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Sonofasailor

@Sonofasailor@mastodon.social

Hi! I'm Craig, a sometime cartoonist, former graphic designer, and retired software developer. I love art, reading, photography, science, cats, music, movies, and gaming. I like playing bass and ukulele, and making music with my brothers. Recently I've been learning about SwiftUI and how to write software for Apple platforms...but then Baldur's Gate 3 came along...

Still trying to figure everything out. As one does. He/him.

#nobridge (looking at you, snarfed.org)

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BasicAppleGuy, to random
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WWDC 2004: When Apple spent their entire banner budget roasting Microsoft.

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Sonofasailor,
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@BasicAppleGuy Those were some sick burns. 🙂

hotdogsladies, to random
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I just had an idea for a neat thing Apple could do.

Y’know the little tabs that pop up when you select text in iOS?

It’d be cool if the device learned which actions you tend to choose in a given situation.

So, if you choose “Translate” more often than, say, “Format,” they could make that a little easier for you.

This is an idea that I just had.

Sonofasailor, (edited )
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@hotdogsladies Oh, yes, very much this.

Sonofasailor,
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@hotdogsladies There is no reason those arrows, found here and throughout the system, have to be so tiny. They're fine as mouse click targets, but not tap targets.

ColleenDoran, to random
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About the best thing ever to happen to my poor, aching comic book freelancer back. HIGHLY recommended. BIOFREEZE. https://amzn.to/45bNzaL

Sonofasailor,
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@ColleenDoran I sure could’ve used something like this in my teen and college years, when I spent many an hour perched on a stool, hunched over a drawing board, penciling and stippling and inkng my way through so many projects...

ColleenDoran, to random
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Cartoon County: My Father and His Friends in the Golden Age of Make-Believe, absolutely charming book about the great comic strip artists (with some top comic book and illustration creators thrown in) living in a community in Connecticut. Delightful. https://amzn.to/3Vp5maV

Sonofasailor,
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@ColleenDoran Wow, how did I not know about this book? One of the greatest generations of cartoonists, and they all lived in the same area? Can’t wait to read it!

daringfireball, to random
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Tip of the Day: Long-Press the ‘+’ Button in iOS 17 Messages to Jump to the Photo Picker
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/06/02/iphone-messages-long-press-plus-button

Sonofasailor,
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@daringfireball I'm so happy to learn that I can bring the '' option out of the 'More' junk drawer.

hotdogsladies, to random
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Today feels like the third-to-the-last episode of a really good season of "Game of Thrones."

Sonofasailor,
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@hotdogsladies And the actor really did gut a real stag.

BasicAppleGuy, to random
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What do you predict the next version of macOS will be called?

Sonofasailor,
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@BasicAppleGuy Sequoia or Redwood. "Mammoth" has the implication of software bloat, so I would nix that one.

BasicAppleGuy, to random
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Landscape Apple Logo on iPad

"I think it could change"

Context: Yesterday, @macrumors had a story where employees were discussing whether Apple would ever change the orientation of the Apple logo to reflect the iPad being used more and more in landscape orientation.

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/05/27/landscape-apple-logo-possible-on-future-ipads/

Sonofasailor,
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@BasicAppleGuy @macrumors this idea still makes my brain hurt, as I’m one of those weirdos who uses the iPad in portrait orientation 95% of the time.

BasicAppleGuy, to random
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It’s raining, Studio’s glowing, the old dog is snoring.

Sonofasailor,
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@BasicAppleGuy Adorbs.

ColleenDoran, (edited ) to random
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Death and Delirium. And Barnabas. Pencil. Private commission. Don't forget, I'll be at Heroes Con in June. Masked and taking health precautions, thank you.

Sonofasailor,
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@ColleenDoran One of my favorites among your pencil sketches.

arstechnica, to random
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A week with the Chevy Blazer EV shows things to love—but also painful flaws

The decision to drop Apple CarPlay was a mistake.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/05/a-week-with-the-chevy-blazer-ev-shows-things-to-love-but-also-painful-flaws/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Sonofasailor,
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@arstechnica So happy to finally run into another person who knows what Radio Paradise is. 🎸🙂

verge, to random
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Apple’s new iPhone update fixes a bug that resurfaced deleted nudes https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/20/24160983/apple-iphone-ipad-deleted-photo-reappear-bug-ios-17-5-1

Sonofasailor,
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@verge It also resurfaced deleted pictures of cats, lunches, clouds, trees, dogs, and out-of-focus faces. Why the obsession with nudes? Do better with your headlines, y'all.

hotdogsladies, to random
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Angus and Malcolm Young hit guitar strings so fucking hard.

AC/DC - "Whole Lotta Rosie" (Live, 1977)

https://youtu.be/CHo2EqDpK7g?si=rHOF31f9oxZ5lJBP&t=20

Sonofasailor,
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@hotdogsladies Highway to Hell is the best hard rock album ever made.

daringfireball, to random
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Apple Stiffs Researcher on Bounty for iOS Kernel Vulnerability
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/15/apple-stiffs-researching

Sonofasailor,
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@daringfireball They stiffed @chockenberry, too.

BasicAppleGuy, to random
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The iPod formally known as Apple's thinnest product.

Sonofasailor,
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@BasicAppleGuy I got a laugh from Apple comparing the thinness of the new iPad Pro to...a discontinued product. 🙂

hotdogsladies, to random
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[whispering to date while watching Chernobyl when Chernobyl first appears on the screen] That's Chernobyl

Sonofasailor,
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@hotdogsladies The BEST! She almost stole season 4 of Fargo.

hotdogsladies, to random
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Gave myself a weird home haircut.

I was kinda thinking George Hurley and was ready to settle for Mike Patton but in the end I landed in an unanticipated third location.

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Sonofasailor, (edited )
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@hotdogsladies I remember seeing you and Llewyn Davis play in the West Village in '64. Good times.

hotdogsladies, to random
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I used to go to a shrink, but now I just spend 45 minutes singing all the Glenn Frey harmonies on the 1975 Eagles album, "One of These Nights."

If you're new to this novel form of therapy, maybe try starting with "Lyin' Eyes."

Some clients have also reported success just doing whatever Don Henley is doing because his parts are also perfect.

#DoingBetterTogether

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqccEpqvwPY

Sonofasailor,
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@hotdogsladies Can we also take a moment to appreciate just how damn good Don Felder is? Jeez, what a sweet part.

gruber, to random
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Electron.

Sonofasailor,
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@gruber Insta-delete.

BasicAppleGuy, to random
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Total Solar Eclipse Wallpaper
https://basicappleguy.com/haberdashery/totalsolareclipse

Sonofasailor,
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@BasicAppleGuy 👏

BasicAppleGuy, to random
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1,100 page Mac OS X 10.3 Panther manual from 2003.

Sonofasailor,
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@BasicAppleGuy Also known as a monitor stand. 😀

BasicAppleGuy, to random
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Apple Announces MacBook
12-inch Liquid Retina Display. M3. Five dual-tone unibody colours. $899.

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Sonofasailor,
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@BasicAppleGuy Sigh...you got me to open the Store app. Well played, sir.

hotdogsladies, to random
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Sonofasailor, (edited )
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@hotdogsladies It's truly great.

That scene with Mariko, Blackthorne and the courtesan? Wow.

futurebird, to random
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There is this notion in futurism and scifi speculation conversations that "technologically advanced" species are less vulnerable to extinction.

I'm skeptical. Technology solves many problems but causes new ones.

The primary factors that protect against extinction are:

  1. Sheer numbers
  2. Dispersion
  3. Diversity

Technology can aid in improving these factors, spreading people over more continents, or worlds, increasing population.

But there are other ways to meet these goals.

Sonofasailor,
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@mcc @futurebird Reminds me of the Great Filter hypothesis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Filter

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