dw my workplace has a Muzak channel that is ‘nothing but covers’ by ‘not the original artist’ I’ve been trying to figure out how this is saving someone money as it happens. Perhaps I should have been seeing it as priming the market for a wave of deepfakes and ai renditions. If the label publisher owns it 100 percent, they get the whole slice of pie. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1qw5…037m I avoided so much of the deep politics of DS9 reflexively, and missed out on some great moments it seems. But I feel justified in avoiding the heavy handedness then and now. Computer erase that entry. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1qw5…037m the ones with Margot Robbie’s face are doing well. I far prefer the 50s and 60s version based on the German LiLi sex doll that looked a bit like that Lucy Hirschfeld caricature at the tag of Here’s Lucy or The Lucy Show. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1ssc…n3nx @npub16rs…dfz9 Anyone remember the million dollar web page? People were able to buy pixel space on the page on a 1000 x 1000 pixel canvas one million Pixels) at a dollar a pixel. With a link to your own site behind those pixels. Sold out in about 6 months of 2005-2006. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Million_Dollar_Homepage https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/110/854/972/838/578/057/original/77262bfe188b8593.png npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1qw5…037m fact remains, it is generally embarrassing even in a bear costume npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1qw5…037m oh it’s Duke. Respect for George Duke. npub1qeg4f50zqyt0zy79yqtasv27gjq68u5vqpptvgevle7d698m824sx6w0m8 Chancerubbage @npub1qw5…037m (in case you aren’t joking, I’ll ‘splain, sorry, didn’t tap the dazzle vid) more strutting than facility. Any accordian player worth his salt is managing more complex eye hand coordination, as is any keyboard on a stand player. Keytar is rarely even played polyphonically. Kazoo solo!