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GeekAndDad

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The Dad of GeekAndDad, Mac & iPhone programmer, Maker.

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@MonaApp feature request: on macOS please have the app remember the “check spelling while I type” setting so that when I turn it on it stays on. Currently if I set it to on and then quit Mona and relaunch it the setting is turned off again.
Thank you.

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“Pizza Toast” for dinner. Whenever I make a tomato sauce I tend to make a lot (1.75 gallons this time - a bit more than usual) and we freeze some, have on pasta a couple of nights, and I used to make lasagna but that’s too much cheese for my remodeled digestive system. For variety I also make “pizza toast” for lunch or dinner to use up some sauce in a meal that feels different.

Three for my wife (first plate) are all on sourdough rye bread she made: (1/2)

Wife’s three pieces of “pizza toast” done and played with some steamed asparagus arranged somewhat artfully on the plate.
My three pieces of “pizza toast” ready to be toasted for the second time.
My three pieces of “pizza toast” ready to eat.

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@dxzdb We haven’t gotten the cases of tomatoes from the farmer we like yet so I was using organic canned diced tomatoes and no salt tomato sauce (Muir Glen) which is just food processed tomatoes (they used to have a “with basil” one but that’s been out lately). Lots of onions and garlic sautéed in olive oil in the pot first and spiced several times during cooking. Simple but pretty tasty!

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Someone I know bitches and moans about local government and says they are all "crooks and liars" so I suggested they run for office and got "Oh, I care too much and I’m too sensitive!" as a response...

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@rasterweb “You either do Democracy or it’s done to you.”
— my dad

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    GeekAndDad,
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    @schwa In case there’s anything helpful for this detective work someone shared this today:

    https://rensbr.eu/blog/swiftui-attribute-graph/

    GeekAndDad,
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    @schwa Indeed! And the referenced person who got some built in AG debugger running? (I didn’t follow that yet, but sounded intriguing).

    GeekAndDad,
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    @schwa Hope you can file that big because - ouch!

    rasterweb, to random
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    I spent a good amount of time yesterday trying to explain what a "witness" is and what it is to "witness" something to a five year old.

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    @rasterweb 🙃

    GeekAndDad, to random
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    I can’t believe Apple still doesn’t let me buy a macOS app on iOS or an iOS/iPadOS app on macOS. I learn about an iPad app while using my mac plenty of times and might not want to turn on my iPad to switch to it to get the app.

    I might be out and about on my iPhone and learn about a macOS app I want to get - no can do?!

    There isn’t even a cross-app-store wishlist I can add it to. I have to actually mail a link to the app page to myself and try to remember to buy it - so primative!

    gedeonm, to random
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    Rewatching Mad Max Fury Road before seeing Furiosa this afternoon. Forgot just how intensely good it was.

    GeekAndDad,
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    @gedeonm It had no captions?

    GeekAndDad,
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    @gedeonm Ah, in an actual theater. Missed that part. Sorry it was a hassle :-/

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    We’re digging a pond in the backyard and now I guess it’s an archeological dig

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    @pixel Some old bottles one finds that way are collectible!

    bigzaphod, to random
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    So my sewer pipe (which has been an endless source of fun, let me tell you), runs through the power company's land and whoever cut their grass the other day was clearly daydreaming and mowed right over the pipe AND the bright orange fiberglass stick that was marking its location.

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    @bigzaphod Surprised that’s not in an access box that is flush with the surface. Whomever installed that sewer pipe took a shortcut, seems like.

    Something like this or the common rectangular one:

    https://a.co/d/h9ZxCro

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    @bigzaphod Sounds like shoddy work to me.

    You could install them without too much trouble. Bit of labor but nothing hard. PVC pipe is easy to work with. Or there’s maybe a handy man in your area who could help you with it.

    Basic steps are:

    • dig the hole around the pipe deep and wide enough for the cover plus bit extra depth for gravel under edge of cover

    • cut the vertical pipe to right height and clean outside (no dirt etc) (1/3)

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    @dxzdb Should have enough metal in it for a metal detector to locate it, ideally ;)

    GeekAndDad,
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    @dxzdb 😂 well sure, but that’s water long under a bridge so… let it go! :)

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    @dxzdb If it doesn’t have the box around it then it’s likely just PVC. (Sorry to get your hopes up!). The box lid has screws in many cases.

    Definitely worth putting a chunk of iron next to any you find :)

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    @dxzdb Any chance they were evenly spaced apart so finding one or two would hint at the pattern/spacing?

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    @dxzdb We have one inside our house also in the basement.

    schwa, to random
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    @schwa Neat! What light is that?

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    @schwa Thank you. I have negative to scan and my unused Epson V370 scanner has some kind of fogging on the inside surface of the glass so I have to figure something else out (apparently the anti-reflective coating they used on them degrades with time - even in storage :-/ ).

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    @schwa <nod> Makes sense. I actually have something like that I got for video conferencing when I was last working and before the new M-series macs which have dramatically better low light camera performance. I’ll have to dig it out and see about some kind of diffuser (plexiglass? Probably need a spacer because of heat. Another Project! (sigh) :)

    Thanks

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    @pixel @schwa I do feel like there are benefits to that though (except documenting action environments like sports or whatever). Slow down, look carefully, and compose the shot.

    GeekAndDad,
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    @schwa @pixel I do not, but that is included in “action environments” :-)

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    Renewed one and letting the others expire… tomorrow! https://mastodon.social/@GeekAndDad/112317519815569088

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    @schwa 😂

    notice it wasn’t “yesterday”… there’s still time to slide backwards 😜

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