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vanitalo

@vanitalo@mastodon.social

Developer | Automator | Technology & Apple Enthusiast

Currently working in the higher education sector as a Lead Enterprise Software Engineer.

Disclaimer: Your perception is not my reality ;-)

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Instagram is testing ‘unskippable’ ads that you can’t scroll past https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/3/24170682/instagram-unskippable-ads-test

vanitalo,
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@verge If the Ad makers hadn’t made their ads so obnoxious and annoying over the years, perhaps people wouldn’t have chosen to block them as much. I started blocking ads in web pages when the ads made the pages unusable / unreadable. Further enshittification of these services with ads will not make people any happier and they may just simply choose not to use the platforms at all! 🤷‍♂️

arstechnica, to random
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iOS and iPadOS 17.5.1 fix a nasty bug that resurfaced old photos

Bug was discovered by Redditors and forum users a few days ago.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/ios-and-ipados-17-5-1-fix-a-nasty-bug-that-resurfaced-old-photos/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

vanitalo,
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@arstechnica Apple should be fully transparent about the cause and resolution of this bug. If the photos were actually deleted they wouldn’t be able to suddenly come back into existence, so this suggests that the “deleted” photos were not actually deleted, just flagged as deleted… if that’s the case this could be a massive privacy issue!

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How long before we start trying to cram an LLM into a space probe to act as a potential interactive digital ambassador containing the wealth of human knowledge? A time capsule that could encapsulate and preserve our culture, languages, history for thousands of years, fired into the cosmos. It is almost certainly going to happen

vanitalo,
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@stroughtonsmith I think I saw that plot on Star Trek Discovery… it didn’t go well. 🤪

verge, to random
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OpenAI pulls its Scarlett Johansson-like voice for ChatGPT https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/20/24160621/openai-chatgpt-gpt4o-sky-scarlett-johansson-voice-assistant-her

vanitalo,
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@verge What’s Sky’s last name? Net? 🤣

I would have liked that voice as an AI assistant though. 😔

daringfireball, to random
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Tweet URLs Finally Redirect to X.com
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/19/tweel-urls-x-dot-com

vanitalo, (edited )
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@daringfireball Still won’t be calling Twitter X!

#MusksFascistXperement

verge, to random
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Sonos is teasing its ‘most requested product ever’ on Tuesday https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/19/24160259/sonos-teasing-new-propduct-announcement-ace-headphones-tuesday-may-21

vanitalo,
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@verge What’s that, an app that doesn’t suck!? 🤪

appleinsider, to random
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There's no question, it is possible to get work done on iPad, but there are limits. Here's what you need to know about replacing your Mac with an iPad.
https://appleinsider.com/inside/ipad/tips/how-to-use-ipad-as-a-mac-replacement-and-why-youd-want-to?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

vanitalo,
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@appleinsider Step 1. Take a Xanax… you’ll need it to quell your frustrations 🤪

stroughtonsmith, to random
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If Apple's afraid of eating into Mac sales by putting macOS on iPad, just put the Hypervisor and Virtualization frameworks on iPadOS so third parties like Parallels can virtualize Windows 11 or Linux instead. Windows, at least, is much better suited for a touchscreen than macOS is. Let the developer/userbase validate the concept if you won’t — is a virtual desktop good or bad for the iPad platform?

vanitalo,
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@stroughtonsmith Government legislation may need to force Apple’s hand on making iPad Pro support VMs if Apple is unwilling to allow it. This would bring more competition to the platform. I suspect a major reason Apple still hasn’t allowed VMs is that doing so could threaten to reduce Apple’s services profits.

verge, to random
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Microsoft’s AI obsession is jeopardizing its climate ambitions https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/15/24157496/microsoft-ai-carbon-footprint-greenhouse-gas-emissions-grow-climate-pledge

vanitalo,
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@verge Has someone asked AI to solve the climate change problem? 🤪

stroughtonsmith, to random
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I know people like to think iPadOS 'forked' from iOS when it was renamed a few years back, but it really didn’t. If you install Xcode, both iPhone and iPad simulators run out of the exact same OS root. It's the same set of apps, the same SpringBoard — it just decides which features you get at runtime based on screen size and a feature map. That's not a fork; the name essentially means nothing. A brand new $4,000 iPad runs the same OS as your six year old phone

vanitalo,
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@stroughtonsmith As I suspected… and why iPadOS still sux!

It’s just a phone OS running on a tablet. 🤦‍♂️

verge, to random
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Bumble apologizes for its anti-celibacy ad fumble https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/14/24156746/bumble-dating-app-anti-celibacy-billboard-ad-apology

vanitalo,
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@verge It would also help if all these dating app companies weren’t just predatory leeches! 🤪

stroughtonsmith, to random
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A $3,000 Mac has the ability to run iPad apps. It shouldn’t be controversial to suggest that a $3,000 iPad should have the ability to run Mac apps

vanitalo,
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@stroughtonsmith Assuming this is made possible by running macOS apps in virtualisation. Would you rather macOS ran in full screen on iPad and the Mac apps can only be used while the full macOS desktop is displayed, or the macOS apps run in their own windows alongside other iPadOS apps (like parallels coherence mode)?

macrumors, to random
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iPad Marketing VP: iPad and Mac are Complementary Devices, Not Competing Devices https://www.macrumors.com/2024/05/13/apple-vp-mac-ipad-complementary/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

vanitalo,
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@macrumors Apple VP’s tone deaf response just illustrates how Apple still doesn’t get it! 🤦‍♂️

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Is the ‘Crush’ Backlash a Dead Canary in the Apple Brand Coal Mine?
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/09/dhh-crush

vanitalo,
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@daringfireball The only thing missing from the hydraulic press was the artists themselves. That ad would have been a bit too graphic, but some would say not too far from the point considering how some people also feel that AI technology is poised to replace the human element in many aspects as well.

I wonder what ads Apple has planned for WWDC 🤪

appleinsider, to random
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If you feel like you're being controlled by your smartphone, don't feel alone -- smartphone addiction is a real thing. So, let's talk about it, and how to deal with it.
https://appleinsider.com/inside/iphone/tips/smartphone-addiction-is-real-and-we-all-probably-need-to-do-something-about-it?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

vanitalo,
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@appleinsider So many phone zombies walking down the street. 🙄

daringfireball, to random
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The New iPads No Longer Include Stickers
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/09/no-more-stickers-with-new-ipads

vanitalo,
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@daringfireball If you want stickers request them from Apple at time of purchase. It’s totally unnecessary to ship what are essentially extra waste materials in the box when the likelihood is that they will never be used.

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Apple Apologizes for ‘Crush’ Ad: ‘We Missed the Mark With This Video, and We’re Sorry’
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/09/apple-crush-apology

vanitalo,
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@daringfireball I guess Sonos didn’t get that memo. 🤪 They’ve doubled down on their mistake.

verge, to random
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Sonos says its controversial app redesign took ‘courage’ https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/9/24152675/sonos-new-app-bad-reviews-response-statement

vanitalo,
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@verge I guess it does take courage to wilfully piss off all of your customers!

stroughtonsmith, to random
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Early iPad Pro Geekbench results (if true) make it out to be basically double the performance of my M1 Mac mini. Double the single core score, double the multicore score, and double the graphics score 👀 It's only been three years!

CPU: https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/6013825

GPU: https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/compute/2154401

📈

vanitalo,
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@stroughtonsmith I hear the iPad Pro is great for running benchmark software… not much else though 🤪

verge, to random
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People sure are pressed about Apple’s crushing iPad commercial https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/8/24152236/apple-ipad-pro-commercial-artists-ai

vanitalo,
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@verge WWDC’s #AI announcements…

Hold my beer! 🍺 🤣

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Brave Browser Reports Spike in EU Installs After iOS 17.4 DMA Changes https://www.macrumors.com/2024/03/13/brave-browser-rise-installs-ios-14-7-eu/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

vanitalo, (edited )
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@macrumors How is Apple ordering the list of alternative browsers? Is Brave always the first on the list or is the list order randomised? Where is Chrome positioned on the list?

Edit to add: screenshot of Apple dev page…

vanitalo, to random
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How immersive will Apple Vision Pro be?

AI generated: Polar bear wearing Apple Vision Pro while sitting on a beach on a sunny day (2)
AI generated: Polar bear wearing Apple Vision Pro while sitting on a beach on a sunny day (3)
AI generated: Polar bear wearing Apple Vision Pro while sitting on a beach on a sunny day (4)

vanitalo, to random
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I’ve used PCalc on my iPhone and iPad for years. It’s the most awesome calculator app! I just purchased the Mac version on sale. If you need good calculator or dice apps check them out now. Thanks @jamesthomson https://mastodon.social/@jamesthomson/111460746988545560

vanitalo, to AppleInc
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The only reason the #Audible app has a high rating in the #AppStore is because of people who review the audio books instead of the actual app. 🙄🤷‍♂️ If people actually reviewed the app as they should be, the rating would be far lower as the app has a lot of performance problems and is prone to crashing! It’s annoying how little effort and resources #Amazon is putting into this app on iOS, does it run any better on #Android?

Shame #Apple doesn’t currently have an #audiobooks subscription service.

ADHDefy, (edited ) to privacy
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Almost got scammed selling some stuff online. 🤙

Had a person send me their number as an interested buyer and told me to text them. I did (first mistake), and we arranged a meetup time. Then they asked if, for their safety, they could send me a six digit code (some of you already know where this is going) that I could repeat back to them to verify myself.

I said, "absolutely!" And sure enough, I got a Google Voice verification number. lol

If you're not familiar with the scam, shady people will take your phone number and try to create a Google Voice account with it. If you provide them with the 6-digit code that Google sends you, they can "verify" that they are you, and then basically use your phone number to run scams, commit fraud, etc. It's nasty business.

I called them out, blocked them, then reported them to the marketplace website and to the FTC--though, almost certainly, they were using the phone number of another poor soul to carry this out.

I used to work as a social engineer, running phishing campaigns (ethically, with consent lol), against Fortune 1000 companies to assess their level of vulnerability. Luckily for me, I was super familiar with this, but most of the people I told about it have said, "Oh, I probably would have fallen for that...", and even I set myself up for it.

So that is why I'm posting this. Please be aware of sketchy shit like this. If someone is asking you for a verification code over SMS or email, tread with EXTREME caution. Also, it's usually pretty shady if a stranger you're already chatting with wants to move to a new platform. Not always, but if someone emails or messages you on Facebook to ask you to text them, that's a little weird. I'd had legitimate buyers/sellers do that, so it's not unheard of, but it should put you on guard.

If you buy/sell/trade online frequently, it's a good idea to use a dedicated MySudo number, VOIP number, and/or a burner phone for that.

Stay safe out there, kids.

#Privacy #Security #Scams #Craigslist #FacebookMarketplace #eBay

vanitalo,
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@JustinDerrick @ADHDefy Now there are deep fake AI scammers who record people’s voices when they answer scam calls so that they can then synthesise your voice and call other people you know using your voice to try and scam them. So it’s not recommended to engage with scammers at all anymore, don’t answer calls from contacts you don’t know or hang up immediately as soon as it starts to feel like a scam call. My voicemail message is spoken by Siri 😎

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